Perspectives in Photography
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Students will use observation and investigation to explore a digital camera’s zoom function. They will select a cross-curricular theme and create two digital photographs of the same subject, investigating its texture by zooming in.
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Students will recognize texture and use it as a photographic theme with a cross-curricular connection.
Students will use observation and investigation to explore a digital camera’s zoom function.
Students will practice taking digital photos of a subject using the zoom function.
Teaching Strategies
- Introduce texture and emphasize its relationship to the cross-curricular connection.
- Demonstrate how to use a digital camera’s zoom function.
- Teach how to take digital photos of a subject using the zoom function while maintaining focus.
- Facilitate a classroom critique, describing the aesthetic characteristics of the photographs.
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Create
Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.
VA:Cr1.2.1aUse observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.
1.VA:Cr1.2Time Requirements
Teacher Prep Time
10 minutes
Demonstration Time
20 minutes
Student Studio Time
1 hour
Supplies and Materials
- Digital camera or similar device
- Printer or other photo printing resource
- Scissors
- Glue
- Construction paper
- Zoom: I. Banyai, ISBN-13: 978-0140557749
National Standards
Create
Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.
VA:Cr1.2.1aUse observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.
1.VA:Cr1.2
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Brainstorm a Theme
Brainstorm themes that connect the idea of texture with the associated cross-curricular content as a class. Read Zoom by István Bányai.
Select a theme.
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