Hello Future, Potential AP 2-D (PHOTO) Student!

As of right now, you are projected to be in Gallagher’s AP 2-D Design for Lakeland Senior High School’s 2019-20 school year.

YAY!!

Congratulations and thank you for continuing your studies in photography! It’s going to be a great class – do not get

overwhelmed, the pace of the course is very, very, very slow and the portfolio requirements have recently been lowered by the

College Board!

If all goes as planned with your schedules and there are no conflicts with other classes, you should be enrolled in AP 2-D. If you

do not see AP 2-D on your schedule for next year please make contact with me ASAP so I can help resolve that issue, if possible.

THE AP 2-D CURRICULUM CHANGED THIS SUMMER!!!! Everything you might have known about AP 2-D

(Photography) is out the window – we get a fresh start!

I am being retrained on it towards the end of July but I was given the inside scoop prior to the start of next school year so we can

start adjusting our course. Please be patient with me this summer until I am fully educated on the new changes to the class. This

year’s summer assignment has been adjusted to fit the new course requirements so yes, you still have to complete it.

Phone/Email Communication:

This is mandatory. You must sign your phone number or email up for Remind101 OR better yet,

download the App. I will need to contact the whole AP class throughout the summer & school

year with reminders. Please only sign your email up IF you get email notifications sent to your

phones. I use Remind101 to let students know about any emergencies, assignments, last minute

deadline changes, etc. See the back of this paper for enrollment instructions.

I will need you to send me a quick email with your full name as the message and the subject as

“AP 19” before June 2nd from your most-used/most checked email account in case I need to

contact you this summer via email. My email address is at the end of this letter. I will make a

list of your emails and these will be used throughout the year.

Summer Assignment:

The AP Photo Summer Assignment is attached to this packet and is posted on the AP 2-D page of my

class website – see below for the link. This is mandatory and will be your first grade of the 2019-20

school year. Your first day of school is August 12th, please note that this assignment will be due

Thursday, August 15th, 2019.

All summer assignment photos must be BRAND NEW (I cannot stress this enough). You will need

TONS of high quality, interesting photos for your AP Portfolio, the ones you took in your earlier years of

LHS Photography can be used in your AP portfolio in 2020 but NOT for your summer assignment.

Summer Camera Rental:

You are eligible to rent a 100% charged DSLR camera for the entire summer for no cost. See me any

time before summer break to check one out, BATTERY CHARGERS ARE FIRST COME FIRST

SERVE & I DON’T HAVE MANY!! Do not leave your cameras on, try to conserve battery life. My

15+ year old camera battery will last me two months if I am consistently turning my camera off when not

taking photos, yours can too.

I will have little/no access to the cameras/my classroom this summer - I have to turn my classroom key in

to administration. If your battery dies you’ll have to link up with a classmate that has one or purchase a

charger – I will have an AP Summer Camera sign out sheet for you to fill out. These cameras should not

be left in your cars or left unattended, if you break or lose the camera, battery, or charger, you will be held

Hello Future, Potential AP 2-D (PHOTO) Student!

financially responsible. Younger siblings, weather, hungry dogs, water, and strangers are some of the

many dangers these cameras should be kept from.

You are 100% responsible for your camera and if it is not returned on the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, you

will be given a “strike” for the 19-20 school year. 3 strikes = no rental cameras anymore for that quarter.

Supplies for the upcoming school year:

You will not have a lab fee for AP 2-D, you will get a large sketchbook at no cost. We will use these

sketchbooks more than ever, if you prefer purchasing your own specific type feel free to but you will still

be provided one for free by the school.

****I highly recommend you invest in:

1 or more personal memory cards, (**NOTE: Larger, newer memory cards are not always compatible with our

older cameras. 32GB and lower is safest.)

A memory card reader,

An external hard drive or at least 1-2 flash drives for the upcoming school year that you can leave

in class,

While backing everything up to Office 365 and our new “home” folders is a good thing, it gets wiped

clean once you graduate – we also had a major issue with our “network” folders this past year and my

students learned a valuable lesson on “letting go” of things () AKA all of their photos.

You can keep any personal electronic items/cameras in your AP photo drawer/locker or locked in my

classroom closet, you will each get your own personal drawer to keep your stuff in next year.

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-studio-art-2-d-design?course=ap-studio-art-2-d-design

The College Board website has all the information about our course &

samples of “concentrations”. The course curriculum just recently

changed so more materials will be added throughout the summer.

Keep in mind, there will be other 2-D art includes forms of art other

than photography. YOU CAN PAINT/DRAW/MIXED MEDIA ON

ALL PHOTOS FOR AP 2-D. Anything goes as long as it is flat.

Email me with any questions – the phone number below is my office number

in case you need to get in contact with me during the school day/afterschool

before the school year ends.

