{"id":1170,"date":"2015-11-20T18:05:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2015-11-20T18:05:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T17:05:56","slug":"primary-56-phil-mcmenemy-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/2015\/11\/20\/primary-56-phil-mcmenemy-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary 5\/6 &#8211; Phil McMenemy Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 5\/6 enjoyed a fascinating visit from local photographer, Phil McMenemy.\u00a0\u00a0Phil came in to talk to the children about his\u00a0work, and show the children some of his photographs.\u00a0 He\u00a0explained\u00a0in detail\u00a0the role that light and shadow plays when taking a good picture, explaining the properties of light, and how light can change depending on the season. The children learned that photography literally means to &#8216;paint with light&#8217;, and that Phil, despite being colour blind, has made a successful career from photography.\u00a0 Phil&#8217;s visit proved a great success, not only underlining the children&#8217;s learning but also inspiring them that, no matter if there are barriers in your way, if you work hard, you can overcome them and succeed!\u00a0Phil was christened\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;The man who paints with light!&#8221;, by the P5\/6 class, a nickname he says he is very pleased with!<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/files\/2015\/11\/001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1171\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/files\/2015\/11\/001-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"001\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/files\/2015\/11\/004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1172\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/files\/2015\/11\/004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"004\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/files\/2015\/11\/007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1173\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/files\/2015\/11\/007-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"007\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/files\/2015\/11\/008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1174\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/files\/2015\/11\/008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"008\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primary 5\/6 enjoyed a fascinating visit from local photographer, Phil McMenemy.\u00a0\u00a0Phil came in to talk to the children about his\u00a0work, and show the children some of his photographs.\u00a0 He\u00a0explained\u00a0in detail\u00a0the role that light and shadow plays when taking a good picture, explaining the properties of light, and how light can change depending on the season. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/2015\/11\/20\/primary-56-phil-mcmenemy-visit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Primary 5\/6 &#8211; Phil McMenemy Visit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2803,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2803"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1175,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/StAndrewsPrimarySchoolBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}