Blur is great tool to add to your photography skills toolbox as it adds interest and sense of motion to a photograph. Last week, our after school photography club students have taken inspiration from nature and landscape photographer Aaron Reed, and contemporary American photographer Uta Barth (examples below) to create some of their own dynamic
This week is all about taking a sharp shot of a moving object. In our after school photo clubs across Surrey, we are teaching kids how to set their cameras so that it would take a ‘burst’ or series of shots if they want to capture someone running, jumping or playing with a ball. Action
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
It’s all about selfies this week and we thought we give out some tips on how to take a selfie that really stands out! 1. Visualise the type of photograph you want to create. Fun, moody, mysterious? Here is a selection of some great professional selfies: 2. Try using the self-timer function 3. Try different backgrounds
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
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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