HPHS Photography Newsletter

Spring 2012-Week 2

2012-12-06T07:00:00.000-06:00

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.

Ex.

Photo AP:
Working on breadth section.

Have a great week!,
Mr. F

Third Six Weeks- Week One

2011-11-04T09:47:00.000-05:00

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.

Ex.

Photo II & III:
Working on AP collage project.

Mr. F

Second 6 weeks: Week 4

2011-10-28T17:30:00.000-05:00

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.

Ex.

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

Have a great week.

Mr. F

2nd Six Weeks: Week 1

2011-10-07T10:00:00.000-05:00

Photo I

Depth of Field
This week photo I is working on and open assignment. Between technical and conceptual assignments students are given a break and allowed to shoot a roll of film of whatever subject they choose. This is called an open assignment and there are several throughout the year. We are beginning to discuss depth of field and how it is achieved using the aperture of the camera. Below are some examples of depth of field.

Important information to remember about Depth of Field:

You must change your aperture. Just changing your focus is not the same thing.
When you change your aperture you must also change your shutter speed to compensate. Remember that every action has an opposite and equal reaction. If you allow less light in by making your aperture smaller you must set your shutter time longer.
A small aperture number on your camera (1.4, 2.8) means that your opening is larger and it is allowing a lot of light in through the lens. This gives you a narrow or shallow depth of field. And again the opposite is true. A larger number (11, 22) is a very small opening and allows very little light to enter the lens. This gives you a very wide or deep depth of field.
For your assignment you need to take picture sets for every picture you take. See the example below. One should have a shallow depth of field and the other a deep depth.

This images was taken using a focal length of 51mm with an ISO setting of 100 and an exposure of 1/8 of a sec @ f 2.8

This images was taken using a focal length of 51mm with an ISO setting of 100 and an exposure of 8 sec @ f 22

Check out this video. It is very short and concise.

Photo AP
Still working on Breadth section of portfolio and compiling work for several competitions.

Have a great week.

Mr. F

Week 5- First Semester

2011-09-17T21:31:00.000-05:00

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

2011-09-12T18:56:00.002-05:00

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

2011-09-06T14:00:00.000-05:00

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!

2011-08-20T10:45:00.000-05:00

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

2011-05-23T22:42:00.002-05:00

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

2011-03-13T14:00:00.000-05:00

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

2011-02-02T07:59:00.003-06:00

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

2011-01-16T21:34:00.002-06:00

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

2011-01-03T11:41:00.000-06:00

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

Week 15

2010-12-01T07:54:00.000-06:00

Photo I
This week photo one is turning in their Conceptual assignment and working on the Multiple Exposure Assignment. Next week will be Multiple exposure. Then the next week will be panoramic (this is your midterm)

Photo AP:
Should be working on putting together their breath section for their AP portfolio.

Week 13

2010-11-15T08:12:00.000-06:00

Photo I:
This week Photo I is taking pictures using a method called pushing.

This assignment is pushing film. Students should take a roll of film and shoot it at a higher ISO setting. Ex. If a student is shooting 400 ISO film and they want to push the film to 800 then they just set there ISO on their camera from 400 to 800. With 100 the student will adjust ISO to 400. This is used in low light situations where you might not want your subject to be blurred and the use of flash would not be advantageous. The disadvantages to this is that the pictures will have a higher level of grain and contrast.

Example:

As described above, the student will set their ISO (film speed) to a higher ISO setting (EX. if film rated speed is 400 one can push it to 800 or 1600). This allows the photographer the ability to take pictures in low light settings without the use of a flash, which might not work when using the films rated speed. 6 prints will need to be submitted for grading.

Photo II & III:
Gum over cyanotype prints.

Students should start thinking about a stop animation video they would like to make.

Example:

Stop Motion Human Skateboard - Watch more Funny Videos

Mr, F.

Summer 2010

2010-07-01T22:16:00.002-05:00

Summer...

AP Class:
Your summer assignment has been posted on the right under important handouts. Please complete the assignments for the first day of class.

If you are to be a Senior next school year please go to artsawards.org and sign up for the national photography arts award. You will need to submit a portfolio later in the year. This is the largest national art contest in the United States.

Have a great 4th! See you in August.