Best wishes,

Kimberly R. Gallagher

Ms. Kimberly Gallagher

AP 2-D/Creative Photography Educator - Lakeland Senior High School

(863) 499-2900 ext. 527/ kimberly.gallagher@polk-fl.net

Hello Future, Potential AP 2-D (PHOTO) Student!

AP 2-D Summer Assignment

FOUR IMPORTANT THINGS BEFORE BEGINNING THE SUMMER ASSIGNMENT:

Don’t use old photos towards this assignment: All of this summer assignment work needs

to be new and completed this summer. Any previous photographs you’ve taken that relate to

your 5 series will help you significantly during the school year but they cannot be used for the

summer assignment.

If you use previously taken photos, I can not only see (using Adobe Bridge) but you’ll also be

hurting yourself when deadlines start pouring in and you need photographs to dig up from

this summer.

Using a DSLR Camera: You get to borrow one for free all summer!! Phone photographs

and point and shoots create low resolution, compressed photos and print out horribly. If the

photo is taken at a low resolution, there’s no fixing it!

Read the section about using film photos: There is a paragraph below about the risk and

deadline/financial responsibilities on choosing to use a film camera to complete your summer

work.

Set your DSLR’s “Image Quality” to high/RAW: BUT keep in mind that shooting photos

at the highest resolution/size will require more storage space on memory card.

o Set your camera to “superfine”, “large”, and “RAW” if possible – see me to do this.

o Remember to consistently transfer your images to a computer and clear out your

memory card before going on a photo-taking trip so you don’t run out of space on a

memory card in the middle of taking photos.

Part 1 (400pts): 5 Themed, Investigative Series

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? During the school year, you will work towards submitting 15

“Concentration” photos at the end of the school year. These concentration photos are 15 closely-related

photographs that show an investigation of one well-defined theme, style, and type of photography

THIS SUMMER: You must think of, photograph, and upload FIVE possible concentration ideas/themes

consisting of 20 photos each. That’s right, TWENTY, not 15! I want you to have extra photos for the

school year. That’s a total of 100 photos! (Last year’s AP kids had +300 photos to take, so be grateful!!!)

Each of the 5 series is worth 80 points, which means each photograph submitted is worth 4 points.

The 5 sets of series you complete do not have to be the final theme you stick with for the actual school

year portfolio but I highly encourage that you explore ideas that you would be interested in pursuing and

sticking with for the year.

Hello Future, Potential AP 2-D (PHOTO) Student!

Any of the 5 summer assignment series can consist of film or digital photos. See the back of this page

about developing/deadlines if you are considering film photography. If you choose to take film photos,

you run the risk of things going awry – no excuses for missing photos!

SEE BELOW FOR SOME EXAMPLES OF SUMMER SERIES:

Series #1 example: My 1st summer assignment series will consist of 20 digital photographs depicting nostalgic still-life recollections from my

childhood. I will use and arrange various items from my childhood home and incorporate old photographs of family members. Other subjects

used in my concentration photos might be items from the decade of my birth like VHS tapes, toys, a Walkman radio, and floppy discs. I am to

edit these images in the future to resemble film cameras so I may take my audience out of a contemporary, modern mindset.

Series #2 example: My 2nd set of 20 digital photos will be based on the idea of ironic environmental portraits of unglamorous careers. I am to

put my models in ironic, humorous situations and scenes for their career-choice to help break stereotypical views of jobs. For example, my 1st

photograph displays a model that resembles a stay-at-home-mom/housewife holding a tray of cookies while on a tractor. My 2nd photograph

shows a suited businessman holding onto the back of a garbage truck. My 3rd photo shows a model dressed as a plumber laying poolside, plunger

in hand.

YOUR GOAL: Each series should have a common subject/photography type. If you’re doing a series of

20 portraits, there should not be a photo of a building thrown into the middle of it. If you want to do a

series about wild animals, your normal domesticated house-cat will not fit in to those photos.

Use this prompt to help: Series #___ (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) will consist of 20 _________________ (landscape, portrait, architecture, still-

life, nature, sport/action, etc.) photographs showing the common theme of _________________________ by using ________________________

(name any locations, items, or models that you’ll use).

See below for concentration ideas – be creative, and come up with your own or use some below:

Ideas and Starting Points for Concentration Themes

Mirrors and reflections of car owners through

their vehicle parts.

Midnight at McDonalds – candid

photojournalism depicting my high school job

My Life in as a Cartoon Character – photo-

shopping a cartoon character into scenic photos

that illustrate your daily life

Football (or any sport or hobby) as Religion

Consumers and Consuming

A Day in the Life of (who?).

