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12/06/2011 09:29:23 PM · #1 |
My wife is a teacher at a Jr/Sr High School. The Superintendent wanted to have more clubs in the school, so I volunteered to start a photography club. For the most part, our meetings will be about 30 minutes once a month. No big deal, I can handle that. But I just found out that the first meeting (Dec 22nd) is going to be 80 minutes long...and we're cooped up in a classroom.
I'm making the assumption right now that they'll let the kids bring their cameras that day. This is a very poor school district, so I'm guessing the cameras will be point and shoots and cellphones. I'll have a survey for the kids to find their interests. I'll go over some of the basics but I don't want to bore them to death. We do have internet access and a projector, so we can look at photographers' websites and I wanted to show them Picasa and some other free photo editors.
If anyone has any suggestions for activities I'd love to hear them. The kids will be in the 7th-12th grade range. |
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12/06/2011 09:45:14 PM · #2 |
I took a photography class in high school so I could be a little help.
Number one thing like you said, don't bore them with technical things...
What we did on our "non study days" was went over something specific like DOF or rule of thirds and then was given about 20 minutes to take a photo, bring it back to the computer and edit it. I don't know how many computers that you are capable of accessing but this could be an option. This was to me, my favorite thing we did in that class. Mainly because you never knew what you would get when you focus on one specific topic in photography.
Something else you might want to do is what we called "critique time." Sorta self explanatory but tells the audience that although photography is a technical thing and there are simple "laws" (if that is the word), everyone sees a photo differently.
Those two things were time wasters when we had finished our work and still had 30 minutes left of class or when we finished what we needed to do for the week and Friday became a non study day. Lol. |
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12/06/2011 09:45:31 PM · #3 |
I feel for you....there also may be some older "film" cameras involved. Do you have access to a darkroom?? In 1996 I was on the yearbook staff of my High school and I had my trusty Canon AE1
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12/06/2011 10:49:47 PM · #4 |
I work with kids all the time.
Consider a project that they have to work on. It's a teaching opportunity that you can work fun into.
Good luck.
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12/06/2011 11:24:03 PM · #5 |
| Thanks for the responses. There isn't a darkroom. But now that it's mentioned, I just might have access to several laptops in the room. That opens up a lot more possibilities. |
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12/07/2011 07:41:31 AM · #6 |
Here are some camera simulator websites that they could play around with and help them grasp the concept/relationship of f-stop, ISO, and shutter speed.
Camera Simulator 1
Camera Simulator 2
Camera Simulator 3
Tim
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12/07/2011 08:16:30 AM · #7 |
Those are great links to help explain to others, thanks for posting!
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12/07/2011 08:33:26 AM · #8 |
Those will come in handy. Thanks, Tim.
Message edited by author 2011-12-07 08:33:47. |
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