Specialties: Product, Portrait, and Lifestyle Photography, Perspective, Point of View, STEAM integration

Cody Mathews has over a decade of classroom experience and STEAM-based education integration. He has spent twice that long studying photography. His work has been displayed in galleries across Charleston. Cody is eager to share his enthusiasm and knowledge of photographic artistry and elements to a new generation.

Students will use photography and associated concepts to learn about their subjects while interweaving academic standards into the process. Cody will incorporate multiple mediums and teach students how to properly focus on given "assignments" through a photographer's eye.

While each ELE is carefully designed to be aligned with state standards and is customized to your school’s unique objectives, these are just a few examples of the transformative potential that our instructor can craft around your learning targets.

Examples of ELEs:

*Capturing Lightning in a Bottle: Unseen Energy- Students will learn camera and photography basics while applying these skills in order to capture forms of energy. They will hypothesize, sort, and reflect on different forms of energy while using cameras. Students will also create sun prints, digital photos, and framed instant portraits of items and each other to further their understanding of the photography process.

*STEAM - Students will observe and manipulate light-reactive paper to create chemical changes while making their own film papers with sun prints. Students will discuss and manipulate light to change and control dynamic scenes in photos through light-based still life and product shoots.

*Visualizing Life Through a Lens- Students will use cameras to visualize and capture patterns, settings, and emotions in the real world with digital and analog formats. Students will visualize life through a lens without utilizing technology to view scenes with the rule of thirds tools and drawings to break down images into eye-pleasing ratios.

*Capturing the Real-World - Students will use cameras to complete daily "assignments" based on standards-related tasks as determined by the teachers to simulate real-world applications of professional media careers. Students incorporate product, portrait, and lifestyle photography into weekly routines to deeper understanding of applicable arts and corporate opportunities for professional and personal photography.