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Description

Spot and photograph letters of the alphabet hidden in the world around you, then use the photos to spell out the name of your group.

Resources

Cameras or smartphones
Device to view images (optional)
Printer (optional)
Pens/pencils and paper (optional)

Instructions

Collect the Photos

1 - Explain that alphabet photography is about finding letters of the alphabet in the world around you. It’s a chance to get creative and practise your photography skills. At the end, you can make fantastic artwork by putting the photographed letters together to spell a word.

2 - Depending on the age of the group and how challenging you want it to be, you might want to agree on some rules. For example, you might not allow people to use any actual letters, such as from road signs or shop names. You might also not allow people to make the letters themselves, such as from leaves or pebbles.

3 -Divide your group into teams, making sure that each team has at least one camera. You may want to stay as one big group, depending on your adult supervision and ratios.

4- Talk with the teams about the letters they’ll be looking for. Everyone could find the letters to spell out the name of their group, or everyone could try to spell out their own name. They might want to write the letters down and cross each one off as they photograph them.

5- Make sure everyone involved knows how to stay safe, where and when to meet back and how to get in touch. You might want to give people boundaries for the area they can explore, so they don’t go too far.

6 - When everyone’s ready, head out into the local area and start exploring to find your letters. You may want to stay in a specific area that’s safer for young people, such as a playground or a park.

7 - People should look for shapes within the architecture of buildings, in trees or plants, in park gates and so on. They should look up, down and all around. They could look at things from a different angle, such as by lying down, make use of shadows, have a bird’s eye view, zoom in to the smallest detail, or take a step back for a wider view.

8- Keep taking photos as you go. People might want to have a few goes at finding each letter, until they snap a photo that they’re happy with.

9 - If there’s time, teams can show each other their photos. They should look at the different ways everyone found the letters.

Putting your photos together

1 - Now it’s time to head back to the meeting place. This could also be the following session.

2 - People should decide which photos they want to use. They may want to make some edits, so you may want to do this before printing or before the session. If you've used a smartphone, people may be able to use an app to edit the photos or upload the images to a computer for editing. If the images have already been printed, people could edit them with felt tips, pens or by cutting them into shapes.

3 - You should decide how you want to use your pictures. You could put them together to edit and display online, or you could get them printed out to work on and display in the meeting place. To put the photos together and to spell out the word, people could print the individual photos and put them together. You could also keep it simple and use a computer programme, such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint, to put your photos together in the right order. You might want to take it a step further and use a creative digital program, such as Adobe Photoshop. You could experiment by using different colours, black and white, or adding a background. People could also use a free photo collage app, on your computer or smartphone.

4 - Everyone should view the pictures you took. You could look through the letters together if you’re able to. This might be digital or printed copies.

5 - Now everyone should put their letters together. They could put them on a coloured card background.

6 - When everyone has put their letters together and made a collage, display your photos and share your creativity with others. Why not open your own art gallery?

Tags

• mobile phone
• photograph
• photographer
• photographs
• photography
• photography badge
• photos
• teams

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• Creative Arts - Perform