Theme/Concept: Explore Form with Digital Photography

Watertown Public Schools

30 Common St, Watertown, MA 02472 USA 617-926-7700 fax: 617-923-1234 www.watertown.k12.ma.us

Dan R. Dressler 9-12 Visual Arts Instructor Web Master for WPS [email protected]

Lesson: Photography > Form

Theme/Concept: Explore form with digital photography.

Grade Level: 9-12

Objectives: Produce a serious of digital photographs that explore form, light and shadow.

Standards: Observation, Invention & Abstraction. Elements & Principles of Design.

Learning Activities: Explore form with digital photography. Consider a variety of subject matter such as nature, anatomy and architecture. Seek out a variety of light sources to accentuate and dramatize form.

Digital work will be formatted and color managed with Adobe Photoshop before submitting final product to the instructor.

Assessment: Final products should reflect the following:  Digital photos that address form through a variety of subject matter and light sources.  Final products will be downsized to 72dpi, cropped, color managed & saved as a .jpg.

Materials: (1) Digital Camera (2) Adobe Photoshop