Photojojo!: Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas
Photojojo is all about helping folks take better pictures and do more with them once they’ve got ‘em. So here are a couple of useful pointers, because we love you so. First, check out the sections on how to take better pictures (page 149) and improve the one that you have (page 7). Then, read up on the materials you’ll need for the projects we’ve put together (page 8), and the resources section telling where you can find those materials (page 184). And variations scattered throughout the book. Then get in there! Start making stuff in Part One, and start having more fun with your camera in Part two.
Camera: Either film or digital will work just fine. Most of these projects will work with either a point-and-shoot or a single lens reflex (SLR). There are a few exceptions, but by and large you’ll be fine with whatever camera you can get your hands on.
Computer: Whether Mac or PC, laptop or desktop, you computer doesn’t have to be fancy as long as it works.
One of use here at Photojojo lives in an apartment where she can’t put holes in the wall. And with her high ceilings, that’s a lot of white wall to cover without using any nails. In the midst of her despair, she realized that here was a huge, easy, affordable, and (best of all) removable solution to the problem the Ginormous Photo Mosaic. Though our mosaic differs slightly from traditional mosaic art, which uses small images or fragments to form one larger image or pattern, the Photojojo photo mosaic still shows off the bigger picture—the awesome memories you have of family and friends.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for Photojojo!: Insanely Great Photo Projects
and DIY Ideas is 8.4.
The Best Part of Me: Children Talk About Their Bodies in Pictures and Words
When I pray my hands overlap. I’m in the sun they shine. The color of my hands is toasty brown. These beautiful things are mine.
My elbow is like a little circle. I’m using my elbow when I’m mad. I put my hand on my waist and my elbow sticks out. My elbows are on a table when I’m writing or reading. I like my elbows because I play with my elbows when I jump rope.
I like my feet because I painted the toe nails and because I cut them not too short and not too long! Mosquitoes like my legs (blood). I take after my Dad because they like his blood. I have long legs. I picked to put my feet on leaves because I like to play and I couldn’t run and play without them.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for The Best Part of Me: Children Talk About Their Bodies in Pictures and Words is 4.9.
Photography for Kids: A Fun Guide to Digital Photography
What is it about taking pictures that interest you so much? There are many reasons people like photography. For starters, it’s fun! It’s exciting to capture snapshots of fascinating moments, people, animals, places, and things. When we grow older, we can look back at our pictures to remember a great vacation or a special first day of school. In some ways, photographs become our memories; they can bring the past back to life. Ask your parents if they have old photos of your great-grandparents from when they were children.
If you want to focus on your friend Anna, for example, the camera doesn’t know whether to focus on her or the girl behind her. You have to make sure the camera is focusing on the right subject. To use the autofocus, press the shutter-release button halfway down--don’t press it all the way down or you’ll take a picture. As you do this, you’ll see the image come in to focus on the camera’s screen. A little box will indicate which object the autofocus has selected as the focal point of the picture.
Find an interesting spot in your town—one that you walk by regularly—where people like to gather, like a fountain. Take a picture from the exact same spot every day for a whole week and then compare your pictures afterward to see how the spot changes from day to day.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for Photography for Kids: A Fun Guide to Digital
Photography is 6.9.
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