Can you let them keep the camera between classes so they can photograph stuff when you're not there?
Sounds like cameras should be on auto for this group, all their motivation will came from their results, not technical/informational stuff.
On Jan 15, 2015 7:18 PM, "Jonathan Turner" <pictures@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, I have a question for all the teachers and tutors among the forum;
I've just begun teaching a 10 week photography course (once a week for 2 hrs). The group I'm working with have varying degrees of mental health issues, some of them are not very confident etc, and some of them are not very mobile (so can't walk too far).
I have some basic compact cameras, and a couple of DSLR's to work with, and my aim is simply to engage them in photography, nothing too complicated, and get them all to make some work which they can feel proud of, and hopefully which gives them a bit of a confidence boost.
Given that some of them can't walk too far, I'm kind of limited to being in a room (which I'm not at all keen on...I always want to get students out and about doing stuff) so am feeling a bit stuck for ideas for what kind of activities I can do that are room based, but interesting enough to keep them coming over the duration of the course.
I can do things like portraiture (though some of them don't want to have their picture taken), some still life I guess, and light graffiti. I could go into apertures and shutter speeds, but want to keep things reasonably simple, as this is really about giving them something enjoyable to do...
Any suggestions??
Thanks,
Jonathan
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