Photography for Young Learners

Photography couldn't get any easier with an effortless out-of-your-seat guided practice. 

This class teaches your young student about their camera inside and out. Experience isn't required; students will be led, in the beginning, to photograph what they see at home—ending the course with a small project.  
 
Week 1: Intro to your digital camera and learn how it works. We will get to know each other and learn basic camera operations. We will have a daily lesson in visual composition, getting students ready for a photography project presented at the end of the 8-weeks.  
 
Week 2: Take digital pictures from any environment by creating a studio. I'll add more camera operations to your lesson, adding more information from the last session and, at the same time, keeping the class interactive and fun. 
 
Week 3: Manuel settings and beyond. As a group, we'll review the images we created in the last couple of weeks. And discuss how to use the manual settings in your camera. 

Week 4: Creativity and composing images

Week 5: Whether introverted or extroverted, shy or talkative, you will learn to engage your subjects and beyond. 

Week 6: Learn how to upload and edit images from the camera to the computer. This is meant to demonstrate photo editing. An editing program isn't necessary unless you want to. We will talk about the final project due on Week 8.

Week 7: Creating a digital darkroom using editing software on day 2.

Week 8: We end class with a scavenger hunt and final project. 


A fun learning environment is necessary, and students might not get the best experience sitting in front of the computer. The class can be adapted based on students' needs as best as possible. Within the next couple of weeks, classes will rotate from verbal lessons to photographic practice to give students a well-rounded experience.