Welcome back to a new school year. If you are like me at all, you may not be ready to leave the ease of summer yet. But, the calendar says we must. I have posted all the needed documents for both the beginning and advanced classes. We will be starting to work right away in both beginning and advanced photography. In the beginning class students will be learning to work in the darkroom through making photograms. They will also be building and shooting with pinhole cameras and if the sunshine holds for September, making lumens and cyanotypes. Advanced students will be heading back to the darkroom to make some Darn Good Prints-that I really want to be Spectacular Prints! They will then be starting Self Portraits-always a favorite-NOT! Also, something new-this year, all advanced students will make their own blog that will be linked on this site. Let's have a GREAT year of making imagery! Here is a slideshow of past beginning student's work. Most of these images are from the 1st two assignments-photograms and framing.
I am very interested in where and how artists get inspiration. It is something we talk about in my classes quite a bit. One of the places many people find a kind of inspiration is through music. As many of my students know, I am a huge Radiohead fan. Here is a video of them playing one of my favorite songs. It was an out of body experience when they played this in Seattle. Enjoy.
