Aperture
About This Showcase
I have always loved everything about a camera - every little detail I find completely fascinating. There are of course the obvious tools and settings like ISO, shutter speed, or getting a panning just right. But for me it's about the sound that the click of the lenses make when I swap them and the feeling when a frame just comes together. I don't mind waiting forever for those moments. It's not really something to think through, it's more like a reflex. I have no idea if my photos are considered "good" by any standard metrics but when I'm shooting I'm in my own zone and hear almost nothing around me. It's that peace - that oneness I find with what I see in my frame. Even the camera has a smell to it - all of my senses are alive. It's that life that I want to share, nothing more, nothing lesser. I just want people to see a photo and pause for that moment, maybe step into another view and become distracted from the everyday.
My Mission
I first started this site with my photos and soon realized there are so many other student photographers taking amazing pictures and those photos long to be seen. Younger photographers are often dismissed as hobbyists. I'd like to challenge that notion. I find some of these student photos remarkable in what they made me feel. I hope you enjoy all of these works.
How Students are Featured
Students send in their photo and their inspiration. As long as the content is rated for high schoolers and under, it is posted. I encourage all students out there to be brave - show your work and celebrate with other student photographers the pleasure of seeing these works on a page. Enjoy the way they make you feel, pause or ponder.
Explore the full gallery of student work
The Night Hears Us
"Nightfall in rain is so hard to capture. I slowed down the shutter speed for that hazy look. Rain feels so fast, but it isn't. It's slow, larger than you think and very difficult to make stand still. I feel this photo captured it just right."
Ombre
‘‘The natural gradient of color—from deep rust to soft green—pulled me into this scene. The landscape feels alive, layered, and constantly shifting.’’
The Quiet That Watches
"Deep winter snow, the views that we see, they seem like they aren't really there. But they sit watching us with nothing else to do as they lie dormant, just waiting to melt."
Silver Current
"I love the light dancing on the water, it's as important as the Cormorant. It was tough to know where to focus but I chose the bird and it created this haze effect on the light making it sparkle."
Moon Bound
"I feel the moon is one of the prettiest things we get to look at everyday. It's always a little bit different but striking still the same."
Submit Your Work
We welcome student photographers who want to share how they see the world.