DARKROOMS

Both private and communal darkrooms are available and equipped for working with all film formats from 35mm through 8×10 inch.  The Photography Division also has capacity for work in antiquarian and alternative processes.

Beginning Black + White Darkroom

• 18 4×5 Enlarger Stations
• 1 8×10 enlarger
• 2 sinks

Advanced Black + White and Non-Silver Process Darkroom

• 8 4×5 Enlarger Stations
• 2 UV Exposure Stations that can accommodate up to 20”x30” work
• 1 Sink

5 Private Black + White Darkrooms

• 4×5 Condenser head enlarger in each room
• Processing sink in each room
• Private darkrooms are available 24 hours, 7 days a week

EQUIPMENT CHECKOUT

Equipment checkout is available to College of Fine Arts students currently enrolled in courses only. Students may check out equipment on an individual basis after they have been instructed in its proper use. Equipment available for checkout includes:

• Full Frame DSLRS
• APSC DSLRS
• Mirrorless Cameras
• Prime Lenses
• Professional Video Camcorders
• High End Audio Recorders
• Shotgun and Omnidirectional Microphones
• 35mm SLRs
• 120mm SLRs and Twin Lens Film Cameras (6×6,6×7,& 6×9)
• 4x5in Monorail & Field Cameras
• Green screens
• 3-way Pan Tilt and Fluid Drag Head Tripods
• Hot Light Kits
• Studio Strobes
• Professional grade light meters
• iPads and projectors for video display

SPECIALIZED DIGITAL PRINTING STATION

The Photography Division offers its students a variety of high end printing equipment including

• Eizo Monitors
• Epson 4900
• Epson 7890 set up for Black and White Prints / Digital Negative Production

*In addition, numerous scanning, printing and photo finishing/framing services are available at the Digital Print Studio including

• Two Epson Stylus Pro 9900 – 44″ wide printer
• Epson Stylus Pro 7900 – 24″ wide printer
• Two Epson Stylus Pro 4900 – 17″ wide printer
• Epson Scanners 11000xl – Film / Slides / Prints
• Epson Scanners 10000xl – Film / Slides / Prints
• Epson Scanner V750 Pro – Film / Slides / Prints
• Imacon 646 (virtual drum scanner) – Film
• Howtek Hi-Resolve 8000 Drum Scanner – Film

LIGHTING STUDIO

The Photography Division also has a large lighting studio that has a pipe grid overhead to accommodate a number of studio lighting setups. The studio contains 2 seamless backdrop setups for use with paper backdrops and 2 tabletop setups for use with paper backdrops.

VIDEO EDITING SUITES

The Photography Division also has two private advanced video editing suites featuring Mac Pro’s and Eizo Monitors that are available to students. Additional video editing stations are offered in the Computer Lab #103 (an OSCR lab in the School of Art), the Multi Media Zone at the U of A Library, as well as other OSCR computer labs around campus.