Paul there's no hope for you. You truly are Candide. Paul Stenquist wrote: > There are some minor benefits to teaching photography the old way, > but it's quickly becoming an anachronism. For today's photographer > learning digital processing is much more important than learning to > work with chemicals. That's a dead end. You can teach exposure > without having to force students to shoot with antiques. Just set up > some heavily weighted exposure compensation situations and make them > work for their knowledge. Studying Latin is more productive than > studying film photography. > Paul > On Aug 4, 2007, at 6:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > >> With two darkroom courses this community college has as much resources >> invested as the University of Rhode Island did 30 years ago, long >> before the digital revolution. Besides given that there's no "basic" >> digital camera that will force students to learn something about >> exposure, old film cameras are probably the only way to teach those >> skills, and if you're using film you might as well learn darkroom, >> which >> also overlaps with fine art lithography. >> >> George Sinos wrote: >> >>> If the mission of a community college is to prepare students for the >>> workplace, training them in the skills of darkroom technique, as >>> opposed to photoshop and digital phtography really misses the point. >>> >>> When resources are scarce, you have to focus on your goals. >>> >>> See you later, gs >>> http://georgesphotos.net >>> >>> On 8/3/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Several professors I know who teach photography around the USA >>>>> and in >>>>> Europe at prominent universities/colleges were telling me four/five >>>>> years ago that their school administration had closed down funding >>>>> for new film cameras/wet lab equipment and were putting plans in >>>>> place to replace all of their equipment with digital cameras, image >>>>> processing workstations, etc. I think film/wet lab courses by >>>>> now are >>>>> the exception rather than the rule in most college photography >>>>> programs. >>>>> >>>>> Godfrey >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I think you're probably right. Very few schools that I've looked >>>> into >>>> lately have had traditional photo courses. Many have canceled their >>>> photography courses altogether, or reduced them to one or two >>>> electives >>>> in an arts program. >>>> >>>> A few years ago, when we were living in St. Louis, the community >>>> college >>>> offered photo courses that required darkroom work. These courses >>>> often >>>> filled well before the start of the semester. They still offer the >>>> course but I don't know anything about the enrollment anymore. The >>>> Harrisburg Community College (near our current home) still offers >>>> traditional photo courses with darkroom work. These courses fill to >>>> capacity often within a few days. My latest inquiry resulted in an >>>> offer to be put on a waiting list longer than twice the size >>>> limit of >>>> the class. >>>> >>>> There is a publicly available darkroom at an arts center about 20 >>>> miles >>>> from here. They recommend a reservation if you want to use the >>>> facility >>>> on the weekend. >>>> >>>> But still, most schools aren't even offering the courses >>>> anymore. With >>>> the demand around here (not exactly a major metropolitan area), I >>>> can't >>>> help but wonder why not. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Scott Loveless >>>> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- >> The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': >> In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that >> should be extinct. >> The other is a film. >> -- Unattributed >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > >
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