Digital Photography

Possible Challenges

• Create a photo tour of BCS

• Plan a photowalk, photo safari, or photo scavenger hunt in and around BCS - recommend specific spots that might lend themselves to specific techniques or subjects

  • Math Scavenger Hunt

• Derrick Story's monthly Photography Assignments

• Digital Photography School's Weekly Challenges

• Snap, Style & Share (old - but challenge may still be interesting)

• Environmental Photo Contest (old - but challenge may still be interesting)

• National Geographic Photography Contest for Kids (old - but challenge may still be interesting)

• iPhoneography: Photo Challenges, Ideas & Literacy

• Learn Photo365 Photography Assignment Generator for iPad (iPad app - $2.99 - we have a copy)

• MorgueFiles Classroom (challenges at the end of each lesson)

• DIY Challenges

• 5 Photo Stories or Digital Storytelling

• Out My Window - Global Challenge

• Collage, Poster, Greeting Card, etc.

• 30 Day Challenge

  • Create a BCS 30 Day Challenge

• Join Project Noah - Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

• Create a light box

Tools

Hardware

• iPad 3 with built in cameras

• Canon Point and Shoot Cameras

• Canon Digital Rebel (SLR)

• Tripods

• Monopod

Software

• iPad &/Or iPhone

  • iPhoto for iOS

  • Snapseed (iPhone & iPad)

  • VSCO Cam

    • VSCO Cam Walkthrough

• OSX

  • iPhoto for OSX

  • Intensify

Resources and How-To's

• General

  • iPhone and iPad Photography with iOS 14 (ask teacher for access)

  • Digital Photography School's Tips

    • Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials for Beginners

  • 100 Tips - 25 Tips for Mastering iPhone Photography and 25 More Tips and Yet Another 25 Tips and 25 More Tips for Mastering iPhone Photography

  • How To Take The Perfect Photo (Shutterfly)

  • MorgueFiles Classroom

  • Beginning Photography Tips: Top 10 Techniques for Better Pictures

  • 10 Photography Rules To Break

  • DK Tom Ang's Digital Photography (iPad app - $4.99 - we have a copy)

  • Learn Photo365 Photography Assignment Generator for iPad (iPad app - $2.99 - we have a copy)

  • Compact Camera Scene Modes

  • Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures - Kodak

  • Photography Tips & Tricks (video podcast archive)

• iPhoneography

  • iPhone & iPad Photography Choice Hour

  • How to get the most sharp and focused photos: iPhone Photography Tips and Tricks

  • Lynda.com (free for Baldwin and West Bloomfield library card holders)

    • iPhone and iPad Photography with iOS 9

    • Photography 101

    • The Practicing Photographer

    • Shooting with the iPhone 5s

  • How to Create Amazing iPhone Photographs (iBook - we have a copy)

  • How to Compose and Shoot Great Photos With Your iPhone?

  • How to get the best out of photo apps on your smartphone – video

    • 10 best photography apps

  • How to shoot anything on your iPhone

  • iPhoneography by Adorama

  • How to shoot HDR photos on your iPhone

  • Photography Guidebook for iPad, iPod, and iPhone (iTunes U)

  • iPhone Photography Awards - Winners 2007-2014

• Composition

  • Rule of Thirds (for video & photography)

  • Perspective (or Point of View) Angle, Zoom, Framing

  • Five simple photo composition tips

  • 10 Top Photography Composition Rules

  • Learn About Depth of Field: 5 Easy Lessons to Improve Your Photos

• Food Photography

  • How To Capture a Recipe Through Photos

  • How to Photograph Food (BBC)

  • Cake Photography Tips

• Lighting

  • Analyzing a Natural Light Portrait 

    • We have access to a photo disc

• DSLR

  • Master Your DSLR Camera: A Better Way to Learn Digital Photography ($9.99 iBook - we have a copy)

  • Photography Mapped

  • Canon t5i

    • Canon EOS 101: Photography and Videography Basics

      • How-To Video Library: EOS 101 (just the videos)

    • Canon Digital SLR Cameras - Discover the Real Joy of Photography

    • Discover the Possibilities with EOS HD Video

    • Canon T5i Manual