This document provides tips for using cameras in the classroom and effectively incorporating photography into lessons. It discusses choosing a camera based on features like megapixels and manual options. Photos can be used to create memories, communicate with parents, and engage visual and artistic learners. Ideas for photo-based lessons include a weekly photographer assignment and math lessons. The document also provides seven rules of composition: define your subject, simplify, use the rule of thirds, incorporate leading lines, add framing, balance elements, and avoid mergers. It discusses organizing photos using programs like Picasa and Flickr, and enhancing photos using tools in Photoshop Elements.

1. Getting the most our of your camera
in the classroom

2. What to look for in a camera
ISO
Megapixels
Flash options
Upload options
Manual or creative options
Price

3. Why use photos?

4. Memories of the year
Communication with parents
busy parents
create a sense of inclusion

5. Lessons
visual learners
fun factor
artistic learners

6. Some ideas for lessons
Weekly photographer
Math lessons
Star of the week interview

7. Rules of Photography
getting the most out of your pictures

8. Rules of composition!
or as I like to call it...the fun stuff

9. What is
composition?
training your eyes to see
differently

10. Defining your subject
the most important rule

11. Telling the story
What story are you telling
What helps
What hurts
In 50 years...

13. Rule #2 Simplify
de-clutter your pictures!

14. How to implement this rule
Train your eye to see
Get closer to your subject
Move your position
If possible move
distracting elements
Position your camera

15. Rule # 3 Rule of Thirds
Tic Tac Toe

16. Creating great visual interest
Move your camera
Reposition your point of
view
Move your subject

18. Rule #4 Leading Lines
pulling your eye to your subject

20. Using lines to improve your photos
Before shooting look for any lines
that you can use paths, roads,
fences, tree lines, rivers, etc...
Get further away from your subject
to use lines
Position your camera differently
Change your position/viewpoint
Try to compose your shot so that
your lines start in the corner of
photos.

21. Rule #5 Framing
adding depth to your photos

23. Adding frames to your photos
Before shooting look around for
anything that could be used to frame
your subject
Get further away/ Change your
perspective/ Camera viewpoint
Be creative!

24. Rule # 6 Balance
being subjective

25. Achieving balance
Balance is totally subjective
Think ahead before you take the
shot
When shooting reflections crop
people and keep reflections full

27. Rule #7 Mergers
an important rule

28. Having fun with mergers
Train your eye to see
Mergers are a bigger
distraction when they
occur with someone’s
head
You can always avoid a
merger by repositioning
yourself

29. Border Mergers
There is another type of
merger, called “border
merger,” in which part of
the subjects body is
missing.

31. Other things to keep in mind
Creative cropping

32. Photographing women
Creative Angles
Tilting your camera
my rule is add or subtract

33. End of Part 1

34. Part 2 Work flow
You have great pictures...now what?
C h o ic e s .. . C h o ic e s .. . C h o ic e s

35. Picasa
linked to Google accounts
Free up to 1GB
$5.00 for every 20GB
after that
Downloadable pics
Blog linking, backup

36. Flickr
Easy uploading tool
Yahoo based program
Organization and sharing easy.
Free up to 100 MB month
this resets!
$24.95 year for unlimited

37. Organizing
Try Try Try...and Try
again to never keep photos
on your computer
Thumb drive
lucky you...built in card
readers!

38. My workflow
Plug in memory card
check any of the photos that you want to keep
upload them to Picasa or Flickr and an external hard drive
external hard drives are incredibly inexpensive and
worth every penny

39. If it does not exist in 3 places it does not exist...keeping in
mind what is important
Once my photos are uploaded and stored in my program
then I select what I want to work with
Upload any that I want to use to my thumb drive
portability!simplicity!

40. Using Photoshop Elements
doing amazing things with your photos!

41. Creating
as well as photo editing!

42. The world at your fingertips!

43. Adding simple text to your photos

44. Choose your picture

46. Select the Text tool

47. Click on the color block to change text color

48. color window will appear
Text

49. use the eye dropper to get an exact color match!!

50. select your text

51. select your size of text

52. type in text

53. resize text

54. second layer of text

55. flattening your layers

57. taking your pictures further

61. repeat with an additional photos

62. www.JessicaSprague.com

63. Lifetime access
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64. Questions?