PHILOSOPHY of Photography. Visual & Performing Arts Essay

High school Level essay. FINAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
PROJECT 
FOR REALS:
THE FINAL, FINAL, FINAL
PROJECT 
YOUR CHOICE of TOPIC
DEAR PHOTOGRAPHER, YOU SHOULD KNOW...
TEACH 1 SKILL YOU LEARNED
PHILOSOPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 
YOUR CHOICE of METHOD
MAKE A GOOGLE SLIDES PRESENTATION &SCREENCAST-O-MATIC RECORD YOURSELF
video voice over
MAKE A MOVIE
WRITE A 2 PAGE PAPER 
5
TOPIC CHOICES 
PHILOSOPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
◦ PERSONAL STATEMENT - WHY you take photos
Why do you take photos?
What role does photography play in your life?
What have you learned through photography in the past year/s?
What is the purpose of photography
What draws you to a photograph?
How has photography improved your quality of life? Do you see things differently than you did before?
◦ CONSIDER YOUR FUTURE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
If you could change one thing in the world through photography, what would it be?
If you continue in photography, what style would you most enjoy? (i.e casual, personal, non-profit,landscape, macro, sports, documentary) - different than #3 because you would not be getting paid/making a living on this one
If you could be employed through photography, what would you do? (i.e Senior Shoots, Weddings,
Journalism, Landscape, Documentary, Fine Artist, Commercial Industry) DEAR PHOTOGRAPHER,
WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU KNEW AT THE BEGINNING
OF THIS YEAR?
◦ Helpful tips for getting started
◦ How to approach the homework
◦ How to deal with Mrs. Bloomfield
◦ What you would have done differently
◦ 5 helpful things you learned about your camera
◦ Favorite locations to shoot homework 
1 SKILLS
1 ESSENTIAL SKILL YOU LEARNED IN THISCLASS◦ I’ll leave this up to you! Be as vague orspecific as you want.
◦ Options could be: how to shoot inmanual explained, How to do lightpainting, how communicate withteachers, time management… oranything else we learned! 9
METHOD CHOICES 
WRITING A PAPER
IN 1st PERSON/Your Experience
EXAMPLES of Philosophy of Photography
in CANVAS resources
TWO PAGES, double spaced RUBRICPROVE to me you deserve an A◦ Don’t procrastinate◦ Approach the topic and method with skill andcreativity◦ Create a reflective project that will help futurestudents◦ Meet each project requirements RUBRICIf you want a B◦ Wait until the last minute◦ Do the bare minimum to get this done, but showlittle effort or genuine personal reflection◦ Don’t meet the minimum requirements RUBRICIf you want a C◦ Wait until the last day, minute◦ Turn in a lousy, lazy project◦ Turn it in after the due date (5.26) RUBRICIf you want a D or F◦ Don’t do it In Canvas there are 4 examples ofexcellent Philosophy of PhotographyPapers - check them out! I’ll look forother examples from last year to add thisweek. ANY QUESTIONS?1 CHOOSE A TOPIC 2 CHOOSE A METHOD ! GET STARTED!