visual seeing

Thank you to Glynnis for visiting our class and teaching us about visual storytelling! Our first activity, after reviewing the processed photos from the prior week's assignment, was to create a picture story on a posterboard based off a directive picked out of a hat, e.g., "tell a story about a vacation" or "tell a story about a teacher winning an award". Each student picked a unique title for his/her visual display and presented their work to the class. It was a cool project and we are grateful for gaining an understanding into the types of work an editorial photographer might receive and to then come up with our own visions based off "assignment" prompts.
After Glynnis left, we came up with a story to tell through pictures. We then went outside and photographed the shots we came up with, such as Carly teaching Ryan, Friedolin and me how to dance, we're slow learners and soon faint, and Carly the teacher has no remorse for our novice dance moves. It was a fun project because we talked about the different angles at which to shoot the 13 or so pictures we used. The next story the students made up on their own, and was limited to 5 shots. I'll post them up here once they are developed.

Unfortunately Ryan and Carly are taking off for the last 2 weeks of class...to explore the Western part of our continent! Hopefully we'll see some telling pictures of their adventures when they return...