Photography
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  Class Handouts:

• Vocabulary Sheet
   
• Directions to Penn Camera (Rockville)
• Directions to The Photography Center (Bethesda camera store) The Photography Center offers ALL required materials online.  Have everything delivered!

   Procedures:

• Film developing (black and white)
• Print developing (black and white)
• Film developing (color)
• Print developing (color)
• Darkroom procedure (color)
• Solarization technique
• E-6 processing
• Infrared tips and suggestions

  Suppliers:

• Mr. Zimmer's suppliers directory

• Assign. #1 - camera functions
• Assign. #2 - composition
• Assign. #3 -  lighting & close-up
  (omit assign. #3 during Fall term)
• Assign. #4 - special effects
• Presentation
• Assign. #5 - large montage
• Assign. #6 - theme series
• Assign. #7 - emulation series
  (omit assign. #6, &7 during
   Fall term)
• Extra project (entitled: Essential Color!)
   
• Project list (standard level)
• Project list (advanced level)

  PowerPoint Project

• Presentation Project description (artists to choose from plus presentation criteria detail).

  Resource Sites:  

• Online tool that allows users to adjust exposure and better understand basic settings (great site!)
   
• Getty Images - a fantastic site that offers the ability to view professional images based on themes and content.
   
• Kodak - cool new section called "Taking great pictures" Sports Action in Photos.
   
• Tips for taking great sports action shots (Kodak website) 
   
• Additional resource sites for presentations and general questions

 Tutorial resource sites:

• Lynda.com
• Tutorialized.com

Project samples, in addition to a full description of grading criteria (specific to each assignment), is available online.  Hopefully, this information will help assist students and parents as to the high quality work being produced at Landon.

Description:  This course is designed to explore the use of a camera and darkroom as a means of artistic expression and observation. Students achieve a working knowledge of a fully manual 35mm camera and complete darkroom techniques. Students are also encouraged to articulate their ideas in group critique sessions. Upon completion of the course, students should possess the practical skills to produce expressive images and have an increased awareness of art and its power.

Expectations:  Upon completion of the course, students are expected to have a working knowledge of all darkroom procedures in addition to a manual 35mm camera (Pentax ZXM w/ 50mm lens).  Students will also expand their ability to discuss and interpret works of art, specifically photographs. 

Darkroom - 10 enlargers