Objectives: Photographer Eric Mueller is a “minimalist trapped in a maximalist’s body”, and is an active member of the photography community and Instagram.  Learn about his daily photograph project, 366 Things I love, and create your own photo diary using elements of photography.

Tools/Resources: iPad apps: Camera, Book Creator, and a photo editor, like Prisma or Adobe Photoshop.

Activity
1) Watch the segment and discuss:

a. Why would doing a daily photo journal be interesting to a photographer?

b. What are some things you would like to take a photo of? Why?

2) Daily activity for a month (ideal):

a. Take a photo with the Camera app, participants can choose to edit it either using the editing feature of the camera or using photo-editing software like Prisma or Adobe Photoshop.

b. Using Book Creator, embed the photo on a new “page” every day, have participants write up a daily entry about that photo in Book Creator answering these questions:

i. What do you think about this photo?

ii. What do you see in this photo?

iii. What do you notice in this photo?

iv. Explain your choice of editing

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