A day at Castleview Primary School

A day at Castleview Primary School

On 11th January Sharp Shots Photo Club went to Castleview Primary School in Slough for a day of photography fun! We turned up at the school to teach two classes of year 1 students, armed with a case full of Nikon Coolpix cameras, a box of dressing up clothes and props, and a professional backdrop! We wanted

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Week 3- Colour

Week 3- Colour

Colour week has been so much fun! The kids really enjoyed themselves (despite the cold!) and created some fantastic photographs. They clearly thought about each photograph and their compositions were great. They used the “more vivid” setting on their Nikon Coolpix cameras, to make sure the colours really stood out. Here’s this weeks sharp shooters!

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It’s colour week!

It’s colour week!

Our after school photography club theme this week is Colour! The kids’ assignment is to photograph every colour of the rainbow, focusing on taking simple pictures that portray the colour as the subject.  The Nikon Coolpix camera’s we use have some great settings on them. These settings allow the children to play around with making the

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Patterns are everywhere we look.. but do we see them?

Patterns are everywhere we look.. but do we see them?

Last weeks theme at our after school photography club for children was ‘Patterns’. We wanted to encourage the children to really use their eyes to find patterns in the everyday objects around them. We look at loads every day, but how much do we really see? Its a real skill to train the eye to see things that

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This week we are photographing Patterns!

This week we are photographing Patterns!

This weeks after school photography club is all about photographing Patterns. The children will learn to “look” more in their photographs, looking for patterns in their everyday surroundings. If you really think about it, there are patterns absolutely everywhere! Pencil cases, fences, trees, leaves, hands, the floor, buildings… everywhere! In this session we are teaching the

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