Topic #1: Photography

[Valerie]

Okay ladies, for our first topic, we're going to tackle PHOTOGRAPHY! That means we'll scour the web for all kinds of photography links, and post them below. If you can, try to let us know what topic the link would fit under:

Unit Studies (Historical, Modern, Techniques ect....)
Printables (Worksheets, Minibooks, ect...)

Remember this group is for 5th grade and up, so if you have a certain age this is most appropriate for don't forget to state that as well

The more you can describe the link, the easier it will be to organize it into one helpful resource for everyone!

Okay, so we'll keep this topic going for a while, hopefully we can generate a good list of resources you can use to make a photography lapbook with your child. I'll post again when I've compiled the list in an organized LapWiki page :)

[Angela Helton]

Sony has a learning center where you can register (for free) for an online digital photograpy course. This could be part of a unit study. Have fun! Here's the link: http://backstage101.learningcenter.sony.us/campus/p/campusId/2103/D...

[Karen Diamond]

Lesson Plan - The Elements of Art Through Photography
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/lesso...

Lesson Plan - A Portrait and A Place
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/lesso...

Introducing Digital Camera to Your Kids
http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/multimedia/photo2.asp

How Camera Works
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/camera.htm

How Does a Digital Camera Work?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera.htm

Photo Flipbook (how to directions)
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=10953&pq-l...

Photo Memory Card Game (create your own game)
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=11226&pq-l...

Door Sign (thought would be cool to use as front cover of lapbook)
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=10446&pq-l...

Photo Puppets (how to instruction... will be awesome for older kids to make and then create own script to perform for younger kids in the family)
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=38/13916/10800...

Trading Cards (instead of using these as Sports Trading Cards make your own choice of Trading Cards
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq...

Spotting Trick Photography
http://www.biglearning.com/article-spotting-trick-photography.htm

How to Create Great Photo Captions
http://www.photosharingnuggets.com/2008/08/how-to-create-great-phot...

Photography Timeline
http://photo.net/learn/history/timeline

Beginner's Guide to Photography
http://www.photonhead.com/beginners/

Make an Oatmeal Box Pinhole Camera
http://users.rcn.com/stewoody/makecam.htm

Pictures of Antique Camera's Through the Years
http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/

Tricks for Pet Photography
http://www.betterphoto.com/article.asp?id=76

Photo Fun Activities - Ideas for Kids
From:http://www.edutainingkids.com/articles/digitalcamerafunlearning.html

Make a "My Day" Photo Journal
Dedicate a day to snapping photos of interesting things you see during the day. These can be as simple as a pet in a unique pose, a parent packing your lunch, or a pretty leaf on a tree. Use your photojournalist skills by organizing the photos on a poster or in a scrapbook, adding captions to each. A similar project would be a "My Neighborhood" scrapbook. You can take pictures of simple things, like the mailbox on the corner and the neighborhood park. These kinds of projects will be keepsakes later on in life. Not many people will have taken pictures of "ordinary" things in their past, but you will!

Take Mystery Photos
Snap close-up and partial photos of ordinary objects and have your family and friends guess what they are! A close-up photo of the eyes on a pineapple or potato are examples.

Put your Photos on T-shirts
With a print program like Print Artist and some T-shirt transfer paper, you can transfer your photos to T-shirts to create wearable photo art.

Make a Photo Puzzle
Glue printed photos onto a sturdy piece of cardboard, cut the picture into pieces, and create a homemade and personalized puzzle.

Set up Small, Detailed Scenes with Toys and Figurines
With control over a digital camera, one of the first thoughts on the brains of our group of kid testers was taking pictures of their figurines. This turned out to be a fabulous little project. Our testers made some fabulous scenes with Hamtaro figurines they called "Moonlight Dinner" and "The Wedding". With a little trial and error, they managed to snap some close-up photos that made the little figures look larger than life.

Learn Photography Techniques
Learning how to take a good picture comes quite naturally with experimentation. At first, kids will generally snap anything they see. But when they see the results of their pictures, they might notice that, for example, a cluttered background interfering with the overall look of their photo. Candid photos of people in natural poses often turn out the best, and taking pictures of objects at a slight angle often produces a superior photo. Experimenting with distances and lighting can be great learning experiences as well.

Take Your Camera on Day Trips
When a child has control of a camera, ordinary trips to the store, for example, take on a whole new meaning. Of course, you can take your camera with you on trips to the zoo, a farm, or other family outing that permits the use of cameras.

Become a Collector of Intangible Objects!
Lots of kids collect trading cards, stamps, and other tangible objects. You can "collect" abstract and hard-to-collect items through photos! Perhaps you want to collect icicles but don't have the freezer space—simply snap photos of interesting icicles that you see over time. It would be impractical to collect doorknobs, illegal to collect manhole covers, and impossible to collect sunrises—but with photos, virtually anything is game. Funny signs or interesting license plates are other ideas for collections.

[kay]

Here are a few Mis. things I found on photography. Hope it helps.

[Rose King]

I liked this timeline
http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/Photography.htm

The history of photography
http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/stilphotography.htm

These looked interesting.

[Judy Alkema]

A concept for a lesson plan, some links included: I chose several famous photographers with distinctive looks.

http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/linkall.asp?catid=2 has a list of some of the ones below, with biography links

a)Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre – father of photography
b)Ansel Adams – landscapes
c)Alfred Eisenstaedt - photojournalism
d)Richard Avedon – portraits (American)
e)Yousuf Karsh – portraits (Canadian)
f)Eastman & Kodak

We'll then do an internet search on each to find a 'definitive' image or three for each photographer and print them out in thumbnails to make mini-books. Then we'll take our digital camera and head out each day with a plan to 'replicate' or imitate one of the photos or photographic style. For example, we'll drive up into the mountains back of our place early in the morning and try to get some misty morning landscapes in the style of Ansel Adams - set the camera to 'gritty black and white' and get some older relatives to pose for Karsh-style portraits.... and so on.

Old 'daguerrotypes' and other early photo formats can be imitated in Photoshop after the base photo has been taken. ("Poladroid" www.poladroid.net is a fun, free downloadable program which takes any square crop of any digital photo you have on your computer and runs filters to turn it into a mock 'polaroid' image, complete with faded colours and a white frame!)

We'll print out our 'homage to' photos and add them into the lapbook next to the mini books on each photographer. Perhaps paste in a characteristic phrase or a quote? Use some old negatives (actual film!) to decorate the cover!

Hope this is interesting and useful...