On Jan 14, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
> Thus far, this is what I'm assuming:
>
> - Kids aged 9 & up... maybe even a 9-12 group, and a 13 & up?
> - Mostly p & s cameras, esp with younger kids
> - Composition getting greater emphasis than ins & out of exposure -
> we'll deal in Auto modes
> - Teaching practical applications... finding "good" light, how to
> photograph your friends, your pet, sports, landscapes, your vacation,
> macro, etc...
> - Keep it fun... a photo scavenger hunt? a website they can post
> pics/contribute to? "A day in the life", or other photo projects..?
> - Maybe 4 - 6 classes, 90 mins each
>
> What do you think? Anyone out there ever done this sort of thing, or
> have any good resources to share? I'd be most grateful...
I doubt that I'm the only one on this list that learned photography at age 12
using a fully manual camera, and processed my own film in a darkroom. Don't
underestimate the ability of younger people to understand things like exposure.
For a young kids class, I'd teach them:
how to hold the camera
How to look for good light:
not shooting into the light
not mixing sun and shade
enough light
how to use zoom, how to wait for focus
How to put the camera on a tripod (or a beanbag) and use the self timer
don't aim directly at a window with the flash
extra credit
fill flash
composition
As a matter of fact, that's pretty much the stuff I'd teach people who don't
want to learn photography, but want to take pictures.
For general photography I'd suggest:
All ages, kids under 12 by special permission. This way parents and kids could
do it together.
Adults only
I'd ask around for people with developing tanks, changing bags, old 35 mm
cameras and light meters collecting dust.
Day1:
I'd cover the basics in the above class. Homework, go and play with cameras
Day 2:
I'd teach them the basics of exposure, using the histogram to illustrate. I'd
then show them how to use a lightmeter (internal or external) then give them
each a roll of Tri-X and a camera/lightmeter, and show them how to load/unload
the camera and give them until the next class session to shoot the film
Day 3: Process the film and look at it. In many ways, they'd learn as much
just taking a roll of C41 B&W to walgreens, but I think that processing the
film would be a lot of fun. I'm specifically avoiding color film if we're
talking exposure.
Day 4: scan the negatives look at the results on a computer, and discuss.
Review using the histogram, how to set exposure and when to use
auto or manual exposure. Assignment, take pictures using both manual and auto
exposure
Day 5: review digital exposure homework. teach depth of field, manual focus,
auto focus, and when to use tripods to stop down and get more depth of field at
slower shutter speeds.
Day 6: color balance, grey cards, raw versus jpeg
I don't care for the holga idea, it may be fun, but not as instructional on a
base level
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