LITTLE EXPLORERS Photo Fun By Misty Eves
The camera dates back to ancient times when desert tribes discovered that with a tiny hole in a sealed desert tent, a picture of the outside world appeared upside-down on the tent’s inside wall. Until the invention of photographic paper in the 19th century there was no way, other than tracing, to capture these images. You don’t need to go poking holes in your
new tent to make a pinhole camera, you can do it with a few household materials.
Materials: • Empty Pringles chip tube (share the chips) • Scissors • X-acto Knife or jackknife • Thumbtack • Aluminum foil • Black electric tape • A very sunny day
caMP caMera Pinhole instructions:
1. Eat the chips and wipe out the crumbs from the inside of the Pringles can.
2. About four centimetres from the bot- tom of the can draw a line all the way around the can. Then using the knife cut the tube into two pieces along the line. Safety tip: Get an adult to help you with this step.
3. Seal the cut end of the shorter piece with the plastic Pringles can lid.
4. Stack the longer tube on top of the lid and tape both pieces together.
5. Using the thumbtack, poke a tiny hole in the centre of the metal end of the shorter piece.
6. Wrap the entire tube tightly in tinfoil. Make sure the piece of tinfoil is long enough to wrap around the tube twice. This will keep any light from getting in- side of the tube. Tape the foil closed. Tuck in any overhanging foil.
7. Now you just need a sunny day! Look around outside with the non-pinhole end against your eye. Make sure to close the eye that is not looking through the camera. The outside world is projected upside-down on the plastic lid inside the tube.
tips: The darker it is inside the tube, the better your new camera will work. Try cup- ping your hands around the near end of the tube to seal out stray light. To focus the image try holding the camera a bit farther from you eye.
Digital Scavenger Hunt FLASH
SNAPSHOT LANDSCAPE
See if you can find all these camera words in a flash!
Photography Word search
EXPOSURE AUTOFOCUS PIXEL
TRIPOD SHUTTER DIGITAL ZOOM
SNAP FILM LENS
Here’s a fun game to play with digital cameras on your next camping trip or afternoon hike.
First, send an adult off into the campground or forest to take photos with the digital camera(s). Take a variety of photos such as extreme close-up photos of leaves and plants, some photos of landmarks such as trail signs, water taps, out- houses, or common wildlife. After the adult gets about 20 photos on the camera he or she can head back to camp. Now it’s the kids’ turn. Hand over the camera(s) to the treasure hunters. If you
have more than one digital camera you can divide the trea- sure hunters into teams. The digital camera hunters go off to see if they can recapture all the photos. To make it a con- test, the team who captures all the photos first, wins! If an adult isn’t able to go off hiking and take the photos
before the hunt, they can make a list of the objects, wildlife and landmarks and it is up to you to get the best photos.
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