You are an Ant – After School Photo Club

You are an Ant – After School Photo Club

A great way for children to learn how to use different angles and perspectives in photography is to have them look through the view finder as if they were an ant. Keeping their cameras down low and looking at everything from a different position increases their ability to make more creative decisions in their compositions.

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After school photography club theme: Bring your own Toy!

This week the students brought a toy or two from home to photograph. Our young photographers learned how to include their toy in every image, making sure each image was different. Students were encouraged to be creative with their scene settings on their cameras and to try new things! (super far away, really up close,

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Creative Collage in the style of Sarah Anne Johnson

Creative Collage in the style of Sarah Anne Johnson

This term we tried a new theme ‘Creative Collage’ at after school photography club. We were inspired by the amazing creative collage work of Sarah Anne Johnson who created amazing collages using photographs and other mixed media to change or add to a scene. We showed the children the photographs to inspire them and get

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Creating a Mirror Image

Creating a Mirror Image

Creating a mirror image is such a fun photography theme to try. We love teaching it at after school photography club as it gives the kids a chance to see the world in a different way and get creative! To inspire the children, we showed them photographs by famous photographers Danny Lyon, Gueorgui Pinkhassov & Nikos Economopoulos.

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Autumn Photography Fun!

Autumn Photography Fun!

Autumn photography fun at after school club! This week at after school club the kids were having lots of Autumn photography fun! Autumn is a wonderful season for photography, the colours are vivid and the light is soft. To inspire our students photographs we showed them images taken by famous photographers. This week these images

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Black and White Photographs

Black and White Photographs

At our after school photography club this week, the children have been taking Black and White photographs. The theme this week was all about black and white photographs. Students were taught where to find the black and white setting on their camera and how to use it effectively. Black and white photographs introduce more emotion

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