Photography · Week 8 · Light, Exposure, and the Camera
Exposure and Patience
Students troubleshoot overexposed and underexposed images and practice adjusting settings without giving up.
- Students will
- Students troubleshoot overexposed and underexposed images, adjust settings or light, and reshoot to build technical and problem-solving skills.
- SEL skill
- Keep trying with a calming self-talk phrase
- What it looks like
- Students practice persevering and using a coping strategy when a creative try does not work.
- Content focus
- Exposure and patience: when a photo does not turn out as pictured
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means steering your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach a goal you care about. 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: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- 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.
- Breaking the Rules Self-managementStudents intentionally break a composition rule and reflect on the discomfort and the discoveries of experimenting.
- Darkroom Patience Self-managementDeveloping a print in the darkroom or through a simulated process, students practice staying calm through steps they cannot rush.
- 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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