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|at first glance| a late summer wedding and an entrance to remember

My 6 year old son and I went for a nature walk to participate in the City Nature Challenge (https://inaturalist.ca/projects/city-nature-challenge-canada-2020-defi-nature-urbaine) He took these photos with my guidance that I use to teach as an artist in residence at Calgary Elementary Schools.

Tips for young children:

Introduce Birds Eye and Ant's Eye view (From above like a bird and below or laying down looking low and straight ahead like an ant.

Have the child look first for what they want to photograph.

Ask them to take one picture from birds eye and one from ants eye (if possible) and one closer.

Encourage them to move their bodies, get on the ground laying on their stomachs or backs. Crouching down, or getting higher where its safe.

Once they get the hang of it, ask them to choose either birds eye or ants eye and then ask them to get closer and closer and closer with each photograph (usually around 5 images)

Don't be afraid to look through their images with the child and point out "distractions- people, feet, fingers, other competing main subjects" and get them to go back and do it again. And again and again. Children thrive on repetition and it doesn't take them long to figure it out.

Get outside and have fun!

I have the coolest clients!!!

UCalgary hydrologist leads water scarcity research Tricia Stadnyk named 2020 Faculty Research in Sustainability Award winner