A Picture is Worth a Thousand

WordsDigital Photography and Creative Writing

Residency5th Grade Students

What we’ll do this weekLearn 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!

How do you define

photography?

,.

Born 1902 – Died 1984

Ansel Adams

What do you see?

Inspiration & Muse

What catches

your eye?

Photograph

Image

“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” – David Alan Harvey 

TechniqueFraming your photo

Rule of Thirds

Composition

Light

Frame your photo

Rule of Thirds

More information: http://digitalphotographylive.com/rule-of-thirds/

Light

Ansel Adams

Light

National Geographic

Composition

Composition

Reflections

Reflections

Reflections

iMovie on Mood and Tone

Mood and Tone Video

https://youtu.be/_hGhtmzTOEE

Closer view (zooming in)

“Elevator House” by Ansel Adam

Zoomed out

“Elevator House” by Ansel Adams

Listen to the Muse and

ExperimentShoot from different perspectives

Zoom in – zoom out

Shoot your subject at different angles

You’ll know when you have the shot

Click!

Follow your inspiration

Muse (Noun)noun

1. Classical Mythology. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede(song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterlyand more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus andMnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry),Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene(tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance),Thalia (comedy), 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 asinspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like.

3. (lowercase) the genius or powers characteristic of a poet.

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.

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA Literacy RL.5.7

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning or beauty of a text