Yesterday morning I completed an “Emotions” photography project for my son’s 3rd grade class.
Last Thursday, I went to speak to the class about advertising. We discussed modeling and making emotional expressions with our faces. We brainstormed a lengthy list of emotions, and then stepped outside to take some pictures. Fellow class parent Kelli Martin and I photographed each child doing various emotions in a marathon session yielding hundreds of photos.
I selected nine images for each student, and then cropped/retouched into an 8×10 grid for printing and framing. Four fun versions were created: color graded, distressed, gradient map illustration, and cartoon.
I returned yesterday morning and presented the imagery to the class in a fun Keynote slideshow that included their images, and a clip of video showing several of the students doing their expressions.
In addition I supplied each student with a printed poster of their classmates, and links for digital copies to share with their families.
What do you think? Here are a few more samples.
THIS IS THE TEST AREA FOR SLIDEPRESS.
1. This is using the standard code for lightview: Emotions Slideshow
June 16, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Thank you so much for the amazing photographs. I love the photo collage. The kid’s all love it as well. Thank you for taking the time to do such a wonderful project with the kids. We will cherish the photographs.
June 16, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Your work is so artistic, creative and amazing…thank you thank you thank you. It has already been framed and will find it’s way on our walls as soon as I can find a nail!
June 16, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Amazing job on the class photo/layout! Really, I am impressed – great idea. Thank you so much
June 16, 2010 at 5:41 pm
This is amazing.
June 16, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Your creativity is boundless Nels. Thanks for the smile.
June 16, 2010 at 8:41 pm
You are the best Nels! Lucky kids!
June 16, 2010 at 9:58 pm
amazing, as usual.
June 16, 2010 at 10:01 pm
That is so interesting. You seem to do a lot for schools. That is so admirable.
June 16, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Seriously I think you might be the coolest dad ever!
June 21, 2010 at 6:53 am
Heidi, I hear you are pregnant. Congratulations!
June 16, 2010 at 10:35 pm
You are all very kind. Not so sure about the “coolest dad”, though.
June 17, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Again, with the coolest Dad in 3rd grade, fun project!
October 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Nels,
You work is wonderful and I’m really moved by this emotions photo project. My wife and I are teachers just outside of Toronto, Canada, and I’m helping her develop a literacy unit on empathy. I would love to use some of the images in the project as a resource. With luck the school board will not have blocked this corner of the web but if it has, could we have your permission to use one of the 3×3 portrait collages via a screen capture?
Sincerely,
Brett
November 3, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Thanks for the compliment. Sadly, No. I cannot give you permission to use any of these images for your project.