Finals Week

2010-03-04T22:18:00.005-06:00

Well, It's finals week. Did we think we would ever get here? I hope that all of you have learned a lot about photography. For those of you who will continue with me next year I will be sending out a list of assignments. Many will be assignments that will be given next year during the school year in the AP and Regular Photo II class. I advise that you go ahead and do some of these assignments over the summer so that you can have more time to experiment.

I would like to say thank you to the Seniors that have spent the last three years with me. I will miss you and I wish you well in college and your future wherever it may take you.

Have a wonderful summer.

Mr. F

Weeks 23-24

2010-02-22T08:55:00.002-06:00

Photo I:
Week 23 In class assignments
Group 1: Colorize 6 photographs in PhotoShop.
Group 2: Create digital negatives and print 4 Van Dyke prints but Friday.

Week 24
Group 1: Create digital negatives and print 4 Van Dyke prints but Friday.
Group 2: Colorize 6 photographs in PhotoShop.

Shooting Assignments:
Open 9 Due 19th
Landscape Cityscape is due Feb. 26th

Photo II:
Working on albumen project, HDR, and Photo Etching.

Week 21-22

2010-01-25T16:31:00.000-06:00

Photo I:
Next two outside assignments are Open 8 due on Jan. 29th and Architecture due on Feb. 5th.

In-class projects: Students are working on a movie poster using layer masking and making cyanotype prints in the darkroom.

Photo II:
Salt Prints and Family of Origin images. Next week Art III Photo II will create HDR images like the image below.

Pick an image to start working with as a photo relief.

Have a great week!

Fullwood

Holiday

2010-01-01T09:00:00.002-06:00

Christmas Break!

Photo I:
should work on a second panoramic taken with a digital camera. If you do not have a digital camera please use pictures from your final exam. Most digital cameras made in recent years are relatively good for use in class. It is best if you have a camera that can shoot in RAW mode but this is not necessary for Photo I class.

Here is an example of a panoramic shot that I took a couple of years ago. It is not a great photo. In fact it is really over exposed but it shows what PhotoMerge does. I used Bridge and PhotoMerge to put it together in about 5 minutes. This is what our first digital assignment will be in class when you return.

Photo II:
Shoot the next 100 shots for your movie. When you get back you should have 300 shots done. We will be working with the Salted Paper process when you return. This is a very finicky process and requires much care to detail on your part in order to turn out correctly. We will also be making our coating for albumen printing and coating paper for that process. When you return the outside assignment "Squished" will be due. We will have presentations on Friday of your work.

Have a great holiday

Week 7

2009-10-06T08:45:00.001-05:00

Photo I:

In-class assignment:

This week photo I darkroom students will work with filters and make exposures, using a photograph of their choosing, with filters 0-5+ (due Oct. 6) . We will also be discussing movement in photographs and how to achieve stop motion, blurred motion and panning.

Outside assignment(s):

Open 2 (due Oct 9th)

Stop Motion (due Oct 16th)

Photo II & III:

In-class assignment:

Producing Tritone Gums.

Outside assignment:

____ is not ____. (due Oct 20th)

Thanks,

Mr. F

Week 6

2009-10-02T23:34:00.000-05:00

Photo I:
Inclass assignment:
Photo one is working on Depth of field and should print and turn in the assignment on Friday.

Outside assignment: Open 2 (due Oct.9)

Photo II & III:
Inclass assignment:
Producing more digital negatives to make prints with. We Are working on Duotone and Tritone Gum Prints.

Outside assignment: Open 2 (due Oct. 6)
____is not ____ (due Oct. 13)

Week 3

2009-09-07T12:57:00.000-05:00

Photo I:
This week we start processing film. Students will learn to print on resin coated darkroom paper, use the enlargers and make contact sheets. Art II's first assignment is Texture and it will be due on Friday. Next Monday students are expected to have their finished roll of film for the Shape assignment and will be getting a daily grade for that.

Photo II & III
This week photo II & III will continue working on Gum Printing in class and should begin shooting the open assignment due for critique on the 14th. On Tuesday we will finish our critique session from Friday over the ABC assignment and talk about additive lighting techniques. All work for their open assignment critique should be saved to the server before leaving school on the 11th.

Have a great week

Mr. F

Week 1-First Semester

2009-08-25T22:53:00.001-05:00

Photo I:
This week in photo I we are talking about the History of photography in class. First we are going to get started right away in the darkroom making Rayograms/Photogarms.

