Photography for School Children
Overview
- Give your kids a chance to learn a life skill of the modern world
- Give the children a solid scientific foundation on the craft and art of photography
- Make your kids competent visual communicators and give them an opportunity to be evocative communicators
- Let your kids to enjoy photography and give them a chance to relax while getting a life skill
- Give your kids an opportunity to learn from some of the true greats in the field
Course Duration
- 11 Classes
- 2 Hours x 11 (22 hours)
- 2 Outdoor sessions (Parent or a designated guardian must be present during the outdoor session)
Course Description
- All classes are interactive or multimedia experiences
- Hands on training and fun activities for kids to learn and enjoy photography
- Two outdoor sessions where kids will practise the learned skills under the guidance of IME faculty
- Certificate of participation will be awarded to participants with 90% attendance
- Final session where images will be displayed and discussed will be open to parents
Intended Audience
- School Children from 12 -15 yrs (Year 7 - Year 9)
Medium of Instruction
- Wednesday 1500 - 1700 - Sinhala
Course Schedule
- Next Intake - Wednesdays , January 2018 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Royal College Union Skills Centre
Required Equipment
- A camera preferably with manual controls for Aperture, Shutter & ISO
- Access to a computer at home for kids to edit images
Teaching Panel
- Dinil Abeygunawardane
- Deshan Karunarathna
- Hemantha Arunasiri
- Henry Rajakaruna
- Sanjaya Vithana
- Mendis Wickramasinghe
The Language of Pictures
- Having fun analysing the images
- Understanding the components of images
- Spot the good images
- What makes an image good or bad
Getting comfortable with the Camera
- Looking after the camera and camera safety
- Changing camera settings and understanding the effects
- Proper camera technique
- Using camera with supports
How the camera works
- Make a camera
- Concept of capturing an image and the sensor
- Sensor basics
Exposure
- The concept of exposure and EV
- Controlling the exposure
- Fun activities to understand exposure
Having fun with different lenses
- Experience different lenses
- Experiment with different lenses
- Special purpose lenses
- Shooting with different lenses
Composing Images
- Components of images that make them look good
- Applying the components that look good to make images
- Fun experiments on composition
Editing & Presenting
- Developing images to suit the presentation platform
- Introduction to Adobe Lightroom
- Basic concepts of editing
- Presenting Images on different platform
Outdoor Sessions
- Application of knowledge under the guidance of IME faculty
- Fun outdoor exercises to consolidate classroom learning
- Group activities and introduction to creative teamwork for production shoots
Educational Requirements
- None
Getting the best out of this course
- As in all other courses by IME, we expect students to spend a minimum of 2 hours on homework for each hour spent in the class. Parental help will be required for some of the homework activities
- Participation in all classes is expected to get the best out of the course and more than 90% attendance is required to qualify for the certificate
- We expect participants to have equipment as described in the course overview section
Enrolment Process
- A limited number of students will be enrolled per course
- Positions are given on first come first serve basis
- Students need to choose a payment option and must make the payment to secure a placement
Payments
Course Fee: Rs. 19,800.00 (Nineteen Thousand Eight Hundred)
Payment Option 01 (Discount option)
- Eligible for 5% discount if paid two weeks prior to the commencement of the course
- Discounted Fee Rs. 18,810.00
- Payment date to be eligible for discount – two weeks prior to starting date
Payment Option 02 (Easy Payment option)
- Two equal payments of Rs 9,950.00
- First payment to secure a place prior to the commencement of the course
- Second payment to be paid prior to beginning of week 05
Making Payments
- Payments can be made in person or to our bank account
- A reference number is required to deposit money to our bank account and should be stated on the deposit slip
- Reference numbers can be obtained by contacting one of the following numbers
Contact Numbers
- 011 309 4300
- 077 415 1065
- 077 597 7060