So, as many of you may or may not know, we decided to take a break from our class due to some unforeseen circumstances in which our cameras had to be returned to the school. On the bright side, these past few weeks served as good time for me to get busy finding all new…
Pretty much what the title says. Mr. Stahl is using the computer lab for CAHSEE preparation classes after school and, in order for us to not be in their way, our class will be put on hold until the second week of February. I’m also looking at changing the days we meet, but that’s something…
Actually, that’s not a request. I need every one of you guys in class as soon as possible. For the next week or so, the school administration needs to run an equipment check on all our cameras and darkroom equipment and I need you guys (if you happen to be reading this) to return the…
On Monday when we returned from break, we received a nice delivery. There are now over 100 rolls of Kodak Tri-X film in our possession. Where were you when we were handing these out?
Most of you know that the button on the top right magically takes a picture when you press it; what you may not know is how that button controls the shutter. I have written the second handout pertaining to film exposure that I mentioned in Saturday’s entry. We will spend Friday’s lab time learning the…
For those of you who only recently joined our group shutterbugs, I have taken the liberty of expanding the old camera basics post with a newly-expanded handout dealing with the basics of the camera lens; another handout detailing the use of the camera shutter will be coming soon. This is quite a long handout topping…
After doing a bit of research and doing some experiments in the darkroom today, I think I’ve come to realize that the problem we’re having is that our chemicals have been sitting here too long. This doesn’t mean that they went bad, it just means that we need to decrease the water dilution a bit.…
I drew up the final handout for the film development portion of the class that discusses optimal development times and temperatures. If you want to take a look at it, the handout is here in PDF form. Please print a copy of it and keep it for future reference or ask me for a copy for…
I was told we have 24 hours to spend $25k but I can’t possibly spend that much on things we won’t need so we went through the darkroom during class yesterday and compiled a list of things we needed and proceeded to budget out how we were going to spend so much money on camera…
I have made a step-by-step handout showing how to load the film reels, for those of you who haven’t got around to sticking around for that particular lesson or simply want to have detailed instructions. These will also be on the wall of the sink room in case you need them for immediate reference when…