Photography

The Photography Studio is located in AB 216 including a darkroom and lighting studio.

 Studio facilities and equipment:

Cameras for student checkout: 

• 16 Vivitar film cameras
• 20 Flip video cameras
• 10 Canon Digital SLR Cameras
• Pentax 645 film camera and lenses
• 4   4x5 Cadet Film Camera kits (film-holders, focuser, tripod, light meter,  hood, etc.)
• Tripods, lenses, filters, etc.

Classroom:

• Mediated Classroom:  Digital Projector and computer system
• 5 Macintosh Computers, 1 Epson Scanner, 1 HP Printer for digital negatives (13x19)
• 3’x3’ light table
• Water temperature control and filtration unit
• Patterson plastic tanks and reels for 35mm - 8x10 negatives; plastic trays; print washers
• 1 Delta 1 film dryer, 2 Premier print dryers, 2 Daylabs
• Silver-recovery system
• All chemicals provided except for D-76 film developer (includes toners, hand coloring supplies)

Darkroom:

• 18  4550XL Sanders/Omega LPL enlargers (35mm, 6x6, 4x5), Grablab digital timers
• 1 Elwood 5x7 enlarger
• 1 Zone VI  8x10  enlarger
• 8’x4’ professional grade stainless steel darkroom sink with In-sink industrial exhaust system
• 3 foot revolving darkroom door
• Mural Trays for mural printing

Lighting Studio: _{(also used by Basic Digital Media, Basic Multimedia, Animation, Video Game, Inter-active Video; available for students to photograph artwork)}

• 3-roll  ceiling-hung  Rolleasy Backdrop  System
• 6 Alien Bee Paul C. Buff strobe lights
• 6 continuous studio lights
• 4  Cybersynk triggered receiver and transmitter sets
• 7 Sekonic  light meters
• Soft-boxes, umbrellas, grids, barn doors, colored gels and holders, cone reflectors
• 10 light stands, 2 booms, 2 product tents
• Permanent table-top set up with continuous lights for 3-D art work
• Green screen, green  floor, curved corner setup

Alternative Process Room: _{( taught in 112 Design Room)}

• 2 UV light boxes (up to 16x20”)
• 1 extended UV light table 4’x8’
• Contact printers
• Chemicals are supplied

Studio classes offered:

• Beginning Darkroom Photography I   (film)
• Darkroom Photography 2  (film)
• Advanced Photographic Techniques 1  and 2 (film, Holga, medium format, 4x5 large format)
• Documentary Photography 1 and 2 (digital)
• Professional Studio Lighting (digital)
• Non-Silver Historic Processes 1 and 2  (hybrid: film/digital/hands on) (taught in Room 112)
• Experimental Photography (hybrid)
• Special Topics on occasion:  Advanced Digital, Photo & Printmaking, Retro Camera Seminar
• (Basic Digital Art Media: taught in the Foundations area; students are encouraged to purchase personal digital cameras and laptops as part of their college equipment.)