ART 155

Basic Processes and Principles of Photography

This class was my favorite class that I have taken. I love photography and being able to take pictures of nature and various portraits.

In my Photography class with Professor Zuberi we focussed on the processes and history of black and white film photography. During the first few weeks of class, we learned how to use a 35mm camera, develop film, and print black and white photos. I really liked that we learned how to use film cameras and how to take pictures and then develop them as well.

Coming into this class, I had some prior knowledge of how to use a film camera because I took a photo class in my high school. However, I still learned plenty of information that I didn’t previously know. With this class, I  learned that it could sometimes take hours or days before you get the photo you want. By taking this class it helped me to learn how to become more patient.

For our final project we had the choice to pick what we wanted to take pictures of. I chose to take pictures of the oldest building at Longwood University, Ruffner Hall, now known as Rotunda. I symbolized that Ruffner was once an all girls dormitory until it burned down twice in a fire. I photographed the new elements that was added when Ruffner was rebuilt and I also photographed some of the things that were kept the same, paying homage to the original Ruffner Hall. I loved being able to take pictures of the history of the building and being able to learn more about the history as I took the pictures.

Attached is a photo of one of our assignments and the contact sheet. We were allowed to take pictures of anything we wanted to. I chose to take pictures of nature around Longwood Universities campus.