Thanks so much for the idea. I have included an assignment where they are to collage (in PS 7) 1 b/w, 1 color and a 3D object all scanned from a flatbed. I like your idea a lot though and may have to add that in! Would be fun and teach them to limits/extremes of the scanner.
Norman
ADavidhazy wrote:
I don't teach digital photography as a course but am interested in various applications and of particular interest to me is "scanning" imaging - such as Bruce Weitzman showed in the gallery this weekend. This is an offshoot of film based scanning technology which was much more "obscure" than its digital conterpart. Anyway, in a digital photography course I would consider including some mention of scanning imaging as accomplished with flat bed scanners. Some applications that include time as a function of the final image. Of course, the use of the flat bed scanner as an photography or imaging tool is being exploited by many photo instructors starting as early as elementary school and we have had several exhibits in the student gallery sponsored by PhotoForum that demonstrated the creative potential of this "technique". However, I'd stretch that to situations where the subject is moved on the glass platen to cause hopefully interesting variations on the normal or correct reproduction of a variety of subjects - from those that we can easily recognize such as hands or faces to more ambiguous subjects such as possibly plants or simply light/dark/color patterns. Of course, inclusion of panoramic photography by stitching or panoramic photography by continuous scanning is another subject worthy of mention - maybe this could be a course on its own in fact! Further, there is a lot that could be done in terms of the _time_ aspect of the scanner. >From measuring frequency, vibration, rotation, rate of change, etc. etc. ... if you have an interest in the technical applications. Unfortunately I don't have a syllabus already designed - as I said I don't teach "digital photography" as a separate course but if I did I would certinly not ignore the possibilities afforded by digital scanning technology!! regards, Andrew Davidhazy, Professor School of Photographic Arts and Sciences/RIT andpph@rit.edu http://www.rit.edu/~andpph
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Norman Jackson Ford
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PhD (ABD)
Dept. of Comparative Literature (and Cultural Studies),
University of Hong Kong
Visiting Lecturer,
School of Design,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
PhD (ABD)
Dept. of Comparative Literature (and Cultural Studies),
University of Hong Kong
Visiting Lecturer,
School of Design,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
