Cooper Texas is one of my very favorite little towns in East Texas. Why? Well, treasures like Mabel Wheat, Miller's Pharmacy, Jalapeno's restaurant, and really nice people... Both classes met in the town square for a fun day of shooting and dodging the rain. The light, especially in the afternoon was beautiful, so I'm hopeful that we got some great shots! If you missed the trip, be sure to drive up on your own and explore and photograph. And stop in and say "hello!" to Mabel, get a root beer float, and be sure to see the wonderful mural by Lloyd Goff in the very nicely preserved post office...
Have a terrific break! There will be a nice surprise waiting for you on your return, the lab has all new iMacs! Please shoot a bunch of pictures over break, of your family, friends- whatever you're doing. and read the next two chapters in your book, you'll have the first week back to post them to your blog, but might as well spend your time wisely!
On Monday when we return, we'll work on our Cooper pictures and we'll talk about converting them into black and white. It's not as "black and white" as you'd think. We'll also start printing bg "cubist" images for the student center, so if you don't have one that you're in love with, shoot more over break. The entire school is going to see your work!
Finally, consider signing up for the May-Mini class on pinhole photography. It's going to be ten fast days of making cameras and shooting and working in the darkroom and hanging a show and making a camera obscura and visiting cool little towns and printing cool pics that you took with a box and a hole and I'll show you how I make my AWARD-WINNING pinhole pictures...and, jeez, isn't that enough?!? It's ten days in a row, you get 3 hours credit, it'll be a blast.
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