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Mind *POOF*!
I went in to the uni to finish the second to last box of slides and scan the last box, which I did. And there's this one box of the burned-out warehouse in Monterrey that's AWESOME! I sadly confirmed that the Nikon scanner was dead and used the Minolta, which has problems of its own. Plus, the Minolta doesn't have noise reduction, so all of the crud that's accumulated on the surface and emulsion is there in all its glory: the Nikon eliminated most, if not all, of the dirt from the scan.
I REALLY liked the Nikon!
I'm not completely done: I've got some miscellaneous stuff left to scan, but the important stuff is done. And if the Nikon gets repaired, I'll rescan everything! I did figure out how to get the Minolta to scan to DNGs instead of just TIFFs, but that's really kind of trivial when you get down to it.
Anyway, I finished up, packed up, shut down the equipment, and located and was saying goodbye to the instructor. We chat a bit, and out of the blue he asks if I'd be interested in teaching the online Introduction to Photography course! Does the Pope live in the woods?!
Apparently my former instructor, Sara, who retired from formal classroom instruction a couple of years ago but started teaching a couple of online classes including the Photo 101 class, decided she wanted to do some stuff of her own. I don't know if she's leaving NMSU entirely or what. I'm not remotely qualified to teach Art History as I don't have an MFA, nor would I want to, but with 4 decades of experience in photography, and having taught two different subjects in computers before, I think I could handle doing a Photo 101 class and could have a lot of fun doing it!
It wouldn't pay much, in fact if you divide the hours required by the actual pay you'll probably make less than minimum wage, but it would make for a cool entry on my resume. It would make for a very busy 2019: I'm two classes shy of completing a certificate in library science, not remotely near an MLS, but as the program has been cancelled I've got to complete it soon. If I'm offered the teaching job, there's training that I'll have to complete for it and I have no idea when it starts: normal semester starts I think around the 13th of January or so, and I'll be doing my annual NIH trip to DC then. I'm also curious if it would establish any NMSU retirement credits, it would definitely increase my Social Security and might give me some NMSU education benefits. I currently get 6 credit hours per semester free from my wife's employee benefits.
But I think I would really enjoy doing it. I love photography and I enjoy proselytizing subjects that I enjoy and that people genuinely want to learn about. This could be a lot of fun.
IF it happens.
WHEEEE!
I went in to the uni to finish the second to last box of slides and scan the last box, which I did. And there's this one box of the burned-out warehouse in Monterrey that's AWESOME! I sadly confirmed that the Nikon scanner was dead and used the Minolta, which has problems of its own. Plus, the Minolta doesn't have noise reduction, so all of the crud that's accumulated on the surface and emulsion is there in all its glory: the Nikon eliminated most, if not all, of the dirt from the scan.
I REALLY liked the Nikon!
I'm not completely done: I've got some miscellaneous stuff left to scan, but the important stuff is done. And if the Nikon gets repaired, I'll rescan everything! I did figure out how to get the Minolta to scan to DNGs instead of just TIFFs, but that's really kind of trivial when you get down to it.
Anyway, I finished up, packed up, shut down the equipment, and located and was saying goodbye to the instructor. We chat a bit, and out of the blue he asks if I'd be interested in teaching the online Introduction to Photography course! Does the Pope live in the woods?!
Apparently my former instructor, Sara, who retired from formal classroom instruction a couple of years ago but started teaching a couple of online classes including the Photo 101 class, decided she wanted to do some stuff of her own. I don't know if she's leaving NMSU entirely or what. I'm not remotely qualified to teach Art History as I don't have an MFA, nor would I want to, but with 4 decades of experience in photography, and having taught two different subjects in computers before, I think I could handle doing a Photo 101 class and could have a lot of fun doing it!
It wouldn't pay much, in fact if you divide the hours required by the actual pay you'll probably make less than minimum wage, but it would make for a cool entry on my resume. It would make for a very busy 2019: I'm two classes shy of completing a certificate in library science, not remotely near an MLS, but as the program has been cancelled I've got to complete it soon. If I'm offered the teaching job, there's training that I'll have to complete for it and I have no idea when it starts: normal semester starts I think around the 13th of January or so, and I'll be doing my annual NIH trip to DC then. I'm also curious if it would establish any NMSU retirement credits, it would definitely increase my Social Security and might give me some NMSU education benefits. I currently get 6 credit hours per semester free from my wife's employee benefits.
But I think I would really enjoy doing it. I love photography and I enjoy proselytizing subjects that I enjoy and that people genuinely want to learn about. This could be a lot of fun.
IF it happens.
WHEEEE!
