Classroom Materials/Requirements
WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR THE 1ST WEEK OF SCHOOL?
Flash Drive: I suggest 64GB, and for advanced students, look into investing into external drive (more info below)
Notebook
STORAGE DEVICES
For in-class-learners (and highly suggest for my at-home-learners), you need to have a large jump drive/flash drive for storage purposes. You will be working with large files from Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, and you want to have enough room to save your work.
I would purchase these through Amazon because you get more "bang-for-your-buck"
Minimum suggested storage 64gb (advanced students, I would consider an external hard drive or a flash drive with work backed up to Drop Box).
With that, let me go ahead and put this out there that you should be saving your work in multiple places. Corrupted files or digital crashes happen all the time, and will not be an acceptable reason for your project to be turned in late. I would use your google drive AS WELL AS your jump drive/flash drive so it is saved in two places. If one messes up, you still have a backup of that major project saved somewhere else.
ADOBE SOFTWARE
In both Photography and Graphic Design courses, we work in the Adobe platform. As long as you are able to stay on top of your work in class (and stay focused every class period), you honestly should not need to purchase these programs until you are in the advanced sections of the course.
Required for AP Art & Design: ($19.99 monthly with student account)
Photoshop
Illustrator
If you are unable to purchase these programs, please have your parents email me so we can see what other options we may have. The textbooks for these classes are Adobe textbooks and refers to/works with these programs. I am working with the county to see what other options we have for you to have these programs at home, but unfortunately, the current expectation is that you provide Adobe platforms on your home computer. Also, please read the Adobe subscription requirements. These prices lock you into a year contract, so if you move out of this class, you will still have this monthly charge for the 12 month period.
CAMERAS & OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY SUPPLIES
Normally we are able to rent out DLSR cameras, but currently, sharing/renting out cameras (14 cameras for 200 students) is not safe with covid-19. For this, I will allow cellphone cameras to be used if you do not have direct access to a DLSR camera until I am able to better sanitize the digital equipment. You will still be regularly tested over terminology used with the bigger DLSR cameras, but you do not need to rush out and buy one. With this, you may want to grab a cheap (like $7 cheap from Lowe's or Home Depot) clamp light to help out with lighting, but it is totally optional. Most students end up purchasing one anyway because it is SO much cheaper than buying "real" lighting equipment.
FILM STUDENTS: With the new technology offered in cell phones, we will be using cell phones to start out the level I class. You will still learn vocabulary of professional film cameras, but don't stress if you do not have a video camera or DLSR at home.