Most of our photos are digital now. Digital cameras or devices that take digital images are great to use in learning. A photoblitz is a way to give you a chance to practise taking picture.
Use this list to take and think about pictures post them to your blog as a Gallery. Remember to categorise them as dlw16 and tag them dlw03.
- How do ants see the world? Change your viewpoint. Make a photograph with your camera at floor level.
- Pattern is built on repetition, like a rhythm. A regular or irregular pattern.
- Make a photograph that illustrates the weather where you are.
- They’re all around. Make a photograph of a wheel near you.
- Black and white photographs are a classic look.
- A perfect line. Make a photo of interesting vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines.
- Make a landscape photo!
- Challenge: Silhouettes are an interesting way to abstract a subject.
- Create an interesting photo that includes looking through one object to see another
- A photo representing 100
- The edge of a knife, the waters edge, or some other edge.
Here are some photography tips:
- Hold the camera still, elbows in, make a triangle.
- Think before you shoot
- Take more than one photo
- Change Angles
- Zoom with your feet
- Place the subject off-centre
- Keep the sun behind you (unless you want a silhouette)
- Learn about the rule of thirds
Rule of Thirds photo from wikimedia used under a creative commons CC-BY license.
