You are an ant today!

This weeks theme at our after school photography clubs is “You are an ant today”! Using a combination of our Nikon Coolpix cameras and the children’s creative minds, we will try to take photographs of what you might see if you were an ant or small bug! Getting really low down on the ground and

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Shapes and Textures

This week at our after school photography clubs we are focusing on the theme “Shapes and Textures”. We are encouraging our students to find shapes and textures that could quite often be missed or unseen, teaching them how to look more carefully to spot these hidden compositions. Photographing textures can be really effective when using

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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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Spring term so far

Spring term so far

We’ve had a great time this term with some fantastic themes for the children to work with. So far we’ve learned how to use the flash, painted with light and taken dinosaurs on an adventure! All of these themes have been helping the students understand how the camera works and how to take the best

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Winter

Winter

This week at after school photography club the children were asked “What is the first thing you think about when I say the word Winter?”. They came up with various answers including snow, ice, and Christmas but we then asked them to tell us how they would photograph those things, particularly bearing in mind the

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Week 2 of Photo Club

Week 2 of Photo Club

We have been continuing the “Flash” theme in our after school photography clubs and we have some more great examples to show you. The children have continued to use their imagination and took on the theme very competently, also learning how to make sure the shots are in focus. During our children’s photography workshops this

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