Back cover Photo by Samantha Fuentes

Samantha Fuentes is currently a freshman at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School. She has never physically been to the campus, except the parking lot if that counts. She was the president of the National Junior Honor Society in her middle school before she moved and has won many awards because of her academics. Before COVID-19 and moving schools, she was the best cellist at her school, playing frst chair. She’s involved as a member of the American Sign Language Club along with the Library Advisory Committee.

Students enrolled in the Introduction to Photography classes were assigned to take a fve-minute walk around their neighborhood. They were told to take landscape photos of their surroundings during this walk to practice the concepts of rule of thirds in photography. This rule refers to the basic principle in photography where the photo is divided into nine segments with three horizontal lines and three vertical lines. This creates a pleasing composition, helping draw the viewer’s eye. Fuentes took this picture in her own backyard. She spotted these white roses and decided to make them the focus of the image.

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