What Our Students Are Saying...

"I am part of the Focus on Youth class.  This is the best class I have even taken because it made me see the real beauty in pictures like the world around me."

 ~ Cynthia Mizar, youth photographer 

"I love taking pictures because you can catch the feeling and the moment of the person, places or things.  Taking pictures makes me feel good about myself. I’m trying to get good, I want to work for a professional photographer so I can learn the craft."

~ Walter Hardy, youth photographer

"Learning photography is important to me because I want to take good photographs of my son, and have a record of him growing up.  I loved it when we all took a photo trip to the zoo because I took a beautiful photograph of a polar bear."

~ Brandy Tacker, youth photographer

"I like photography because it is fun and creative.  Focus on Youth has helped me look at things I never noticed or looked at before.  The picture of my 20-month-old son shows the love we have for each other.  It also tells me that the feelings I have for him will never go away at all."

~ Josh Fleenor, youth photographer

"I have enjoyed taking pictures of nature and people.  It shows the real person or the real meaning of the object in the photo.  I feel that I have learned a lot in this wonderful class and I have also learned the real people behind the camera."

~ Aneesa Newman, youth photographer

"I like photography because it helps me see the inner beauty of something I would have never noticed before.  Focus on Youth has made it possible for me to learn how to take photographs, develop film and print my own photographs."     

~ Mellisa Moline, youth photographer