Digital Photography

Several teachers at my school use digital cameras with students to inspire writing and a different perspective on the world. students learn the mechanics of digital photography; using shooting modes, focusing, uploading and deleting images. They also learn about photographic composition; framing, using lines, foreground and background, getting close to a subject, altering the point of view. It also encourages students to use images to speak to the viewer. It is that combination of images and text that comprises digital photographic literacy.