Click Click Click!: Photography for Children

by George Sullivan

This fun-filled, informative, and up-to-date guide to making great pictures with a digital camera will appeal to kids of all ages. Budding shutterbugs will find much to learn and explore between the pages of this colorful and wide-ranging introduction to the world of photography. Illustrated throughout and written in a style that's informative and easy to understand, this book covers everything from the difference between digitala and film cameras to mastering action shots and taking pictures of one's favorite pets. Sections introduce young readers to famous photographers and iconic images. Acclaimed writer George Sullivan also explains the principles of composition, lighting, and visual story-telling, and even the proper way to hold a camera. He offers valuable tips for creating whimsical, unusual shots, and for using free software to organize, share, and edit photographs. Kids will be entertained and challenged in discovering how to make exciting, high quality photographs they can share with their family and friends.

Genres: Nonfiction

96 pages, Hardcover

First published October 21, 2011

About the author

George Sullivan is a best-selling nonfiction author with more than 100 books to his credit. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great to use with my tweens for photography unit.

[Leigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book combines a compacted history of photography with an explanation of various photographic techniques. It highlights examples of notable 19th and 20th Century photographers such as Eugene Atget, Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Lewis Hine, Gordon Parks, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and David Hockney. This is one of the best books on photography for children that I have read so far.

[Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This photography book for children is quite good also. About 90 pages, hard cover, and too large and heavy to be really portable, but colorful and informative. I liked the fact that it includes an image of David Hockney's "Pearlblossom Highway" which is one of my favorite photos, a creative photogaph that I consider quite inspiring.

[Burbank Library Children's Department · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have a little shutterbug at your house then hand them this fantastic book on photography for children. It gives brief bios of famous photogs and explains some techniques and tips on how to transform the pics of the family cat into an epic masterpiece.