Digital Scavenger Hunt

This week's project was to collect digital images as a group based on the criteria provided in the form of a scavenger hunt activity. Our hunt was titled "Shapes" and it sent us scavenging for various shapes outside on campus.

This activity was fun and allowed us to think outside the box a little bit, getting some fresh air and training our eyes to see the simple shapes in the everyday complexities. I love taking pictures, so luckily I was entrusted as our group's photographer. We got some really cool shots in some not-so-obvious places. The hardest shape to find by far was the octagon - we didn't want to photograph a stop sign like anyone else would, so we had to really hunt for it!

Uploading and resizing the images was easy enough. All the tools we needed were provided in the "Image" settings in Photoshop. I might try to amass some digital cameras for my art classroom and take my students out on this type of scavenger hunt. I think art students could benefit from having to analyze and really look around them to find things they might not immediately see.