REGISTRATION AND ADVISING!!!

We have reached that time again. Advising begins on April 9 and priority registration begins on April 23. If you are a photo certificate student, you should sign up for an advising appointment with Kimberly Witham. An advising sign up sheet is posted on the door to the Hicks digital lab (Hicks 120). The following classes will be offered in the Fall:

• VAFA 110 - Digital Photo Fundamentals

Learn the basics of photography and Photoshop. Exposure control, depth of field, motion.. . how to use your digital camera.

• VAFA 151 - Photography I

Learn to expose and develop black and white film in the darkroom. This class covers exposure and camera controls along with developing and printing black and white film negatives.

• VAFA 210 - Digital Photography II

This class covers more advanced Photoshop & Camera controls as well as digital printing and color management. Please note: If you wish to register for this class you must receive permission and be placed on the approved list. Contact Kimberly Witham for more information. (Pre-requisite: VAFA 110)

• VAFA 211 - Studio Lighting Fundamentals

Learn to manipulate light in the studio and on location. Use florescent, tungsten and strobe lighting for portrait, still life and location work. (Pre-requisite: VAFA 110 OR VAFA 151 and VAMM 100)

• VAFA 257 - Large Format Photography

Find your inner Ansel Adams. This course shows students how to use a large format camera to shoot a variety of subjects. Students shoot 4 x 5 inch black and white film using view cameras. The detail in these negatives is incredible. . .. cameras are provided. (Pre-requisite VAFA 151)

Sign up for advising today!!!!

Kudos!!!

©Barbara Churilla



©Kristina Tregnan


Wow. So many people to congratulate, so little time. . .

Artists of Yardley, First Annual Juried show.
Bucks photo alum Kristina Tregnan and current photo student Barbara Churilla had work selected for this show. Both of the selected pieces are shown above. An opening reception will be held March 9 from 6-9pm. More information is available here.

20th Annual Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition.
A huge congratulations to Bucks photo students Marie Fill, Ryan Ross and Jan Watson. All three had work selected for this upcoming exhibition. The show runs from March 18-April 8. For more information click here.

SPRING BREAK OPEN LAB HOURS

Don't forget that next week (March 12-18) is Spring break. If you want to come in and work on your photos you are in luck. During the following hours, the darkroom, digital lab and lighting studio will be open:

Monday (3/12): noon-5pm
Tuesday (3/13): 8:30am-9pm
Wednesday (3/14): 4-8pm
Thursday (3/15): 11am-5pm
Friday (3/16): 10am-6pm

Take advantage of this time!

The latest, greatest, digital camera

The new Lytro digital camera

An image shot with the Lytro with two different depths of field.

The new Lytro digital camera has just been released. It is a point and shoot camera with a twist. The camera works differently from traditional digital cameras. The big twist is that images captured on the Lytro can be manipulated after capture in interesting new ways - most specifically depth of field can be determined and changed after capture. The big downside is that you can't use Photoshop or Lightroom to manipulate the images in this way. You must use the free proprietary software made for the camera. Just when you thought you had all the photo toys you need, along comes another. . .for more info, go to the Lytro website.

Exhibition Opportunity: Classic Towns of Philadelphia Photo Contest

Have some great shots of the Philadelphia area? Planning to take some soon? The Perkins Center for the Arts is sponsoring the "Classic Towns of Philadelphia" photo contest. Selected photographs will be exhibited in a traveling exhibition. For more information go to this link. Good luck!

Cindy Sherman Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art

A Cindy Sherman retrospective has opened at the Museum of Modern Art just in time for the Department of the Arts trip to NYC! Since the 1970s Sherman has photographed herself in a range of guises - from clowns to damsels in distress. A link to the New York Times review of the exhibition is here. One of her early "Film Stills" images is above along with a photo of the entrance to the exhibition. Not to be missed!!!

SPRING 2012 OPEN LAB HOURS

Open Lab Hours - Spring 2012

Hicks 120 Digital Lab

Mondays: 9am-1pm

Tuesdays: 8:30am-9pm

Wednesdays: noon-9pm

Thursdays: 12:30-10pm

Fridays: 10am-6pm

Hicks 118 - Black & White Darkroom

Mondays: 9am-10pm

Tuesdays: 5:30pm-9pm

Wednesdays: noon-9pm

Thursdays: 11am-6pm

Fridays: 10am-6pm

Hicks 104 - Lighting Studio

Mondays: 9am-noon and 5-9pm

Tuesdays: 5:30-9pm

Wednesdays: 9am-noon and 5-9pm

Thursdays: 12:30-9pm

Fridays: 10:30am-5:30pm