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Another year of photography at TASIS!
The photography classroom is full this year with seven out of eight periods filled with Photography 1, IB first year, IB second year, and a new section of AP Photography. It is exciting to see so many...
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National Geographic Photographers....
Photographers on PhotographyRead the article...watch the video!
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Looking for Reflections
A common photography assignment is "Reflections", but the photographs taken do not have to be common! Here are a few websites to inspire TASIS photographers with their Reflection Photography...
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TASIS Rainy Days - Keep shooting!
We have had many days of rain lately. Don't quit shooting, and let your creativity come out and keep on shooting photographs. A recent post in the blog Light Stalking written by Jason D. Little talks...
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Your "Beat" is the School - Life of a Yearbook Photographer
What does "beat" reporting mean? Beat reporting is a type of journalism that can be described as the "craft of in-depth reporting on a particular issue, sector, organization or institution over time."...
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Happy New Year TASIS photographers!
After a long Winter Break and then ski week, everyone is back just in time to print, print, print their photographs for the upcoming Winter Photography Show. It will be a great show. Everyone should...
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The Photo Essay
The Photography 1 classes will now tackle the "photo essay" for the next few weeks. Please read this article, and check out the links included below.From good old Wikipedia here is a simple definition,...
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Manual Focus - When should you use it?
In this day and age when everything is automatic, most of us tend to rely on the autofocus function on our cameras. In the next couple of weeks TASIS students will be heading out to shoot night...
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Studying the Masters
All of the Photography One students are preparing reports on a photographer to present in the next 4-5 weeks. David duChemin, a former Senior Humanities Program speaker and photographer, has recently...
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Another year of TASIS Photography almost over!
The TASIS photography students are all almost done for the year. The seniors have already left, and now one final week of class before the summer. This does not mean your photography has to take a...
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Take photographs this summer!!!
No real assignments are being given out - it is summer! For those students enrolling in Photography 2, IB Photography 1 or 2, and also AP Photography, you simply cannot have too many photographs.Try...
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Congratulations and keep shooting!
The results are in and all the AP photo students received either a 4 or a 5 for their final score! Nice work everyone. If students are thinking of taking AP or the IB this coming fall, take lots of...
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Street Photography - Then and Now
Another year of TASIS photography has started. With seven classes and close to 80 students, the photography classroom is a very busy place. All the classes are into their second week and discussions...
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Explore the internet for ideas!
The internet is full of photographers who have chosen a subject they love to photograph, and then spend years photographing their passion. It helps to spend time "increasing your inputs" as...
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Continue to explore
There are so many sites, books, movies, and ideas to explore in the world of photography. Right now the AP students are studying specific photographers and trying to take styles and techniques from...
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Finding inspiration
It isn't always easy to find inspiration or to be inspired. As a high school photography teacher, it is also difficult to motivate students to get out and shoot photographs. Often, the question is...
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You have to keep looking at photographs!
It is a very busy life at TASIS. The last post on this blog was December 9, 2014. This is say too long ago! The photography teachers both promise to do better and try to challenge you throughout the...
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Another year of Photography at TASIS has begun. There are multiple sections of photography 1, a Photography 2 class, AP Photography, IB first year and IB second year classes. It is a BUSY place, but...
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