RITphoto Students Continue to Excel

A big congrats to #ritphoto student Elkin Jaramillo for winning the 2017 PDN.EDU’s Student Photo Contest Grand Prize for Multimedia/Video. Elkin’s video “Philip Jamison Pianos” was created in the second year 4D Design class. More of Elkin’s work can be seen on Instagram and website Also a big shout out to Sol Ji Park for […]

Kodak #RITPhoto Partners on New Adventure

3/21/17 KODAK shows the SUPER 8mm camera at Rochester Institute of Technology Written by Clay Patrick McBride Today at RITphoto, we had great visit from the Kodak team of Holger C. Schwaerzel, Rich Tavtigian and Laura Zigarowicz. They introduced some of the faculty and staff to the new Kodak Super 8mm camera.  Everyone had  a […]

News from the Cage RITphoto to evaluate Canon printer

Canon Pro-4000 printer trial by David Walter The School of Photographic Arts and Sciences has just received a Canon Pro-4000 printer for evaluation. Staff, students and faculty have been asked to put the device thru its paces, using a variety of testing environments. If in the area, please stop by the School’s Imaging Systems Lab, […]

From the #RITphoto Cage

by David Walter, RITphoto Facilities manager Tamron Brand new to the School’s cage are Tamron Lenses! Tamron, a longstanding leader in photographic optics has just partnered with RIT, building on their educational program. They have offered student pricing and have placed lenses in the Cage for checkout.  What a great way for students to try […]

From the Classroom: High Speed Ballistics Photography at RIT

Written By Ted Kinsman Photographic Sciences email Ted This picture records a .22 caliber bullet moving at 1,200 feet per second as it travels through an apple in the classic high-speed picture.  Photograph by Nasser Albahri. The high-speed imaging class, offered by the photographic sciences department, has a long standing tradition of photographing bullets in […]

RITphoto PJ students collaborate with Rochester PBS station

Submitted by Meredith Davenport For the past month, RIT photojournalism students have been collaborating with the Rochester Public Television and Radio station WXXI to produce stories related to the Station’s coverage of the elections. It has been an enormous effort by both the students and the photojournalism faculty. The students were organized into teams that […]

From the Classroom – Nature and Natural Science Photography

RITphoto teaches more than 150 various classes during a normal academic year. These courses include traditional subjects and sometimes highly specialized classes such as e-sensitometry or photomicrography. In the fall one of the special classes is Nature and Natural Science Photography taught by Don Cochran. This class explores the natural world using an eye towards […]

RITphoto is Distinctive because of its Faculty

When visitors come to RIT and the the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences they often inquire what differentiates RIT from the ther schools they are visiting. Prospective students visit from all around the globe and sometimes they are very familiar with RIT and other times not so much. There are a number of things […]