Menlo School: Photography

Project 10: Motion Sequence

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:45:12 -0700

Students are finishing up a quick project on layering a series of images and motion sequencing. The camera was positioned on a tripod, while some action was recorded in the frame. Individual images were combined and blended into one image using Photoshop.

T. Jones

AddiegoWang

Project 9: Land Art Inspired by Goldsworthy

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:18:20 -0800

Students are currently working on a project in the style of the environmental artist and photographer, Andy Goldsworthy. After learning about, and seeing examples of land art, students are creating their own environmental constructions using found materials on campus and photographing them.

A. Schein

T. Ford

D. Anderson

C. Robbins

Z. Chase

P. Grimes

R. Grzejka

S. Nakata

E. Paye

F. Honig

E. Nelson

Project 8: Gallery House Student Exhibit

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:21:39 -0800

Gallery House, a cooperative art gallery in Palo Alto, is featuring the work of 50+ Menlo School photography students in a special week-long exhibit from March 2 - 6, 2010.

Students, parents and the public are invited to a closing reception for the show on Saturday, March 6th, 5 to 8pm.

Gallery House
320 California Ave
Palo Alto CA 94306

Gallery hours: Tuesday, 11am - 4 pm
Wednesday - Saturday, 11 am - 8 pm
Sunday, 11 am - 3 pm

For more details, please see the Gallery House web site.

A few samples from this year’s exhibit:

A. Tom

L. Alvarez

J. Batchelder

N. Hale

D. Harris

W. Hooper

L. Keyt

K. Williams

S. Marini

C. Robbins

Project 7: Exploring Abstraction

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:03:06 -0800

In this project, students learn about and employ, concepts of visual abstraction. They work to capture and create images that are about ideas, shape, color or form. Students strive to produce images which pose questions for the viewer and are fundamentally non-representational.

Here are some examples:

J. Batcheleder

J. Dean

T. Ford

D. Pugliese

A. Schein

Z. Chase

P. Grimes

R. Grzejka

T. Jones

T. King

E. Paye

I. Stepien

P. Chase

D. Harris

N. Maruyama

M. Osborne

V. Padval

L. Wang

Project 6: Photoshop Surrealism

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:10:24 -0800

Beginning Photo students are currently learning the basics of Photoshop (selection, cut/paste, layering) by combining their photos to create surreal images. Producing strange and surprising images like these is a good way to learn and practice basic skills, and have some fun at the same time.

L. Alvarez

D. Anderson

J. Montz

C. Robbins

S. Toms

N. Hale

T. King

J. Carpenter

M. Hoppe

Move from Film to Digital

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:01:53 -0800

With the start of the new year and a new semester, our beginning classes are now starting to use digital editing and modern cameras. We have moved from the Curtis Hall darkroom to the New Media Lab so that everyone can use a workstation. One of our first tasks is to learn how to use a digital SLR camera, iPhoto and Photoshop.

Students are learning to control the various aspects of the camera through a variety of specific challenge projects. In addition, students are learning the basics of digital editing with Photoshop.

Here are a few examples of a short assignment on the subject of Rain....

Caitlin Peltz

P. Grimes

Spencer Toms

Taylor Jones

D. Diekroeger

Eric Nelson

Project 5: Giants of Photography

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:24:27 -0800

Beginning Photo students are currently giving 5-10 minute presentations on some of the most important photographers in history. Their reports provide basic biographical information, samples of each figure’s most famous photos, and an explanation for their greatness or notoriety.

Here’s a list of the people we are learning about:

1. Julia Margaret Cameron
2. Mathew Brady
3. Nadar
4. Eadward Muybridge
5. Jacques-Henri Lartigue
6. Margaret Bourke White
7. Henri Cartier-Bresson
8. Dorthea Lange
9. Robert Capa
10. Man Ray
11. Edward Weston
12. Diane Arbus
13. Harry Callahan
14. Richard Avedon

Winter 2009 Photo Exhibit

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:43:32 -0800

Menlo School’s photography students are cordially inviting everyone to attend the...

Menlo School Winter Photo Exhibit, Sale and Reception
on Friday, December 4th, 6-9 pm in the Student Center

More than 200 traditional black and white photographs and color prints will be on display and for sale. All sales proceeds support Menlo School's Photography Program. Art work from both beginning and advanced photo students will be on display until December 10th.

Please join us at Friday's reception to meet the young photographers and see these works in person.

Menlo Photo Bank Gets 100,000+ Views

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:15:28 -0800

Menlo School’s Photo Bank, a curated online library of digital images of campus life, recently surpassed 100,000 views by Internet users.

The Photo Bank currently contains more than 7,000 high quality digital photographs which are used by school staff, parents, students, and the extended Menlo School community. The primary use of these photos is for the school’s marketing, web and print communications.

Provided photos include events, student activities, special visitors, and staff at work. For more details about its use, please see the Menlo School web site.

Project 4: Photojournalism

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:49:46 -0800

Beginning photo students have been learning about documentary style photography for news and story telling purposes. We compared photojournalism to fine art and commercial photography, and have also looked at examples of award winning photographs.

In preparation for the larger film project, students were given a choice of three short, digital assignments (How Green is Menlo? Menlo Staff, and Construction at Menlo) to build up their experience in communicating visually and editing quickly.

Students are currently working on a film-based, personal photojournalism style project which documents some aspect of their own lives as a high school student.