Phriday is for Photos 2.19.10

I've been helping 5th graders learn photography at our local elementary school. The project has been to find and photograph geometric shapes. Here are a few of the ones I've captured as I've been guiding the kids along. Find all my photos for this project and all my photography at Flickr.

Comments

[Tim Etherington]

Nice! How are the kids doing though?

[Steve McCoy]

Well. I don't have any of there photos to post, and will try to grab a few when the project is over. I'll still be helping when I can for the next week or two.

[Bryan]

I'm really glad to see this project, and thankful that you're able to help them Steve.

Back in my home state, there's a pretty big battle to take the arts out of schools, and we certainly never had a chance to learn photography in 5th grade.

[Ann Kroeker]

This is a simple idea to get students (and grownups) looking very closely to notice things with an artist's eye. Thanks for the inspiration--I'm going to have my 8th grade daughter try looking for geometric shapes and take some photos herself.

[Steve McCoy]

Thanks Bryan. It's been a great experience.

Ann, exactly. The project was the teacher's idea, and a good one. It's simple enough as a starter idea, and it helps you see the ordinary in a different way. When I walk and talk with the kids about what they see it only takes them 5 minutes to start to see differently.