Photographic Technology's Annual "Thesis Night"

It's time for our Annual Thesis Night event, happening Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, beginning at 7:00 pm in the Shaw Theatre on NAIT's Main Campus. Come join us and view the results of our students' third semester project. Each student chooses a theme and illustrates their topic through the creation of 15 - 20 images on the theme. You can expect to see a wide variety of themes, and some amazing imagery. Please join us for this celebration.

2nd Years are treated to an afternoon at Lighttools

Our second year class was treated to an afternoon of product information and demonstration at Lighttools this past Wednesday. Both Stephen and Monty were great hosts showing us their lineup of product including; Soft Egg Crates, their line up of LR flash units and their newest Soft Egg Crate product called  "CU Focus". Monty also took a few moments to demonstrate the use of Soft Egg Crates and how they enhance conventional softboxes. Dwayne was kind enough to stand in as our model so that we could see the effects of these lighting options.

All those who attended came away with some new insight into Lighttools lighting options and their extensive lineup of LR flash units. Thanks Stephen and Monty for taking the time to meet with our second years.

PHT 350 Couple's Portrait Assignment

Continuing with the theme based assignments for PHT 350 the second year students have successfully handed in their “Couple’s Portrait” assignment. Interpretations for this assignment were left in the hands of the students however, the image captured had to be taken under available light conditions with no use of flash to supplement. The results, as expected, were varied but a couple of them came away with a very nice “Couples” portrait. Enjoy.

Diane Herron

Patrick Zubiri

Amanda Luethi

PHT 350 Portrait Class_Outdoor Portrait

Our second year students are presently taking a class titled PHT 350 –Portraiture. This class is designed to introduce them to the fundamentals of portrait photography and the various lighting techniques used. The class starts with the basics of lighting and progresses to include outdoor, couples, portable flash, low key and high key techniques. Their second assignment titled “Outdoor Portrait” resulted in some very strong imagery being handed in. Three of the students work is below for your viewing pleasure.

Leah Bignell

Dwayne Martineau

Desiree Abt

Annual NAIT Print Display & Sale

The students and staff of the Photographic Technology Program would like to invite everyone to our annual Print Display & Sale. Each year the first and second year students print and display their favourite photographs and offer them for sale to the public. This years event is a one day sale slated for November 30th starting at 9:00 AM. A portion of the sales proceeds are to be donated to the "Edmonton Food Bank". Hope to see you there.

Open House 2010 - - NAIT Photo Goes Back to the 80's

NAIT's Open House 2010 runs from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm on Friday, October 15 and from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 16th.

For the traditional "big shoot" theme this year, the Photographic Technology students took a trip back to the 80's and a visit to a high school dance. So if you can remember the big hair, leg warmers and high school cliques of the 80's (or want to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past . . . ) come and check out their display in the basement of H-wing photo studios. There will also be lots of images on display from recent times!

Prospective students will want to attend one of the "Info Sessions" planned for 11:00 am - Noon on each day in H005.

Congratulations to our graduating students!

NAIT Photographic Technology Graduate Showcase

Friday, April 23rd, 2010 / 2:30 – 5:00 pm

The graduating students of the Photographic Technology program will be showcasing their portfolios and photographic imagery at a Graduate Showcase event planned for Friday, April 23rd, from 2:30 – 5:00 pm in Room H005 of the NAIT Main Campus. We invite you to come and view the talent and work of our students.

CAPIC Assistant Workshop in NAIT Studios

Here Michele Ramberg (second from left) oversees the assembly of a lighting soft-box as she recruits students to participate in her demostration.

Darren Jacknisky of Bluefish Studios along with assistant Celena (centre) demonstrate how they go about setting up their equipment and getting the money shot. Michele Ramberg serves as the model.

This is a bit of a late entry but we'll go with it. On Saturday March 20th the Edmonton Chapter of CAPIC (The Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications) held their first Assistant Workshop. The venue was the Photographic Technology studios.

Among the presenters were a panel of six prominent local professional photographers including Curtis Trent, Curtis Comeau, Michele Ramberg, Chris Stambaugh, Nathanael Sapara and Darren Jacknisky. The panel members answered a number of student questions on assisting. Lunch was included and provided a good opportunity for students to mingle with the professionals.

After lunch came individual demonstrations by Michele, Chris and Darren along with his assistant, Celina. Chris talked to the students about wedding photography assisting and gave a good breakdown of what would be expected. Darren then presented with his full-time assistant Celina and they discussed and demonstrated how they would set up a shot. Michele was last but not least and recruited students to help her set up a shot for a magazine cover.

According to main organizer (and recent grad), Dorothy Carter, "It was a great turn out with 18 attendees!! I organized it for Edmonton with lots of help from Michele Ramberg, Brett Gilmour and Darren Jacknisky. For the Edmonton workshop we followed Calgary's outline for how the day would go. I'm just really pleased to see that CAPIC is growing and that we can offer a variety of events to the commercial community."

PHT 450 "One Light Portrait"

Students recently completed a “One Light” portrait assignment following the style of portrait photographer, Darton Drake, out of Chicago. They were to create a series of 5 or 6 portraits from a single session and present them in a collage form. The results were intriguing, with each student showing their own interpretation of the assignment. I hope that you enjoy viewing the ones presented below.

Nikita Gushue

Melissa Carriere

Zach Ayotte

Miriam Den Oudsten

Karmen Meyer

Jessica Loughlin

Jeanetter Janzen