Next week we will be building pinhole cameras and working with them.

Here are some examples of photograms:

Photo II & III
In advanced photography we are going to discuss the importance of color calibration and everyone will be assigned a computer to calibrate. We are going to begin the year discussing the most important aspect of photography in my opinion, controlling light.

Our first in class assignment is to make Monotone Gum Prints. All negatives and prints will be made in class.

First Assignment:

Part A.

Part B.

Your first shooting assignment will be 35 assignment in 1. You are to take photos that represent the entire alphabet A-Z and the numbers 1-9. You must capture the letter in the photograph and it must occur naturally. You cannot take pictures of graphic text or any sort of lettering on signs and so forth. You may not manipulate the area where you take you images. I just want you to find the letter occurring naturally. Example (perhaps tree branches shot from a certain angel look like an A, metal pipes from a certain position look like and L, and a man hole cover with a stick or leaf on it looks like a Q, etc...) This assignment will be due Thursday by the end of class. All images should be saved into your folder on the Drobo server.

Week 25

2009-02-26T11:28:00.000-06:00

Photo I:
This week photo I should be taking pictures related to Landscape/Citiscape and they are due this Friday.

Photo II & III:
Photo II & III are working on contest entries and Individual Student Directed Projects.

thanks, Mr. F

Week 24

2009-02-26T11:26:00.000-06:00

Photo I:
This week Photo I has an Open 10 assignment due.

Photo II & III
Architechture assignment Urban Change is due this week on Friday.

Thank you,
Mr. F

Week 23

2009-02-20T11:22:00.001-06:00

Photo I:
This week Photo I should turn in an assignment related to Architecture.

Photo II & III:
This week Photo II and III are working on an open assignment

Thank you,
Mr. F

Week 22

2009-02-02T21:37:00.000-06:00

Photo I:
This week is Open 8 for Photo I. Next week we will be working on photographs for the assignment Environmental Self Portrait.

Photo II:
This week Photo II&III are working on a technique called High Dynamic Range. For more examples and information you can go to the photomatix website. Next week the assignment is Urban Change which revolves around the changing Dallas Architecture and especially areas such as Victory Park and the Downtown area. These should not be photos of construction but more about the changes Dallas is currently going through in terms of old architecture verses new.

Thank you,

Have a Great Week

Mr. F

Week 20

2009-01-19T16:29:00.000-06:00

No School Monday.

Photo I:
Open 7 due Friday

In-class assignment: there are two retouching assignments that will be due on Friday. Go to the drobo server and find the images in the folder called retouch me.

Photo II:
Open outside project

In-class project: begin working on 3D photo in class due next Wednesday.

Have a great week!

Mr. F

Week 15

2008-12-03T13:32:00.000-06:00

Photo I:
This week we have an open assignment due in photo I.

Photo II:
Movies should be in their final stages of completion. Rough cuts are due this Friday.

Week 27

2008-03-04T11:23:00.000-06:00

Photo I:
This week Photo I has an open assignment due Friday the 7th. Next weeks assignment is light reflections. Students should take picture of reflections in water, chrome or other reflective surfaces and pay attention to the way light reacts with these surfaces.

Photo II & III:
Photo II & III are working on images with a same subject multiple times in the image. Please see the following examples.

Important info:
This week is TAKS testing on Wednesday the 5th.

Show information:
Blair Strong has recieved a gold key award for Photograhy from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. This is a very compeditive competition. Blair has won on the State level and her work is now going to national competition.

The following students works were accpted to the TVAA and YAT competiotns.

TVAA: (Texas Visual Arts Accociation)

Madi Wright
Kyle Watson
Tyler Condry
Hannah Livingston
Sarah Smylie
Hunter Fletcher
Ana Kuhlmann

YAT (Young American Artist Contest)

Hunter Fletcher
Ellie Gilchrist
Ana Kuhlmann
Hannah Livingston
Sarah Moore
James Orrock

Have a Great Week!

Mr. F

Week 19

2008-01-14T16:22:00.000-06:00

Photo I:
this week students are working on environmental self-portrait. Students need to turn in 4 prints and a contact sheet. I have included some examples of self-portraits done in the past.

Photo II Working on photo relief.