Semester Information

Current Student Blogs

Other Work

Independent Experiment Preparation       Independent Experiment Proposal

Current Items:

Astrophotography Project Guide
Student Roles

Workshops:

1. Intro to Photography:  Presentation  
2. Lighting:  Presentation  Notes
3. Composition:  Notes  Extra Info
4. Landscape:  video 1  video 2

Blog Post 1:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Humanities:  200wd writing piece, 2 pictures with captions
3. Chemistry:  Safety picture with captions

Blog Post 2:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Humanities​​:  Portrait Photos, Steinbeck and Depression "Peon Class" writing, "New Colossus" t-shirt design
3. Chemistry:  compare two equations from emulsion - what do they teach you about chemistry?

Blog Post 3:  

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Humanities:  all drafts of 1000wd pieces (min. 2), short responses from Steinbeck novels
3. Chemistry:  discuss how and why we set up the darkroom, describe the apparatus for photo emulsion and how it lets us do our work

Blog Post 4:  

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Humanities:  revised drafts of all 1000wd pieces
3. Chemistry:  post of student portrait before and after black and white processing, with notes of how it was processed

Blog Post 5:  

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Humanities:  complete draft of 1000wd "Dorothea", Human Photo plan - when, who, where, why
3. Chemistry:  We spent this week coating photo paper and creating our negatives.  Add 2 photos to your post, 1 before and 1 after processing.  Add a short writing piece about how you processed the photo.

Blog Post 6:  

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Humanities:  All draft 1000wd pieces for Phase I picture
3. Chemistry:  Describe the chemistry of the photo development process - how does the developer, stop bath, fixer, and wash work to process a silver halide photograph? (>250wds)

Blog Post 7:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds) 
2. Humanities:  Water decision with impact research; Hetch Hetchy writing
3. Chemistry:  Hydrogen Balloon Lab - what happenned, observations, questions, follow up (>250wds)

Blot Post 8:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Humanities:  Landscape panorama (250-350 wds); revised draft of peer critique; focus on describing "elements of the photo" and how they are used in the composition
3. Chemistry:  Link to your independent experiment with what you hope to learn/accomplish

Blog Post 9:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds) - add your landscape photo from the week, before and after processing with captions
2. Humanities: Steinbeck model writing (from Google Classroom), share your project group with a progress report 
3. Chemistry:  Write up for the Light experiment - What is light?  How do atoms absorb and emit light?  How can we identify elements by the light they emit? (link to video if you missed this)

Blog Post 10:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Project Teams:  What is your project group and give a progress report - What did you plan?  What did you accomplish? What's next?
3. Humanities:  Revision of landscape-Steinbeck writing piece; Juxtapose/Dichotomy 300wd. essay
4. Chemistry:  1 science item from the week - Dry Ice Experiment, Core Concept, Independent Experiment, etc.

Blog Post 11:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Project:  Why is it important to exhibit work?  What role does each step in exhibiting a photo take (photo, processing, metallic paper, epoxy)?  How is light affected in each step of this process?

Blog Post 12:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Project:  Final processed landscape photo with caption describing the processing 
3. Humanities:  Revised draft of wonder/curiosity piece
4. Chemistry:  Chemistry of epoxy and polymerization; Cosmos Episode 5 reflection - What can we learn from Light? What information is in Light?

Blog Post 13:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Project:  Celestial "hit list" - what are you going to photograph, how, when, ect.; describe the object that you are capturing and what it is; your camping pack list

Blog Post 14:

1. Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
2. Project:  Trip reflection - Did you get your photo?  If so, what was it (tell the story)?  If not, what is your next step?;  What is something that you'll remember 10 years from now?  Add any images you would like.​

Other Useful Links:
     Current students can access the HUB for more information.
     Click HERE to access former student blogs.
     Chemistry Core Topics
​     How to Write a Hypothesis

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