Digital Photography
Illuminating photography: From camera obscura to camera phoneThe origins of the cameras we use today were invented in the 19th century. Or were they? A millenia before, Arab scientist Alhazen was using the camera obscura to duplicate images, with Leonardo da Vinci following suit 500 years later and major innovations beginning in the 19th century. Eva Timothy tracks the trajectory from the most rudimentary cameras to the ubiquity of them today.
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How to take a great Picture
Have you ever looked at your camera and wondered what all of those buttons actually do? For manual photography, the aperture, shutter speed and ISO sensitivity can all be manipulated to get just the right amount of light. Carolina Molinari suggests the best exposure for an action photo, a stunning portrait or a nighttime landscape.
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What cameras see that our eyes don't
Our eyes are practically magical, but they cannot see everything. For instance, the naked eye cannot see the moment where all four of a horse's legs are in the air or the gradual life cycle of plants -- but cameras can capture these moments. Bill Shribman gives examples where photography can pick up where the eye leaves off.
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Know your file types. When to use JPEG, GIF, and PNGBelow is a link to an infographic by "Who is Hosting This?" that explains the difference between JPEG, GIF, and PNG and when to use each.
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This Picture Shows How Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO Affect Your Photos |
National Gallery of Art Photo Op Interactive
PHOTO OP (Shockwave, 7 MB) is a two-part interactive introduction to digital photography and image editing. Use the virtual camera to snap pictures, then experiment with the easy-to-use photo editing tools to give your art a whole new look. The special effects palette, colorizing options, collage tools, warps, and mirrors will transform your photographs. This program is suitable for all ages.
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Brainpop Camera ($)Click on the image to see this video.
This Brainpop describes how a camera works.
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Brainpop Photography ($)Click on the image to see this video.
This Brianpop covers the following topics:
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Photo Editors
PicMonkey is a feature-rich, free online photo editor that works right in your browser; no downloads necessary.
NOTE: I've used this with Grades 1-5 and it's easy and fun to use. They gave me a free Royale account to use with the students. |
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BiteSlide is an amazing digital scrapbooks for student creativity, imagination, and self-expression.
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LunaPic - is a photo editor that also gives you a wide variety of animations like snowfall, reflecting and transitions that you can apply to your photo. With LunaPic you are also able to customize your own collage or make a slide show of your edited photos. And there are plenty of layouts to create a personalized holiday card. These options allow you to go beyond editing your photos to create one-of-a-kind images.
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iPiccy makes your photo awesome with many easy to use photo tools. Edit pictures, apply beautiful photo effects, add text and even paint! Enjoy free photo editing online and show your creativity with iPiccy editor!
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Sumo Paint is a full featured photo editing / painting application, which works right in your favorite web browser! The application can be used in Windows, Macintosh or Linux operating systems. The only requirement is the Flash Player (which usually comes preinstalled in any OS).
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Canva - Design your own custom poster like a pro in Canva! Upload your own images and customize one of hundreds of our professionally designed layouts and templates.
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BeFunky - Need to crop, resize, or add a frame to your photo? We’ve got your back. Adjust the color, brightness, contrast, saturation, or sharpness?
Welcome to BeFunky. A photo without effects is like a unicorn without a rainbow. That’s why we offer more photo editing tools than anyone else online, for FREE! The BeFunky Photo Editor puts hundreds of effects at your fingertips so you can create photos as unique as you are. Photos get lonely too sometimes, which is why we have the amazing BeFunky Collage Maker! Creating any photo collage you can dream up is now easy and FREE! With tons of templates, awesome effects, and seamless integration with the BeFunky Photo Editor, your photos will look better than ever. |
Photshop Express - Make your snapshots look amazing with the Adobe® Photoshop® Express Editor, which gives you easy options for quick fixes, creative enhancements, and endless fun.
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PosterMyWall - Custom poster and collage maker.
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Big Huge Labs - Helping you do cool stuff with your digital photos since 2005. :-)
Have fun with your photos! You can make: trading cards, magazine covers, puzzles, pop art poster, mosaics, motivator poster, calendar, etc. |
AutoMotivator - Make motivational posters. Download a jpg file.
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Breaking news generator - students can use this breaking news generator to demonstrate their knowledge. They can add: news channel, headline, ticker, date, place and image.
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WordPhoto APP ($) - You've probably heard the tired cliche about a picture being worth a thousand words. We've taken this phrase quite literally and created WordFoto, an app that turns photos and words into amazing typographic works of art. Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Our idea is to help you tell better stories online using photos. With PhotoPeach you can create a rich slideshow in seconds to engage your friends or family. We also support background music, captions, and comments so you can elaborate on your story further.
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Interesting...
Faking Anime Fight Scenes
There’s a humorous new photography meme emerging from Japan. Students in the country are shooting photos that look like they’re ‘Kamehameha’ scenes from the popular manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball.
In each shot, one participant poses as a character exploding with energy, while one or more other subjects pretends to be blown away by the force of the blast. As with all of the popular memes that have emerged in recent years, participants are jumping onboard by shooting their own photos and then sharing them on the web. Click here to read the full article. |
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Mindbending Optical IllusionsErik Johansson is a Swedish photographer and retoucher based in Berlin who is well known on the Internet for his amazing surreal photo manipulations that show everyday scenes with major twists. A number of his works are optical illusions created by manipulating and combining images in creative ways. Click here to read the full article.
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Lego Photographic |
October JonesDuring our commute, most of us will resort to listening to music, reading, or staring at the window and pondering the meaning of life. Illustrator and blogger October Jones (real name Joe Butcher) , however, has come up with a creative and somewhat more unusual way to spend his time – he draws new heads for his fellow commuters.
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INSANE Posed Ant Photography
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Impossible PhotographyErik Johansson creates realistic photos of impossible scenes -- capturing ideas, not moments. In this witty how-to, the Photoshop wizard describes the principles he uses to make these fantastical scenarios come to life, while keeping them visually plausible.
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