Photo 1 has the following assignments for the first half of the year.
Depth of Field- Using the aperture to control how much of the image is in focus.
Using closed, open and medium apertures, you will shoot three identical images to learn how aperture affects you rend shot.
Students must complete seven sets of shots for a totoal of 21 images.
Shutter Speed- Control the way moving objects are "captured" by using a slow shutter speed to see the object moving blur, a fast shutter speed to freeze the object in action and don't forget panning- moving with the object to try to get it in focus while seeing the stabile background blur. Refer to the handout for more details.
Point of View: Seeing the ordinary in an extraordinary way- use any object or scenario and shoot the same thing 6 times looking at it from a lower, higher and other angles you wouldn't see the object or scenario from. Choose 4 objects each from 6 view points!
Social Statement: Identify something happening in the world that you want to change and you, as an artist, need to make a statement in a single image that would persuade others to feel the change is necessary. Can you activate someone through your art? Can YOU Affect change??
Holiday Spirit : Capture the feeling, th eempathy of what the holiday, any holiday , means to you - are you stressed? Feel excited? How can you share that with your viewer?
Architecture: View a building, just one, by using point of view, looking at lines, taking part of the building instead of all of it, altering your aperture and shooting from different distances. Choose a building you have an interest in , that you are drawn to and that visually stimulates you.
Your binders will be checked and you will need to present a portfolio of 5 images not included in your assignments to make up your first portfolio.
Second half of the year
Portraiture: Studies include studio lighting techniques, alternative lighting and candid portraiture. A roll of each will be shot, 2 in school using our equipment, one at home.
High Contrast: Identifying images whose strength lies in eliminating most grey values. Creation of hard lined images for later use in paper negative.
Landscape: Capturing the essence of a large area, reaching the viewer with the reason you felt drawn to a particular location.
Solarization, Paper Negative, Masking: You have worked with burning and dodging to correct images, now we can go further and alter the way you bring your work across to your viewer- to become a secondary artist in the darkroom as well as behind the lens.
Matting, framimg and exhibiting skills: You will learn how to measure, prepare and cut your own mat as well as considerations for buying and using frames
Matting, framimg and exhibiting skills: You will learn how to measure, prepare and cut your own mat as well as considerations for buying and using frames
Minimum of 6 images are required per photographer to be included in a variety of shows.
Attendance at shows is mandatory