Art at Los Medanos College

Photo (and graphics and art and journalism) instructor Curtis Corlew (who's writing this in the third person for no good reason) will be on sabbatical Spring 2009. But fear not, the very able Scott Wreyford will teach the photography and Photoshop classes. Curtis will return Fall 2009, all refreshed and smarter for his time at school at CSUEB. He (again, meaning me) will attempt to add a few things to this blog anyway, but, you know how that might go. The photo is from a Fall 2008 Photo II class field trip to Mare Island to try some light painting.

The Photography Art 72 class made photos where they left the shutter open a long time in the dark then ran around and "painted" with flashlights. Their photos are delightful surprises, with light magically streaking across the frame or coming from nowhere to illuminate an object. Somehow it seems appropriately symmetricial that photographers who deal with light are had to deal with the darkness to make these photos. You can see more "paint with light" photography (as well as some other assignments) in in this Flickr slideshow of class work.

Randy Hake made this photo "Reflections, Embarcadero Center" as part of an assignment in the "Survey of Digital Photography" (ART 72) class. It first place in its division at the Northern California Council of Camera Clubs competition. Pretty cool, huh? But wait! There's more! This semester's photo class has a Flickr Photo Pool. Here's a slide show of the work students have uploaded to Flickr and sent to the LMC pool.