Half term at Brooklands Museum!

Half term at Brooklands Museum!

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

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Week 6 – Autumn!

Week 6 – Autumn!

We are keeping it seasonal this week at our After school Photography clubs, with the theme being “Autumn!” The children were shown some photographs by famous photographers to inspire them. The photographers we chose this week are Dennis Stock, Ian Berry and Peter Marlow. Autumn is such an exciting time of year to get snapping because

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Lights, camera…. ACTION!

One of the favourite themes at our after school photography clubs is “Action!”. The children love playing around with the ‘take a series of pictures’ and ‘self timer’ settings on the Nikon Coolpix cameras. These settings allow the children to capture that perfect action shot. The ‘take a series of pictures’ mode means the children

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Week 4 – You are an ant!!

Week 4 – You are an ant!!

This week at our After school photography clubs we have mostly been crawling on our tummies, laying on our backs, crouching down and climbing up… pretending to be ants! We asked the children to think about what they would see if they were an ant, and to photograph it! Putting your camera on the Macro setting

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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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Half term fun!

Half term fun!

This half term, grab your camera and get creative! Practice your photography skills by going out and about and photographing the world around you – your back garden, your local walk, a family day out or your family holiday. A little project like “Why I love June” is a great way to practice a whole range

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