Introduction to Black and White Photography

Basics of camera operation as well as processing, and printing black and white film in the traditional darkroom. Emphasis was placed on working towards a series of complementary images. (Click to enlarge.)

Beginning and Intermediate Digital Photography

Camera operation, working with Photoshop, and inkjet printing in the digital darkroom. Intermediate students are encouraged to both experiment and begin editing towards a body of work. (Click to enlarge.)

For the Love of Photography (History, Theory, and Appreciation)

Shooting assignments are based on in-class lecture and discussion of theories and artists from throughout photography history. Below, a student’s reaction to a lecture on the “man-altered landscape” which featured works by Edward Burtynsky, David Maisel, the New Topographics photographers, among others. (Click to enlarge.)

Media Theory and Criticism

Course covers various approaches to deconstructing media, with special emphasis on the relationship between still images (photography) and moving images (film). For the final assignment, creative approaches are enouraged. Below, a student’s original “cinemagraph” animated GIFs. (Click to enlarge and view animation; may take a moment to load.)