The Roadmap Report
A1 Unit 8: Photography lesson Corresponds with Lessons 8A, 8B & 8C
BEFORE YOU WATCH
1 Work in groups. Discuss the
questions.
1 Do you like taking photos?
Interesting jobs
2 What do you usually take photos of?
3 What do you use to take photos?
4 What was the last photo you took?
2 Read the introduction to the article.
What is Lizzie’s job?
3 Read the rest of the article.
Complete 1–5 with questions a–e.
a What do you usually take photos of?
b What do you use to take photos?
c Did you study photography?
d When did you start taking photos?
e Where is your favourite place to take
photos?
4 Read the article again. Choose the
correct alternatives.
This week we talk to travel photographer,
1 Lizzie’s mum /dad taught her how to
use a camera.
Lizzie King, about school, work and her favourite
2 Lizzie studied /didn’t study
places to take photographs.
photography at university.
3 Lizzie takes photos for websites and
1
books /newspapers. I think I was about three or four! My dad loved photos and
4 Lizzie went swimming /to the beach he had lots of cameras. He showed me how to use them
every day when she was young. and taught me about light.
5 Lizzie always uses /doesn’t always use
an expensive camera. 2
I studied painting and photography at university. I learnt
WHILE YOU WATCH lots and met really interesting artists.
5 Watch the video and answer the 3
questions. When I finished university, I got a job in a zoo and I took
1 What does Gabriel do? lots of photos of animals! After a few years, I was bored and
I went travelling around the world. I visited lots of beautiful
2 What three things does he take places and took some great photos. Now I usually take
photos of? photos for travel websites and books.
3 What does Nigel want to learn? 4
My favourite place is the sea! I always feel happy there.
4 How many tips does Gabriel give? I come from a town next to the sea and when I was young,
I went to the beach every day. I take hundreds of photos of
the sea and the sky.
5
I’ve got lots of different cameras, some of them are very
expensive. Sometimes I use the camera on my phone.
It’s good, too.
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The Roadmap Report
A1 Unit 8: Photography lesson Corresponds with Lessons 8A, 8B & 8C
6 Watch the video from 00:40–02:27. 7 a Work in pairs. Complete the Top Tips cards with the words and
Complete the descriptions with the phrases in the box.
words in the box.
details interesting leading lines people reflections shapes
calm clothes dark France straight
garden grandfather happy
mountain storm 1
TIP ONE 2
Use TIP TWO
Play with
• Show
1 Gabriel took this photo in .
where to look in a photo
The women all had colourful
• Not always
and looked • Make normal things look
and relaxed. more
3
TIP THREE
Focus on
2 This is a photo of Gabriel’s
in France. They were in a peaceful
in the evening. Half of
• See interesting things like
his face is so you focus
on his eye.
b Watch the video from 02:28 to the end and check your answers.
AFTER YOU WATCH
8 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions with your partner.
1 What did you think was interesting in the video?
2 Which was your favourite of Gabriel’s photos?
9 a Choose a photo on your phone. Make notes about:
• where you took it.
3 This is a photo of a • what it is of.
in Wales. It looks and • why you like it.
peaceful but there was a big • how it makes you feel.
after Gabriel took the
photo. b Work in pairs. Use your notes to tell your partner about your photo.
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