Introduction:
Show students the Karl Maslowski Photo Slide Show featuring wildlife photographs taken by Karl Maslowski. All images are courtesy the Maslowski family and posted here for research and educational purposes.
Ask questions such as,
? What do you notice about these photographs?
? What do you wonder about them?
? Where do you think these photographs were taken?
? What do wild animals usually do when they see humans?
? How do you think the photographer was able to get these up-close photographs of these wild animals? (Students may guess that the photographer had to hide, stay still, and be quiet in order to take these photographs.)
? Have you ever taken a photograph of a wild animal?
Tell students that all of these photographs were taken by wildlife photographer, Karl Maslowski. Explain that Maslowski’s spent most of his career photographing wildlife in the Cincinnati area. When he was starting out, cameras were big, bulky, and took a lot of skill to use. And photographs of wildlife were rare. Karl Maslowski’s dedication to capturing and sharing photographs with people brought them up-close with wildlife in a way they hadn’t experienced before. Show students the following film clip, An Introduction to Karl Maslowski.
Bald Eagle
