The students I know that have taken this classes really enjoyed using film and the darkroom work. With so much electronic these days, they rarely get to produce something like that by hand. There's still something magic about the print appearing in the developer tray.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:45 PM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:15 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> A lot of photography classes still include B&W darkroom. In theory, some >> basics (shutter speed, aperture, exposure, sunny16 ...) are learned >> better when the student has to understand them without just looking at >> the little TV on the back of the camera. > > A bus driver friend has a friend with a daughter in high school. They > needed to buy a 35mm film camera, no digital. > > Dave >> >> The school I attended required every first year student to have a medium >> format camera when I started it back in 2005. When I returned to finish >> my degree in 2010, first year students were required to have a >> Canon/Nikon DSLR (so they could use the school's lenses) and the school >> provided medium format cameras (through equipment check-out) for the >> students to use in those lessons. Students just had to buy their own >> film & chemistry. >> >> My first year we had a materials and processes class that covered the >> basics & the chemistry of film, film processing and printing paper. When >> I went back, the first year students still had to learn those, but the >> course now included the chemistry of inks & ink jet papers. >> >> Plus film is very hip now-a-days. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
