Summer!

Summer!

We are photographing anything that reminds us of summer this week at after school photography clubs. Our students are encouraged to think about words and ideas that remind them of summer, and then use skills learned over the past few weeks to photograph the subject. Seasons are so inspirational, and many professional photographers use the

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Bring your own toy!

Bring your own toy!

We asked kids to bring their favourite toy at last week’s photography club. The aim was to photograph a toy from many different angles and perspectives – from above, below, up close and far away, and try different camera settings for different effects. Students were also encouraged to continue practicing focus, by half pressing the shutter button

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Bugs and Bubbles

Bugs and Bubbles

This week at after school photography club the children were given the choice of photographing bugs and/or bubbles. For the bugs, this gave them the opportunity to locate and use the macro setting on their cameras to ensure the photo was as sharp as possible, as well as using the flash if the bugs were in

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Macro and continuous shooting

Macro and continuous shooting

Bugs and Bubbles was the theme at last week’s after school photography club. Our students loved the challenge of finding different insects in their school yard and trying to capture bubbles drifting in the wind. Kids practiced photographing insects using Macro setting on their cameras, and locking the focus by half pressing the shutter button.

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Colour!

Colour!

Last week in our after school photography clubs the children’s assignment was to photograph every colour of the rainbow, focusing on taking simple pictures that portray the colour as the subject. Spring is a great time of year to experiment with different colours. The aim of the session was to ensure the children used the

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Week 9 of Photo Club

Week 9 of Photo Club

Last week at after school photography clubs the children were asked to photograph their thoughts. Equipped with a whiteboard and pen, they worked in pairs to photograph each other acting out their speech bubbles. This theme was interesting because the children had to really think about how they would capture their thoughts in a photograph,

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