Frame within a frame

Frame within a frame

This week it is all about framing in our after school photography clubs! We are using a piece of mount board as a literal frame to help physically frame up a photograph, and photographing things close up and far away, using multiple frames, working together, and framing shadows and clouds. Here are a few shots from

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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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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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summer term after school photography club

summer term after school photography club

There was a lot of excitement this week with the start of the summer term children’s photography club! This week’s theme was ‘My Camera’ and we encouraged children to familiarise themselves with our lovely Nikon Coolpix S32 cameras – how to turn the camera on, how to use the zoom, how to focus, change between different photo styles and re-play

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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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