j e c t s A m P r o a z i n g P h o t o A guide to running your own 10 week after-school photography club

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1 j c t s A m P r o a z i n g P h o t o A guid to running your own 10 wk aftr-school photography club

2 Introduction This guid is dsignd to hlp you to dlivr a tn-wk photography club at your primary school. It contains idas, activitis and tchnical advic. Each sssion will tak approx. an hour. You can ithr undrtak ach assignmnt in ordr or crat numbr cards for your club participants to draw out of a hat. This rally is just a guid and w wlcom your fdback on it - w r kn to har what works for you and to s th work cratd. If you ar an InspirED subscribr thn w can support your club with crativ and tchnical advic and support. W vn hav som camras that you could borrow to gt you going. Not a subscribing school? Visit our wbsit to find out mor: Cratd by profssional photographr and Crativ Tchnologist at Somrst Film Richard Tomlinson, this guid is FREE to us by schools in Somrst. W simply ask that you includ InspirED in your xhibition crdits. You may dcid to charg to participat in your aftr-school club, if you do thn might w suggst you us thos monis to pay for your ithr your InspirED subscription and bnfit from vn mor crativ support or put it towards buying matrials or invsting in quipmnt! Bfor your club starts In lin with your school s child protction policy mak sur you collct writtn parntal prmission for vryon in th photography club to b photographd. Tak a look at th Somrst Film wbsit for a rlas form tmplat you can adapt for your own us. Undrtak a risk assssmnt this activity may b nw to you so things to think about includ tripping hazards such as tripod lgs. Book out all your kit bfor you start th club. Mak a chck list and nsur that whatvr you us is chargd bfor your club starts. And finally 4. Th photographs your group producs ar works of art, so prsnt thm in th bst way you can. Transform your classroom into a photo-gallry and plan a yar long programm of xhibitions with your group. Giv yourslf a hug pat on th back for inspiring othrs to b crativ with tchnology. You nvr know what it might lad to. If you r looking for opportunitis to xhibit th work your club has cratd thn gt in touch. Lt us know too how you got on! No doubt you ll hav spottd a gap in this guid and w d rally valu your fdback.

3 a digital camra or tablt a projctor/computr to shar picturs with th group at th nd of th assignmnt Photo-walk Rviw picturs with your group. a a ga tur top n cl ud it m n t t m, his ip yo, 2 1 ur p po into s oi in lf nts t f in o th if y r ou ph ot o This activity hlps youngr childrn dvlop thir knowldg and undrstanding of th world. Prpar a list of itms for your group to find. Prhaps mak th list spcific to th gardn, includ itms lik: flowr, watr, spidr wb, cloud, bug. Altrnativly, st th group a trickir task by listing thms such as: natur, architctur, txtur, noisy or moving. Explain to th group that thy hav 30 mins to captur as many picturs as thy can. in Your assignmnt - Scavngr Hunt This photography projct is on of th simplst to start - you sk out objcts to photograph basd on a list. Hunt for objcts that start with th sam lttr of th alphabt. Sk on subjct for ach lttr in th alphabt or try to spll out a word. Look for objcts that ar th sam shap or colour.

4 a projctor/computr to show picturs to th group at th nd of th assignmnt Som camras hav a Macro stting spcifically for clos up picturs. Photo-walk At th nd of th assignmnt play th gam Guss what it is. Cr t p so ic op op ftw tu th tip w a rs c w r u lo w. l s s gi ik ing m G f p. IM r or g P a digital camra or tablt capabl of shooting clos up picturs (s how clos your camra can gt to th objct) Tak som tim to xplor camra tchniqu. A clos up pictur can b achivd by simply moving closr to th subjct or zooming in, or a combination of th two. up Your assignmnt - Guss what it is Tak your group on a photo-walk and ask thm to tak picturs of objcts, both clos up and far away. Back in th classroom show th clos up imag and s if th childrn can guss what th objct is, thn rval th far away pictur with th answr to s if thy r right.

