Congratulations you are in!

We don't start officially until the 1st of January but we wanted to welcome you with huge hugs and let you know that we are so glad you will be joining us this summer.

What will we be doing over the summer

Learn Device Based Visual Storytelling (So you can better express your thoughts)
Learn Creative Wellbeing Tools (to help shift blocks to your best ideas)
Play with new creative AI tools (so you understand what is coming in the world of AI Art)
Opportunity to be selected for the Create Happy Magazine Crew
A year of mentorship with industry creatives

Your creative aged 10-24.
You are a keen learner who is often drawing, tinkering, or photographing
You are curious, compassionate ( or willing to learn how to become more compassionate), and willing to stretch out of your comfort zone to develop your art.

Composition skills useful in any artform
How to use a cellphone like a DSLR camera.
You will get a chance to learn photography from some of New Zealand's top photographers and from each other
You will learn how to give compassionate critical feedback to each other on images to help each other grow.
How to utilize free AI tools to enhance imagery and exponentially expand your storytelling capacity
Creative Grit and resilience tools necessary for creative mastery.

access to a device with a camera, either a phone or a tablet over the summer.
Sometimes we get asked for recommendations on devices. Our current favourite phone is the Redmi Note 11 Pro.
- the cameras are insanely good for the price.
- Best value for money phone we have found
- Does better Macro (up close photography) than many of the top of the line Apple and Samsung.phones.

*** Students can choose to take the whole series or drop in for classes that are most relevant to their learning needs.

Do at your own pace (don't worry if you are away)
Mini device photography workshop and challenges.
Learn how to give and receive compassionate creative feedback
Gain access to the Telegram Channels
- AI Art feedback channel
- Photographic Challenge Feedback Channel
- Regional Chats
- National Casual Chats

Help create a national photography book on the elements of Visual Storytelling
- We will be creating a book that uses your images as the illustrations.
- The book will be made available for teachers to use to teach Click Happy in schools and libraries.
Creative Challenges (which will feature in the book)
- Composition
- Manual settings
- The 5 elements of effective narrative
- Types of Photography - explore your options, push out of your comfort zone
4 Brain Method- Using photography as a tool to develop wellbeing
How it runs:
- Daily content delivered online to do at your own pace.
- Daily creative challenges
- Wednesday 7pm zoom session.

Advanced classes

Visual Storytelling - The five elements of every good story (you will create a 5 image visual story about something you treasure)
Manual Settings on a DSLR + Advanced Cellphonography
Mirrorless vs DSLR
Embodied Creativity- A philosophy about how to unblock your best creative work.
AI Art generators - Playing with AI art generators, How to create hybrid art blending your own and the computers, and AI art ethics

* Has won New Zealand Photographer of the Year

** Has won New Zealand's Photographer of the Year Multiple times

Set yourself up for a career as a creative
Contribute to a collective youth photography exhibition.
Learn the Embodied Creativity framework to improve your ability to see your ideas through to completion.
Co-Develop a national creative community of young artists
Deepen your visual storytelling skills
Have an opportunity to create or write for New Zealand's Award Winning by Teens for Teens Magazine - Create Happy Magazine