How about fitting the DSLR's with a pinhole bodycap and have them explore digital pinhole and the differences between lens and lensless photography?
And get them involved in the World Pinhole Day at the end of april.
G.
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Jonathan Turner <pictures@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.comOn 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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