Photography & Yearbook

Homework

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mail to: sazevedo@parishepiscopal.org

Computer Room 2152

Darkroom 2266

“Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt."

Walker Evans

“I’ve told people in my workshops, over and over again, “if I were choosing between a photographer with a lot of talent and a photographer who was utterly dogged, I’d take dogged every time. These are the people who will keep going back and back and back. Steve McCurry has said that people often want to know how he takes the really good pictures. But he says they don’t really want to know what I do, because if I tell them what I really do—that I go back over and over again—that’s not the answer they want to hear. It’s a remarkably big part of it. Just be absolutely dogged about it. Students and other photographers want to believe in the romance of the moment—that we just happened to get the picture. The idea of the once-in-a-lifetime shot. If I do my job right, it’s my job to go out every day and get once-in-a-lifetime shots.”

Jim Richardson

National Geographic Veteran Photographer – for whole article, click here

Links

Homework Page Parish home page

Photography Program Photography Courses

Recommended Exhibits & Events:

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John Loengard

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J. M. W. Turner

DMA

February 10–May 18, 2008
J. E. R. Chilton Galleries

Still online:

WOLFGANG ZURBORN

Thomas Michael Alleman

Sunshine & Noir:

Holga (“toy camera”)

Photographs of LA & NYC

Coming up…

Recently added sites

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Upper School AP Studio Art

Attention AP students:

Please make sure to register for the AP exam with Mrs. Barnett ASAP

Thanks!

Week 1 >> Introduction to AP Art (click to view)

Week 2 >> Seeking Inspiration > going back to the masters

Handouts (links):

Staying Curent

Creative Journal

Principles of Design

Assignments:

Due:

09/09 Illustrate the six principles of design from the handout (in your creative journal/blog)

09/13 Alliteration

09/21 Reflective identity

10/09 Self-Portrait Montage

10/16 Open Theme

10/26 Music Illustration

11/15 Selected Theme (from provided options sheet)

12/01 Open Theme (from selected list)

12/20 Concentration >> first installment

01/14 Concentration >> first collective viewing

02/04 Concentration >> second collective viewing

DMA Exhibit

William Turner Project

The upper school photography students will explore the rich relationship between Turner’s style and the photographic medium. Turner’s work was created simultaneously with the birth of photography. Turner himself welcomed the new technology when other artists were still reluctant to embrace its value. His works explore dramatic lighting in a way that inspires not only other painters, but also photographers. Our students will approach this project seeking to capture dramatic light in urban landscapes. Informed by Turner’s fantastic body of work, they will seek to produce digital images that aim at capturing the Dallas landscape in a contemporary manner in a way that pays tribute to the master in his original context. In keeping with Turner’s use of large scale, ten large pieces (24x36) will be selected and submitted for exhibit.

Turner Slideshow_

J. M. W. Turner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Field Trip

Fort Worth :: Kimbell & Modern Highlights

Ron Mueck

Slideshow::

Also:

We have the book from the exhibit above, so feel free to stop by the studio art room to browse

Class:

Current Homework

Traditional Photography I

Syllabus and supply list (click here)

Supplies due first class of second week

Handouts:

Exposure

Exposure Chart

Week 1 classes:

@ Computer lab

· Intro

· Photography History

o XIX century >> Birth

o XX century >> expansion

Week 2 classes:

@ Computer lab

· Exposure & Camera operation

· Masters and the great works

First Assignment: Photogram

Due: 03/12 (at least 2 8x10 prints)

First Roll

Places and Things

Shoot a roll of film focusing on places and things. No people, please. The idea is to test drive your camera, exploring different angles, compositions and lighting situations.

Due: upon return from Spring break

Second Roll