Photography 2 and Studio Classes
In the photography curriculum at Naperville North High School, students continuing in the photography track are able to decide on whether they would like to work with either traditional or digital mediums. Though both photography 2 classes cover essentially the same projects, the timeline and quantity are adjusted for the time commitment of the darkroom process of the traditional class. Students continuing past the Photography 2 course are able to register into the Studio Photography class where more independent and self-directed work leads them through a semester working on creating a cohesive portfolio of images. The final for the studio students is a gallery showing of their series at the school art gallery labeled with their name and artist statement. Here you can find the lessons I was able to share with the Photography 2 classes as well as some of the work I was able to help the Studio Photography students create during my time at NNHS.
Introduction to Photo EditingFor this project, students in the digital class were introduced to digital photo editing software Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop. Students in the Photography 2 digital class went on a field trip to Matheson State Park to capture rural landscape images. Students were expected to utilize tools covered from class discussions to aid in their post-production of their images.
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Introduction to Perception/Interpretation ProjectFor this assignment, both digital and traditional classes were given the same prompt formulated from a famous quote from Dorothea Lange: If you were to be struck blind tomorrow, what would be a lasting image you would want to keep visually? Students were introduced to both the area of fine art photography as well as the conceptual art movement and were instructed to create photographs with an audience's interpretation in mind. Students created one 11"x14" print to share in a final class critique where they were able to hear how their peers described the meaning of their photographs based on the way they were created. Throughout the project, students were not allowed to discuss the content of their photographs with their peers to insure a "cold read" during critique. Students were expected to instead record their daily reflections in a journal with guided questions to allow students to reflect on their work they had created.
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Final Assignment: Photo Scavenger HuntIn the photography 2 curriculum design, students are expected to create a final portfolio of 12 prints for their final following a scavenger hunt outline. For their photo hunt, students were given a list of 12 prompts to interpret and compose visually to reach their 12 final images. For their final, students printed their portfolio and held a class critique discussing the work of each student.
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