Today I gave Søren the job of dusting window sills. Quick as lightening.
“All done Mom.”
“Great, thanks buddy.”
About an hour later, concerned by a large slice of silence, I wandered into the kitchen and discovered my son at the table with his sketching gear examining a dead June Bug strategically posed on a paper plate.
Windowsill booty.
“Wow Søren, what's all this?”
“Remember that beetle at the Getty mom?”
One word: Observation.
Need I say more?
My middle son is an amazing writer, a deft creator of unique
characters. He will sit for hours crafting a tale. He usually enlists his
younger brother, Søren, to illustrate because he is not particularly fond of
drawing.
sometimes we experiment with cell phones. We use disposable cameras and,
occasionally, one dinosaur that uses 35mm film. Mostly we snap digitally. Our
students are encouraged to explore and observe their world through the
viewfinder.
use it in a still life arrangement of objects with interesting shapes and
textures. Liam was the youngest
student looking through the viewfinder that day. His photo was, by far the most
sophisticated—a minimal composition of the circle, square, and rectangle, a
simplistic balance of light and shadow.
Looking to explore photography more with your children?
Lesson Plan: Element of Art / Kodak
13 Lessons About Digital Photography
Happy clicking!
