Photography

This photography colour/color hunt is an ideal home learning challenge or could take place on your school grounds.  It takes one lesson to complete and asks students to go and photograph different coloured items of their own choosing.  It then asks students to place their photographs in a grid.  A good example is included on […]

‘Creating a Tonal Value Scale’ is a photography task that asks students to arrange objects from dark to light.  This one-page resource includes instructions and tips. There is a version for the UK and USA with the different spellings of ‘colour’. Register on The Arty Teacher to access 3 free resources a month or to […]

This photography scavenger hunt is an ideal home learning challenge.  It takes one lesson to complete and asks students to go and find particular things to photograph.  For example, something wooden and something with reflections.  It then asks students to place their photographs in a grid.  A good example is included on this one-page resource.  […]

This one-page free resource lists good advice you should be giving your students if you are lending them department cameras.  It is an editable word document so you can make this more department-specific should you wish. A useful resource for teaching photography.

This assessing a photograph rubric is essential for teaching students to assess their own photographs. I would use this with students who are new to photography. It looks at: Focus Background Composition Topic Lighting Click here to find more Photography Resources on The Arty Teacher.

This is an ideal introduction to photography for younger students and offers 3 ideas for an outcome.  The 6 page PowerPoint shows how they can find letters hidden in the environment.  The last three slides suggest three project ideas which are to: Create the word ‘Alphabet’ Create their own name. As a group, create a […]