{"id":2587,"date":"2018-02-01T10:01:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/?page_id=2587"},"modified":"2018-09-07T17:16:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T00:16:34","slug":"winter-2018-45-photography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/archives\/challenge-2017-18\/winter-2018-45-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 2018 4\/5 Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This term we are exploring and learning about photography.&nbsp; We want to know:<\/p>\n<p>What is art? What is a good photo? How can we use photography to express ourselves and our idea?<\/p>\n<p>We began by looking at photography in books and online to develop criteria about what we think makes a good photo.&nbsp; Here is our list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrast of colours<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lines patterns<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look closely<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creativity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vibrant &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Textures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Details<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shade<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mono-colour<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connections<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Story<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awareness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silhouette<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unexpected combinations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">action<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each week we are taking photos inside and outside the school. Before we go out we are learning and discussing aspects of photography including aesthetics and composition.&nbsp; Some of the things we&#8217;ve talked about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Framing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horizontal\/Vertical Framing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagonals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foreground\/Background<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focal Point\/ Main Subject<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Point of View (PoV)\/ camera angles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cropping<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Rule of 3rds<\/li>\n<li>Balance<\/li>\n<li>Symmetry and asymmetry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2593\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0339.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0339.jpg 360w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0339-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The students are encouraged to choose a theme or subject every time they take photos.&nbsp; They are asked to choose a focal point and shoot from a number of POV.&nbsp; Most importantly, we always ask ourselves: What am I taking a picyture of and why?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2594\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0341.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0341.jpg 640w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0341-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0341-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2595\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0338.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0338.jpg 360w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0338-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2596\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0336.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0336.jpg 360w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0336-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2597\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0340.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0340.jpg 360w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2018\/02\/img_0340-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When they come back to the library, students upload their pictures to the computers and then choose their best photos of the day to upload. Each week in Google Classroom, they have an assignment which includes choosing a few pictures and reflecting on what they learned, noticed and wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates and photos from the students!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This term we are exploring and learning about photography.&nbsp; We want to know: What is art? What is a good photo? How can we use photography to express ourselves and our idea? We began by looking at photography in books and online to develop criteria about what we think makes a good photo.&nbsp; Here is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/archives\/challenge-2017-18\/winter-2018-45-photography\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Winter 2018 4\/5 Photography&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"parent":2738,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2587"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2587\/revisions\/2621"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}