1. Advanced Photography
Students will refine their photographic skills. They will study photography in terms of composition, camera work, advanced lighting and darkroom processes, computer techniques, and career options. Students will employ the use of technology in a variety of ways. They will manipulate images and create multimedia slide presentations of their work. They will add to their personal portfolios. As an opportunity for further study in the area of photography and technology students may use this class as a steppingstone for an internship or as a means of becoming a teacher's assistant in the Photography as Art class. Work could also be used for the Advanced Placement Program in connection with the Senior Studio class. A materials fee is required.

2. Students review the history &
fundamentals of photography
and begin the term by doing
pinhole photography.

3. Students choose subjects based on
personal preference. Many choose to
do a series of landscapes in either
black & white or color.

4. Friends or family are often used as subject in very creative and expressive ways.

5. Contrast, lighting,
depth of field, and
angle of view all
contribute to the overall
effectiveness of
an image.

6. Creating special effects with manual cameras gives the students a working knowledge of what a more sophisticated camera can do.

7. Students effectively
practice the
technique of extreme
cropping through the
camera lens creating
images with strong
visual interest.

8. Using the multiple exposure setting
on a camera allows for very creative responses.

9. Students are encouraged to create unusual images
Students are encouraged to create unusual images. They may chose to do this in a number of ways.
The photo on the left was done by propping the subject in an interesting
way and taking a straight shot of it.
The image on the right was created through
the use of PhotoShop.

10. Independent Study Projects are done to allow students
the opportunity to
experiment in
very specific &
unusual ways.
These images were
created through the
careful propping
of the subject and then
enhanced through the
use of PhotoShop.
They were a part of a
larger series of images.

11. Timing can be everything in capturing a memorable
moment in time. For this very reason students
often carry their cameras with them.

12. Traditional black and white work may be sepia toned after it is printed or students may chose
to tone their work as digital images. In either
case the toning creates a lovely old world feel
for the image.

13. Hand coloring photos is done to enhance
traditional black and white or sepia toned images.

14. Students use their original photos to begin work in the computer lab with Adobe PhotoShop. The first few assignments have students apply the program’s filter effects to enhance their images and create interest..

15. Students then go onto create
photo montages in PhotoShop
by combining several of their
photographs into a single
image.

16. The concept of photo
montage is the focus
of several additional
assignments. The
students do portraits
or self portraits as the
basis of some of this
work. Often
times the
work is very
illustrative
or expressive.

17. Later assignments continue to challenge the students
to be expressive with their work. They may choose to work in either a very commercial or a more fine art way.
In these images photos are combined and enhanced. For this work students often add text to communicate
a message more clearly.