Advanced Facilities—designed to enable new levels of learning NESOP provides more than 14,000 square feet of facilities se t in a vibrant and convenient Boston location. Our facilities offer extensive digital imaging classrooms and labs, traditional classrooms and darkrooms, private portrait studios and individual shooting bays, the Garner Center for Photographic Exhibitions and more. Equipment NESOP stocks professional photographic equipment—you learn using the same equipment currently used in the industry and equipment and software you’ll be using in your career. Among the wide range of industry-standard gear, we offer cameras ranging from 35mm to 8x10, computers outfitted to meet the demands of today’s imaging industry, specialized lighting and a full range of imaging equipment to accommodate students’ needs. Located in the main facility at 537 Commonwealth Avenue are individual shooting bays that are adjustable/expandable to allow for use in shooting product and tabletop assignments as well as portraits. In addition, students may reserve private portrait studios for their own portrait or fashion shooting sessions. NESOP students work with a variety of lighting and accessories for all applications—both commercial and fine art. Profoto, Photogenic, Bogen Manfrotto, Matthews, Chimera, Smith Victor, Lowell and Mole Richardson are among the many brands students may use and be exposed to during their education at NESOP. The main building also houses the school's stockroom, which is fully equipped with industry-standard, professional photographic equipment for student use. In addition, the main building contains private film processing rooms and three gang darkrooms. NESOP is proud of the fact that, along with updating its facilities and equipment to offer the newest imaging technologies, we also offer facilities for traditional silver, C-printing, historical and alternative processes. Media Support Lab The school’s Student Media Support Lab is located on the third floor of the main building, equipped with Apple computers and supporting peripherals for a variety of student uses. This lab exists to provide digital support—including Internet access, word processing, printing and access to many of the imaging softwares offered in our imaging labs and classrooms—to all students. All buildings on the NESOP campus are connected via Wi-Fi. The Student Media Support Lab houses NESOP’s learning resource system (library). This library is a resource center containing various photographic resources—including periodicals, photography books and individual study stations. Rare books and videos are kept in a secured location and access is offered to students upon written request. Digital Imaging Our digital imaging classrooms and labs (two digital classrooms, a digital lab and a scanning room), located at 650 Beacon Street, make up a fully color-managed facility, constantly updated with the latest in imaging software and technology. The lab is staffed at all times by lab technicians who are available to assist students as needed. Digital imaging classrooms and labs are outfitted with Apple computers, Eizo, Apple and Apple monitors, a campus-wide Wi-Fi connection and Epson printers. All machines in NESOP’s digital imaging classrooms and labs are equipped with the most current version(s) of a variety of imaging software programs including Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, Final Cut, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Photo Mechanic. The scanning room has multiple workstations to accommodate all film formats and print scanning. Scanning equipment includes Nikon and Epson film and flatbed scanners. In addition, students have access to specialty equipment such as an Epson large format printer. Each classroom in NESOP’s digital imaging facility contains an instructor station with a digital projector and audio system. The classrooms and labs are set up for printing using color correct viewing stations and lighting.
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