AP Photography Summer Assignment Students will be required to complete the following Photographic assignments this summer. Make sure you use a thumb drive to arrange your photographs into the following categories: Architecture Candids Experimental Still Life Abstraction Landscape I. Elements of Design Complete six photographs using 2 or more of the following “Elements of Design”: 
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Unity‐ Relating the design elements to the idea being expressed in a piece of artwork. The visual linking of various elements of the work that form a cohesive whole. Balance‐ The positioning of the elements (small/large) in the composition so they create a feeling of equilibrium. Repetition‐ Repetition with variation interesting, without variation repetition can become monotonous. Contrast‐ contrast is the juxtaposition of opposing elements opposite colors on the color wheel‐ red/green, blue/orange. Contrast in tone or value‐ light/dark. Contrast in direction‐ horizontal/vertical. Rhythm‐ Is the visual satisfaction of combining similar, related elements within the composition Movement‐ is the path the viewer’s eye takes through the artwork, often to a focal area. It can be directed along lines, edges, shapes and color. Movement is closely tied to rhythm. Emphasis‐ An element(s) that give or create a focal point within a composition III. Photographic Assignments‐ Complete as many of these as you can, any of these could fit into your breadth section for your portfolio or may give you a place to start investigating your concentration from. 1. Overexpose‐ Blowing out the highlights or making a high key image makes a nice soft portrait with kind of light airy feeling. Another advantage of high‐key photos is that the smaller details and defects are blown away; making the image looks much smoother. 2. Underexpose‐ (Silhouette) – A dominantly dark or low key image with naturally draw your eyes to the lighter parts. These tend to have a grittier and harder look to them than the high key images. 3. Props‐ Use the props and tools around you to make the setting more interesting. Find things to place your subject in, on or around. 4. Movement through Shutter Speed Adjustment‐ Using the manual mode setting on your camera experiment in freezing the motion of an object by shooting at shutter speeds that arrange from 500 to 4000 of a sec. Using the manual mode setting on your camera experiment in blurring the motion of an object by shooting at shutter speeds that arrange from 1/15th second to the Bulb setting. 5. Capture the Moment‐ Street photography captures life as it happens, it is upstaged and unopposed. 6. Culture‐ the local culture what’s mundane to you is exotic to us. Culture is everywhere, even in your own town. 7. Reflection‐ Make use of different surfaces to add that entrap dimension, window, mirrors and water. 8. Shadows‐ Make the shadow and important part of the composition. Sometimes the shadow can even be more prominent than the actual subject casting the shadows. 9. Close Ups‐ There’s no rule against cropping our most of the subjects face. This draws more attention to the parts that are left in the frame. 10. High Angle Photography‐ Basically the camera is positioned above the center of interest. High angle photography can be shallow (only a few feet above the subject) or extreme high angle (taken at extreme heights: buildings, airplanes, mountain, etc.) 11. Low Angle Photography‐ basically the camera is positioned below the center of interest. Low angle photography can be shallow (only a few feet below the subject) or extreme low angle (taken at extreme depth: inside a tunnel looking up an escalator, bottom of building, waterfall or bridge, looking up at trees, etc. 12. Atmospheric Perspective‐ Photographs can be shot during in climate weather: rain, snow, sleet, fog, diffused lighting (light coming through trees leaves). 13. Nighttime Photography‐ During the evening hour’s photographs can be taken using flash, bulb settings (time exposure) or simple aperture/shutter speed adjustments in the manual mode. Things look very different at night. Shooting city scenes with available light creates some interesting images. And shooting outdoor images under moonlight or with “light painting” where you open up the camera shutter for an extended exposure, and “paint” you targets with colored or plain light, can create some truly bizarre images. 14. Photo Challenge; Finding Hidden Treasure Locations‐ Are you getting tired of using the same old locations for your photo sessions? Looking for someplace new to spice things up: Here is my challenge to you. Time to think outside the box and find a new unexpected location. 15. Photo Challenge: 1‐2‐3 capturing a Sequence‐ When I think of a sequence of photographs, I think of a group of pictures that has a distinct order. Take a photograph that has a sequence (dancing, sports, etc.) 16. Self‐Portrait‐ We all do it; snap away at our loved ones, while we’re left behind the camera. So, let’s step in front of the lens and have some fun with self‐portraits. 17. Choose a Panoramic‐ Did you know that you don’t even need to have a panoramic camera to have one of your regular pictures reprinted as a panoramic? Or camera may have the possibility to do panoramas or you can use three images you can convert into a panorama using Photoshop tools. 18. Interior/Exterior Architectural Photographs‐ Mapping both the interior and exterior of a building is a means to both recording and identifying an area location. 19. Still life‐ The bowl of fruit or a collection of items following a theme.