Frame within a frame

Frame within a frame

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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Bring your own toy!

Bring your own toy!

We asked kids to bring their favourite toy at last week’s photography club. The aim was to photograph a toy from many different angles and perspectives – from above, below, up close and far away, and try different camera settings for different effects. Students were also encouraged to continue practicing focus, by half pressing the shutter button

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Bugs and Bubbles

Bugs and Bubbles

This week at after school photography club the children were given the choice of photographing bugs and/or bubbles. For the bugs, this gave them the opportunity to locate and use the macro setting on their cameras to ensure the photo was as sharp as possible, as well as using the flash if the bugs were in

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Macro and continuous shooting

Macro and continuous shooting

Bugs and Bubbles was the theme at last week’s after school photography club. Our students loved the challenge of finding different insects in their school yard and trying to capture bubbles drifting in the wind. Kids practiced photographing insects using Macro setting on their cameras, and locking the focus by half pressing the shutter button.

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Action!

Action!

This week’s theme of “action” at our after school photography clubs was met with a huge cheer from the students! This is one of the themes that means they get to run around while also taking photos. The idea this week was to get the children taking sharp shots of a moving object. We introduced the

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Week 6 of Photo Club

Week 6 of Photo Club

Last week at our after school photography club the theme was “shapes and texture” which was really interesting for the children as it made them really think, particularly about how best to photograph textures. It also meant they had to make sure their shots were in focus for the close up textures like wood and fabrics so

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