Robin Clevenger

I have to say that having a digital camera is one of the best things for
unschooling that we've done, for many reasons. We can take enormous amounts
of photos of Lego constructions, Lego guys in various poses doing various
things (my favorite was the day my son's Lego people went "mountain
climbing" - he made a mountain out of pillows and a blanket over the top,
then had posed them in various mountaineering ways on the sides), and other
things that are transitory We've done things like taken a picture of a
scraped knee, then taken a picture each day afterwards as it scabbed over
and healed - gave the kids a time-lapse view of how their bodies worked. I
take pictures of artwork when it gets too voluminous to keep every bit, or
of art projects that are too cumbersome to keep around but that the kids
want to remember.
But I also think it would be great if you lived in a state that required
documentation, because you can photograph everything and there's no film or
developing costs. You could have pictures of your kids at museums, parks,
field trips, their writing, projects, camping trips, crafts, baking, and
artwork. If I took photos of all the stuff my kids do in the course of a
day, I can imagine it would look pretty impressive all totaled into a
collection if need be.
I love photography in general and have been the unoffical photographer of
our homeschooling group. Last year when we had our group's Honoring
Ceremony, I put together a slide show on the computer of the whole year and
various stuff we'd done, and set it to music. As we watched it, the parents
were all saying "Wow, I forgot we did that", and "We did so many things last
year, I didn't remember." When you view it like that at the end of a period
of time, it *is* impressive just the endless cool things that an unschooling
lifestyle can lead you to. So for those who have to document, I'd say that a
digital camera can be priceless. We figured that we saved the cost of our
camera in film developing alone in less than 6 months. And no more storing
huge amounts of photos and negatives. I just burn them all to CDs and
they're stored.

Blue Skies!
-Robin-

Pamela Sorooshian

On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 07:42 AM, Robin Clevenger wrote:

> Last year when we had our group's Honoring
> Ceremony, I put together a slide show on the computer of the whole
> year and
> various stuff we'd done, and set it to music.

Tell us about the "Honoring Ceremony" -- nice name!!!

-pam

Olga

Robin,

I completely agree. We got a digital camera for work, but I use it
for personal things all the time. I can take as many shots as I want
until I get it right and no expensive film developing (or bad film
developing). Now, I take pictures of alot of the things we do that we
cannot keep because there is no written work or drawing to go with it!

Olga :)


--- In [email protected], "Robin Clevenger"
<diamondair@e...> wrote:
> I have to say that having a digital camera is one of the best
things for
> unschooling that we've done, for many reasons. We can take enormous
amounts
> of photos of Lego constructions, Lego guys in various poses doing
various
> things (my favorite was the day my son's Lego people went "mountain
> climbing" - he made a mountain out of pillows and a blanket over
the top,
> then had posed them in various mountaineering ways on the sides),
and other
> things that are transitory We've done things like taken a picture
of a
> scraped knee, then taken a picture each day afterwards as it
scabbed over
> and healed - gave the kids a time-lapse view of how their bodies
worked. I
> take pictures of artwork when it gets too voluminous to keep every
bit, or
> of art projects that are too cumbersome to keep around but that the
kids
> want to remember.
> But I also think it would be great if you lived in a state that
required
> documentation, because you can photograph everything and there's no
film or
> developing costs. You could have pictures of your kids at museums,
parks,
> field trips, their writing, projects, camping trips, crafts,
baking, and
> artwork. If I took photos of all the stuff my kids do in the course
of a
> day, I can imagine it would look pretty impressive all totaled into
a
> collection if need be.
> I love photography in general and have been the unoffical
photographer of
> our homeschooling group. Last year when we had our group's Honoring
> Ceremony, I put together a slide show on the computer of the whole
year and
> various stuff we'd done, and set it to music. As we watched it, the
parents
> were all saying "Wow, I forgot we did that", and "We did so many
things last
> year, I didn't remember." When you view it like that at the end of
a period
> of time, it *is* impressive just the endless cool things that an
unschooling
> lifestyle can lead you to. So for those who have to document, I'd
say that a
> digital camera can be priceless. We figured that we saved the cost
of our
> camera in film developing alone in less than 6 months. And no more
storing
> huge amounts of photos and negatives. I just burn them all to CDs
and
> they're stored.
>
> Blue Skies!
> -Robin-

[email protected]

In a message dated 5/6/03 1:57:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
diamondair@... writes:

> I have to say that having a digital camera is one of the best things for
> unschooling that we've done, for many reasons.

My boys lately have been using the digital camera to make their own Yu Gi Oh
cards.
Pam G.


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Stephanie Elms

Don't forget letting the kids take pictures! I love my digital camera because I don't feel
antsy about letting my 6 yo (or 3 yo) take picture after picture after picture. Jason (my
6 yo) has got a great eye and sets up wonderful shots. And he absolutely loves it.

You can check out his pics at our website (Look for the album labeled Pictures by Jason)

http://community.webshots.com/user/elmsfamily


Stephanie E.