tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post1496019341126807215..comments2023-12-25T03:12:03.872-05:00Comments on Hootsbuddy's Place: Wiley Sanderson, Pinhole Photography and MeHootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-39913153786324875502009-03-19T01:02:00.000-05:002009-03-19T01:02:00.000-05:00This is a grate post. Pinhole photography is lensl...This is a grate post. Pinhole photography is lensless photography. A tiny hole replaces the lens. Light passes through the hole; an image is formed in the camera. Pinhole optics, by the way, are not only used in photography. There is one animal in nature which uses a pinhole for seeing – the mollusk nautilus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-17628461202272857162008-07-29T13:05:00.000-05:002008-07-29T13:05:00.000-05:00Hoots,Neil Copeland here again. Just wanted to gi...Hoots,<BR/><BR/>Neil Copeland here again. Just wanted to give you an update... a GOOD one! I've been invited to Wiley Sanderson's 90th birthday celebration on August 17, 2008 in Athens, GA.<BR/><BR/>Just thought you might like to know and I wanted to pass along the good news.<BR/><BR/>Neil<BR/>neil@neilcopeland.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-84969986964991024542008-05-05T20:43:00.000-05:002008-05-05T20:43:00.000-05:00What a wonderful addition to this post! I'm not wo...What a wonderful addition to this post! I'm not working at the same place now and have lost contact with his daughter but perhaps via the Internet our paths will cross again. I'm sure she would enjoy reading about your experience.Hootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-79490915759800226412008-05-05T16:28:00.000-05:002008-05-05T16:28:00.000-05:00Hootsbuddy...Just ran across your blog while doing...Hootsbuddy...<BR/><BR/>Just ran across your blog while doing a search for Wiley Sanderson... you've snagged a former student of his!<BR/><BR/>I found this an interesting article and appreciate your posting it to a blog so it will show up quickly in a search. It was listed first on my search.<BR/><BR/>I first met Wiley Sanderson while studying journalism at Gainesville Junior College about 50 miles north of Athens. It was my second time around as a college student, the first time being an art student at the University of Geogia and not really studying as hard as I should, especially when there was a war going on in Vietnam and the draft still actively seeing lazy students. I wound up serving a few years in the Navy (and Vietnam), learning a valuable lesson in how important studying hard in college should be.<BR/><BR/>I had recently been given a 35mm camera in my media course ag GJC for some assignments and didn't know one end from the other, but got interested quickly. Since there was no photography course at the college at that time, I signed up for the night course at the Quinlan Art Center in Gainesville. Professor Sanderson was conducting occasional phototography classes there in addition to his duties at the University of Georgia. It was a basic introductory course and I found him to be fascinating. Sort of a quirky personality, but very involved in his profession. I discovered that there was a degree offered through the art school at UGA, so the stars aligned for me to sign up to return there in 1973.<BR/><BR/>It was then that I encountered his pinhole philosophy. He could be tough on people who thought photography was just a filler course and said that one of his goals was to weed out as many of the slackers as possible from his early classes so he would only have to deal with those who were serious about learning. It was tough, but he was fairminded and I managed to get through the early coursework. When we got into building (and decorating!) our pinhole cameras, I loved it. Lots of detail work and calculations... meticulous study... all before you could begin taking any photos. He ran a tight ship and your darkroom better stay spotlessly clean, or EVERYBODY would have to stay and scrub it up intil it was.<BR/><BR/>There were a few of us "older" students taking his course, a couple of military veterans like myself who were three or four years older than our fellow students and I think Mr. Sanderson liked working with us. I feel like I was a little closer to him than some of the others because I rented a house from his soon-to-be new wife, Mary Hammond, when I first moved back to Athens with my wife and baby son. It was supposed to just be for the summer while Mr. Sanderson and others studied in Cortona, Italy, but romance blossomed between them and we got to keep the house during the rest of our stay in Athens.<BR/><BR/>Studying under Professor Wiley Sanderson could be a very stressful venture if you didn't prepare yourself for your assignments. I loved the critique sessions with him and the other advanced students every week. He would give you a No BS evaluation of your work and you definitely learned fast and WELL under his tutelage... IF you could survive the early courses. <BR/><BR/>Like I said, he was tough, but he was fair and if you didn't learn your craft under him, it was your own fault. You didn't get a lot of slack if you were an advanced student, either. I had made the mistake in my senior year of trying to go for a double major, in Photographic Design and in Graphic Design, and wound up trying to do two Senior Portfolio courses at the same time. Even though the study time was open ended, you still had to perform your research and develop your coursework on time and to your major professor's approvals. I really wound up having to choose between the majors when my work came up short at the end of the course. Luckily for me, Mr. Sanderson allowed me an Incomplete grade and I got a do-over through the summer quarter. I dropped the Graphics major and stuck with the Photographic Design to finally earn my Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1975. I didn't graduate with my class, but I did learn another valuable lesson and passed my course with flying colors and a deep respect for Professor Sanderson for holding my feet to the fire. You've just got to admire the passion and dedication he has, not only for photography, but especially for his students, and for that I am eternally grateful.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen Mr. Sanderson in about three years (this is May 2008) and I heard he was in bad health a couple of years ago. I hope he is still alive and doing well for his age because I still love him for who he is and what he did for me as a student.<BR/><BR/>Neil Copeland<BR/>neil@neilcopeland.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-34633565980348264512006-12-17T15:32:00.000-05:002006-12-17T15:32:00.000-05:00I loved this piece and the one about grandmother.
...I loved this piece and the one about grandmother.<br /><br />Very fine blog!<br /><br />I'm going to get my friends to come and visit...<br /><br />Happy Hanukah!DirkStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798032040590840735noreply@blogger.com