Last week I led a photography workshop for my team at work. The aim was to help them become familiar with our team-owned SLR camera and give them basics to capture better images-with the SLR, or any camera really. The training document that I created is here.
Today I want to share with you some of the props, homemade accessories and teaching aids I assembled for the workshop in case you might want to incorporate them into yours.
First, here’s a teaching aid I created using two household sponges. I thought it would be a good visualization of the grain you might expect at those ISO settings and to show the concept of how fast light would be absorbed, relating it to water absorption.
I borrowed some coffee cups from the team kitchen so everyone could practice adjusting depth of field.
Have a ladder nearby reminded me to tell them about trying out different angles-high and low and how that brings new perspective to photos.
Having some props to play with also helps make the workshop fun.
Finally, I’m not afraid to show how to create homemade photo accessories like this light reflector, made from cardboard and aluminum foil.
Have you ever led a photography workshop? What are your tips to add?
