Framing Our Photographs

Today we looked at a number of different photographs and talked about how the photographer drew our attention to certain objects within the whole picture. We figured out this is done by some combination of: (1) framing the subject, (2) bringing the subject to the front, (3) contrasting color, (4) putting the subject in the center, and (5) choosing interesting things to highlight.

The kids practiced this in the room with the Palm Pilots and then we went outside to shoot some photos. In addition to being a lot of fun, the work we're doing now will help us capture photos in the coming weeks and months around topics we are exploring in class.

The kids will be going to the lab later today to learn how to create a folder, transfer their photos from the Palm Pilot to the computer, and select photos to print.

Here is a sampling of the types of photos we took...