Photo 1 Photo 2 Summer Shooting Assignments

Directions: Shoot the following assignments with 35mm lm and be ready to process the rolls on the rst day of the 2014-2015
school year. These images will serve as an important part of you getting started for next year and a catalyst for printing in class! If
you are AP you will begin developing a concentration, a focused body of work unied by an underlying idea that has visual coherence.
Use these summer assignments and other photos you take to begin thinking about a theme you would like to focus on next year.
Digital Top 10
Through shooting the hundreds of images this summer with your digital camera select the top 10 images and add as a slideshow to
your Summer Work page on Mahara. Consider images where color plays an important part in the composition!!!

CHOOSE 3 of the following to shoot on B&W lm:

Portraiture & Lighting
Select no less than 6 individuals to shoot on this roll. By looking at the contact sheet I should be able to see that you experimented
with both articial and natural lighting set-ups. Consider how the composition, light/contrast, proximity, depth of eld, and sense of
movement all play a part in the composition!!!
1. Yourself
2. A person that you are very familiar with
3. A person that you havent seen in a long time
4. A person that you just met...literally!!!!
5. A person that is older than 60
6. A person that is younger than 10

Landscape and Architecture
Take some time to travel to some old or perhaps new places. Thinking ahead to the AP test you will need to focus on showing your
expertise at compositing spaces and searching for those elements of art and principles of design! Consider how the composition,
light/contrast, proximity, depth of eld, and sense of movement all play a part in the composition!!!
1. Shoot roughly half the roll in a natural environment (12 images)
2. Shoot roughly half the roll in a man-made environment (12 images)

A Specic Time of Day
For this roll you will need to focus on taking images that describe a specic atmospheric quality based on a time of day. Consider
how the quality of available light effects and plays on objects and people in the compositions!!!
1. Search out scenes that describe a time of day through the specic us of light.
2. Look for spaces where light creates strong contrasts
3. Look for spaces where light creates a limited value range

The Senses
Shoot one roll that pays homage to the sights, sounds, tastes, touches, and smells of summer!
Anything goes with this one....though remember that the difference between a snapshot and a composed photograph is huge!!!
Consider purposeful compositions....ONLY!!!!

If you are taking Photo 2 AP:
In addition to assignments next year you will have an additional roll of lm due every 2-3 weeks. Over the summer consider a theme
or concentration that you will explore in your photography. Start to narrow in on what interests you and what you would like to
explore for your AP concentration. Start shooting for this now!

WARNING!
Dont forget to press the rewind release button on your camera (usually on the bottom) before rewinding lm. Dont forget
to set the correct ISO on your camera as well. If your battery dies, take it to a pharmacy, Radioshack or Techlab for a
replacement
If you want more lm:
Go to Techlab at 9400 Snowden River Parkway, Columbia, MD 21045 (410) 290-5200 (techlabphoto.com). Ask for 35mm Black & White
lm (NOT C-41) your choices will be probably be Kodak Tmax, Kodak Tri-X, Ilford HP5. We use 400 ISO (If you get different ISO
make sure to change the ISO setting on your camera or your pics wont work. KEEP YOUR FILM IN THE FRIDGE UNTIL YOU USE
IT, take it out and let it get to room temperature before putting it on your camera. DONT LEAVE IT IN A HOT CAR!
If you have a question about lm or your camera try Google, then email Mr. Cecil: jacob_cecil@hcpss.org. Check my website for
resources or answers: cecilrhhs.weebly.com

Photo 1 Photo 2 Summer Shooting Assignments NAME:

Circle the 3 assignments you chose:

Portraiture & Lighting Landscape and Architecture A Specic Time of Day The Senses

For your 3 summer rolls you should choose 3 photos from each, scan them, add them to a 2: Summer Photos page on Mahara
along with a contact sheet of each roll. You should then choose 3 from those 9 to print at 8x10. You should use dodging and burning
and lters where needed. Grade yourself based on those 3 photos. No test strips are needed.





Presentation:
Size is correct. Photos
have even white
borders with no
scratches, stains,
marks, or blemishes.
Design:
Photographs
show principles of
composition with,
appropriate and
thoughtful subject
matter.
Studio Skills:
Photographs are exposed
and focused correctly,
using appropriate camera
and darkroom
techniques. Photo
techniques add to the
success of the work.
Objective:
Your photos explore the objectives
for each roll. Your nal prints
represent your best work,
completing all parts of the
assignment on time, investing thought
and care when doing so.
Total:
Student /25 /25 /25 /25 /100
Teacher /25 /25 /25 /25 /100
Exemplary 22.5-25 Good 20-22 Satisfactory 17.5-19.5 Needs Improvement 15-17 Unsatisfactory 0-14.5
Comments:
Artist Statement Reflection
DIRECTIONS: Using complete sentences, compose an Artist Statement of at least one paragraph that addresses the
following components:
Why did you choose the assignments you did?
Why did you choose the photographs you did to turn in (be specic, not just a generally about all of them)?
Explain the process of planning, scouting, directing, shooting, and editing.
Based on these shooting assignments what 3 things will you continue to work on or explore for the next
assignment?
How did last year inspire you and prepare you for shooting over the summer?
Do you feel that this work represents anything about your personality or your style of photography? Why or
why not? If it does not, what could you have done differently to make it represent your photographic vision or
be more personal?
How was photographing over the summer different than assignments during the school year?
At this point, what do you struggle more with: technical aspects of photography or idea generating and
conceptual aspects?

Please use the back of this sheet to complete your reection. A typed response is also permitted.