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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSinclair staff wants students to be able to transition from being in a photography class to working as professional artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA lot of students have told me that they were glad that the professional aspect was taught to them at Sinclair because they really didn\u2019t get that in their other programs,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The number of photo classes Sinclair offers has been impacted by COVID since many of them require face-to-face courses. For about a year, Dr. Joslin couldn\u2019t teach any in-person classes. Starting last January, she was able to bring a smaller number of students back into the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The photo certificate offers Black and White Darkroom Photography 1 and 2, Non-Silver Photography, Studio Photography, Digital Color Photography, and Computer Photography, as well as supporting courses of history of photography, and Portfolio Development for people who are completing their certificate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur focus really is very much about the photographic process and really keeping darkroom photography alive and well,\u201d Dr. Joslin said. \u201cMany schools have let that go by the wayside in favor of digital.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can be difficult to keep a photo lab running. The equipment and chemistry are expensive and need to be maintained. It was only because Dr. Joslin had been trained by Professor Jurus that they were able to keep the darkroom open at Sinclair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople retire, they hire new people and they either don\u2019t have the background in the darkroom-based processes, or they just don\u2019t want to deal with it,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a photographer, artist, and teacher, Dr. Joslin sees a lot of value in learning darkroom processes. It can allow someone to expand their creativity and explore all of the methods and techniques film photography has to offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think there is something to that process of black and white, where you really are creating something and you have to develop that film yourself,\u201d she said. \u201cSo the quality of what you get is totally reliant on your ability to load the film on that reel and get it through the developing process. Then once that is complete, you have your negatives going into the darkroom.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sinclair has four photo teachers; Professor Jurus, Greg Holston, and Professor Kevin Harris, and Dr. Joslin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been blessed at Sinclair to have faculty who really care in all of the subjects,\u201d she said. \u201cI love being the chair of the department and meeting with the faculty on a regular basis and really just getting their passion for the disciplines that they teach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n COVID is still preventing their ability to teach some things they used to, such as using a large format view camera. There is only one and students aren\u2019t able to share due to social distancing. The darkroom is very close quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo it\u2019s just been really different trying to come up with ways to give students the experience but also keep everybody safe,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have to clean all the equipment in between classes. Our equipment tech, thank goodness, has been really great about coming in and sanitizing, so in addition to what the college is doing, we want to have all the equipment really clean.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Jurus also created a lot of educational content for the new format of classes, which the students found very helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no doubt that Sinclair offers top-notch photography education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI know just from my own daughter\u2019s experiences at Ohio University, which were very positive, she said she always felt so proud because even though she was coming from a community college setting, she said I was always incredibly prepared for every class that I got into as I was moving through to finish my bachelor\u2019s degree,\u201d Dr. Joslin said. \u201cShe said \u2018never once did I feel like I missed anything. In fact, I was always ahead of the curve.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Joslin said that \u201cProfessor Jurus always says: \u2018we want Sinclair to be the last darkroom standing,\u2019 so that is the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sinclair students will surely be able to enjoy the darkroom for years to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rachel Rosen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Reporter\/Social Media Coordinator<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the many certificates Sinclair offers is the Photographic Technology certificate, a 29 credit hour program that includes a variety of photography classes. 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