Even if you weren't a middle-school student still figuring out how to use a digital camera, shooting photographs at the Seattle Aquarium could be a challenge. Some exhitits are dark, and when you use a flach, the glare can bounce back off thick glass panels. Some sea creatures zoom off or turn away just when you've got a good shot lined up. All that would be plenty to deal with if you were simply shooting snapshots to show friends and family. But what if your photos were going to be seen all over the world？
“I kept looking for a place for a good shot,” said Tristan Quan, 12. “Then … I saw all these little salmon fry. The light was coming from above them and it seemed like an ideal time to get a picture.” Quan and about a dozen other students from Aki Kurose Middle School in South Seattle recently completed an aquarium presentation that will be seen and discussed by students as far away as Peru, Kenya and Nepal – even the frozen north of Alaska. Meanwhile, students in those areas are putting together multimedia shows to be viewed in the U.S. through an innovative program called Bridges to Understanding.
“I kept looking for a place for a good shot,” said Tristan Quan, 12. “Then … I saw all these little salmon fry. The light was coming from above them and it seemed like an ideal time to get a picture.” Quan and about a dozen other students from Aki Kurose Middle School in South Seattle recently completed an aquarium presentation that will be seen and discussed by students as far away as Peru, Kenya and Nepal – even the frozen north of Alaska. Meanwhile, students in those areas are putting together multimedia shows to be viewed in the U.S. through an innovative program called Bridges to Understanding.