DISCLAIMER: This is the 18-19 school year curriculum. I did not have time this summer to update the curriculum for the 19-20 school year. Those updates will occur periodically throughout the year on a separate set of pages.
Digital Photography takes place almost entirely online. The class consists of short lesson prompts for each photo shoot, each shoot requires a contact sheet of images. At the end of each unit a final portfolio of a select ten images is usually required, a critique follows. Feel free to jump ahead and look at future material, we will not be able to get to all of this material so please explore it and discuss what you are interested in pursuing.
Below is a list of projects, for a few projects there is a link to its YouTube video. Not all projects have a video, some videos are old, some may have imperfect parts. Please communicate with me if there is a problem with a video. The assignments progress at the pace of the class. A project is due when I feel %75 of the class has completed the objective for the class. We will not get to all of these, most projects will take longer than expected. This is the suggested order, again, if you explore this content early you can discuss skipping ahead with me and the class if you like/would-prefer a different project.
Unit 1- Intro projects
U1.P1 First week activities U1.P2 Intro to camera parts U1.P3 Intro to shooting U1.P4 One hundred photos U1.P5 First critique pick 10 U1.P6 Pick-a-something youtube.com/watch?v=dTIqiQvjIlA U1.P7 Twelve camera settings & tech. youtube.com/watch?v=2P1iJCopmDk U1.P8 Photoshop workspace youtube.com/watch?v=FZnDhtV5ku0 U1.P9 Making contact sheets youtube.com/watch?v=LFJWwAV3wkg U1.P10 Lightroom basics youtube.com/watch?v=wcnQpmyia7g U1.P11 Basic photoshop corrections youtube.com/watch?v=JuSP62ToBiw U1.P12 Alphabet project youtube.com/watch?v=_n14luO7Odc youtube.com/watch?v=SIKgO7re1SIUnit 2- Photo compositing
U2.P1 Hockney photomontage youtube.com/watch?v=zxuyv8uKBRI U2.P2 Nametags youtube.com/watch?v=7-SijOZI3FA U2.P3 Faceswap youtube.com/watch?v=xc8fucB0jMI U2.P4 Coming out of the phone youtube.com/watch?v=rlEbJ8mUt1s U2.P5 Pop art treatments youtube.com/watch?v=gDHK9nYTpRU U2.P6 Kaleidoscope youtube.com/watch?v=t6ki9wYcPXg U2.P7 Digital collage youtube.com/watch?v=IHmpYb3fWHQ U2.P8 Surrealism project youtube.com/watch?v=WcpINc67Y10Unit 3- Beginner photoshoots
U3.P1 Forced perspective U3.P2 Depth of field youtube.com/watch?v=t_fc3gOD8Io U3.P3 Tilt shift U3.P4 Working with light U3.P5 Action shots U3.P6 Light graffiti U3.P7 Long exposure landscapes U3.P8 Black and white U3.P9 The LandscapeUnit 4- Portrait photography
U4.P1 Fifteen conventional portraits youtube.com/watch?v=jQGwz21CinQ U4.P2 Double exposure youtube.com/watch?v=Mbf-QXCCXgM U4.P3 Portraits constructed U4.P4 Portraits altered U4.P5 Portraits projectUnit 5- Advanced post production
U5.P1 Retouch youtube.com/watch?v=u1GqZtVT_s8 U5.P2 Face melts youtube.com/watch?v=8rEO-zrDCTM youtube.com/watch?v=AkcS8YayxHA U5.P3 Redesign a movie poster U5.P4 Nike advert youtube.com/watch?v=rrsX1STGius U5.P5 Second half album coversUnit 6- Advanced photoshoots
U6.P1 Abstract photo U6.P2 Still life U6.P3 Narratives U6.P4 Institutions U6.P5 Street photography U6.P6 Photoshop as subject U6.P7 Altered article U6.P8 AnimalsUnit 7- The Physical Photo
U7.P1 Collages U7.P2 Photo as object U7.P3 Photo books