Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My son took a photography class in high school that connected him with the basics. They did their own darkroom work. Now it's all digital (for reasons of cost and time) but there are more students participating than ever before. A good sign, I think. Tom has continued with his photography and I'm proud of his passion for the medium. Adam On 5/30/06, Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> wrote: > At 11:46 AM 5/30/2006, you wrote: > >>, in my experience, except at magnet schools and in larger cities. > >>Arche > >>Nashville > > I speak to high school and college classes in the Charlotte area > about photography as a career all the time. There are lots of really > good photography classes. The high school ones tend to lean more > towards "art" photography and darkroom work, although they are moving > into digital. The college classes have moved totally to digital. I > used to teach photography at a technical college until they got rid > of the darkroom to put in computers, discovered they couldn't afford > the computers yet, and wanted me to teach for two years with > neither! I declined. Now they have state-of-the-art computer > systems. There are private schools in Charlotte with fantastic > darkrooms but some public schools have them, too. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >