ACE Camera Club (inc)

YOUTH IN FOCUS 2019

GETS UNDER WAY

Towards the end of 2018 we ran two series of workshops aimed at encouraging the younger members of our community to take up photography both as a hobby and to provide them with additional skills that could help them in their future careers.

Look for minute detail

It was a fairly steep learning curve for us all but the end result was overwhelmingly positive and has led to another two workshops being held this year thanks to the support of the City of Albany and the Vancouver Arts Centre.

Photograph something normally not seen.

We've had an excellent response and it may be that the second series has already been booked out.  Our club will be looking at how we can provide more opportunities to run workshops and it may be that we do an ongoing series of one day mini workshops.    Actively involving the younger generations in our our club is essential if we're going to continue to grow and provide the sort of services and facilities that meet the needs of the future membership.

Something that catches your eye

Get your lines straight

The workshops are light on rules but heavy on the practical side of photography in the hope that we can develop an approach to photography that is driven by intuition, creativity and the desire to make images that speak to the viewer.

Use the long exposure and zoom lens.

This first workshop was aimed at getting them familiar with the camera controls with the mode dial set on P or A while they got used to taking a photo.    That lasted all of 10 minutes when the creativity took over and they were onto M and into blurred motion, extreme shooting angles and anything and everything that attracted their attention.

Find a different angle.

It's clear that some really good work is going to emerge during the rest of the course.

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