A Photographic Treasure Hunt at Hatchlands Park!

A Photographic Treasure Hunt at Hatchlands Park!

Yesterday was day 2 of photography courses at Hatchlands park, and this time is was a Photographic Treasure Hunt! (And because its Easter, its only right that there were chocolate eggs at the end!). There was a course for kids in the morning (ages 7-11) and a course for teens in the afternoon (ages 12-15).

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Macro Photography at Hatchlands Park

Macro Photography at Hatchlands Park

Yesterday’s Macro photography courses at Hatchlands park were great! We started the day with our morning session (10.30-13.00) for kids aged 7-11. We went over how their cameras worked, which camera settings they would need and then practiced taking close up photographs. Once the kids were feeling confident we headed outside and started putting their new

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Easter at Brooklands Museum!

Easter at Brooklands Museum!

Our first Photography course this Easter Holiday was at Brooklands Museum! This venue is very popular with kids and teens who love all things engines, cars and planes! They learn all about how their camera works and how to capture the perfect sharp shot. We had the perfect weather for yesterday’s course at Brooklands. The clear

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Half term at The Photographers Gallery

Half term at The Photographers Gallery

Half term began with 3 days at The Photographers Gallery, London. Students could sign up to 1, 2 or all 3 days, which each covered different techniques and themes. Colour Day one was focusing on Colour. This session was all about capturing the colour in the world around us. We looked at the work of famous

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A day at Castleview Primary School

A day at Castleview Primary School

On 11th January Sharp Shots Photo Club went to Castleview Primary School in Slough for a day of photography fun! We turned up at the school to teach two classes of year 1 students, armed with a case full of Nikon Coolpix cameras, a box of dressing up clothes and props, and a professional backdrop! We wanted

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This week we are photographing Patterns!

This weeks after school photography club is all about photographing Patterns. The children will learn to “look” more in their photographs, looking for patterns in their everyday surroundings. If you really think about it, there are patterns absolutely everywhere! Pencil cases, fences, trees, leaves, hands, the floor, buildings… everywhere! In this session we are teaching the

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