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Monochromatic Value Scale

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The Additive Color Wheel

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Anna Akins

Title: Poppy

Artist: Anna Atkins (1799-1871)

Medium: Photography

Year: 1852

 

Artist's Biography – Anna Atkins's talents in photography originated because of her love as a botanist. She used cyanotype photograms to display the specimens she was working with. She is most know for her work in developing the book, "British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions," which contained many different images of the plants that she was studying. She found it easier to use photography to display her images than any other methods.

 

 

 

Personal Reaction – I personally love the work of Anna Atkins. All of the images are so simple, but yet so beautiful. Her work consists primarily of cyanotype photograms, but her intentions were not to make great works of art in photography; instead she used photography as a means of scientific research. I think that it is amazing that her work as a botanist lead to such great images, and especially for the time period in which it was created.

 

 

 

 

Kathleen Martini

Bea Nettles

Bea Nettles

Bridge Near Allerton

Toned photo linen, stretched.

Bea Nettles specializes in photographic techniques and book arts. She has been exhibiting and publishing since 1970. Bea taught photography at several different schools from 1970 to 2007, and has had over fifty exhibitions. She is known for experimenting with alternative processes.

I don’t really appreciate Nettles' works very much. Her style is very unique, just not especially appealing to me. It is interesting to see her differnt styles though.

Cara Mannino

Autochomes

Title: Child and Nurse

Artist: Zoller, Charles C.

Medium: Color Palate, Screen (Autochrome) Process

Year: 1907-1932

 

Process Description:

           

Some 19^th century photographers experimented with chemical formulations trying to produce color images by direct exposure. Others applied paint and powders to the surface of monochrome prints. Different experimentations led to several early color processes. Louis Lumière was the actual inventor of autochromes.

            His process used a screen of tiny potato starch grains dyed orange-red, green and violet. Dusted onto a glass plate, the dyed grains were covered with a layer of sensitive panchromatic silver bromide emulsion. As light entered the camera, the dyed grains filtered it before it reached the emulsion. The exposure had to be very long. The result was a unique, realistic, positive color image on glass that required no further printing.

 

 

            My personal reaction was how rustic it looked. I liked how you can see speckles of white spots on the picture but they are not big enough to take your eyes away from the photo. The way the picture was done made it have a black vignette around the edges.

 

Brittany Howard

 

Title: Ojo Caliente Church

Artist: Karl Keonig

Medium:Gravure

Year: 2010

 

Artist's Biography – (50-75 words):

Before pursuing a career in photography, Karl Koenig worked in academia at Stanford and the University of New Mexico.  To learn more he studied lithography, silkscreen, and non-silver photography for a few years.  In 1990, Karl Koenig created a process called polychromatic gumoil photography.  The process creates an old-looking photo. 

 

 

Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):

I like the old looking pictures Koenig is able to create.  I do not like when he leaves bits of color.    

 

 

 

Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Bedo

FW: hand coloring

 This is the hand coloring process using Marshall's Oil  Paints for photographs. This is the original process used to color photos in the 1800"s. This is a transparent oil paint or colored pencil. You can mix extenders w/ the paints.

I adore this process, I do practice this at home. I love the depth you can create w/ the paints or watercolors. This is my preferred way to process color photos.

Title: River Street, Towanda, PA

Artist: Nellie Vin

Medium: Gum Bichromate

Year: 2007

Process Description – (50-75 words):

The Gum Bichromate process consists of watercolor or printmaking paper that is soaked in gum dichromate for example. The paper is exposed to some sort of a pigment and brushed with gum. When finished brushing many layers of gum on the paper, then you soak the whole paper in water and let any excesses fall off the gum. Let it dry and then you have a finished image.

Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):

I think that the process is pretty neat, but a bit time consuming for me. The images seem more saturated and interesting because of it. The process seems to work the best for contemporary or nature shots, but not people necessarily.

John Joly and the Joly Color Process

Artist: John Joly

Medium:

Year: 1857-1933

Artist's Biography – (50-75 words):

Joly was born in Bracknagh, County Offaly, Ireland. He went to college at Trinity College in Dublin. Joly went for Engineering. He also was First class Honors in modern literature. Joly invented the photometer, which measures light intensity. The other things he also invented was the first color photographic processes. Called the Joly Color Process. He was known for radiotherapy and the cohesion-tension theory.

Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):

I believe Joly was a smart man. I think anyone is smart who invented something. I don't even understand what he invented. He made these before there were even computers. Impressive! Photography would not be the same today if it weren't for John Joly

Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog):

Lumiere Brothers

Artist: Lumiere Brothers

Medium: autochrome

Year: 1906

Artist's Biography – (50-75 words):

Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas born October 19 1862 in France. Louis Jean was born Octeober 5, 1864 also in France. They are one of the earliest known film makers known. When their father retired in 1892 the brothers started creating moving pictures. In 1903 they patented their color film process known as "Autochrome Lumiere" . It did not come to market till 1907. Later this company merged with Ilford. The brothers' company also made loudspeakers and a medicine for burns.

Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):

These two brothers led a very interesting life. They did not just go into one industry and stay there they went from film movies to color photos to making their own process and later to merge with one of the biggest photo and film companies still around to this day. Their work has a very old and soothing look to it.

Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog):

Melissa

Posting material to the D2L dropbox and the blog

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17. Open up your e-mail
18. Create new e-mail
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21. Click the attach icon
22. Browse for your photo
23. Upload your photo
24. Send the e-mail to the requested address

FW: Introduction

Hi,I am currently a Graphic Design student at RCTC. While attending this program I discovered that I would like to pursue a career as a professional photographer using the design skills I have learned over the past year and a half here at RCTC.

getting to know Brittany Howard

Hello my name is Brittany Howard and I am 3rd year student, and this is my 2^nd year at RCTC. I went to college for 1 year down at Winona State University; I was going to college for Elementary Education but switched my major to Business Management and Photography when I came to RCTC. I am excited to learn more about photography since it is one of my favorite things to do!

Kaitlyn Walsh

Hello, My name is Kaitlyn. I am a fine art's major who loves taking photos. I am a huge fan of traveling the world, meeting new people and understand new cultures. In my free time I watch Leverage and White Collar.  My goal in life is to see the world and take photos on every continent.

Hi, my name is Almir Hodzic. I like photography, but don't take photos much usually. I am taking color photography because I am a bit tired of just doing black and white photos. Photography to me is just a hobby for now, but I would like to learn everything I can so that I can possibly make a career out of photography.

Tierney's Bio

Hello my name is Tierney and this is my second year at RCTC; I'm going for a child development degree (but I'm still a little unsure), and thinking about getting a photo certificate. This is my second photography class and I'm very psyched! My favorite color is green; my favorite animal is a tiger, and my favorite restaurant is Famous Daves. Every summer I spend a month or more in Michigan. Some of my favorite things to do include; photographing, jewelry making, painting, hanging out with my friends, hanging out with my family, and traveling.

Hi my name is Jesus.  I live in Rochester.  I have four cats.  I like pots.

Hello my name is Cara Mannino, right now Im just doing generals at RCTC and hopefully transferring somewhere else for digital photography. I graduated from Century in 2009, and have lived in Rochester most of my life. 

Hello. My name is Melissa. I am in college at Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minnesota.  I am a high school graduate from Kasson- Mantorville. I am studying in two fields one Is photography and the other is in landscape design.

Get to know you post

Hello my name is Kathleen Martini, but everyone calls me K-Lee; in fact I did not realize my name was Kathleen until I was around three years old. I am currently a second year nursing student, so I will graduate as a RN in May. I have already started counting down the days until May 13^th to be done with school. Once I graduate I will have to go back to school for one more year to get my BSN and then hopefully find a job. I feel that this start of the new school year came way too fast, and I wish my summer were not over!

Jillian

Hello my name is Jillian. I am going to RCTC for photography. I am home grown from Lewiston, MN. I am blessed with a good family and friends. I am excited to learn a lot about digital photography.

Brian Steele, Instructor

Hello my name is Brian Steele and I am the instructor for Color Photography. I have been teaching photography for 15 years, although mostly in the darkroom. I have an MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico (Hello Lobos). I am excited to teach this course because I will be teaching Adobe Lightroom for the first time. If you are a Photo Certificate major and taking the course, I hope you will make a point of visiting me in my office soon and talking to me about your degree.