A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Voice and Tone in Photography -- Cedar Fork Elementary School
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n this photography and prose writing workshop, students will take digital photographs and write 1,000 words about their individual photo(s). Students will showcase their photos and writing in a digital art show. Students will learn how to follow their own inspiration to take photos of their choice. They will use the editorial process to select a photo that speaks to them. Students will learn how to file share and use Google Docs to upload and save their work (Preferred to have assistance from Technology Coordinator if possible). After students choose their photo or group of photos they wish to write about, they will create a 1,000 word prose piece on their photograph. Students will work collaboratively as a team to create a classroom art gallery where they display their work in an art gallery. Optional: Students will create a gallery opening to display their photos and written work.
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Voice and Tone in Photography -- Cedar Fork Elementary School
- 1. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Digital Photography and Creative Writing Residency 5th Grade Students
- 2. What we’ll do this week Learn about photography Talk about Mood and Tone in photography Make a camera timeline (with real cameras) Talk about what we think makes a great photograph Take digital photographs Select one photograph to write about Write about the story the photo is telling Celebrate our photography and writing with a gallery walk and open mic Most importantly, we’ll have fun!
- 3. How do you define photography?
- 4. ,.
- 7. Born 1902 – Died 1984
- 9. Ansel Adams
- 10. What do you see? Inspiration & Muse What catches your eye? Photograph Image
- 11. “Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” – David Alan Harvey
- 13. Technique Framing your photo Rule of Thirds Composition Light
- 14. Frame your photo
- 15. Rule of Thirds More information: http://digitalphotographylive.com/rule-of-thirds/
- 18. Composition
- 19. Composition
- 20. Reflections
- 21. Reflections
- 22. Reflections
- 23. iMovie on Mood and Tone Mood and Tone Video https://youtu.be/_hGhtmzTOEE
- 24. Closer view (zooming in) “Elevator House” by Ansel Adam
- 25. Zoomed out “Elevator House” by Ansel Adams
- 26. Listen to the Muse and Experiment Shoot from different perspectives Zoom in – zoom out Shoot your subject at different angles You’ll know when you have the shot Click!
- 28. Muse (Noun) noun 1. Classical Mythology. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede(s ong), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterlyan d more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus andMnemosyn e who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry),Clio (his tory), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene(tragedy ), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance),Thalia (com edy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae. any goddess presiding over a particular art. 2(sometimes lowercase) the goddess or the power regarded asin spiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like. 3. (lowercase) the genius or powers characteristic of a poet.
- 29. Muse (Verb) Definition of muse as a verb: verb (used without object), mused, musing. 1. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. 2. Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly. verb (used with object), mused, musing. 3. to meditate on. 4. to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon.
- 30. Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA Literacy RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning or beauty of a text
Editor's Notes
- What does this mean?
- He was born in 1902 and died in 1984. There are some “rules” to photographs, but the point here is that photographers makes good photographs.
- What do you notice about this photo? What is tone of this photo? What is the mood of this photo? What does it make you feel? For me, the tone is awe. The mood for me is wonder.
- How did he make this photo?
- We’re going to talk a lot about muse this week. Muse is inspiration.
- Talk about framing a photo and talk about how it is important where you stand as a photographer. Go up to the object you are trying to take a photo. Move around and don’t be afraid to bend down and hold your camera at different angles. Talk about the different between a snapshot and a photograph
- Don’t center your subject always
- Composition is a photo is
- Listen to your muse and act on it. Don’t be afraid to go up close to your subject, frame it at an angle, turn your lens at an angle, even an odd angle. Get on the ground, stand on a chair, etc.