iPhOnE - Foundations Photography Class

“All Phone All the Time” If you can’t beat them, join them. And I may regret saying this because kids already get too much screen time, but we had a lot of fun. Themes were Emerging from Dark, Into the Sun, and Movement.

©N. Chun 2017 "Renewal"These photos were my first attempt at taking the natural phenomenon of the solar eclipse. Mr. Boysen gave me advice beforehand that I didn't heed mainly because I was overly confident that I would be able to capture the eclips… — ©N. Chun 2017 "Renewal"
These photos were my first attempt at taking the natural phenomenon of the solar eclipse. Mr. Boysen gave me advice beforehand that I didn't heed mainly because I was overly confident that I would be able to capture the eclipse without an overly expensive solar filter or professional end camera. I first had to make a solar filter with Mylar (an emergency blanket) and first tested it out on an inexpensive camera and the results were better then I expected. By the end of the eclipse, I took 341 photos. I truly believe I wouldn't have been able to take these photos without Mr. Boysen's guidance in the past two classes I took at USN. Your classes by far were the most interesting useful classes i took there. You have kindled my interest in photography and though I may not take the best photos, it has been a hobby that has given me so many rewards. Thanks Mr. Boysen.
N. Chun - 10th Grade, Lipscomb Academy, Nashville TN

"Beau"

This compelling portrait is by E. Lundt, a senior at Timothy Christian High School in Elmhurst, IL.

"Beau" was one of the first portraits I took my Senior year and one of my favorites - I wanted to show his quiet and reserved personality"

"My photo class at Timothy Christian is amazing. Mr. VanDerAa is exposing us to a new and creative ideas to express our artistic abilities; while teaching us about the different types of photography."

Studio Light, Natural Light, Portraits....

My students learned about light and the portrait. We don't have a proper space for a studio so they had to scramble around to find suitable locations for their images.

A New Year

A potpourri of interests here. Our first Intermediate/Advanced photography assignment of the year was a loose exercise, and the students did not let me down. Meant to get them out with their cameras again after the long summer, they were asked to just make, allowing this first set of images to serve as a guide for the next project.

Let Me Tell You Something

This Digi Photo/Digi Art class is thinking about photography as communication,,, in a very loose way. Not in the traditional journalistic or documentary sense, instead starting at the base level as we begin to think about concept. As always, my assignments are designed to be open to interpretation and I fully expect students to define it differently than I might.

This Is My Hammer

I start the Foundations in Photography class by demystifying the camera. It is not the magic box that makes you great photographs. It is a tool. The response from students is a giggle and a "Mr. Boysen, you are crazy".

"This is a hammer, nothing more"

"What?", they say...

Repeat after me... "This is my hammer. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My hammer is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my hammer is useless".............

This series is their exploration while learning to use a hammer..

Showing (work x family)

SHOWING finds insights and hidden meanings in everyday routines, situations, and objects: from commuting and car pools to calendars and keys, from school-day mornings to weekend chores, from night shifts to day care, from single-parent households to blended families to grandparents back in the saddle. There’s no right way or wrong way. The camera frames life as it is lived and brings our stories into relief. Together, the photographs of SHOWING seek to inspire a shared conversation about how families work and can work better.

"This project focused on my mother, although she wasn’t and isn’t the main working parent, she’s the parent who is mostly involved in my life and does most of the work for me and my brother in terms of being a housewife and a mother. " F. Baycora

"I enjoyed this project because you had to take pictures of your family in a different way. It was not just like taking portraits, it was trying to get a story across." T. Barton