Earlier this week, I introduced you to The Kids’ Outdoor Adventure Book. It provides some 448 great things to do in nature before you grow up. I thought it’d be fun to give one a try. Thankfully, The Little Explorer obliged.
We went a little nuts and picked not a spring activity, but a summer one: Take flower photos.
It’s got an adventure scale rating of 2 (which means even nature newbies should enjoy it). The instructions are pretty straightforward:
“You don’t have to have a fancy camera to get good flower pictures … Lots of cameras even have a flower setting you can choose. Try all different angles and distances to get the best shot.”
I gave The Little Explorer the choice of using one of two usually off-limit devices: my iPhone or my compact digital camera. He opted for the iPhone and off we went.
Even though The Little Explorer is only 4, he enjoyed experimenting as he snapped his flower photos. Which means your kids might, too. A few things to try:
- Take photos from one distance, then zoom in or move closer and take another. Which do you like better?
- Take one photo with the sun behind you, another with it in front. What happens?
- Try taking photos in different positions – like up high looking down or down low looking up. The Little Explorer even climbed a tree for one shot.
And if you’re wondering what to do once you’ve taken all those flower photos, why not …
- Create a flower photo album.
- Try to identify the flowers you photographed.
- Choose a favorite flower and create a picture, sketch or painting of it.
- Make up a story about one of the flowers and your child.
My youngest is usually a lot more random about his photo taking. Somehow, focusing in on just flowers helped him stay in a zone. I promise it'll get better! 🙂
Thanks for letting me know about the comments on my bee post – I forgot to turn them on! :-)<br /><br />Loved your bee shot & left you a comment there.
Hi Debi!<br />I wasn't able to comment at the end of your Saturday post about bees (can't find the usual place to comment there, not sure why…), but I wanted to say that's an AMAZING shot of a bee, and send you one of my own (not as amazing, but still…). Here it is: http://www.joyfullygreen.com/2012/09/savoring-the-last-of-summer.html. <br /><br />It really is a great idea to let
I love that your son climbed a tree to take a photo! What a wonderful activity and a great way to explore outdoors. My son loves taking photos but it's usually a tad random.