Re: New to the list

[trevor cunningham <tr_cunningham@yahoo.com>]

Lea,

 

Thanks for the reply.  The photography class is being created out of several factors that include:  my own nosiness about the state of the school's darkroom, and the school's need to add an elective to act as a valve to an overloaded group of 12th grade art classes.  We have a rather large darkroom with three very basic, though functioning enlargers that haven't been cleaned in five years (Egypt gets dusty and we've been cleaning the room for the past two weeks...I think it's there now, although, how safe is it to disassemble an elarger lens to clean the inside when it looks a little murky?).  This year I will be doing strictly BW.  I've been speaking with the computer department and we're toying with a cross curricular collaboration to include digital work as well (I tried to teach myelf photoshop before but was unsuccessful, I'll have support this time around).  As for the students, resources are almost nonexistent in scale to the size of the town (25+ million) compared to others, but I've found a few camera shops here in Cairo that sell Yashica, Pentax, and Zenit adjustable SLR's as well as chemicals and real black and white film (i find the C41 BW film a bit strange and purple).  The Yashicas and Pentax run about 2500LE (this is about $400 with a zoom or regular lens), the Zenits are a fifth of that price.  Despite the price, they're wealthy students and access to such a camera will be mandatory (I may offer the opportunity for students to share, but that can cause headaches).  I hope this helps!

 

Thanks...Trevor Cunningham

lea <lea@whinydogpress.com> wrote:

Trevor,

Welcome to the list...you'll find a great resource here so don't
hesitate to ask questions.

What age group are you teaching? Is your focus on traditional
photography or digital? Do you have darkrooms available or will a lab do
your processing? Are the students supplied with cameras or do they bring
their own? Are they point and shoots or adjustable slrs?

Answers to these questions will help us help you better.
Lea

----- Original Message -----
From: "trevor cunningham"
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"

Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 9:07 AM
Subject: New to the list


> Hello,
> I'm currently a teacher in Cairo, Egypt who has been commissioned with
the responsibility of developing and implementing the school's
photohraphy class. In my research I've come across this list and have
been lurking for about a week now. I was hoping that if anyone has time
to write down a few internet resources that could help me develop a
larger variety of instructional materials it would be absolutely
fantastic. I really look forward to participating in this list and
communicating with people I could only learn from.
>
> Enjoy...Trevor Cunningham
>
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