Weather Photography Project
2737 Lee Lawing Road
What’s the Weather?
Let’s learn about the weather by carefully watching it over time. A weather photography project is assigned as
a semester project. This project will
count as 4 test grades.
Materials
needed:
1.
A camera exclusively
for your use. (If you do not own a
camera, you may use a disposable camera.)
2. Film
3. A
3 ring binder specifically for this project
4. A
notebook designated to keep data of each meteorological event.
Instructions:
Over the course of the semester make as many first-hand
atmospheric observations as possible and record those that seem interesting
with a photograph. A photographic log
should be kept of the date, time,
location, and meteorological
phenomenon photographed. This
information should be kept in the small notebook.
You need to pace yourself over the semester to show how the
weather changes as the season changes.
Every album must have a title page with the project title,
your name, and the class period. The photographs
in the album must be assembled in a logical order, either by time of year or by
type of phenomena.
Each photograph must be accompanied by a typed, well-written
caption. Each caption must include
identification and a descriptive interpretation of the illustrated
phenomenon. Appropriate background
information such as date, time of day, specific location, object(s) or event(s)
not visible in the photograph should also be put in the caption. This information should be in your small
notebook or log.
Take pictures of the following:
- Sky
conditions –
- Clouds
– Be sure to classify clouds, percentage of cloud cover, color of sky,
etc.
Wind- Rain
- Thunderstorms
- Frost
- Dew
- Snow
- Hail
- Sleet
- Any
picture that shows weather and how weather changes over time.
Choose
your two best photographs and mount on appropriate material to enter into a
photo contest.
Place a caption below your entries with your name on the back. One photo may be a sunrise/sunset photo and
the other shall be a non-sunrise/sunset photo. These photos will be judged by
people in the community and awarded ribbons for 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd places. The
photographs will be collectively displayed in the classroom for the entire
class to view.
Project
Boundaries:
1. Albums
must be 3 ring binders with 8.5x 11-inch pages.
The 3 -ring album with removable pages allows the opportunity for
inserting or substituting photographs at any point in the semester.
2. Photographs
may be of various sizes but no photographs should be larger than 5x7. Panorama shots are OK to use if desired.
3. Completed
albums must contain at least 40 and
no more than 65 photographs. Photographs must be taken during each month of the semester.
4. Each
photograph must have a caption that includes all identification
information. Photographs may be of any
meteorological phenomenon. General
diversity is important, but more than one photograph of a given phenomenon may
be appropriate to show variation.
5. Photographs
must be taken within a 50 mile radius of
6. You must take the photographs! No
family members taking the photos for you!
7. Photos
should not have posed people in them.
8.
Project will be due May 3, 2005. You will not need to have any photos taken in
December. Ten points will be deducted for
each day the project is late.
Misplaced, lost, or damaged film/photographs are not an excuse for a
late or incomplete project. Ten extra
points if the project is turned in by April 26, 2005.
9. Use
appropriate safety precautions when taking photos. Do not do anything that would cause you
personal injury.
10. Never, Never look directly at the
sun. Therefore, do not
point the lens of your camera at the sun.
If taking sunrise/sunset pictures, the sun should be to one side of your
camera lens.
11. Pictures
taken prior to beginning date of this project are not eligible for this
project.
12. Completed
album, logbook, and two pictures for the photo contest make up this
project.
Good luck!!! Enjoy the weather!!!
This project was adapted from Clyda Lutz’s Weather Photography Project,
