New Digital Facilities and Classes

Screenshot from Adobe Bridge CS4


It's an exciting time here at the Photography Program - we recently received a generous computer donation from Champlain College, and we are working on building our own digital photography lab with 6-8 Macs and an archival Epson printer!

We have two great classes planned for the Winter session - Adobe Photoshop Basics and From Camera to Print: Digital Workflow. Both classes will offer image management skills and printer access. The Photoshop class will focus on Adobe Bridge and Photoshop CS4, covering importing, camera raw, layers, adjustments and printing. The Workflow class will focus primarily on Adobe's Lightroom software and the image organization, image editing and printing capabilities specific to that program. (See post from June 2009 for more info). Both classes are taught by professional photographers with years of experience and working knowledge of the programs.

Class descriptions and registration links are below:

Adobe Photoshop Basics with Dan Lovell
Tuesdays, February 2– March 16 (no class March 2), 6-9pm
$250, $225 BCA members (scholarships are available)
Prerequisite: Intro to the 35MM Film or Digital SLR or equivalent experience
Gain confidence working in Adobe Photoshop in this 6 week class. Uploading images into Adobe Bridge, use of Camera Raw, image correction tools such as color and white balance correction, brightness/contrast, layers and much more will be covered. Bring a portable flash drive or hard drive with your images to the first class.
(CLASS CODE: 811232-1)
Register here!


From Camera to Print: Digital Workflow with Robin Perlah
Wednesdays, February 17– March 24, 6-9pm
Prerequisite: Intro to the 35MM Film or Digital SLR or equivalent experience
$250, $225 BCA members (scholarships are available)
Upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs in this comprehensive class using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Importing images, using RAW files, organization, fine-tuning tone and contrast, color adjustments and printing will all be covered. Bring a portable hard drive or flash drive with your images to the first class.
(CLASS CODE: 811201-1)
Register here!

As always, scholarships are available.

Student Work: Night Photography

We recently ran a Night Photography course, taught by photographer Gary Hall. The class was a resounding success - check out student work, below! Gary will also be teaching a Winter Landscape class for us this winter; check back for more details soon...



Image Copyright Nick Grimley, 2009; All Rights Reserved




Image Copyright Nick Grimley, 2009; All Rights Reserved




Image Copyright Scott Eagle, 2009; All Rights Reserved




Image Copyright Lily Landes, 2009; All Rights Reserved




Image Copyright Tom Barber, 2009; All Rights Reserved




Image Copyright Peter Larsen, 2009; All Rights Reserved

Night Photography

(c) Gary Hall Photography, All Rights Reserved

There is truly something magical about night photography - the mood, the shifts in color and light, the blurring of motion... if you have wondered about where to begin and want tips and instruction from a night photography expert, perhaps our NEW Night Photography workshop is something to check out this fall...especially if creeping about in the night with a camera sounds appealing...

NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY with Gary Hall
Tuesdays, October 6-20; 6-9pm
$95, $85.50 BCA members
Prerequisite: Intro to the 35MM Film or Digital SLR or equivalent experience
Learn how to take successful night exposures and learn to see light you may not have known could be used to make beautiful images. Demonstrations, hands-on photo shoots and critique will be included. Bring your film or digital SLR, a small notebook, flashlight, cable release and a tripod.

Click here to register!
As always, scholarships are available.

Photography Summer Camps 2009!

Some images from our Teen photography summer camp program, taken by one of our fabulous TA's, Pat Galuuzo!

Photography Events at the Vermont Folklife Center

An evening with Almost Utopia photographer Rebecca Lepkoff
Friday July 10th
5-7 pm
Vermont Folklife Center
88 Main Street, Middlebury

As part of Middlebury's new town-wide ArtWalk, Lepkoff will share her thoughts about her life behind the camera lens, including her work in the 1950s capturing the essence of the alternative community that formed around Helen and Scott Nearing near Jamaica, Vermont. Lepkoff has been making photographs of New York City and Vermont since the late 1930's. She is associated with the Photo League era, and renown for her rare, vintage silver prints. Also on hand will be Greg Joly, Nearing scholar and co-author of the book, Almost Utopia, The Residents and Radicals of Pike¹s Falls
Vermont, 1950. Both Lepkoff and Joly will be available to sign copies of their recent published work.

For information about the Vermont Folklife Center, visit their website!

From Camera to Print: Digital Workflow

What do you do after you shoot your digital images? Do you leave the the images in your computer, never to be printed? Are your images disorganized and difficult to locate on your computer? Do colors or exposures need to be corrected, and you are unsure of how to begin? Do your prints never match your monitor?

From Camera to Print, a new offering this summer, will cover all of these topics and more, introducing students to digital image management. In addition, archival, large format color printing will be included! This class will use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, a powerful and user-friendly program designed to make this process streamlined and easy. Robin Perlah, a college instructor and professional wedding photographer who uses this program daily for her photography workflow, will be instructing.



You can visit Adobe's website to download a free trial version of the program.



Class description:

FROM CAMERA TO PRINT: DIGITAL WORKFLOW with Robin Perlah
Tuesdays, July 14-August 4; 6:00 – 9:00pm
Upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs in this comprehensive workshop using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Importing images, using RAW files, organization, fine-tuning tone and contrast, color adjustments and printing will all be covered. Includes archival ink and paper; bring a portable hard drive or flash drive with your images to the first class.


Click here to register!
Scholarships are available!

Lith Printing

Lith Printed Image
Image Copyright Jordan Douglas, All Rights Reserved

Try a new and beautiful darkroom process this summer - lith printing!

Jordan Douglas teaches darkroom photography at St. Michael's College and Champlain College. He most often works with alternative printing techniques and has an interest in the photographic processes of the 19th Century. He is featured in the recent "World of Lith Printing" (Argentum Press, 2006), by master printer Tim Rudman.

Here's the class description:

LITH PRINTING with Jordan Douglas
Thursdays, July 30 – August 13; 6-9pm
$125, $112.50 BCA members, includes all paper and chemicals
Prerequisite: Intro to Black and White Film and the Darkroom or black and white printing experience
Explore the endless and exciting possibilities of the unique lith printing process and transform your black-and-white negatives into one-of-a-kind, multi-toned prints. This process affects print color and grain, resulting in brilliant white highlights and deep black shadows. High quality European fiber paper is included.
LIMIT: 6

Click here to register!
Scholarships are available.