Photography
The project-based program works to prepare students to create fine art photography using computers and DSLR cameras. Classes take place in a fully equipped multimedia computer lab.
Students will advance their visual literacy and visual communication skills and refine their ability to transform their thoughts into meaningful images using the vocabulary of the visual arts.
They will become increasingly skilled with progressively more advanced digital tools and technologies and hone their ability to analyze, interpret, formulate and express opinions and judgements about works of art, including their own. Students will exhibit their work and develop portfolios of their accumulated work.
Students learn technical aspects of photography, digital processing with Photoshop, and basic design principles. Focus is on creative exploration and manipulation of images and preparation for gallery showings.
Technical aspects are reviewed the first semester and command of the digital camera is emphasized. More challenging use of Photoshop and greater control over composition is expected from the advanced students.
Awards + Accolades
2023-2024
Clean Air Poster Contest, 350Marin (Bay Area Air Quality Management District)
- 1 of 5 Bay Area Students Selected
Skills USA Regional Photo Competition
- 3rd Place
Bay Area Creative Youth Awards
- 3 Exceptional Awards
Bank of Marin 2024 Community Calendar
- 6 Selected
2022-2023
Bay Area Creative Foundation Youth Awards
- 1 Superior Award
- 12 Exceptional Awards
Youth in Arts Rising Stars
- 1 Best Photograph
- 1 Merit Photograph
- 2 Honorable Mention
Bank of Marin 2023 Calendar
- 7 Selected
2019-2020
“Upside of Down,” Napa Valley Museum Exhibit
- Perspective, photography, selected from over 60 entries for high school-curated museum exhibit.
PTSA Reflections Art Contest – Marin County & State
- Winner
2018-2019
ArtFest 2018
- 1st Place in Photography Category
Academy of Art University Presidential Scholarship
- Full tuition, four years
Brooks Fletcher
