Spring 2012-Week 2

Photo I
This week photo one's assignment is to shoot Multiple/double exposure shots. This is accomplished by doubling the ISO for each extra shot on the film frame. For instance, if one is using a film rated at 400 ISO If you are going to shoot two shots on one frame you can change the ISO to 800. This allows less light into the camera compensating for the light that will be let in for the second shot. At 400 ISO for 3 shots one would set their ISO to 1600 and so-on-and-so-forth. The old way to do multiple exposure is to shoot the roll all the way through the camera once then rewind it and load the same film and shoot it through again. Contemporary cameras have a setting that allows for multiple shots to be taken on the same frame. Some cameras allow up to 9 overlapping exposures.

There is just something about in camera multiple exposure that cannot be achieved by digital means. In my opinion it is a feeling of authenticity, rawness and honesty that is lacking in many digital images.

Next assignment will be your Panoramic due after break for Seniors or as your midterm for everyone else.

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Photo AP:
Working on breadth section.

Have a great week!,
Mr. F

Third Six Weeks- Week One

Photo I:


This week students in photo I are working on an assignment capturing objects in motion with slow shutter speeds so that the objects leave a ghosted trailer behind them. They are also having to deal with the motion concept of panning. Panning is when one tracks an object with the camera as the shutter release button is pushed while using a slow shutter speed. Students are working with the light meter in their cameras on manual setting and determining the correct aperture to match their shutter speed accordingly.

Students will need to use a slow shutter speed below 60th of a second. How slow the shutter should be depends on how fast the object is moving which they are trying to photograph.

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Photo II & III:
Working on AP collage project.

Mr. F

Second 6 weeks: Week 4

Photo I:
This week students are shooting an assignment related to stop motion. They are to take photos that capture a moving object as still or frozen. Students will need to use a fast shutter speed. If they are shooting in bright light they might have to use a smaller aperture than usual.

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Photo II & III:
Deconstruction book. AP working on individual projects and collage


Have a great week.

Mr. F

Week 5- First Semester

Photo I:
This week photo I is developing film for their first outside assignment, textures. They will be printing their texture assignment and turning their work in this Friday. They must turn in 6 prints, a contact sheet and a test strip.

Examples of Texture pictures:









AP 2D Design Portfoio: Photo Concentration.
Students should pick a concept from the concept list and take photos related to the concept. Next week students will learn about displacement mapping and continue working in the darkroom on alternative processes of their choosing.


Have a great week.

Mr. F

Week 4-First Semester

This week students are learning how to roll film on to reels and develop B&W film using development tanks. They will learn to make enlargements in the darkroom. This week every student should develop their first roll of film so that they can get use to the process.

Mr. F

Week 3-First Semester

Photo I
This week we are continuing pinhole photography and taking pictures with them all week. We are going to start scanning and converting them to positive images Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Pinhole cameras are fun and unpredictable. They can produce some very interesting pictures.

Assignment: This Friday students will be given their first shooting assignment. They should take pictures of textures and have film ready on next Monday to process.

Photo II & III
We are experimenting with the Mordancage process. This is a very unpredictable process that yields some amazing results. The first outside assignment is due this week and should be turned into the students' individual critique folders before the Friday critique.

Have a great week.

Mr. F

Welcome Back!

This newsletter will be a good resource for finding out information about what is going on in my photo classes. If you need to know what an assignment is for the week, it will be listed here. Please check back frequently for information about class assignments. You can also download the syllabus and other important class document from this site so please look at the information in the column on the right hand side of the blog. There is lots of good information about photography and related subjects.

Advanced Class Summer Assignment:
Please make sure and sign up for the arts awards. This is the largest nation art competition which we enter and it is good for students to enter because many scholarships are awarded though this program. This program is put together by the National foundation for Advancement in the arts. To find out more please visit the Arts Awards website.

Each student must submit a portfolio of 10 works. Five of which must relate in concept. The other five should be a representation of the student's best work.

Each student in my advanced class should sign up and begin to think about your concept for your 5 related works.

Thank you and have a great summer,
Mr. Fullwood

End of Year

All classes:

Time to wrap it up. Final Portfolios are due this week and all your valuable information from the computer should be saved to a flashdrive, portable hard drive, SD card or the server if you are taking photo next year. Remember to take your photo boxes home. Any photos or photo boxes left behind will be recycled.

Have a great summer.

Mr. Fullwood

5th Six Weeks: Week 4-5

This week is Spring Break and it is your assignment to have fun. You should also take some pictures using the light painting techniques that we discussed in class. So set your camera to manual. Make sure you have a long shutter speed 15-20 sec. or set the shutter to B or Bulb. Use about 5.6-8 for your f stop. Then go to town and experiment with the times and lights. This assignment is all about experimenting and having fun with light.

See you in a week.

Mr. F

Week 5 Spring Semester

Photo I:
This weeks assignment is exterior architecture shots. 6 shots due on Friday.
Group I
is printing silver gelatin prints in the dark room using the silver digital negatives. Two of the prints should be done as chromoskidasik sabitter prints
Group II
is printing negatives for silver printing and working in PhotoShop learning how to make an image break out of a created frame.

Photo AP:
is working on the multiplicity project.

Week 3 Spring Semester

Photo I:
This weeks assignment is People. Just take interesting photos of people incorporating the design principals. Groups are working on PhotoShop and Van Dyke Prints.

AP Photo:
Multiply Environmental Portrait assignment. You will shoot multiples of yourself. Look at the works of Miss Aniela under the heading Multiplicity.

Cheers,
Mr. F

Second Semester

The beginning of the second semester...

Photo I:
This week Photo I class has an open assignment from the Holiday due on Friday. Groups 1 and 2 are working on alt processes and digital creations.

AP Photo:
HDR.

Have a great week!

Mr. F