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Celebrate World Photography Day with MOPA. Today, we’re launching (𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦) Photo Club! 🎊
🔸 𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛?
It’s a series of photo challenges where you guide your own experience. Each challenge mixes two photo techniques. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭? At the end of each challenge, you can submit your artwork for feedback. Our team of visual learning experts will take a look and get back to you. 😉
🔸 𝗪𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫?
Photo Club is designed for middle and high school students. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 🤫
🔸 𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭?
Find Photo Club at 👉MOPA.org/PhotoClub 👈
And, you can start today— happy World Photo Day!
Financial support for Photo Club is provided by The County of San Diego.
Next week, we're making a special announcement for budding artists at home.
#WorldPhotographyDay
#August19
How to create a dynamic photo by placing things in front of your subject | Through My Lens | MOPA
Make creative compositions using the foreground. We'll show you how placing things in front of your subject can create a more interesting and dynamic photo.
For this activity, you will need:
✅ A device to take pictures! (Camera, smart phone, or tablet)
✅ Subjects to photograph (other people or objects)
Enjoyed this week's Through My Lens? Like or share the show with a friend. And, let us know in the comments below how you will use the foreground to make creative compositions.
MOPA In Focus
Join us for a look at artists who use new technologies to craft immersive experiences. Today's talk is inspired by MOPA's current exhibition "Out of the Shadows: Contemporary Chinese Photography". For more information and to support, please visit www.mopa.org.
How to capture jumps in action with your camera! | Through My Lens | MOPA
Join us to create fun, gravity-defying images that make it look like our subjects are floating in the air.
For this activity, you will need:
✅ A device to take pictures (Camera, smart phone, or tablet)
✅ A space with good light – ideally an outdoor space
✅ Subjects to photograph (other people or objects you can toss without breaking!)
Learn more about MOPA's Juried Youth Exhibition at 👉 https://mopa.org/yx
Enjoyed this week's Through My Lens? Like or share the show with a friend. And, let us know in the comments below how you will capture role reversal in your family portrait.
MOPA In Focus
Join us for a look at artists who use new technologies to craft immersive experiences. Today's talk is inspired by MOPA's current exhibition "Out of the Shadows: Contemporary Chinese Photography". For more information and to support, please visit www.mopa.org.
👏 Youth artists across San Diego County and Tijuana have until May 22 to digitally submit artwork to MOPA’s juried youth exhibition. Entry is free: MOPA.org/yx
👇 Watch a video guide to support your creative process at home.
Capture a role reversal in a family portrait | Through My Lens | MOPA
Using props and some cinematic flair, how can you capture a role reversal in a family portrait? Inspired by MOPA's YX theme, "growing up," we can play with how our family roles change - or don't!
For this activity, you will need:
✅ A device to take pictures (Camera, smart phone, or tablet)
✅ A subject to photograph (yourself, family members, or friends that are with you)
✅ Props that represent the role you are playing
Learn more about MOPA's Juried Youth Exhibition at 👉 https://mopa.org/yx
Enjoyed this week's Through My Lens? Like or share the show with a friend. And, let us know in the comments below how you will capture role reversal in your family portrait.
We can play with how our family roles change - or don't!
Catch up on the latest episode of #ThroughMyLens 🤳 here on Facebook. Let us know in the comments how you will capture role reversal in your family portrait or tag us in your work to show us!
MOPA In Focus
Join us for a look at artists who reveal details often unseen by the naked eye in a world that is forever in motion. Today's talk is inspired by MOPA's current exhibition "Illusion: The Magic of Motion". For more information and to support, please visit www.mopa.org.
Catch up on the latest episode of Through My Lens on Facebook
How to create silhouettes using your window | Through My Lens | MOPA
During a time before cameras were in common use, people went to have their silhouettes made. These were done by special artists carefully cutting detailed renderings of the subjects features in profile. Even without the facial details we are used to seeing in photographic portraits, each of these silhouettes was as unique as the person sitting for them. Using your window, a smartphone or tablet, and some tips for proper exposure, we can create beautiful silhouettes that celebrate the simple beauty in our shapes and lines!
You will need:
*A device to take pictures (Camera, smart phone, or tablet)
*A window with good light
*A subject to photograph (yourself, another person, an object with an interesting or recognizable shape)
Prep your photo collage #ThroughMyLens
We are individuals with unique experiences and unlimited dreams! Look at your own stories and your own unique identity through the art of photo collage, using snapshots you take or your family takes on their smartphones almost every day. #ThroughMyLens
MOPA In Focus
Join us for a look at the origins of the moving image. Today's talk is inspired by MOPA's current exhibition "Illusion: The Magic of Motion". For more information and to support, please visit www.mopa.org.
The Past in Motion: A Look at Early Cinema. Here on Facebook Live this Friday.
Artists in focus:
✔️Louis Lumiere
✔️George Méliès
WHAT TO EXPECT:
✔️A look at the origins of the moving image
✔️A preview of two early films currently featured in MOPA’s exhibition Illusion: The Magic of Motion
✔️A lively discussion with special guest Joaquin Ortiz, the museum’s Director of Innovation, about their legacy and importance to us today.
📽: Méliès, George, director. Voyage Dans La Lune. 1902.
🤳#ThroughMyLens: At different stages in your life, this special and personal space – your sanctuary – will reflect who you are at that time. Your room will change as you grow and change.
Show us your self portraits in the comments below. 👇
MOPA In Focus: Photomontage
MOPA In Focus: Photomontage
🤳#ThroughMyLens: Your imagination is your guide when creating DIY filters.
MOPA In Focus
Projected Light - The Camera Obscura and Pinhole Photography
These are unprecedented times we find ourselves in! Years in the future, how will we remember what it was like for us during this time? Who were we and how did we get through it? Inspired by photographic artists Hong Lei and Jo Whaley, we’ll reimagine the classical traditions of still life to visually document this unique moment in our own isolation stories.
Here are the materials:
A device to take pictures with (Camera, smart phone, or tablet)
A collection of objects that you are using every day during your quarantine
A tripod to hold your camera (optional)
A box or empty frame, string, and tape (optional)
MOPA In Focus
Picturing the Still Life in Photography
MOPA Through My Lens
Get the family together and dive into this fun activity inspired by artists who draw and write on images