Photography · Week 19 · Darkroom and Digital Editing
Darkroom Patience
Developing a print in the darkroom or through a simulated process, students practice staying calm through steps they cannot rush.
- Students will
- Students follow the timed steps of a darkroom, cyanotype, or simulated print process and describe how each step affects the final image.
- SEL skill
- Use a calm strategy to keep to timed steps without rushing
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-management by staying calm and patient through steps that cannot be rushed.
- Content focus
- Darkroom patience
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can stay on track toward a goal. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- MA:Pr5.1.HSI: Media Arts, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 5 (Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-management activities for Photography
- Slow Looking Self-managementStudents spend five quiet minutes finding one subject on campus and connect slow looking to calming the mind.
- Exposure and Patience Self-managementStudents troubleshoot overexposed and underexposed images and practice adjusting settings without giving up.
- Breaking the Rules Self-managementStudents intentionally break a composition rule and reflect on the discomfort and the discoveries of experimenting.
- Rescuing a Flawed Image Self-managementStudents revise a flawed image through cropping and tone adjustments and reflect on the value of persistence.
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