Cabrillo College Photo Lab

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Amazing Opportunity • Spring 2025

AP42 Alternative Photographic Process I
AP52 Alternative Photographic Processes II

Here is some of what we will do:
- Learn some of the OLDEST historical photo-processes.
- Expose images inside a paint can!
- Make GIANT negatives in the darkroom.
- Have fun printing out in the SUN!
- Use plant extracts to make photographs in beautiful colors!
- Experiment with darkroom papers and chemicals for amazing colors and effects.
Use our 5,000 square foot darkroom lab and digital lab in this course.
- Make blue or brown photos on unusual papers, fabric, wood and more!

Need to challenge the pre-req?
Please fill out the pre-req challenge form in e-forms in mycabrillo where you register for classes. Email us with questions about this.

Reach out to Beverly Rayner or Lesley Louden with any questions.
[email protected] & [email protected]

Both meet at the same time: 1:00 pm-4:05 pm Tuesdays & Thursdays: 2/03 - 5/31

To Register, go to this link.
This course, led by mixed media photographic artist Beverly Rayner, will lead you through a whole new world of possibilities in photography.

Imagine boosting your skills or adding a new certificate to your resume without paying a dime for tuition! Now you can with Noncredit classes at Cabrillo! This Fall, we’re offering over 6 tuition-free certificates in a wide range of exciting photography courses. Whether you're interested in digital photography, black and white film photography, studio lighting, multimedia storytelling, or Photoshop, we've got you covered. Our Noncredit classes and certificates are designed to make learning stress-free by focusing on skill-building rather than grades. Offered in various disciplines, these tuition-free classes are perfect for improving workforce skills and job training to enhance your employability. Plus, they are repeatable and graded on a pass/no-pass basis, making them ideal for continuing education and lifelong learning.  Don’t miss out! Check out our fall courses and register today—classes start on August 26! Open Seats: AP457 - Portrait Photography (MW 9am-12noon) AP406-L02 - Intro to Digital Photography (online course, starts Sept 23) Full: AP401 - Foundations of Photography - FULL AP406-01 - Intro to Digital Photography - FULL AP409A - Black and White Photography I - FULL AP409B - Black & White Photography II - FULL AP406 - Intro to Digital Photography - FULL AP426A - Visual Storytelling - FULL AP446A - Photoshop for Photography I - FULL

AP47 Lighting for Photography
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AP57 / 457 Portrait Photography (with studio lighting)
Instructor: Sandi Frank

No matter if you are a beginner in the studio or advanced, there are options to sign up to learn studio lighting for photography with Sandi Frank!
AP47 & AP57/457 will be offered concurrently in the lighting studio this fall.

Starts: Monday August 26th
Monday/Wednesdays: 9am-12noon

AP457 is a noncredit option, FREE, pass/no pass, repeatable!

Sign-up: cabrillo.edu

Let me know if you have any questions!

Photographs of Cabrillo’s Theater Art actors from sp24, Marie Antoinette by Cabrillo AP57 students:

Chela O’Brien
Matthew Zachary
Laurie Aiello
Ava Tobin

Food photography, product photography, and portrait photography … all require knowledge of light! Actually, all photography requires knowledge of light … and AP47 Lighting for Photography is being offered this fall, don’t miss your chance!
Stunning food images by Leslie Williams Von Flue .