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Photo Adventures: How to Bend Reality with Photography
An activity book that shows children how to bend reality with just a camera and a playful outlook. Photo Adventures is an activity book by photographer and professional fun-maker Jan von Holleben, who reveals his secrets to making magic with no more than a camera or smartphone and a playful approach. With the aid of props lying about the house, and a generous dose of imagination, children will discover how to pretend to fly like a superhero by turning the ground into the sky; use photo collages to create a “brain x-ray” of what’s hiding in their heads; teeter their parents on top of a tower using tricks of perspective; devise an impossible machine by combining junk with a tight picture crop; and transform siblings into one-eyed, three-legged monsters using a mirror and a sharp camera angle. Featuring pro tips and secret tricks, Photo Adventures shows that there’s more to photography than tech wizardry or applying a filter. Using just a basic digital camera or camera phone, these addictively playful projects are readily accessible, not to mention enormous fun, for the whole family. Illustrated in color throughout
96 pages, Paperback
Published September 17, 2019
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December 21, 2019
"I'm seeing more and more funny things. This is cool, isn't it?" – T, Age "almost 5, but still 4"
Photo Adventures is a guide to photographing optical illusions. From kids walking on the ceiling to boys with candy-filled brains to miniature people navigating Queen Anne's Lace, straightforward instructions make creative photographs do-able with everyday objects. I would definitely categorize this as a niche-publication, but recommend it for creative or curious kids, aspiring photographers, or Instagrammers who want to up their game. T had fun looking at the pictures, but was not interested in being a model or making any of the photos. I have a feeling his answer would be different if he were a bit older, which is why I'm categorizing this as "middle grade."
Cool trivia:
Jan Von Holleben has worked as a photographer for Der Spiegel.
Note:
A review copy was provided by Thames and Hudson in exchange for an honest review.
Photo Adventures is a guide to photographing optical illusions. From kids walking on the ceiling to boys with candy-filled brains to miniature people navigating Queen Anne's Lace, straightforward instructions make creative photographs do-able with everyday objects. I would definitely categorize this as a niche-publication, but recommend it for creative or curious kids, aspiring photographers, or Instagrammers who want to up their game. T had fun looking at the pictures, but was not interested in being a model or making any of the photos. I have a feeling his answer would be different if he were a bit older, which is why I'm categorizing this as "middle grade."
Cool trivia:
Jan Von Holleben has worked as a photographer for Der Spiegel.
Note:
A review copy was provided by Thames and Hudson in exchange for an honest review.
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