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It’s week number 2 of our 4 week unit study on photography!
If you missed our first lesson you can catch up here: Lesson 1 – Get to Know Your Camera
Perspective – seeing things from a different point of view
What is perspective and why is it important?
The World English Dictionary defines perspective as:
the appearance of objects, buildings, etc, relative to each other, as determined by their distance from the viewer, or the effects of this distance on their appearance
Pictures that portray things in an unexpected way can be much more appealing to look at. Some of the most interesting photography features ordinary objects seen from a different point of view than one might normally expect.
For example:
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- Creative Commons License photo credit: Ali Leila Photography
- Creative Commons License photo credit: danorbit.
- Creative Commons License photo credit: ViaMoi
During our second lesson, I spent time going over:
• Angles and different ways to see everyday things
Try taking 3 photos of the same object to see how it looks from each angle. My son took these 3 shots of a small figurine in our home:
• Macro settings on our camera and how to use them.
Refer to the owners manual that came with your camera, but most macro settings can be accessed by pressing on the small symbol of a flower, like this:
The following list includes each picture taking assignment that we used to experiment with perspective and see things from a different point of view.
These photos were all taken by my son using a Nikon CoolPix S8000 camera and are SOOC (straight out of camera) with no post editing.
MONDAY – Take a photo from a high angle
My son took this shot from our second floor looking down into our front room
TUESDAY – Take a photo from a low angle
This photo was taken looking up into the inside of our grapefruit tree (Cool shot, huh?)
WEDNESDAY – Take a photo of something extremely close up, using your macro setting
Macro settings take a steady hand and can be tricky to get in focus, but my son's first attempt turned out great!
THURSDAY – Take a photo of the front & back of something
- Princess Leia’s front…
Princess Leia's (Eh Hem...) back!
FRIDAY – Take a photo that shows movement
You can always find ceiling fans moving in our house!
Another fun thing to do when discussing the concept of perspective with young kids might be to have them pretend to be an animal or object and imagine what it would be like to see the world from their point of view. Above all else, just remember that these mini lessons are meant to be fun and not extremely technical.
Next week’s lesson & assignments…
Light – the secret to truly great photographs
Camera Happy,
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Sue, I just love this series that you're doing! I can't wait for the whole thing, so I can print it out and use it as a fun unit study with my kids next year.
This is great, Sue – and I love what your son is doing with his photography! I enjoy learning and reinforcing what I know through your lessons, too! In addition to featuring this on the Living Montessori Now Facebook page, I just added it to http://livingmontessorinow.com/2011/05/30/montess….
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Hi, did you by chance post Week 3 and 4 of this unit? I am very interested to see it. Thanks!