Photography (9 - 14 years) Intro to Photography with TBA two day workshop | Tuesday 7th July & Wednesday 8th July 2015

Photography (9 - 14 years)
Intro to Photography with TBA
two day workshop ' Tuesday 7th July & Wednesday 8th July 2015
This workshop will introduce you to using your digital camera on manual settings. What is a good or bad photography? What are the basics of taking a photograph? Framing, lighting, composition, shutter speed and the ISO will be explored. From Documentary through to contemporary art the photography records every aspect of our lives.
Text : A world history of photography, 1997. By Naomi Rosenblum

Tuesday 7th July Day 1
Go out & take photos, getting control of your camera. Looking at the classics and the history of photography, moving through to the changes that the surrealists brought to photography. Look at: form, landscape, and still life.
Wednesday 8th July Day 2
All about portraits. Constructing and planning a photograph set up in a studio lighting situation.
Artists that will influence:
Simryn Gill - a small town at the turn of the century, 2001.
Cindy Sherman - Untitled film stills series 1977-.
Polixeni Papapetrou - Between two worlds 2009.