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Shoot one roll that pays homage to the sights, sounds, tastes, touches, and smells of summer!
Anything goes with this one....though remember that the difference between a snapshot and a composed photograph is huge!!! Consider the places you go, the people you spend time with, and how you can showcase your summer experiences!
Shoot 2 more rolls based around other themes, ideas, places, people, or subjects – think about GT rolls you have done and AP rolls you will do next year for ideas. Here are some but not all the ideas you could consider:
- a specific time of day
- people of cities (Baltimore, Washington D.C., or others you choose to visit)
- the buildings, landmarks, the life/energy, billboards, signs, lights of cities
- amusement parks (consider the rides, the architecture, movement)
- the beach (umbrellas, towels, horizons, toys, people - be careful not to get sand in your camera, it's deadly!)
- flower gardens, botanical gardens (Baltimore and D.C. conservatories), parks
- the playground
- 4th of July (fireworks, food, family/friends, etc.)
- thunderstorms (light, movement, action)
- state fairs (consider long exposures & tripods)
- picnics, cookouts
- miniature golf! (consider interesting points of view)
- take a hike and document the many things you see along the way
- swimming, diving, splashes, reflections in water
- family reunions
- photograph a pick-up basketball game and make it look extra spectacular, (consider point-of-view)
- old vs. new (photograph older things, and then their newer comparison).
- from above (photograph many things looking straight down with no horizon line)
- from below (photograph many things looking straight up with no horizon line)
- photograph the many different clouds you see laying on your back one afternoon.
- shoot portraits of a significant friend/family member you spend time with - consider lighting (dramatic, soft, dreamy, harsh)
- follow a child around and photograph the things they see or interact with from their perspective
- photograph all the things you can think of that are smaller than your fist.
- find a large piece of white paper, take it outside, and photograph objects or people in front of it like a studio portrait.
- abstract everything (find a recognizable subject and make it unrecognizable with cropping, use of light/shadow, or POV)
- climb some trees and photograph the view from the top.
- things that don't belong (find an object, person, or act that doesn't belong in a certain place, photograph it in a new place)
- find a window, or make a window. photograph the window and what you see through it
- up-side down. look at everything up-side down and photograph it from this new perspective.
- shimmers, glitters, reflections-look for interesting effects that naturally occur with sunlight.
- shadows – look for or make interesting shadows and photograph them as shapes.
- mirrors. place a mirror or two in an interesting way and photograph the reflections. Compose so you don't see the edges of the mirror.
Be ready to process the rolls on the first day of the school year. These images will serve as an important part of you getting started for next year and a catalyst for printing in class! If you are AP you will begin developing a concentration, a focused body of work unified by an underlying idea that has visual coherence. Use these summer assignments and other photos you take to begin thinking about a theme you would like to focus on next year.
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