DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT - Kids With Cameras
 

Week Two Challenges
Group 2

WHY DO WE TAKE PHOTOS?
*to remember
*to show something beautiful
*to make us feel
*to prove you have done something
*to prove something exists
*to amuse - for fun
*to record information
* to make people think
*to freeze and event
*to help us learn

Let's look at our photos from last week and see what we can learn. To view your photos, find your name in the group 2 area (click here).

*turn off the flash, it's too bright!
      - remember how to turn off flash?
* be careful where we put our fingers
      - if we cover the lens with our hand, the camera cannot see, and we cannot take good pictures.
*look at our screen before we take a photo - remember the camera cannot see everything we see.
*stand still/ steady yourself to take a picture. Remember not to move until you hear the     *CLICK*     or your picture will be blurry.
*only take photos on your own camera
      - if someone else takes a photo on your camera, it belongs to them, not you.
*try not to take pictures of other peoples pictures.

Let's take some pictures and learn from our mistakes!!
Don't forget what we learnt last week about Patterns, Lines and the RULE OF THIRDS!
 

ORIENTATION

We can hold our camera in different ways.

Landscape



Portrait
 

Why do we call them Landscape and portrait?
How do we know when to use landscape and when to use portrait?


Landscape photos are good for scenery



and large groups.



Portrait photos are good for pictures of people.
 

Challenge 1 Take some pictures in Landscape and Portrait.
 

COLORS!
We are attracted to bright colors.
Pictures with simple patterns and strong bright colors appeal to us.

Challenge 3: Take some photos of Colors!

1. Look for things that are RED

2. Look for things that are BLUE

3. Look for things that are YELLOW

4. Look for things that are GREEN

5. Look for things that are PURPLE

6. Look for things that are ORANGE

7. Look for RAINBOWS (3 or more colors)

8. Look for something BLACK and WHITE


TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY!

Sometimes photographers use tricks to make something look not quite as it seems.
Here are some good tricks!

BIG sister
Duck Tricks
Off The Wall

Challenge 4  Try a simple trick with colors!
Take a colored CD case, and hold it very still in front of your lens.