A Moose Jaw man who had been babysitting young children has been sentenced to eight years in prison for committing sex crimes against them.

Donald William Black, 49, pleaded guilty last month to charges that included making child pornography and child exploitation.

Judge David Orr sentenced Black in a Moose Jaw court on Wednesday.

Court heard the victims were three children aged five, four and 18 months. Black took sexually explicit videos and photographs of them between May 2005 and January 2006.

The crimes were committed when Black and his wife, Audrey, were babysitting the three children.

She'll be sentenced next month on similar charges.