Category: Photography Assignments

In this final project, you will demonstrate your understanding of photojournalism skills and standards by nominating and evaluating excellent photos for Washington Photos of the Year. Each team will be responsible for one award category, and each student will individually make a selection.

This assignment is about how your camera is a tool you can use, hack and control. In the past, this type of experimentation was costly because wasting film was expensive. Not so with digital!

This assignment is about creating a cohesive photo essay framed around one day. There are two options for completing this assignment — one option with Election Day and the other option is a day and theme that you define.

This assignment is about creating and analyzing portraits used in mass media. You will make three photo portraits and, separately, compare portraits of a celebrity or public figure to assess how those photos represent one person in different ways.

This assignment is about creating photo compositions that capture a specific time and place. Viewers should immediately see, ideally without even looking at the caption, when and where the photo was taken. Your challenge is to think about what is distinctive in the environment to give these visual cues.

This assignment is about capturing interesting lighting conditions. You will photograph actions and motion happening in the environment around you.

This assignment is about capturing action. You will photograph actions and motion happening in the environment around you.

This assignment is about making photography part of your daily routine and using individual moments to represent the passage of time. You will take photos for five consecutive days and choose one photo from each day.