Photographing along the Thames

Photographing along the Thames

Capturing the Thames, photography course for teens On Saturday our teens photography course was all about capturing life along the Thames. Richmond has such a rich diversity of things to photograph so it makes for a really fun and interesting photography course. We started the course by talking about how a camera takes a photo,

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End of Summer term photo party

End of Summer term photo party

It’s the end of Summer term photo party! WOW! What a term it has been. We’ve had themes like Toy photography, action photography, ants perspective, Inspired by Martin Parr, water, hide & seek and more! Our end of term photo party is always a brilliant celebration of the students work. They each receive a journal

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Shadows, Reflections & Selfies

Shadows, Reflections & Selfies

This week at our after school photography clubs the students have been photographing Shadows, Reflections & Selfies! Shadows, Reflections & Selfies are so much fun to photograph! This week we have had the perfect weather to capture shadow monsters too! We challenged the after school photography club kids to find fun as many shadows (including

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Photographing Blur at After School Club

Photographing Blur at After School Club

This week at our after school photography club the students have been photographing blur! Blur is the topic for this weeks clubs. We usually talk to the children about how blur is what they want to avoid, but this week we have been experimenting with using it to create interesting, abstract images. We were encouraging

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Photographing Bugs and Bubbles

Photographing Bugs and Bubbles

This week at after school photography club we’ve been photographing bugs and bubbles! Both bugs and bubbles are fast moving and hard to photograph so this theme is a real challenge for our students. They needed to use the ‘take a series of pictures’ setting on their Nikon Coolpix cameras. This setting allows them to

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Water Photography at After School Club

Water Photography at After School Club

This week at our After School Photography Clubs the theme is Water Photography! Water photography is such a fun theme and our students always love it. It’s all about understanding and setting the camera settings to freeze the motion of the water. Capturing every droplet of water as it bursts from a water balloon or

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