"Abstract" By Shana Q.

"I was trying to take natural abstract, so i went down by the water and started taking random pictures, up close shots and this was my favorite picture i had taken."

"Illustrate a Quote" by Travis H.

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

"In this assignment I was trying to show this quote in a picture. For the first picture I did a size comparison of the dachsund and the stuffed animal dog. This was to show the 'size' of the dogs. And in the second photo the dachsund was on top of the stuffed animal to show that he 'defeated' the stuffed animal. This was to show size does not matter."

"That's Not My Dog" by Nicole W.

"I wanted to take a subject that isn't typically considered 'art' and somehow make it art. I took a roll of film of my dogs and experimented with different dark room techniques (some successful, some not...); selective developing, coloring, gradual exposure (at even pace pulling cardboard over stationary paper to have one side darker, opposite lightest, and inbetween with shading effect), reflection (couldn't get it to work), and combining prints without overlapping (tried in dodge & burn fashion, again didn't work). My favorites are the selective developing. So here they are."

"Emma and Girl on Car" project: Every Picture Tells a Story, by Rochelle O.

At this point in the year, Photo II students are choosing projects from a menu of sorts, fitting them to their own needs and specifications. They may also choose to write their own project. In either case, they write a proposal before they begin the project so they have some direction before they set out. Sometimes the project changes completely, other times it grows in an un-expected manner.

“Las Floras” Photograms by Cayetano N.

Photograms are a way to make a photographic image without a camera. They are created in the darkroom, using light sensitive paper, an enlarger and objects of the students' choosing. It is another early assignment and helps the students to understand how the light affects the paper. Cayetano went further with this, and cut his images quite small, and boiled them with coffee to give them an old, leathery look and feel, then he re-assembled them with an adhesive backing. They are quite lovely to touch and look at.

Period 5 Reflections

Generally, the first photo assignment for Photo I students is a "Reflections" project. Since what is actually captured on film is reflected light, it is a good way to begin. Of course, some of them also interpret the assignment conceptually, which is also nice and adds interest to our group critique when the photographs are hung and viewed and discussed by the group.

By Tori S.

By Mycalia R.


By Chelsea S.

By Ashley P.


By Marissa T.

“Feelings from the Human Heart” by Laura P.

“I’m really happy with the way all three of these pictures came out. I think they have more meaning than I intended them to. At first I just took pictures of things I thought would make good pictures and I really didn’t give as much thought into it as I should have. Once I developed them, I didn’t think they were that meaningful and that made them kind of boring to me. Even though I’m not really into playing the piano or anything, I wanted them to mean something more than just another random photograph. So I found some quotes and wrote them on the pictures. I then burnt the edges to make them look a little more interesting and give them a kind of old, vintage look. This project really made me think about what I want my photographs to say and the feeling I want hem to have. I am very pleased with the finished photos.”

Shadows by Shannon S.

"This is a tree in my neighbor's yard. It had snowed alot and it was sunny, so the snow made it even brighter and there was an awesome shadow. This is a contact print of a positive to create a negative print and when I put the regular print next to this one but upside down, it's cool and confusing, almost... "