Photo Projects: Spring 2025
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Instructor: Sami Wright (sami.bpw@gmail.com)
Class dates: Thursday, April 3 | April 10 | April 17 | April 24 | May 1 | May 8 from 6:30-8:45pm via Zoom
Class Material can be accessed at any time in our Photo Projects Class Materials (Spring 2025) folder
Class Recordings can be accessed and downloaded at any time in our Class Recordings folder
Submit your images each week no later than 12:00pm the day of class.
PHOTO DIARY
Assignment 1: Photo Diary
Over the course of the next week, make photos every single day. The goal of this assignment is to push yourself to start creating more regularly and observe your surroundings on a day to day basis. Think about: what do you like to make photographs of? What do you notice around you? Then, how can you make an interesting image of that thing? What are the five photographs that define the week, and yourself?
Submit 5 final images to Dropbox.
Image submission due Thursday, April 10 by 12:00pm.
BLACK & WHITE/ MONOCHROME
Assignment 2: Monochrome - Black & White and Color
Photography that is monochromatic doesn’t have to be just black and white! Monochrome consists of an image consisting of either black and white tones, or tonal values of one color. Focusing your attention on one color when shooting can challenge you to look at your environment in a whole new way. Alternatively, creating work devoid of color forces you to pay attention to light and shadow compositionally.
This assignment is two parts: You will create dynamic monochromatic images in color and in black and white. You will look for colors and create monochromatic color photographs. Then, change your camera’s Picture / Creative Style to Monochrome and shoot dynamic photographs in black & white. Think about how each process is different.
Submit 4 final images to Dropbox. (The number of B&W images vs Color is up to you, but you must make at least 1 of each.)
Image submission due by Thursday, April 17 at 12:00pm.
ABSTRACTION
Assignment 3: Abstraction
Abstract photography is an extremely unique and interesting genre of photography that allows you to really play around with your creativity. Your assignment is to take what you see on a day-to-day basis in your environment and turn it on its head. Create abstracted, unusual or out of the ordinary images of everyday things.
Submit 4 final images to Dropbox.
Image submission due Thursday, April 24 by 12:00pm.
SERIES
Assignment 4: Final Series
For your final assignment you will create a series of images that challenge you to think about cohesion, composition, and most of all, storytelling. Choose a theme you would like your series to center around. If you need inspiration, consider using your series to answer one of the following:
Who are you?
What do you normally never take a photo of?
Who inspires you the most?
What do you love about photography?
What is the first thing you touch in the morning?
What is the meaning of life?
Once you choose a theme, create a series of 5 images telling that story. Be creative with your composition and the details you choose to focus on as part of your storytelling. What visual elements can tie together your sequence of images? What compositional techniques can you use to tell your story?
You have two weeks to complete this assignment. You will have the opportunity to meet with the instructor on May 1st to discuss your project ideas, work through any issues that have come up, or ask questions that will help you develop your series.
Please submit a 2-3 sentence description of your series via email.
Submit 5 final images to Dropbox (be mindful of the order you want them to be in).
Image submission due by Thursday, May 8 at 12:00pm.