Re: Need tips for teaching Altphoto workshop

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From: Bill Collins (photo@intrex.net)
Date: 12/06/00-06:21:06 AM Z


The notebook is a nice touch. I took a one day pt/pd class a while back, and the instructor handed out some good notes (including a copy of the Bostick and Sullivan catalog), but there were lots of loose sheets passed around the room. It was hard to know if you had them all.

Bill

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From: Andy Darlow <andy@andydarlow.com>
Reply-to: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 22:11:55 +0000

>Hi Dave:
>
>One recommendation I would have is to hand out a 3 ring notebook to each
>student and put in it about 20 pages of notes, reference info like the Alt
>Photo List e-mail and where to buy Alt Photo supplies. Make sure that
>there are pockets too. If you want it to look really professional, get
>some economy view binders from Staples(About $1.50 ea. if you buy a bunch
>and get their discounts-on techbargains.com) and put one of your pictures
>and the course name into the cover sleeve.
>
>I've been teaching for 3 years in New York City and this approach always
>keeps me organized and my students have a reference they can rely on for
>years. It can expand too with just a 3 ring punch!
>
>All the best!
>
>-Andy Darlow
>
>At 09:47 PM 12/4/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>Greetings fellow photographers,
>>
>>At a recent gathering of Big Horn Basin artists, my cyanotype, gum, and
>>combination cyanotype/gum prints provoked considerable interest. An
>>instructor from Northwest College asked if I would be willing to teach a
>>weekend workshop to photography students there. I said yes, but I would
>>have to research the logistics involved.
>>
>>I know there are some very talented educators on this list. If any of you
>>can share some practical tips or suggestions to help me get started, it
>>would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to keep material costs minimal and
>>the equipment required simple.
>>
>>Most of the photo students at Northwest own or have access to 4X5 cameras,
>>and can come to a workshop with suitable 4X5 negatives for printing. A UV
>>vacuum contact frame is available, and the Wyoming sun is very reliable.
>>I'm thinking of beginning with cyanotype, and then going into gum
>>dichromate. I may include a brief introduction to pinhole photography as
>>well. I believe that making enlarged negatives and the laborious
>>gelatin/formaldehyde sizing of paper are too intensive and time consuming
>>for this setting, and that shortcuts are needed around these steps. My
>>basic approach would be to get students involved in (and excited about)
>>actually making prints.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any advice.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Dave Rose AKA Cactus Cowboy
>>Powell, Wyoming
>>photo@wir.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>


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