Student Taxi
by Lilawibry

Comment:
School buses have potential to be great photographic subjects but it takes a careful approach in order for the subject to rise above the mundane and become unique. This is a very literal approach--appropriate if you want to show someone who has never seen a school bus what they look like but not very stimulating in terms of visual interest to the rest of us who see school buses on a daily basis. Photography (and all art, really) is about 'seeing' the world in a personal way and then communicating your unique vision to your audience in such a way as to provoke an emotional response.

Wednesday afternoon - Double Games
by johnm

Comment:
A really good effort but I find the motion blur is just too much of a good thing. Don't get me wrong---I like some motion blur. I just feel that a greater area of sharp focus on the boy holding the football would have created a bit more visual impact, IMO. As it is, the onlyl sharp area of focus is on his wrist andpart of his sleeve. Even the ball and most of his hand suffer from some motion blur. As it is, a quick viewing leaves the impression that the blur is created by camera shake.

Livin' La Vida Lockers
by flowergirl1110

Comment:
This looks very snapshot-y to me. There is potential for an interesting photo (mostly because of the colorful apples) but this really hasn't captured that potential. It looks rather random to me. Also, please take advantage of the 640 pixel maximum you are allowed. It is hard to evaluate smaller photos for detail in the shadows and highlights.

Kindergarten
by Arnarp

Comment:
This meets the challenge but, sadly, it has a very amateurish, snapshot quality to it. A kindergarten coat room has a lot of potential for evoking nostalgia in the viewer but this just hasn't captured that. It looks like the photographer just stuck his/her head into a closet and snapped the shot. The flash hurts the mood quite a bit (flash frequently does). For an interior shot a tripod is usually necessary to take advantage of natural light. A suggestion for how a shot of a coat room could evoke an emotional response from the viewer is to create a set-up using just a few familar items you would find in the setting being sure to choose timeless, non-branded (no cartoons, sports teams, etc) items. Example---a brown paper lunch bag or plain colored lunch pail. galoshes (rain/winter boots), a simple nylon windbreaker or rain coat, Chuck Taylors' or Keds' sneakers (they've been around for several decades in pretty much the same form).

Rusted Learning
by fstopopen

Comment:
Good choice of subject and nice exposure. I don't really care for this overhead point of view, however. It winds up looking too literal to me--as if the photographer came across the chair and just looked down and snapped the shot without really considering the best approach. The fact that it was shot at a bit of angle in the frame suggests otherwise to me. I think you did think it out and chose this POV for a reason. I'm just not in agreement with your choice. The angle adds a nice diagonal tension to the frame but it doesn't make much sense to me in terms of the subject--an old, rusted and rotting school desk and chair suggests a 'quieter' approach then the 'exciting' visual tension that diagonals create.

Remember the days of the old school yard
by Node

Comment:
I would enjoy this more if there were children playing in the school yard or some kind of old play equipment. The building itself is rather boring architecturally. It looks too newly renovated to really evoke nostalgia despite the use of grainy black and white. Without the title and the identifying sign this just appears to be a commonplace house. No complaints about the technical quality.

Hold the Elevator! Late for My 1 o'clock Class!
by flip89

Comment:
A little bit cramped in terms of cropping but I like the blur of students heading toward the elevator and the bright red "Welcome back..." sign leads the eye through the frame and back again in a nice way.

FORENSICS
by medinfo2000

Comment:
This does meet the challenge but it does so in a very dull and literal way, IMO. This might be of some interest to the students at this school who care about sports and want to know the recent history of their team but there really isn't anything here to attract an impartial viewer's interest. The signs themselves are not striking in any way (to me, anyway) and most of the frame is taken up with the ugly institutional building.

Overdue
by autool

Comment:
HA! Kind of boring as a photo but a funny joke.

times, they are'a changin'
by bk247

Comment:
I don't see the connection to the challenge. What do a gas mask and a camera have to do with school and education? This seems to be more a statement about the safety (and rights) of photographers in todays' world.