Photo II
Mid-May, 2022
Photo II students:
Please check out the file (just below) for a project called "The Decisive Moment." The document is well-illustrated with artist-photographer and student-photographer examples relating to this project concept.
The Decisive Moment - updated April 2016 optimized.pdfEarly November, 2019
Next assignment: Abstraction
Please read the first two files (just below) relating to abstraction. The second of these, on the right (just below), presents a warm-up looking assignment that you can start working on in class, using an iPad. It involves looking at abstract photos that I've provided in the two image compilations just below those two text files. I suggest making a "Photo II" folder in Notability on your iPad, then saving all four files into that folder.
Update as of 12/13/19 - I've added another collection of abstractions, these by JGMS art teacher Ms. Banks, to the others: see below. These will be of interest to you, and you may draw upon this collection as on the other two.
Abstraction.docAbstraction warm-up assignment - updated 1 25 18.docMore Abstractions - Shot March 2013 - lower res.pdfAbstraction student and non-student examples - culled-updated fall 2016.pdfCandy Banks - snow abstractions - optimized.pdfMid-October, 2019:
After successfully working with a pinhole camera to make double/multiple exposures, proceed to the 35mm film version of the double/multiple exposure. The project handout, which contains technical information and creative suggestions, along with numerous inspiring examples by past students, is on the left (below). The other file, on the right (below) contains numerous photo pieces, by a range of artist/photographers, relating to the double/multiple exposure concept. Please read and examine both files thoroughly and thoughtfully, and please let me know if you have any questions about any of the visual examples and/or about the project itself.
Double exposure with student examples updated 10 9 19 - includes requirements.pdfdouble exposures by josephson callahan and ishimoto copy.pdfThe Decisive Moment - updated 2016.pdfDecisive Moment warm-up assignment.pdfJosef Koudelka - Decisive Moment.pdfcontinuity within pictures - good examples by photographers - updated fall 2016 - Copy.pdfStart of Q4:
Our next main project is "the decisive moment." That's a concept made famous by photojournalist Henri Cartier-Bresson, who is quoted in the handout for the project. Also posted just below is a warm-up exercise (similar in format to previous such exercises, involving some looking, choosing, and reflecting), along with a collection of photos by Josef Koudelka, for possible use in that exercise. Finally, there is a collection of images relating to the concept of visual continuity in images (relating to how background and foreground elements line up); creating such images can be a good (actual photographic) preparation for the decisive moment project.
Start of Q3 : Our next project is abstraction. In preparation for this, please open and look through the four files you'll see just below. One is a two-page set of notes from a discussion I had with a Photo II class several years ago where we brainstormed on the subject of abstraction: what is it, anyhow? Two files are big collections of photographic abstractions. And the fourth file (actually, the first one you'll see right below!) is an assignment sheet that tells you what to do with all this stuff!
Photo II - Objective - Subjective.pdfYour current project/unit (Quarter 2) involve using contrasting approaches (ranging from more objective to more subjective) in photographing within two (or sort of three) different genres: 1. portraiture, and 2. landscape and/or still life (aka photographs of places or things). In preparation, you've already begun to look through a wide array of photos I've provided for you through shared Google Drive folders and files. Just at left is the file with the assignment for the two warm-up slide shows (one for each genre) you're working on in preparation for your own photographing. (I've already shared this file with you, as well.)
Photo II Students - As you know, your first "regular" (i.e., non-pinhole) camera project this year involves making double exposures. You've already gotten a hard copy of a handout, but I'm making an electronic copy available here, in case you want to see the student examples more clearly. I'm also posting a compilation (see below right) of some intriguing multiple exposures by three photographers (Harry Callahan, Kenneth Josephson, and Yasuhiro Ishimoto). Please take a good look when you get a chance.