Learn more about composition and creating images by trying these activities.

Collage and composition
Print out the image you created in the photography activity on Creative Explorer. Cut out the images and paste them onto a picture you have taken, drawn, or cut out of a magazine. This is another way of experimenting with composition.

Human snapshots
This is a way to "take a photo" without any equipment at all! Lead a friend with their eyes closed around a safe area - it could be inside or outside. Be very careful to show them that you can be trusted to look after them because this can be pretty scary for some people. Lead your friend up to an object. Ask them to open and shut their eyes very quickly. They will get a snapshot of the object you have led them to, just as if they had a camera. Build up a visual message by providing them with several "snapshots".

Create a newspaper
Newspapers and magazines use both photographs and words to tell a story or convey a message. If you have access to a camera, take photographs of some event or scene that interests you and write a paragraph to go with your pictures.

Remember that it is expensive to get film developed! Think about where your photo-article might be published when you are matching up the text and the pictures. Is it for a newspaper, a fashion magazine, a sports magazine, or perhaps a newsletter for a special-interest club, such as a mountain-biking or rollerblading club? Lay out your text and photographs on a piece of paper, ready to be published.

Logging your photographs
Photography takes practice, and you need to experiment with all sorts of ideas to get the look you want. If you have the opportunity to use a camera, keep a logbook and record all the shots that you take. Note how you set the shot up, the film you use, the shutter speed, the exposure, the type of lighting - everything! When you get your photos developed, you can see what worked and what didn't work, and so next time you want to take some pictures, you will have a much better idea about how to create the look you want.

Framing the world
Cut out cardboard cropping frames (two capital "L" shapes) and place them over pictures in magazines or newspapers.