Photography
GCC offers a wide range of photography courses suitable for students with varying degrees of expertise. The curriculum includes digital, studio, and darkroom-based aspects of the medium. Both a Certificate of Completion degree in Commercial Photography and an Associate Degree in Photography with both a Commercial or Fine Art track are offered through the school. Non-degree students wanting to expand their knowledge and foundation skills are also encouraged to enroll in the courses.
Photography Facilities
GCC's digital photography lab equipment includes:
- 27” Mac Studio Displays with Mac Minis
- Medium-format Epson P600 printers
- Large format Canon Pro2100 printer
- 5500K daylight-balanced digital lab
- Multi-bay Photography Studio
- Pro-Photo Strobe Kits - In Studio
- Norman/Dyna-lite Strobe Kits - For checkout
- LED continuous lighting kits - Studio and checkout
- Pocket Wizard wireless triggering systems
- CamRanger tethering system
- Portable battery power sources - For checkout
- Light modifiers including various soft boxes, umbrellas, lighting tents, snoots, barn doors
- Mamiya RZ67 with Leaf Digital Back
- Film Developing station designed for 35mm, medium and large format disciplines
- Print darkroom with both Omega and Beseler enlarging stations
- Color print darkroom with RA-4 procession system
- Mural Darkroom
- High-resolution film scanner for 35mm and medium format negatives
- Flatbed 4" x 5" film scanner
- Large Format Cameras - For checkout
- Medium Format Cameras - For checkout
- 35mm Cameras - For checkout
- Print Finishing area with matt cutters, dry-mount presses, and archival drying racks
- Fuji GFX100S Medium Format Camera Systems