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Between Two Worlds

By Cristina Pinton, posted on Jan 10, 2022

In 2014, I began teaching digital photography when my faithful darkroom students of two years inquired about it. One student in the class, already passionate about digital SLRs, gave us the simplest of tutorials, later suggesting equipment for a lighting studio. He provided us with fascinating insight into this new world of screens, flashes, and pixels. While still holding onto film and chemistry at heart, the curriculum expanded tenfold when we developed a digital photography curriculum and digital art classes that welcomed Photoshop manipulation and an infinite reservoir of new possibilities.

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