What is this Project About?
Capture important moments, communicate your perspective and show how life appears through your lens with photography. Learn about cameras, lighting, and digital and film media so you can be ready when you find that great shot. Build skills you can use to excel in other 4-H opportunities and explore possible new careers.
Grow in Your Project
Starting Out
- Get to know your camera
- Try various lighting techniques
- Study photo composition
- Use different viewpoints
- Tell a story with photos
- Take photos of places, people, and pets
Learning More
- Use shutter speeds and F-stops (aperture)
- Adjust the depth of field
- Take candid photos to capture a moment
- Manipulate light using flash techniques
- Capture hard and soft light to create moods
Going Further
- Master composition using symmetry, shape, pattern and texture to capture creative photos
- Understand the impact of color
- Experiment with lens filters
- Use wide-angle and telephoto lenses.
Take Your Project Further!
- Check out books at the library or search the Internet to learn more about technique and composition
- Study a professional portfolio and then create a portfolio of your own
- Enter a photography contest or exhibit. Learn about copyright and privacy laws
- Look at careers and college majors related to photography
- Sell your photos at a local art show or craft festival
- Interview someone in your community who uses photography in his or her career
- Take a tour of a photography studio or a dark room where pictures are developed
- Show your photos off at the senior center or elderly care center
