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Help create a national youth photographic exhibition this school holidays.

A Visual Poetry Jam

Up Your Photography skill by being trained by a master photographer

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Bring a camera, cellphone, or tablet to photograph on. (We have a few extras to borrow for the workshop if you don't have one)

Students who attend are able to attend a year-long online innovation and visual storytelling mentorship program for free

Quick Outline of Click Happy School Holiday Masterclass:

Your Instructor is a past winner of New Zealand's Creative Photographer of the Year

Who is the workshop for?

Students aged 10+
Creative artsy kids
Youth with an interest in photography or visual storytelling or filmmaking
Youth under 13 need to attend with a parent

What do I bring with me?

Cellphone, Tablet, or camera
"A Treasure" something that is really important to you that you will photograph against multiple different coloured backdrop

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When and Where are these Happening?

Spring School Holidays

Tauranga 4 OCTOBER - Fully Booked

Taupo 5 OCT

Ohakune 6 OCT

Central Hawkesbay - 11OCT

Lower Hutt -Memorial Library 13 OCT

Upper Hutt Library 14 OCT

What does it cost?

Nothing. The workshop is free to attend.

And if you attend the online masterclass is free to attend thanks to regional Creative Communities funding.

What happens on the day?

3 mini-workshops:

- Monochromatic photography to develop your colour theory and composition skills (this is the exhibition work)
- People and Pets - Aperture and Shutter Speed featuring Gritty our co-teacher who is an Irishdoodle dog.
- Post Production Master Class using Lightroom

You learn how to:

- Change exposure on your camera - helps to keep people from being silhouetted against the sun when you don't want that.
- Photograph moving objects effectively
- Blur the background in portraits
- Composition techniques to improve people's response to your work.
- Edit your work for the "wow" factor.

Click Happy Students have taken out the top Young Photographer prizes in New Zealand

New Zealand Geographic Young Photographer of the Year - Mattheus Elwood

Matteus won New Zealand Geographic Young Photographer of the Year.

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De Ruiters Young Photographer of the Year Prize - Ava Thomas

Ava won the DeRuiter Young Photographer Challenge

Grit and Success

Ava and Mattheus are breathing rarified air but it is the day to day slog of shooting, giving and getting feedback that makes a difference. It is a failing forward methodology that leads to our successes here.

We take a lot of crap photos to get to our winning portfolios.

By joining the Click Happy program you increase your opportunity for in real-time feedback and growth.

All photography on this site has been taken by Click Happy Students in the online master class. Many of the students didn't know how to photograph before they started.

Get on the waiting list for the spaces in your region. We will contact you when we have confirmed the days, times, and venues.

How do I register?

There are only 30 spaces open for each workshop.

To be signed by a parent or guardian over the age of 16.

By signing this form you agree to the above and to our terms and conditions found on this page: https://clickhappy.org/click-happy-challenge-terms-and-conditions/

As this is a photography course we will be taking photographs of each other and sharing them. Some of the images might be used to promote the work of the students in the course. Therefore we need permission to photograph your child in order to participate. By signing this form you will be giving us permission to photograph and use the images to promote the work of the youth and Click Happy as a program.

Register Here

Are you over 16? *

Full Name/s of Workshop Attendee/s. If more than one youth registering, add their names here *

Email Address *

Cellphone Number *

Are there any concerns we should be aware of, regarding the safety of your child/yourself that could impact the ability to safely walk the neighbourhood and take pictures?

Name of your School / Organization or are you homeschooled or none of the above *

Name of Town/City or Area you live in *

If you are attending a library or community hosted workshop which one are you attending? *

Whangerei Library Thursday 28 March - 9:30-2:30
An upcoming workshop

We run an online creative mentorship program that is free for students who have attended a Visual Poetry Jam. In the workshop, you will learn to improve your photography game and also make new friends with youth from all over NZ. The students in the program have even started their own by youth for youth magazine which you can help contribute to. Pro photographers are available to ask questions and help you learn to improve your innovation skills as well as their photography. It even has an award winning creative wellbeing workshop included in the program. Would you like to join us in the Click Happy Online program?

Yes please
No thank you

There are no costs invloved and the online mentorship is free for New Zealand Youth.

Signature

I acknowledge that the workshop will have photography taking place. We make TikTok Videos during the session to celebrate what we are doing and so if you don't want to be in the videos it is your responsibility to let us know at the beginning of the workshop so that we can avoid filming you. If you do not alert us then you give Click Happy employees, agents and successors the following rights: 1. to photograph, film, digitally record or video-record me and/or my child/ children; and 2. to make sound and voice recordings of me and/or my child/ children. These may be used now and in the future in any way that may be required. These reproductions or representations may appear as still camera photography and/or video images and/or digital images. Examples of uses include (but are not limited to) transmission in any manner and/or digital release, publication on the internet including social media, in promotional and educational material, in public exhibition or made available to our event collaborative partners (libraries, schools, and funders), both in New Zealand and overseas. Copyright, storing and ownership of the work will rest with Click Happy.

Our wonderfully amazing brilliant funders & sponsors

Every Body Is A Treasure Charitable Trust

Funders & Sponsors 2020/2021/2022/2023/2024

	Far North Rodney North Shore Waitakere City Manukau Papakura Franklin Kirikiriroa / Hamilton City South Waikato Rotorua Tongariro Hutt Valley Wellington Central Otago Coastal Otago / Waitaki Wairarapa Kahungunu Ki Heretaunga Tamatea / Tamaki-Nui-A-Rua Great Barrier Manawatu / Horowhenua Whanganui / Waimarino / Rangitikei Auckland City South Taranaki Marlborough Mataatua Whangarei / Kaipara	Invercargill Henderson Kaipatiki Masterton Manukau Waikato Hamilton Wellington West Auckland Papakura North Shore Waitomo Rangitīkei Dunedin Taupo



And Youth Librarians! We had no idea how amazing these community treasures are until recently! Thank you to all of the Youth Librarians who have seen the beauty in the project and have invited us to bring it to their region and who are helping to spread the word. You have halved our work and quintupled the number of youth who get to experience this program. What gifts!