5 Tak som tim to gt vrybody thinking about composition. Placing th toy in th right position, in rlation to th location, is rally important. Th intrplay btwn toy and location is what maks ths picturs fun to mak and funny to look at. This xrcis gts you thinking about ffctiv storytlling without words, only pictur! download our storyboard tmplat hr Photo shoot printr (to print photo story display) Rviw your picturs and tll thos storis. th a digital camra (idally with a macro stting ) or tablt Us t A sc fl n op lo n ash atu tip o k a w ra su nd ill l lig p m fla ht rim ak tt! po th n s d to y Your assignmnt - Miniatur Storis Crat an amazing photo-story advntur faturing familiar toys and nvironmnts. Lt your group tak th lad in producing a simpl storyboard that, mayb, taks an intrpid toy on an advntur through th classroom or gardn. Onc you v shot a scn mark it as complt on your storyboard, this will hlp you rmmbr what scns ar rmaining.

6 To do this activity w rally nd to look carfully, up and down as wll as straight ahad. Lttr shaps can b found in th: branchs of trs, architctural dtails, cloud formations. Th photographr may nd to shoot from an unusual angl and position to rval th lttr shap thy s through thir viwfindr. Back in th classroom produc a uniqu alphabt of charactrs. Lttr hunt printr and laminator to produc lttr cards for crativ writing (s top tip) Rviw th picturs with your group. Is thr a whol alphabt? of a digital camra or tablt t pa Gi op sp rti v ti l as cip a p lin sig a c g n nt h ou m th t t nt h ir na m Your assignmnt - Lttr Hunt Go out and about photographing objcts, buildings and natural shaps that look lik lttrs of th alphabt or numbrs. This is a grat xrcis in ncouraging childrn to rally look at th world around thm. Lttr hunting is an activity that can tak plac indoor or out. B clar that you ar looking for vryday objcts that look lik lttrs, not lttrs on signs!

7 If a child is in low spirits and finding it difficult to ngag with an activity, or with othr childrn, a stills camra might b th ky to bttr ngagmnt. Ask th child to list fiv or six things that mak thm happy in thir world and st thm th task of finding ways of capturing, or rflcting, ths things through photography. a simpl digital camra or tablt Mak a list of objcts, placs and popl w would rally lik to photograph. Rmmbr, whn w stop to photograph somthing w crat a mor maningful rlationship to th prson, objct or landscap w ar photographing. Photo-shoot Th picturs that hav bn takn will b a brilliant starting point to a convrsation about what maks you happy. x tc too D to r hn c o p ci iq on n tip s u c t g in, t rn t n his d jo is w yi a it ng s h i pi mp ct l ur s Your assignmnt - My Bst Things Taking photos can b a vry thraputic xrcis and can b usd to rfocus th mind on th things you rally lik.

8 a digital camra or tablt (a camra with a wid lns will mphasis prspctiv of long shadows) a projctor/computr to shar picturs with th group Shadow Photo-walk Rviw th picturs with your group. Play th gam: who s shadow is this? ac mo U to th un s p an t a tip m o d tri id b c po dl jc am d of ts s ra th ha to do fra w m in Go outsid whn th sun is low and captur shadows mad by objcts and popl. Run th sam activity indoors using an angl poisd lamp. Photography is all about capturing light. It is asy to forgt, howvr, that amazing shaps and pattrns rval thmslvs as shadows. Talk to your group about what shadows ar and how w might us unusual camra angls to captur thm. pl Your assignmnt - Shadow Play Taking picturs of shadows allows th photographr to rfrnc an objct without making th objct th cntr of intrst within th pictur. Shadow photos hav two main lmnts, th shadow and th surfac it s landing on.

