About length: If you do 90 minutes, maybe organize the time by 1) field work/class activity, 2) processing, 3) then group feedback on a shot or two taken by each student. Really depends how big your classes are going to be. I'd recommend keeping them small. Totally agree with Stan about letting them self-nominate categories. Cheers, Christine
On Jan 14, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > >> Hello all... >> >> ...and Happy New Year! >> >> Well, 2012 has gotten off to a busy start, and I haven't had much time >> to cruise the list lately... I hope Santa was good to everyone! >> >> One of the things I've been doing is teaching some classes, sort of a >> "Photography for Moms"/Beyond "Auto" kind of thing, and it's been >> going pretty well. I've been asked several times if I do kids' >> classes... and I think I'm going to put something together in that >> vein. >> >> So... I'm doing some research & thinking about how that might work. >> And soliciting input from anyone who might have it... >> >> Thus far, this is what I'm assuming: >> >> - Kids aged 9 & up... maybe even a 9-12 group, and a 13 & up? > Go very light on technical stuff with the younger crowd. >> - Mostly p & s cameras, esp with younger kids > Agree >> - Composition getting greater emphasis than ins & out of exposure - >> we'll deal in Auto modes > With the older ones, do bring in manual control issues (exposure, back-light > vs. side-light, etc.), but only after they've done some of their own work in > Auto mode. First they need to learn how to see, then they will be interested > in learning how to better capture what they see. >> - Teaching practical applications... finding "good" light, how to >> photograph your friends, your pet, sports, landscapes, your vacation, >> macro, etc... > I might focus more on "why" then "how to." E.g., the difference between > taking Mary's picture because you want to have a picture of her on your wall, > vs. taking a picture of Mary because she wants to send a picture to her > grandmother. >> - Keep it fun... a photo scavenger hunt? a website they can post >> pics/contribute to? "A day in the life", or other photo projects..? > Let them self-nominate - what category (categories) do they want to shoot? > Scenic, friends, strangers, pets, wild animals, babies, etc. Then their > project is to bring back x shots in that category for the next class. BTW, I > like the website idea! For older ones in particular, ask them to supplement > the shots they take with weblinks to their favorite shots done by master > photographers in that category. >> - Maybe 4 - 6 classes, 90 mins each > As others have said, shorter classes. But that depends, longer is ok as long > as everyone is involved and doing something other than sitting and listening. >> >> 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... > One thought on an in-class project - gets a clothes dummy, at least the head > and shoulders. And some lights. Show them a typical well-done 3/4 frontal > portrait, and have them via trial by error figure out what lighting they need > to reproduce the desired effect. >> >> :) >> -c > Have fun! > > stan > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
