TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 History Strike a Pose 4 CHAPTER 2 Geography The Age of Selfies 10 CHAPTER 3 Civics Photography Ethics 16 CHAPTER 4 Economics Internet Advertising 22 THINK ABOUT IT 30 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32
CHAPTER 1 History Strike a Pose Smile Say cheese You’re about to have your picture taken You might be the photographer perfecting that selfie pose or snapping a photo of the food you ordered for lunch In today’s world taking and sharing photographs is as much a part of the day as eating food doing homework or going to school In the past taking a picture was a slow process You had to have a camera with film in it The film had to be purchased at a store When you eventually took the picture it was a gamble Did you have poor lighting Were your arms steady when you 4 21st century skills library
There are a lot of parts to a film camera took the shot Was your finger in the way You wouldn’t know until you shot 24 or 36 pictures on the roll of film developed it and got the pictures back It could take weeks to find out if you didn’t develop the film yourself Then if friends wanted copies of the picture you’d have to request more prints to be made which could also take a few weeks 5 IMAGE SHARING
