Hi all,
I'm getting my god-children to stay over for a weekend, it's their very first time having a sleepover here. I'm planning to do a lot of fun things, and I have recently gotten them quite infected with the photography virus by letting them play around with some of my point and shoot cameras.
This sunday I'm planning to go to the park with them, and each let them make photos with their own camera. Do you have any experience with giving kids a nice challenge on what to take photos of that they really do enjoy? I have found that they are a bit at a loss on what to take photos of if left just to their own, so I'd like to be able to give some nice suggestions.
They are ages 5 and 7 and brother and sister. Any ideas are very welcome!
Hi Raymond - sounds like lots of fun! I haven't done this with kids before (but when mine get older I hope they want to give it a go too!) but here are just some ideas:
Perhaps give them a colour theme, and get them to take a photo of something that colour (kind of like the I-Spy game).
A composition challenge; a photo of something with straight lines and then wiggly/curves lines.
A "Where's Wally" theme. (is Where's Wally international and do you know what I'm talking about?). Take a fav toy to the park and take photos that incorporate the toy, either in action or maybe partially hiding.
I'm afraid thats all I've got - hope its even a little helpful.
I'm starting to work with my kids and right now we are just working on how to keep everything we want in the picture actually in the picture. I have a TON of portraits of my neck and chest. LOL ( Mine are 5 & 7 as well)
My 11 year old really enjoys photography. We are getting her a camera for Christmas.
Play I SPY, make it a scavenger hunt. Write out a list of things they may see and some things they may not. Then let them go and searching with their cameras.
Portraits, fun to do at that age, and then fun afterwards to look at. Are there things to do at the park, like getting pics of them on swings or something? Good luck, sounds like it will be a fun day :-)
Here in Copenhagen you can get a bingo plate that has little drawn pictures on them - for example a bicycle, a tree, a pregnant woman etc and then when you see these things you get to cross them off - the kids could then cross them off when they got a photo!
Thanks for the great tips! The creepy crawlies were found to be creepy to go on photo (they were actually afraid to creep out mom when they showed their photos, how cute :-) ). But we had an excellent time looking for mushrooms and making up stories on who was living in which mushroom :-)
I ofcourse enjoyed our outing immensely as well, being able to share my love for photography with them, and both being so enthusiastic and thrilled about being allowed to use a real grownups camera :-)
I am glad you had a great day with the kids and I'm glad to have discovered this thread, I am working with my 11 year old niece to get her into 365. We have created an account for her but she has yet to upload anything. I need to use some of these ideas to inspire her. Thanks.
I know this is a late suggestion, but for a future day, I once saw an exhibition (somewhere in the world, I can't remember sorry!) where a family about the same ages each had a camera and went to different places and took a shot of what they individually thought was the most interesting thing, when put together, it was a fabulous exhibition and the comments on what they saw and missed was really interesting.
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Perhaps give them a colour theme, and get them to take a photo of something that colour (kind of like the I-Spy game).
A composition challenge; a photo of something with straight lines and then wiggly/curves lines.
A "Where's Wally" theme. (is Where's Wally international and do you know what I'm talking about?). Take a fav toy to the park and take photos that incorporate the toy, either in action or maybe partially hiding.
I'm afraid thats all I've got - hope its even a little helpful.
Good luck!
My 11 year old really enjoys photography. We are getting her a camera for Christmas.
- something fun, scary, blue, funny, furry
they also had a photo assignment:
- your favorite color, caught in the act (motion), best pals
and i had them think of a title for their photos.
t's always fun to see their interpretations (e.g. the color blue versus sadness for something blue) :)
hope that helps!
I ofcourse enjoyed our outing immensely as well, being able to share my love for photography with them, and both being so enthusiastic and thrilled about being allowed to use a real grownups camera :-)