Advanced Photography

Avon Lake City Schools

Curriculum Framework

Arts 152 Intermediate Photography

Course Overview:

This intermeadiate course in photography is for students who meet CC+ requirements. Students interested in advanced photography will learn and maintain a higher level of photographic art production and photographic education, high achieving Avon Lake High School students will have an opportunity to enroll in a course focused on advanced methods of development, other technical issues and conceptual and historical aspects of the medium to earn college credit through Lorain County Community College. Students need a 35mm manual camera SLR film camera – new or used. A limited number of rentals are available in the LCCC bookstore each semester. This class meets one period daily for 1 unit of crediteach semester.

Textbook: (Title and Publishing Company)

Photography, Barbara London

Assessments:

  • Guided project Rubrics
  • Student and class critiques

Content/Topics/Learning Goals

Subject to Pacing and Schedules

First Quarter

Students will know/learn:

  • Photographic Collage/Creating a large negative to be contact printed and enlarged
  • Double Exposure: In camera and negative sandwiching
  • Backlighting and creating silhouettes
  • Advanced Printing in the darkroom
  • Criticism of famous artworks (4 parts to an artwork: subject, content, context, form)
  • Semester Slides Student Portfolio: Visual Journal of Student’s Work Pt. 1

Second Quarter

Students will know/learn:

  • Split Filtering for contrast control
  • Night time exposures and long exposures
  • Abstract/non-representational photography
  • Still life and advanced lighting techniques
  • Criticism of famous artworks (4 parts to an artwork: subject, content, context, form)
  • Individual Project #1 and #2: Subject matter chosen by students for portfolio
  • Semester Slides Student Portfolio: Visual Journal of Student’s Work Pt. 2
  • Creating a final art portfolio and critique of a final/semester portfolio
  • Print Finishing and dry mounting: Print Presentation
  • Creating a final art portfolio and critique of a final/semester portfolio: 12 Dry-mounted, professional prints

Last Updated: September, 2023