Focus on Nature Summer Update
Our summer camp season is in full swing! We’ve held our nature photography week-long day camps at the Guelph Arboretum, Waterloo’s RIM Park and Albert McCormick Community Centre, Oakville’s Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre and the Hespeler Memorial Arena in Cambridge. In August we’ll be conducting one-day mini-camps for the KinBridge Community Association and our first camp at Battlefield Museum in Hamilton. Fifteen weeks of summer camp – it’s nice to be busy again!
Our camps are a great way for young photographers to learn the skills needed to compose and edit their images and then put them all together as little movies with music and graphics to share with friends and family. And they do all this while having a fun time outdoors playing games, making new friends and exploring the natural world around them!
Robert Bateman Supports Focus on Nature!
"The beauty of photography..." Read MoreConnecting kids to nature through photography.
Focus on Nature is a registered charity based in Guelph Ontario that inspires young people to explore and connect with nature through photography. We conduct workshops in schools and day camps in the summer and during March Break.
Check out some of our recent student work!
Book a Workshop
Learn more, choose a date, and book a workshop here.
Register for camp
Focus on Nature conducts day camps in Guelph, Waterloo, Halton and Hamilton regions during March Break and week-long camps in July and August. Learn more and make a reservation here.
Become a volunteer
Share your love of art and nature with a younger generation!
What people are saying...
We receive a lot of feedback about the program from parents, teachers and students….
The Big Picture: children and nature
Development of Focus on Nature was inspired in part by Richard Louv’s 2005 book “Last Child in the Woods” and numerous research findings about the long-term consequences of a growing disconnect between young people and their natural surroundings. [more]
Photography: The Art of Seeing
Photography has been called “the art of seeing” (Freeman Patterson) and as such it can be a powerful tool for cultivating our observational skills, enticing us to slow down and pay attention to the details we might normally pass by. [more]
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