Fun with Photography – Day 2

In day 2 of our half term Fun With Photography course, with photographic artist Marysa Dowling we looked at manipulating images by hand, playing with scale and composition.

To see day one’s activities click here.

We looked at some interesting archive images, sourced from the internet and imagined ourselves within the scene.

We drew some quick sketches of how we would like to change the image and add ourselves.

We then made more props to use in a photograph. I was amazed at how inventive the children were with just a few basic materials.

We used our props to photograph ourselves in our very own studio.

We practiced our poses with our own camera’s before taking the final photograph in the studio.

We printed the images then played with scale using the ‘selphy printer’ and the photocopier.

Cutting up our photographs and placing them within the archive images created some hilarious results. Can you spot the changes we made? Look closely!

The younger children were also busy thinking about character and pose. These activities were developed by Sabrina Smith-Noble with inspiration from Anna Linch’s resource for Access Art Putting You in the Picture

They used props and costumes to dress up and role play characters, playing with their identity.

They then visited the studio with the older children and worked with them to develop their character further. The older children took great pleasure in guiding their apprentices and sharing their new photography skills.

Older children took their place behind the camera, directing younger ones into interesting poses.

Helping them with costume choices…

and taking the final shot

They did a good job I think…some future photographers in our midst.

Back in the classroom they experimented with framing and taking close up portraits.

They also looked at sequencing a series of images…

and developing their story, by photographing a model in different scenario’s

Finally we all came together to create an exhibition for our parents. It was amazing to see how productive we had been and to see each others work together.