Passport to Texas

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Most kids don’t believe they can have as good a time outdoors in nature as they can indoors with the computer and TV. Convince them otherwise by sending them into the wild with a digital camera, and assignment to document the natural environment.

There’s so many of nature’s own beauties to see that you want to just take a piece of it with you—you can’t [be outside and] look at it all the time. So, it’s nice to have a beautiful picture of nature on your wall. It’s documenting life. It’s a way of capturing a moment, and it’s your forever.

Ebony Williams is a graduate student in photojournalism at UT Austin. She says nature and photography are a winning combination, and can inspire other creative pursuits.

I think that you can get your child a disposable camera, or digital camera. Make a little photo book—my nature walk. And just take pictures and then there will be a memory that get to keep for themselves. It will be creative and educational, because then they can write their own book.

Find ways to get your kids involved in the outdoors when you log onto passporttotexas.org.

That’s our show…with research and writing help from Alanna Jones… For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.
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Links to help connect your kids with nature and photography:
http://www.forestwander.com/news/2008/01/28/young-nature-photo-competition-winners/
http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/tips/photo/nature.html
http://www.betterphoto.com/photography-for-kids.asp
http://www.biglearning.org/treasure-photography-for-kids.htm

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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Most kids don’t believe they can have as good a time outdoors in nature as they can indoors with the computer and TV. Convince them otherwise by sending them into the wild with a digital camera, and assignment to document the natural environment.

There’s so many of nature’s own beauties to see that you want to just take a piece of it with you—you can’t [be outside and] look at it all the time. So, it’s nice to have a beautiful picture of nature on your wall. It’s documenting life. It’s a way of capturing a moment, and it’s your forever.

Ebony Williams is a graduate student in photojournalism at UT Austin. She says nature and photography are a winning combination, and can inspire other creative pursuits.

I think that you can get your child a disposable camera, or digital camera. Make a little photo book—my nature walk. And just take pictures and then there will be a memory that get to keep for themselves. It will be creative and educational, because then they can write their own book.

Find ways to get your kids involved in the outdoors when you log onto passporttotexas.org.

That’s our show…with research and writing help from Alanna Jones… For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.
______________________________________________________
Links to help connect your kids with nature and photography:
http://www.forestwander.com/news/2008/01/28/young-nature-photo-competition-winners/
http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/tips/photo/nature.html
http://www.betterphoto.com/photography-for-kids.asp
http://www.biglearning.org/treasure-photography-for-kids.htm

Kids & Photography Play Now | Play in Popup | Download