Underwater photography tips

This week’s hot weather spell is the perfect time to try out some underwater photography! You can try this in a paddling pool at home, at a local swimming pool or in the sea. Here are some of our top tips on how to take underwater photos that stand out: 1. Make sure you are

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Photo tip of the week – Perspective!

Summer holidays are great for practicing photography, and one of our tips for creating photos that stand out is to use different perspective. Try photographing something from standing eye level, and then compare that to a shot photographed from either low or high, lying down on the ground or photographing from a hight. With Rio

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Top tips for macro photography

Top tips for macro photography

Summer is a great time to practice macro photography as there are loads of flowers and insects buzzing around everywhere! To obtain a nice sharp shot of your favourite flower or insect, try applying these techniques: 1. Change your camera mode to macro or close-up 2. Come close to your subject, half press the shutter

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Photo journal week!

Photo journal week!

It’s photo journal and party week at our after school photography clubs! The kids love receiving their journals, looking through all the fabulous photos they took during the term and signing each other’s journal. We have gone through all the photos from each student and carefully designed their journals to showcase their best work. Each

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My school

My school

This week, we are asking our students to capture their favourite things about their school and to use skills learnt in previous classes to take creative shots. It is lovely to see how far our students have come in the past few weeks, and how they are utilising their skill set! Here is what some

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Motion blur

Motion blur

Blur is great tool to add to your photography skills toolbox as it adds interest and sense of motion to a photograph. Last week, our after school photography club students have taken inspiration from nature and landscape photographer Aaron Reed, and contemporary American photographer Uta Barth (examples below) to create some of their own dynamic

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