Walkersville High – Advanced Photography 3

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Offered only at GTJHS within the Academy for the Fine Arts, which meets for two entire instructional blocks daily. Students from all other Frederick County public high schools are eligible to audition for these courses after meeting admission requirements. Students challenge their degree of technical proficiency with the use of manual and/or digital camera, digital photography software, and/ or exploration of darkroom equipment to expand and create their personal artistic vision and style. They explore technological advances in photography, as well as photograph, develop, and print a wide variety of quality photographic artworks. Students study photographic history, the elements of art and principles of design, and apply aesthetic criteria when critiquing artwork. Assignments provide students an opportunity to develop a quality professional portfolio for use in pursuing college and professional development. In addition, they work on increasingly more individual and independent projects to expand their personal and individual vision. Extending the Boundaries within Photography offers students a basis for pursuing studies in design and commercial photography, portraiture, fine art, and photojournalism.