Wanting to Take An Interior Photo of a School Hall
Aug 24, 2022 12:36:09 #
If you are thinking of a public school, as a retired high school teacher I think I can safely say that if you want to shoot during the school day you will be refused. A couple of years ago an exchange student my wife and I had hosted came back to visit. In our showing her young son around the area we went by the high school where I had been a teacher for some thirty years and she had been a student. We went to the office and asked if I could have permission to show her the outsides of a couple of buildings that had been built since she had been there. We were told (in no uncertain terms) that, to do that, we would need to return after the end of the school day. That school is a typical, warm weather, open design with no interior hallways and only a four foot fence along two sides facing roadways. The other sides are open to unfenced fields.
Aug 24, 2022 13:34:40 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
I took pictures of schools for designers/contractors.
I went to the Principal to get permission. They gave me the times when there will be no students. Sometimes I had to wait a few weeks, because they would have a day or two with no students.
And also show them your portfolio. Because they would like to have copies of photos. Of course no charge.
And I would tell them the story when the Principal dragged me by my ear to her office to wait for my Mother to come and get me. Third grade. I guess I was a good student.
I went to the Principal to get permission. They gave me the times when there will be no students. Sometimes I had to wait a few weeks, because they would have a day or two with no students.
And also show them your portfolio. Because they would like to have copies of photos. Of course no charge.
And I would tell them the story when the Principal dragged me by my ear to her office to wait for my Mother to come and get me. Third grade. I guess I was a good student.
Aug 24, 2022 14:00:55 #
xt2
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
Just Fred wrote:
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Go now before school is open to students...
Aug 24, 2022 15:03:54 #
Some added info, given that this is just a wild idea and serves no purpose other than to satisfy my artistic "creativity."
I would prefer empty (or nearly empty) halls. With low lights. Having a mass of students gathering at lockers, chatting, walking to class, etc. is a different scenario, and not one I am looking for.
Last year I worked as an elections officer in a school that was closed. Had I had this "inspiration" then, it would have been perfect!
I would prefer empty (or nearly empty) halls. With low lights. Having a mass of students gathering at lockers, chatting, walking to class, etc. is a different scenario, and not one I am looking for.
Last year I worked as an elections officer in a school that was closed. Had I had this "inspiration" then, it would have been perfect!
Aug 24, 2022 16:50:34 #
If you know a teacher or principal personally, they would probably let you go in with them after hours. Especially if they know you are a serious photographer. :)
Aug 24, 2022 18:32:22 #
If you have a friend who is a teacher, ask him/her what they think of your idea. If they can vouch for you, it will be easier to approach the administration and be escorted by your friend.
Aug 24, 2022 19:25:59 #
Very simple, go to the school before, after or during the school day, explain what you want to the office staff and principal. Be frank, open and honest about what you want and accept the decision. If it is during class times, hwait until the hall is empty of students and faculty, take several picturees with various settings and pick out the best one. I've always been told, "Honesty is the best policy." If you are denied at one school, try another and keep trying until one or two agree and you get the photographs you'd like.
Aug 24, 2022 19:56:38 #
Just Fred wrote:
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Approach the principal and arrange when kids are gone.
No problem.
Aug 24, 2022 22:17:09 #
Aug 25, 2022 11:42:27 #
Just Fred wrote:
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If you have Photoshop you can create a hallway with vanishing point in the filters dropdown . all you need is an opening with two doors or one door and clone it to the other you can now create a hallway as long as you want .There are many videos on using vanishing point .Here is one . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJVAts6NG0k
Aug 25, 2022 11:57:45 #
kenArchi wrote:
Here are some Sample Photos of a Grade School.
Ours sure didn't look like this one: Stunning and photogenic, shot perfectly 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Aug 25, 2022 12:07:06 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
Thank you Joe
Most schools in Southern California are open campuses like this. Not like the brick warehouses where I came from NJ.
Most schools in Southern California are open campuses like this. Not like the brick warehouses where I came from NJ.
Aug 25, 2022 12:16:55 #
stogieboy
Loc: Marlboro, NY
Definitely include samples of your photography when you reach out to anyone at the school(s). At least they will know you're serious.
Aug 25, 2022 15:19:10 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
It is sad where we have come to be. I am sure most of us can remember photo essays by magazines such as Look or Life. There would be a series of images detailing a day in the life of a school including among others: a class room full of students many with their hands uplifted, perhaps a youngster looking through a microscope or playing a musical instrument with their instructor nearby, maybe a kid at the principal's office being counseled, and maybe even a look down a busy hallway between classes with lockers open, conversations going on and even possibly a secret romance being discreetly carried on. Now all we can hope for is the possibility of getting some heartless, lifeless shots of an empty hallway in an empty building. Yes we have made some amazing technological gains, but it seems, to me, what we have lost is so much greater.
Aug 25, 2022 23:55:40 #
Just Fred wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions! I think the genesis of this idea comes from an outdoor shot I took a number of years ago. I was wondering if I could somehow recreate the same feeling indoors. This is the shot.
Nothing to it. You dont need a school. Perspective is ubiquitous.
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