Photography: A Hands On History Instructor: Patricia Howard patriciahoward154@gmail.com

Supplies for Week 1 – October 16 – Camera Obscura

• Cardboard box • x-acto knife • a few sheets of white paper (8.5” x 11”) • One piece (approximately 5”x 5”) of aluminum foil • a sewing needle, large size or a push pin • electrical or duct tape • scissors • access to outdoors to use viewer • cell phone or digital camera

The cardboard box should be able to be closed on all sides.

When it is fitted over your head, it should have at least 5” of room to spare from the top of your head to the top of the box and at least 12 inches between your eyes and the front of the box.

A cereal box is another good option.

Supplies for Week 2 – October 23 – Cyanotypes

• cyanotype paper - order from B & H Photo: ($18.95)

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• a piece of clear glass or plexiglass that is larger than the cyanotype paper (8” x

10”)

• approximately 10 objects to use to make cyanotypes (see below for suggestions)

• access to running water

• access to sunlight

• a tray that the paper will easily fit into - it should be larger than the cyanotype

paper

• hydrogen peroxide - one 32ounce bottle

• flat surface or hanging surface (like clothesline) for prints to dry. If you use

• clothesline, you’ll need clothespins or clips to hold the prints

• cell phone or digital camera

Also, for Friday, October 23, you will need objects with which to make cyanotypes. This

process which results in blue and white images will involve placing objects upon light-

sensitized paper to make outlined or silhouette-like designs. Please have 10 objects

ready for class that you would like to work with. When considering objects, think about

outlines that are detailed and interesting and whether the objects are transparent or

opaque. Each effect is different. Also think about objects that you’d like to group

together.

I will show examples of finished cyanotypes during class, but the following are objects as that I have seen work well for this process:

Clothespins Eyeglasses Paper clips

Lace Doilies Old negatives

Sheer fabrics Feathers Buttons

Leaves Pressed plants or flowers Slinky

Keys Doll Clothes

Anna Atkins, Dictyota dichotoma, Meghann Riepenhoff, “Littoral Drift Near Shore” #504, 2016Part XI of Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1849–1850 Supplies for Week 3 – October 30 – Collage

• magazines or newspapers to cut up

• scissors

• x-acto knife

• scotch tape

• rubber cement or Elmer’s glue

• one or two pieces of heavier paper such as watercolor paper or poster board –

• between 8” x 10” and 16”x20” in size - depends how big of a collage student

would like to make

Supplies for Week 4 – November 6 – Portraits • Cell Phone or digital camera

• If possible, a friend who will pose and model for a bit during class

Supplies for Week 6 – November 13 – Landscapes

• Cell Phone or digital camera

Supplies for Week 6 – November 20 – Contemporary Photography

• nothing special needed

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