Lisa Hawk and Nikki Bobb work together for project

This is Lisa and Nikki's Sandy Skoglund inspired photo project.

They finished construction today and worked on lighting and photographing it

during first period. Nice job girls!

The intense color of Brandi Rollins' eye is even more evident

when she extracted the color from the rest of the image.

Nice Job Brandi! Very Strong Image!

An EXPOsition

The photograph “An EXPOsition” by Ben McKell is an example of an Advanced Photography student who has not forgotten some of the most important compositional rules taught at the Photography I level. Students in Photography I are reminded not to forget the small world around them filled with beauty and intrigue. Quite often some of the simplest objects can provide powerful compositions.
Advanced Photography students are asked to experiment with depth of field within various projects throughout the year. Depth of field is the distance in front of and beyond the subject that appears to be in focus. “EXPOsition” is an example of small depth of field where the area behind of and in front of the focal plane are out of focus.
Ben had an idea that he wanted to photograph an object on one of the tables in the lab because of the table’s reflective quality. Upon looking around the room for an object with color he spotted the red marker and decided he would take some test shots with the marker being the subject matter. Ben moved in close getting level with the subject matter and began shooting. Ben’s most successful shots in the series were the ones where the small depth of field created a muted foreground and background that seemed to blend together almost seamlessly. The marker and its reflection are still prominent; however, when combined with the extreme focus the resulting imagery was brilliant.

This is Caitlin Campbell's I-Pod add inspired image. Using the camera as a prop was a great idea!!

A New Day for PVHS Photography

Here at Paint Valley High School the photography department is about to embark on a new journey. We are in the beginning stages of our digital portfolio project which will allow all of the Photography students to share their images and their thoughts on their own blogs.

All photography students will participate in this process and it will be up to the students themselves to manage and contribute throughout the rest of the year.

Above all, lets have fun creating and sharing.

Mr. Crawford