Presentation for DTI Arts and Crafts Festival about kaleidoscope photography. After the presentation, I taught the participants how to make kaleidoscopes :D

1. Kaleidoscope Photography

2. Kaleidoscope Photography
Kaleidoscope World
By Francis M
Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

3. Kaleidoscope Photography

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10. Benefits of making art
1) Relieve Stress
2) Boost self-esteem and
provides a sense of
accomplishment
3) Makes you smarter by
increasing brain
connectivity and plasticity
4) Makes you more
emotional intelligent by
increasing empathy,
tolerance and feeling of
love

11. Benefits of making art
5) Improves you well-
being by decreasing
negative emotions and
increasing positive ones
6) Improves your
problem-solving and
critical-thinking skills
7) Improves your ability
to concentrate and focus
8) Helps you to
understand other people's
feelings and perspectives

12. Benefits of making art
Sources:
http://bebrainfit.com/the-health-benefits-of-art-are-for-everyone/
http://jamesclear.com/make-more-art
http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/33-benefits-of-
arts-to-kids
https://artblanco.com/blog/55991/11-great-benefits-of-painting

13. Before we start
“Don’t think about making art, just get it
done. Let everyone else decide if it’s
good or bad, whether they love it or hate
it. While they are deciding, make even
more art.”
- Andy Warhol

14. Procedure
1) Bring out your camera. You can use your camera phone.
2) Get 2 pieces of clear cd case.
3) Remove the clear part.
4) Cover one side of it with masking tape
5) Create marks for the sizes of the 3 sides of your kaleidoscope. For DSLR lens – 2 by 2.5
inches. For camera phone - .5 by 2.5 inches.
6) Cut them carefully. Very carefully. With a cutter. Use several but light cuts. Until the acrylic
starts to separate.
7) Cut the illustration board to the same size as your acrylic sheets.
8) Form a triangle with you acrylic sheets. Then use the rubber band to hold them together. Put at
least one on each end. Don’t tighten them too much yet…
9) Slide in the illustration board sheets with the black side facing inwards.
10) Tighten your rubberbands and put more if you want :D
11) Now you have a kaleidoscope lens.
12) Hold the kaleidoscope in front fof you camera lens. Take a photograph. Now you have a
kaleidoscopic photograph :D

15. Composition tips
• Subjects that are angular are great
• Well-lighted subjects are also more preferable for this.
Example – outdoors when it’s sunny, point the camera to
light source, or light subject with good flash
• Try to stay far from your subject too
• You can zoom in or black out the areas outside the
kaleidoscope if you want
Now shoot and enjoy :D

16. Composition tips
• Subjects that are angular are great
• Well-lighted subjects are also more preferable for this.
Example – outdoors when it’s sunny, point the camera to
light source, or light subject with good flash
• Try to stay far from your subject too
• You can zoom in or black out the areas outside the
kaleidoscope if you want
Now shoot and enjoy :D

17. Works by Past Participants

18. • by Anthony Caw