for shelia [digital + van dyke drown]

van dyke brown video

mid-term spoiler alert!

guess what kiddo's... mid-term grades are due by 3pm on wednesday february 29- happy leap year!  that means i need all your work come monday eve...

assignment #1
     3 calotypes prints
assignment #2
     6 poet of prague prints

all blog updates finished
     25 things
     wish you were here
     camera checklist

assignment #3: diptychery

hey all- assignment #3 is up and waiting for you: we'll talk more about it on monday but the skinny is two photos are better than one!  click the title link or check the "downloadables" section for the assignment handout.










© balazs sprenc

links for shelia

allison carey

jonathan stead

adam gabriel winnie

Rockland Gallery [last 2 images]

poet of prague

in this next series of slide lectures we will explore photographic design, a brief biography of a few important artists, and a short treatise on exposure and metering.  We will meet a few new people, namely, ralph gibson, minor white, tina modotti, edward weston and minor white. 

But there is no need to wait to meet them- they are parked in the links section awaiting your arrival...

© tina modotti

blog assignment #2: on the naming of parts

on your blog, list the following details about your camera of choice for the semester:

1] camera maker

2] camera model

3] year the camera was introduced, cost at introduction

4] camera type [slr, point and shoot, rangefinder, etc]

5] operation modes p/a/s/t/m, etc]

6] battery type, cost

7] shutter speed range

8] aperture range

9] lens, or lens type

10] minumum focal distance

talbotype round-up!

hee-ya.  hey cowboys and cowgirls, monday will be a bit different than original planned. [revision 1.2 on the sked] we'll continue with the talbotypes one more night. I'll show you how to mat them and we'll hang the finished product in our shiny new gallery downstairs. 

then we move on to cameras and film...