Re: Teaching photography...in a room

John Gulliver <j.gulliver@xxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 18 Jan 2015 20:47:36 +0000

The hole has to be very precise, best buy a pinhole body cap for the purpose.

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On 18 Jan 2015, at 20:34, Jonathan Turner <pictures@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

    Hi, thanks for this... 

      I confess, I've never done any pinhole photography myself so this
      would be a new one for me...So would be fun to do. What's a
      pinhole bodycap? Is it something you need to buy specifically, or
      is it just a bodycap that you put a hole in?? If so, what would
      you make the hole with? (The body cap from my camera body is hard
      plastic, so think it would take something quite serious to make a
      hole in it. 

      Thanks, 

      Jonathan. 

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        www.jonathan-turner.com
      On 16/01/2015 01:55, Guy Glorieux wrote:

        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

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                    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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