Today started out by learning about different types of photos and what is in them. We looked at some archaeological artifact photos, museums photos, portraits, landscapes, aerial photos, wildlife photos, action/sports shots, candid vs. posed photos, and even a bit about taking photos of photos.
After that we did a little exercise that some of us thought was a little silly. We cut a rectangle hole in a piece of paper and looked through it with one eye closed, pretending it was our camera. The reason was to get us starting to think about the composition of our photos, so what is in it, what is in the background, what angle we are taking the picture from (up high, down low, on level...). We had fun running around pretending to take pictures of each other, but were getting anxious to get our hands on the real cameras.
Finally the cameras were brought out... We learned a bit about the different settings on the point and shoot cameras. There is the auto, landscape, portrait... but we weren't quite ready to deal with all of that. So for the last bit of the workshop today, we split into groups as we are sharing cameras and got to try them out. Each person was supposed to take around 12 shots, trying out different angles, looking at the positioning of subjects and not forgetting to ask permission to take pictures of other people...its not only polite, it's the law ;)
Here is Sydney trying angles from above...
...and this is her shot of Jawna
Kaitlyn's Landscape
Full Body Portrait of Jonelle
At level "wildlife" shot of our new friend Lucky.
Close up shot of a 3D printed model of the Palraiyuk head from Nunalleq.
