Summer Assignment Overview
  • Summer Assignments are chosen to help you with your portfolio that will be sent in to the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board to be graded. Art is an ongoing process - it is critical to keep up artistic skills, because even the best can become rusty without practice. Therefore, your summer work is very important to your continued success in photography.
  • Always backup your images on a flash drive, separate files for each Unit. Label format for files: “firstname-title-breathe (or) concentration.” Upload image to your Weebly with an APA formatted label under the corresponding page.
  • Be familiar with your camera, and use Aperture and Shutter Speed to demonstrate the effects you want.
  • Spend time on the AP Central site and the teacher’s website. Look at student work, become familiar with the parts of the portfolio, and read the scoring guidelines.
  • Use the buttons below for examples for each assignment area. 
Summer Assignment 1 
Create a personal website using Weebly. This will be assessed at the end of each unit and where you will document your AP Photo progress as well as your online journal using Padlet. All images for Weebly should be student’s personal work.
Label all work with a title in the caption
Create the following pages for Weebly:
  • Photo Gallery – upload your 10 best images 
  • Breadth 
  • Concentration
  • Quality
Summer Assignment 2
  • Sign up for Padlet – become familiar with how to use Padlet. This is what you will use for your digital Photo journal. In class the teacher will give instructions on how students will use this platform for journaling. Sample provided on teacher website.
  • Create a Padlet for your Concentration Ideas – see Student Portfolio and Digital Journal section above for what will be added to Padlet journals. Label the Padlet Concentration Ideas
​Summer Assignment 3 
Apply understanding of the Art Elements through photography. A total of 9 images will be due the first week of school. The Principles of Design should be incorporated into all photos.

1. Water - 10 photos emphasizing water (any format) and a padlet for your Water photos ideas
examples: 

2. Summer Travel or Adventures - 5 well thought out and edited photos  (any format) 

3. Mini Concentration: Think of a theme or idea you would like to explore through photography. Create a Google Slideshow with your 5 best photos for the concentration you chose. Use the padlet you created for Concentration Ideas to help you.