Outside of the Classroom; NPPA

Why I Get Involved with New Things by Ashley Crichton Hello everyone. This is Ashley Crichton writing again for RIT Photo! This week, I will be talking about National Press Photographers Association, or NPPA. The RIT chapter of NPPA part of a National Organization that is dedicated to promoting photojournalism and creating a community of […]

Faculty Profile: McGhee Professor Frank Cost Loves to Fly :)

A Quick Look Back at almost a Half of Century of Flying Model Airplanes by Frank Cost RIT Advertising Photography major Meghan Marin has been working on a project for Clay McBride’s class to make portraits of people holding objects that represent their deeply-rooted interests and passions. Meghan asked me whether I would be willing […]

From the Classroom: PHAP-416

the NYC AD Photo Class by David Turner This year’s 2018 RIT Ad Photo Trip took twenty students to New York City in October. Hosted by Clay Patrick McBride and David Turner, the class visited industry titans such as Rolling Stone, Harper’s Bazaar, Atlantic Records, and a host of inspiring and helpful advertising photography leaders. […]

A Student’s Point of View: the Gannett Hall Second Floor

Hello everyone, this is Ashley Crichton writing again for RIT Photo! This post will showcase the second floor of Gannett Hall. A big part of the second floor are faculty offices and the School’s main office. I love being able to simply walk into offices of so many talented and interesting professors. The second floor […]

From the Classroom: the Photographic Sciences Capstone Experience

Photo Sciences Capstone experiences are Application Oriented by Christye Sisson Greetings from the depths of the Fall semester at RIT! I’m Christye Sisson, program director of the Photographic Sciences at RIT Photo. We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving Break to take a little breather and spend time with friends, family and food. Our seniors […]

From the Classroom: FDTN 141

4D Class Projects range from documentaries and stop motion,  animation, and motion graphics by Kes Efstathiou Hello! My name is Kes.  I have been teaching 4D Design Foundations [ FDTN 141]  at RIT Photo for a few semesters. It has been an amazing experience. 4D Design is a foundations course in motion required by several […]

A Student’s Point of View: The 3rd Floor of Gannett Hall

Hello everyone, this is Ashley Crichton writing again for RIT Photo! As promised, this post will feature the facilities and resources a photo student can find on the 3rd floor of Gannett Hall. I spend a lot of my time editing files and figuring out my new ideas when hanging out on the 3rd floor. […]

RIT Photo Classes Are Not Always in a Classroom

Photojournalism Students Visit NYC  by Meredith Davenport Every year the juniors in the photojournalism program at RIT Photo take a trip to New York City. They visit many organizations and photographers during a very busy week. This was my first year leading the trip. I have – for years – watched the students’ enthusiasm when […]

Faculty Feature: Prof. Josh Thorson Breaks New Ground

Video Design for Oklahoma! at St. Ann’s Warehouse By Josh Thorson I just finished up a years-long project of designing video projections for a large production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, directed by Daniel Fish. We did a version of the show at Bard College for their SummerScape program in 2015, which was an immediate […]