Explore 3: Document your world & comment on another
PART 1: Exercise for Cureton Elementary students and for Hawaii Preparatory students:
March or April 2011, PEER CRITIQUE: In this VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/share/1643614/ comment on the Radial Pattern Designs from the other school. Skip the last geometry section of the VoiceThread. We will do this section in the next workshop (Exploration 4: digital designs).
March or April 2011, PEER CRITIQUE: In this VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/share/1643614/ comment on the Radial Pattern Designs from the other school. Skip the last geometry section of the VoiceThread. We will do this section in the next workshop (Exploration 4: digital designs).
Part 2: Exercise for Cureton Elementary students/ photographing your neighborhood.
May 2011, DOCUMENT YOUR WORLD:Photographing your neighborhood/school:Using single use cameras and digital cameras, photograph what you think best represents your world.
Where was your photo taken?
How does it represent your community?
What do you like about the composition? What were you trying to convey?
Mood? Colors? How does the image make you feel?
Below are sample images taken by my 10 year old and my 6 year old. I asked them to take pictures of the things that most strongly represented visiting their grandparents' house on Oahu. I also asked them to think of the simple things that they see frequently.
What did they choose to photograph here? What angels did they shoot. Which ones did they point the camera down? Up?
May 2011, DOCUMENT YOUR WORLD:Photographing your neighborhood/school:Using single use cameras and digital cameras, photograph what you think best represents your world.
Where was your photo taken?
How does it represent your community?
What do you like about the composition? What were you trying to convey?
Mood? Colors? How does the image make you feel?
Below are sample images taken by my 10 year old and my 6 year old. I asked them to take pictures of the things that most strongly represented visiting their grandparents' house on Oahu. I also asked them to think of the simple things that they see frequently.
What did they choose to photograph here? What angels did they shoot. Which ones did they point the camera down? Up?
Framing your photo
It is important to frame your photo well. What is framing? Let's explore. Below are all images of an Okinawan cooker (taped together after several encounters with the car). How are these pictures different? Which one do you think is the best photo? Why?
Bonus question. Which picture above shows framing within framing?
Bonus question. Which picture above shows framing within framing?
In class exercise: Taking a piece of black paper with a rectangular hole cut out of it (print out template below), frame some views of your classroom. Next we will do this with cameras in your neighborhoods.
Image framing view finder below (print and cut out center window):
Image framing view finder below (print and cut out center window):
Visit this L.A. Times site showcasing photos of L.A. submitted by the public. http://www.latimes.com/features/socalmoments/