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Shutterbugs
Girl Scout Photography Program
Earn Camera Shots, Photography, or Museum Discovery Badges in MoPA’s Shutterbug program! Girl Scouts will learn how cameras use light to create pictures while gaining knowledge of basic composition skills that can be applied to their own photographs.

Click! (for Juniors) Trace the evolution of photography and film and learn about different cameras, lenses, and their uses.  Scouts will take portraits of each other and create a frame for their favorite work!

What a Great Eye! (for Cadettes and Seniors) Scouts explore the basics of composition and design through an interactive photocomposing activity. They also learn about digital photography and apply their learned skills to making digital pictures, using beautiful Balboa Park as their background. Scouts go home with their very own digital photograph at the end of the session!

How to Run Your Own Museum! (for Cadettes and Seniors) This is fun! Normally reserved for patrons and special donors, scouts go behind the scenes of a museum. Visit the print-viewing room, registrar, and preparator workspace, and the Museum’s vault. Scouts also participate in a guided tour of the current exhibit which includes a museum activity!

Guidelines

• Shutterbugs programs are available from September to June, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:00 to 3:00 p.m., Thursday from 10:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday classes are subject to availability.
• All materials are provided, except badges, which are the responsibility of the troop leader.
  

Cost
$120 for 10 girls or less, $12 each additional girl up to 30. 

Reservations and Cancellations
Please contact 619-238-7559 x235 or edudept@mopa.org for reservations and more information.

Cancellations must be made at least one week in advance and are subject to a $50 processing fee. Confirmation of cancellations will be sent by mail or fax. If cancellations are not made one week in advance, 100 percent of the program fee will be charged.