Photographing Children

Event ID: L10447
Info: Sep 26 • Sat • 9:00am-4:00pm • 1 mtg • UHM Krauss 012 (Yukiyoshi Room) • $120
With: Tracy Wright Corvo

The creation of captivating photographs of children depends on more than technique. It requires the willingness to relate to children on their level and help them open to the camera. Learn how to photograph and effectively communicate with children.

Areas covered include choice of equipment and format, camera use for portraiture, and methods of candid image-making. The workshop focuses on natural light, the choice of environment and settings, and capturing the decisive moment that reveals the child’s inner life. This is done through demonstrations, lectures, and hands-on exercises photographing child models.

Prerequisites: A working knowledge of photography. Please bring your camera and a digital capture card or enough film to make 40–50 exposures.

Engaged in photography throughout her education, Tracy Wright Corvo earned a bachelor's in communications, and a master's in elementary education from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while she worked as a commercial photographer in Boston. She taught in private schools in Honolulu for 10 years before starting her portrait photography business, with an emphasis on children. She works with all film and digital camera formats, and prints most of her work. Her portfolio can be seen at: www.tracywrightcorvo.com.