DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT - Kids With Cameras

Week One Challenges
Group 2

OUR RULES

·     Have a go
·     Make Mistakes
·     And Learn From Them!
·     And Don’t Forget To SMILE!

OUR CAMERA

click for picture of our cameras.

COMPOSITION

Why do some pictures look better than others?
What we decide to put in the picture and what we decide to leave out.
The camera doesn’t see everything that we can see.

*First We Learn The Rules
* Then We Learn To Break Them!

K.I.S.S.
Keep It Simple Silly!
 Take the photo of what is important.
It is okay to get close. Closer! Closer!

Challenge 1 Let's Take Some Photos of Patterns


1. Look for CIRCLE patterns

2. Look for SQUARE Patterns

3.Look for TRIANGLE Patterns

4. Look for SWIRL Patterns

5. Look for STRAIGHT LINE (geometric) Patterns

There are some patterns and compositions that we know look good in photos.

Challenge 2


1. Take a picture that shows SYMMETRY
(same on both sides)
2.Take a picture that shows UP and DOWN LINES
3. Take a picture that shows LEFT and RIGHT LINES
4. Take a picture that shows DIAGONAL LINES
5. Take a picture that has a NATURAL FRAME
6. Take a picture that shows OVERLAPPING
(many pictures have a foreground, mid-ground, and background. This is overlapping.)
7. Take a picture of a FRIEND
8. Get closer and take another picture of your FRIEND

How do we decide where to place out main subject?
When we first pick up a camera we like to put the subject in the middle of the photo. But this is not always the most interesting photo we can take.
Sometimes if we move a little to the left or the right, we can take a more interesting image.
This is called the rule of thirds.
The rule of thirds draws our eye to the focal point.

Lets finish the day by taking a few photos while considering the rule of thirds.