Grange Camera Club
We have a Camera Club every Thursday after school. We are being taught all about digital photography by Mr Collins, who is Chief Photographer at the Hartlepool Mail.
He is teaching us the skills and techniques used in photography. There is lots of new vocabulary to learn, such as:- thumbnail, focus, mode, red-eye, landscape and lots more.
New groups of children are now working with Mr Collins, learning the techniques of photography. Below are some photographs taken by this years camera club groups.
We begin by looking at the cameras to understand how they work, along with the different kinds of photographs that can be taken. We take portrait, group, action, and landscape shots. Have a look at out efforts below!
February 2008 - Group 2
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Group 2 also visited the Hartlepool RNLI, here are some photos they took while on their visit. One of our teachers tried on the safety suit and equipment.
A Group photo shoot with one of the crew |
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Heres the B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat being launched |
Our teacher at the controls! |
The all weather Trent class lifeboat |
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Here one of the crew demonstrates the flares. Flares have two purposes, to attract attention over a long distance and to
pinpoint the vessel in trouble. |
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Portrait Photographs
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Here is a selection of our first photographs showing different expressions and taken at different angles. |
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January 2008 - Group 1
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Here is Group 1 at the Camera Club with cameras ready to shoot.
A good shot of 1 of the group members with her camera at the ready too! |
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The Camera Club went to the RNLI Headquarters and had a tour of the lifeboat station. They took some lovely photographs and enjoyed their visit immensely, please take a look at a selection of them below and see what you think.
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Hartlepool now operates two lifeboats The lifeboats are manned by highly trained volunteer crews Here are some of the RNLI lifeboat crew, they showed us all their safety equipment
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Here we have some of the children trying on the life jackets and safety helmets, our teacher joined in too |
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This is the lifeboat, and a shot of the flag which is made up of coloured stones. Look at all the controls onboard! |
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These are the safety helmets which are worn by the crew.
One of the crew showed us how a flare lights up, this would be used to show their position. |
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Some photos of past lifeboat crew members on display |
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A couple of model boats we photographed in the RNLI headquarters. |
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Some nicely framed shots . One of the lifeboat returning with the lighthouse in the picture too. |
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The children have taken some really good photographs, I'm sure you would agree. Keep checking back for new additions |
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To find out more about the Hartlepool RNLI visit their website by clicking on the picture above
Keep checking back to look at our photographs and see how our skills are developing