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Show The Thuiuierbird Monday, Februaty 27, 1984 Pcujc 11 Photography lessons in observations of life foy V X A Jisd Laird Dale Dombrowski has a rapport with his intermediate photography class that few teachers seem to achieve. Dombrowski feels the students learn more with a discussion format. There is I a quiet, friendly give and take between I the instructor and the students. The class stresses creativity while following the artistic guidelines set by Dombrowski and the text, Photography and the Art of Seeing. I try to make them aware of the things around them. 1 push them and 1 make them achieve a litle more than they might think they are capable of achieving, said Dombrowski. 1 Dombrowski said most of the students are enthusiastic to build their skills in photography and cant really be classified as' dabblers. The class teaches students to look at I the familiar and common place and to photograph it in a new' perspective, i The class assignments are designed to stretch the student photographers and 1 give them new perspectives in photographic creativity. An example of I one such assignment required the students to photograph the campus Dombrow'skis I from the eyes of Corky, small dog which stands about seven inches from the ground. I Other black and white photography assignments included photographing f mood pictures, imagination, and the 1 students favorite fantasy. Dombrowski was a bit unsure about what to teach an intermediate class, but to draw upon nature and the outdoors. He likes to point out things in nature and to show his class a new 1 1 5 5v ss'. u.' . " .Ws w'' xv s cSv .Wx-w- ' sV.XCC'CKv.V.SXs '5c Student photographers create new dimensions in photography. Among the work of students in intermediate photography are photos by Mark Jones (above), Ed Milhausen (below) and Paul Ward (right). perspective. Edward Milhausen, one of Dombrowskis students, said, Its a class in visual awareness. It leans more toward psychology. Photography is an actual tangible thing w'hich incorporates both science and psychology. The lessons in observation can be applied everywhere in life with people and art, said Milhausen. Photography is a medium which describes life in pictures. The psychology behind the action and the mood presented are important. Dombrowski feels it is important for students to understand this. Dombrowski strives to make ins students aware of the art element m photography. It is also important that the students understand the medium and the techniques that are important to a good photograph. Dombrowski feels that most of his students become addicted to photography as they learn more and become involved. The basis for darkroom technique is to learn as you go. The students try to improve their technique and will experiment and try new things, said Dombrwski. Once they get involved and really like it, they get hooked on it, and its hard to keep them out of the darkroom, he continued. Mark Jones, an art student enrolled in the photography class, said that a lot of the composition techniques for photography he is learning from Dombrowski carry over to his art classes. Photography is just another artistic medium, explained Jones. According to Dombrowski, it is necessary to incorporate life into the course because photography is a process of recording life. |