Re: Teaching photography...in a room

Jonathan Turner <pictures@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:35:43 +0000



    Hi, thanks for this, this looks really
      useful food for thought. 

      
      I'd thought about doing some still life, food etc, though not sure
      how much it will engage them. I think the idea of phone apps may
      be a way forward...I think processes that provide instant fun
      results will be key. 

      
      thanks again. 

      Jonathan

      
        Jonathan Turner - Photographer M; 07796 470573 W;
        www.jonathan-turner.com
      On 16/01/2015 01:18, B. L. Bucqueroux wrote:

    
      I have some resources that might help. http://www.creativecareersinstitute.com/
        - My website includes some tutorials with ideas included, some
        of which may work with your constraints. Some videos might be
        engaging to watch, like the Street Photography. I also have that
        video on shooting food - maybe if they bring lunch or a snack
        they could practice on shooting their food for one session.
        

        I am also a fan of some of the Google+ talks- 
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rlj40LHIg0
          - Thomas Hawk

        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G9PjXlyeHA
          - Rick Sammon

        
        Trey Ratcliff's Stuck in Customs has great into an
          tutorials on HDR - http://www.stuckincustoms.com/
          - I have some cellphone apps that allow me to shoot HDR that
          is passable. 
        

        If they have cellphones, using them and using free apps to
          manipulate the images might be fun.
        

        In an online course, I would give them creative assignments
          to do (illustrate one of the seven deadly sins) and then have
          them post the results on a Pinterest board shared with the
          class.
        

        On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Lew
          Schwartz <lew1716@xxxxxxxxx>
          wrote:

          
            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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