Minor Schedule Adjustment for Thanksgiving Week

All-

I've made an adjustment to the posted photo lab schedule for Fall 2010. The change applies only to one day: Wednesday, November 24th-- the day before Thanksgiving. The term calendar indicates that there will be no classes this day, so I've adjusted the checkout calendar to reflect that the photo labs will be closed on that date. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the updated schedule, they are available at Photo Checkout, or can be downloaded from here (PDF).

One other caveat about the schedule relating to December... whichever evening the Senior Photo show is scheduled, photo checkout and the labs will be closing at 5pm. Details will be posted as the event solidifies.

Photo Checkout Workers Fall 2010

Students--

Photo checkout is taking applications for Fall 2010 photo checkout workers. To qualify, you must be an enrolled student taking 6 or more credits for the semester(s) in which you will be working. There are three options for working at photo checkout: you may work as a student worker, as a work study (for those of you who are awarded work-study from Financial Aid), or for credit (via MTA 333-- this can be a good way to build upper division credits for graduation).

To pick up an application, either stop by photo checkout, or download one at this location (PDF link).

Some of you have already filled out applications earlier this year, and I still have those on file, but feel free to stop by and reaffirm your interest, and to provide an up-to-date(ish) schedule for next semester to indicate your approximate availability. If you have any questions, please stop by photo checkout and ask me about the positions.

Also, don't forget to move out of your lockers for the summer. If a graduating senior has indicated that you can have their locker when they leave, make him or her come to checkout with you and tell me about it! To date, no one has made a "bequeathal" of a locker yet, so if you are expecting to inherit a choice location, make sure the arrangement is formalized and documented by photo checkout!

--Charlie

Important Building Access Announcement

Current students-

A Cat Card reader has been installed on one of the entrances to the VCB building: the upper-level entrance facing Grant street, near the main entrance to the Black Box Theater. Because of this, the building will now be "locked" on weekends and after 5 pm. Fear not, however, you should retain access to the building during the hours in which photo checkout is open. Should you arrive at the building and find your usual entrance securely locked, try using the Cat Card entrance to see if it yields passage to you. I am told that it should allow any current photo student to access the building, but my recommendation is that you test it, ideally on an evening or day which is not the evening or day before an assignment is due. During the week from 8 am to 5 pm may not be the best time to test your card's usability, since the doors will be unlocked regardless of the whether your card works or not, and you may get a "false positive" from the test. If your card doesn't give you access, see Colette in Film Checkout, who is our in-building contact for managing the implementation of this new lock system.

In summary, if you can't get into the building on Tuesday evening for Senior, or Saturday afternoon, try the Grant street entrance. Photo checkout is not changing the operating hours of checkout or the labs, but the times during which the exterior doors of the building will be locked and unlocked will be changing a bit.

- Charlie

Color Management coming to Blurb

According to the Photography Blog Exposure Compensation, Blurb will be introducing color management called B3 to resolve problems with inconsistent printing.

See the Exposure Compensation Post here. See Blurb's info page where you can sign-up to be notified when their service is publicly released.