9 projctor/computr to show work at th nd of th assignmnt Rflction Photo-walk Rviw th picturs and ask can you dscrib th distortion in ach, photo? B ac top fa yth tiv ob ti sc in l s p in g y rv at th lo an in a ok t, g tm f o r fl ak r ct s io a n! a digital camra or tablt Think about locations around school whr you r likly to find rflctiv surfacs, in both natural and built nvironmnts. Som of th most bautiful rflction photos ar cratd using watr. Whn you r out in natur look for rflctions in strams and puddls. an Your assignmnt - Rflctions St th task of only photographing rflctions. Smooth shiny surfacs and windows oftn rflct strang and distortd viws of th world and ar a grat talking point whn capturd in a photo. Explor how diffrnt typs of surfac (concav, convx, curvd) bnd shadows. Look down on th ground, small puddls provid intrsting worlds of rflctd silhoutts. This projct ncourags th photographr to think about th world around thm in abstract trms.

10 Your assignmnt - Txturs Whn an objct, such as a tr trunk, is illuminatd by light coming in at an angl th txtur of th bark can jump right out at you. Work with your childrn to look for intrsting and complx txturs and pattrns found both in th natural and built nvironmnt. Shooting txturs is a grat way of rvaling dtails that th casual obsrvr may not notic. Spnd som tim at th bginning of th assignmnt xplaining what w man by txtur. Showing xampls of picturs that rval txturs that could dscrib words lik: smooth, flaky, rough, crinkly. Gt th childrn to dscrib th txturs thy v capturd using dscriptiv words and mtaphors. Rviw th picturs with your group. Group togthr picturs that portray similar txturs. a projctor/computr to shar work at th nd of th sssion y pi our G to c ab tur sub t c p ti st s j los p ra ar ct ct. C to an of lo d tn s st rik mo up in r g. a digital camra or tablt Txtur hunt

11 a digital camra or tablt a projctor/computr to shar work with your group Photo-walk Rviw your picturs with your group. to oo fra ins m t I d an n p t an w c so ip d ill s m d a a pt dd blu h a rr to s d yo ns ur o pi f ct ur Ask your group to tak photographs of objcts that ar framd by trs, archways, tunnls or doorways. Looking for objcts that ar naturally framd by othr objcts is an xrcis that rally maks you look at th world around you. Tak a look at camra tchniqu. Th photographr will probably nd to locat thmslvs in a particular position in ordr to tak a pictur of an objct that s framd by othr objcts. Explain to th group that this activity is not for th casual photographr and thy ll nd to think carfully about how thy construct thir picturs. m Your assignmnt - Framing Framing is a brilliant way of drawing attntion to objcts within your photograph. It s is a compositional tchniqu usd by photographrs to giv imags a sns of dpth and lad th y toward th main subjct.

12 a digital camra or tablt a projctor/computr to shar picturs with th group at th nd of th assignmnt Look at famous slf portraits through art history. Work with your group to xplor how thy might includ an imag of thmslvs within thir picturs. Thy could ask a frind to hlp thm prss th button, it s still a slf portrait as long as thy r dircting th shoot. This tchniqu will allow thm to appar in th background of thir pictur. Photo-walk S who s mad th most abstract slf portrait di gi to Do top w tal yo ti w ly d i u p w.? t pi Ha pi wan cm v ctu t on a r k lo s y.c ok om at : Your assignmnt - Unusual Slfis Throughout art history th slf portrait has bn a popular thm. Thr ar many ways to mak photoslf portrait: on a sunny day strik a distinctiv pos and shoot a pictur of your shadow, tak a pictur of yourslf taking a pictur of yourslf in a rflctiv surfac, gt rally artistic by taking a small mirror out on location with you, if your camra is quippd with a slf timr plac yourslf within an nvironmnt as a charactr from your favourit film.

13 Gt involvd in our fantastic comptition in association with th prstigious Royal Photographic Socity! All you nd to ntr is a good y for a pictur, accss to a camra and a good imagination. W nd amazing picturs on th thms of: Blonging Dsir Natural World Portrait W ll b announcing th winnrs at a clbration vnt in July and thir imags will b xhibitd at Th Brwhous in Taunton in Sptmbr Full dtails and onlin submission form at: Mor on InspirED at: Richard Tomlinson and Somrst Film for InspirED Somrst