Homeschool Photography for Kids

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We just have a point and shoot camera, so all the homeschool photography projects here are fairly simple. I wanted to get them to think about using the camera creatively - but with simple enough projects that they didn't need any fancy equipment.

Photography Projects for Kids :

These were really fun to do although we had much better results when we used a tripod.

Fun Ideas - try putting the same person in every shot doing something different.

Find or make a small model or sculpture. See if you can take a photo that makes it look giant!

A famous example of this is by the photographer Henry Moore. The sculpture in his photograph is only 33cm long - but looks much bigger. The giant in our photograph is 10cm tall.

Experiment by placing your model against different backgrounds. You can make an object look larger by photographing it from below - with a scene behind it (try fields and trees, or a city skyscape).

This is a fun nature activity, but it does need some patience. The idea is to take photos that will show the passing of time in nature.

Pick a spot that you think will change with the weather. It is usually good to have a tree and some flowers in the photo. Every two or three weeks go back to the same spot and take the same picture. As the seasons pass you will have captured the changes in the scene.

Make a collage showing the passing of time and hang it next to your nature table.

In Time Lapse Photography you shoot the same subject (from the same angle) over a period of time. When the photographs are strung together into a film, it effectively 'speeds up' time.

Make a time lapse video and get some time lapse photography ideas.

Did you know you could make an animation just using a digital camera? Running through a lot of photographs quickly causes an animation effect to happen.

See how to make your own animation.

Journals are fun to make but again, some of them can take some time to pull together.

Here are some journaling photography for kids ideas ;

Pick a subject to journal - maybe take a photograph of pieces of litter you see, or everything you eat. Tucker Shaw did this and wrote a book about it.

Photo courtesy of Brain_centipedes

Scanography uses a flatbed scanner to take pictures that can then be manipulated on your pc. You can great some great effects this way, and there are several artists that specialize in this technique.

Fancy giving it a try? Find out more about scanography for kids.

Merge different pictures together to take new ones. For example - put a picture of yourself in a place you have never been!

See how to do this here.