Presents some inventive darkroom techniques which can lead students to new interests in designing creative images. These techniques include easel manipulation, image blending, paper negatives, vignette, vaseline smear, cut strip, flop negative, or combinations of these. Each technique is illustrated by a student photograph. (Author/SJL)

The author suggests handbuilt slides as an art project for elementary or secondary students. Instructions are given for making slides with found objects, smoke, and magazine lifts. The article is illustrated with several examples of this technique. (SJL)

Discusses a variety of topics, including the need for the student newspaper staff to stay in touch with readers, ways of changing the format of student publications from year to year, the use of boxed items in newspapers, problems in obtaining information for news stories, and ideas for photojournalism. (GT)

Describes the use of student-made photomicrographs as a source of student motivation and as a means for review of laboratory exercises in an introductory microbiology course. Includes an evaluation of this teaching method. (Author/MA)

Touches upon an area where photography plays an integral role, its relationship to fine art. Demonstrates how photography can be creative, how the camera can be used to capture and record subject matter for the visual artist, and how photography can be used as a teaching tool. (Author/RK)

Poetry without pain. Ease your students into creative expression with photography. (Editor)

Suggestions for learning to take photos that bring faculty members to life and reveal as much as possible about what the subject is really like, include: establish rapport, keep eyes open, do homework, strike the right pose, pick the perfect setting, shoot plenty of film, and go to class. (MLW)

Graphic design expert Jan White presents five principles to make alumni magazines more dynamic and more relevant to readers: (1) reach the reader; (2) write better captions; (3) pack photographs with power; (4) keep the design consistent; and (5) effectively integrate visual material and text. (MDM)

Photographs illustrate several principles of physics which can be observed in everyday situations. (CP)

The technique of using toy cameras for both black-and-white and color photography in the art class is described. The author suggests that expensive equipment can limit the growth of a beginning photographer by emphasizing technique and equipment instead of in-depth experience with composition fundamentals and ideas. (KC)

Describes how faculty-produced 35 mm slides can be used to enhance student interest in political science in undergraduate college level courses. Emphasis is placed on copying existing photos and on fieldwork where political events are photographed. Information is presented on copyright law, photographic equipment, and slide program technique.…

Described are various methods for producing black and white photographs of microscope slides using single lens reflex, fixed lens, and plate cameras. Procedures for illumination, film processing, mounting, and projection are also discussed. A table of comparative film speeds is included. (CS)

Maintains that photographs taken by children for children can serve to stimulate their creativity and verbal communication skills. (CM)