About Barrie Tumbridge Expertise I can answer question on most aspects of photography, conventional film and digital, including Photoshop techniques. I have over 30 years experience in portrait photography, including studio, and digital landscape photography. I teach photography both one on one and on the internet. I am a past President of the Master Photographers Association. I have a web site of current work http://www.tumbridge-photography.co.uk
Experience Portraits and Landscape photography Photoshop
Organizations None
Education/Credentials Bachelor of Science Degree
Awards and Honors Several awards for portraiture from Kodak including a Gold Award for excellence
Question I am a new high school photography teacher (ages 16-18). I am having trouble coming up with/finding lessons that I could do that does not require a dark room. My darkroom is small and only half the class fits in at one time so I need to have something for the rest of the class to do. Any suggestions?
Answer Hi,
In photography there is always a balance between theory and practical, too much theory and you lose their concentration. I teach adults but the practice is much the same but nevertheless the theory is very important. I would suggest that you try to construct your lessons around both and spit it so that whilst half your students are in the darkroom the other half deal with composition, exposure etc. Projects based on research of composition I always find interesting. I use examples from some of the masters of art and photography to get students to analyse why certain pictures work and others don't.
They can also examine the pros and cons of digital and conventional photography, how certain techniques used in film photography have been transferred to digital and how much closer to art photography has become, and if the changes are good or bad.