Hands (shoes, cars, feet, jewelry, any universal

object) as Expressions of the Personality – AKA

faceless portraits

The process of death & decay – 20 photos of

time-lapse, rotting foods

Cliques – portraits of stereotypical high school

friend groups

The Life Cycle of (Anger? Grief? Love?

Happiness? Despair?)

Mathematics in Nature (The Golden Mean,

Geometric shapes, Quantities found in the wild)

Hunger

The Secret Life of ____ (take one object and take

pictures of it in interesting and unusual locations)

Struggle, Overcoming Hardship, Achievement,

Addiction

Architecture depicting Loneliness (a flea market

after it closes, a worn down empty barn)

Finding Peace/Growth

Cows, animals, farm culture

Car parts

Soldiers and Their Families

Old Age and Youth

Piercings or Body Art

Narcissism (Youth, social media, working out,

Beauty)

Visual Poetry

Beauty expectations

Culture/Race (The beauty of natural hair/skin

colors or showing complete diversity)

ANYTHING!!!

Make sure you upload these 5 20-photo series in an Office 365 folder called “Part 1” and then create/label each series folder with

a quick theme title/summary

Hello Future, Potential AP 2-D (PHOTO) Student!

Part 2 (100pts): Guided Digital Portfolio Building

Chose 5 topics below, take at least 5 digital photos of each of the 5

topics you chose:

There are several flexible, fun topics to choose from, pick 5 & take 5 photographs for each. These photos

should not be as specific as Part 1. Each topic will be 20 points, meaning each photograph is worth 4

points.

We will want a stock pile of back-up photos to use as a last minute theme, in-case-of emergency. These

photos will also be used for various projects or portions of your portfolio for next year. You may also use

these photos to edit into any of your series photos later on this year or for art shows so choose wisely!

TOPICS (Choose any 5):

1. Macro

2. Landscape

3. Abstract (focuses on the shape, pattern, color, form, and texture)

4. Night

5. Long Exposure

6. Advertisement/Commercial (Pictures of products)

7. Formal Portraits/Headshots

8. Food

9. Color Unity (All 5 photos must share same color scheme)

10. Action/Sport

11. Animal

12. Nature

13. Aerial (from high up places – stairs/parking garage/tall building/balcony)

14. Architecture

15. Still Life

16. Repetition

17. Street/Candid/Event – unplanned portraits

18. Interior (INSIDE buildings/homes – full room photos)

19. Sunrise/Sunset

20. Reflections

21. Photojournalism/Documentary (Telling a story)

22. Close-up Textures

23. Industrial/Metal Objects

24. Self-Portrait (no selfies, use a self-timer or a friend!)

25. Your culture or your childhood

Make sure you upload these 5 topics in an Office 365 folder called “Part 2” and then label 5 more folders

within “Part 2” with the topic names.

Hello Future, Potential AP 2-D (PHOTO) Student!

DUE DATE & UPLOADING: All items from part 1 & 2 (both film & digital) need to be uploaded to

your photography Office 365 folder named “AP Summer Assignment” by Thursday, August 15th. In

this “AP Summer Assignment” folder, please separate Part 1 & 2 of you summer assignment by

creating/labeling 2 separate folders.

If you have negatives, take a quick cell phone photo of all negatives against a white piece of

paper & upload.

Make sure all photos are being uploaded to the same photo folder that is shared with me from previous

photo class years.

*****IF YOU DO ANY FILM PHOTOS: I will provide you rolls of film & an SLR camera but you

will be responsible (both financially and time management-wise) for having the summer assignment

photos developed before the August 15th deadline. The dark room/developing chemistry will not be

available until September, you cannot develop photos in-class before August 15th.

If you do not have access to a dark room you are responsible for sending your images out for

development. Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, and many local facilities develop the negatives anywhere from

3-10 days for a flat rate AND they will sometimes scan/digitalize the images for you. (Walgreens will process

24 exposures for $14.99 + $4.00 per additional rolls of film) Make sure you ask for the original negatives back if

you choose to get any actual prints done as well.

Do not wait until the last minute to develop photos – I will not take any film-related “uh-oh”

developing/over-exposure/ANY excuses as an exception for missing film photographs. If you are

missing photos, you are missing photos – same as any DSLR camera users. I want my film-users to

understand the commitment and risk of choosing this medium. By choosing film photography, you also

choose to run the risk of images not being developed correctly or taken accurately.

LATE WORK: Late work will not be accepted, there will no extensions and the assignment will count

as 400 points. If you are having any trouble related to your camera or uploading images, you need to

communicate that with me before-hand and ASAP, but please understand that your communication with

me does not automatically excuse you from the upload deadline. (If you tell me on August 7th that your camera won’t

turn on & you only upload 10 photos, it is obvious that you spent your entire summer doing everything except for this coursework.) Your

office 365 account shows exactly when your files are uploaded, anything after August 15th will not count.

GOOD LUCK!