Year 2

Creating Media - Digital photography

Pupils will learn to recognise that different devices can be used to capture photographs and will gain experience capturing, editing, and improving photos. Finally, they will use this knowledge to recognise that images they see may not be real.

Lesson 1: E-safety: Self identity online

This lesson aims to help pupils understand that the internet plays a central role in everyday life. They will think about how different people enjoy different things online and offline, and identify ways to keep themselves safe online.

We created our online profiles and discussed as a class what is suitable to post and what isn't.

Swafiyya

I made sure that my username did not feature my name or date of birth.

Yusuf

My profile photo is an avatar not an actual photo of me.

Kerenza

My privacy is set to friends only.

Lesson 2: Taking photographs

This lesson introduces the concept that many devices can be used to take photographs. In the lesson, learners begin to capture their own photographs.

Learning objectives

To use a digital device to take a photograph

I can recognise what devices can be used to take photographs
I can talk about how to take a photograph
I can explain what I did to capture a digital photo

Some of these devices are cameras, some have cameras inside of them, and some are not cameras at all. The devices with cameras ‘can take photos’, while the ones without can’t. We had to work together to sort the pictures into two groups: ‘can take photos’ and ‘cannot take photos’.

Our second task was we had a ‘Photography bingo’ activity sheet. For this activity, we were required to take photos of different things, think about what our photo looks like, and work together to figure out how to take a good photograph using that device.

We completed this activity, using three simple steps:

Hold
Look
Press

Check down below of us taking a photograph of a building, an action shot and a selfie!

Action shot

building

selfie

close up of an object

Lesson 3: Landscape or portrait?

A photograph can be taken in either portrait or landscape format. In this lesson, learners explore taking photographs in both portrait and landscape formats and explore the reasons why a photographer may favour one over the other.

Learning objectives

To make choices when taking a photograph

I can explain the process of taking a good photograph
I can take photos in both landscape and portrait format
I can explain why a photo looks better in portrait or landscape format

We decided that when taking a door picture, portrait is the better option due to the door's length.

When taking a close up picture of the pencil pot, portrait was the better option.

When we took a picture of the display board, we turned our ipad so it was landscape so we could fit it all in.

We realised that taking a picture of the window in portrait mode was not good. As we could not fit the width of the mirror!

British Museum trip

We went to the British Museum Room 25 to visit the Africa Exhibition, here are some of the pictures we took on the day remembering our prior learning of how to capture a good photo.

Lesson 4: What makes a good photograph?

A photograph is composed by a photographer. In this lesson, learners discover what constitutes good photography composition and put this into practice by composing and capturing photos of their own.

Learning objectives

To describe what makes a good photograph

I can identify what is wrong with a photograph
I can discuss how to take a good photograph
I can improve a photograph by retaking it

Zainab

Yusuf

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