2016 has been a fantastic year here at Sharp Shots Photo Club! We have had so much fun teaching photography clubs and photography courses for kids! After school Photography clubs have been a massive success, with lots of children really getting to grips with how to use a camera and take a great photograph. We
This weeks theme at our after school photography clubs is ‘Hide and Seek’. We all know and love the popular game so we thought, why not turn it into a photography class!? We will be looking to famous photographers like Bruno Barbey, Chris Steele-Perkins and Dennis Stock for inspiration. Not forgetting ‘Where’s Wally’ too! The
It is that time of the year again! Pumpkins are being carved and fake cobwebs are appearing in windows, children are dressing up as ghosts & witches and treats are being collected- its Halloween! This week at our after school photography clubs we will be taking photographs of all things spooky. The children will be encouraged
One of our favourite places to take children’s photography classes is Brooklands Museum in Weybride, Surrey. With various different scenarios and subject matter to adapt to, it’s the perfect location to learn about what their camera can do. This half term we took a group of children aged between 7 and 15 to the museum to teach them about how their camera
Photographing in black and white is a great way to experiment with light and contrasting tones. We love the contrast in snow covered mountainous landscape taken by Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, and Paul Strand’s ‘White Fence’. This week in after school photography clubs, we are teaching our students how to use the black and white
We have some more great examples from our “Winter” theme at last week’s after school photography clubs where the children really learned how to think outside the box. Due to the lack of snow, ice or Christmas, which is what the children thought of when we said the word “Winter”, they made use of the camera’s
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