RIT Photographic Sciences

12/16/2025

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04/08/2025

Each week we will be highlighting one of our Photo Science Seniors. This week we are highlighting Charlie Lerch.

I enjoyed the diversity of the Photographic Sciences program. When I came to RIT I had no idea what I wanted to do. Through the Photographic Sciences program, I discovered the wonderful world of imaging and all it had to offer. Through this program, I have worked with imaging systems of all kinds, from high-speed to film scanning to multispectral. I will be continuing my education with a master’s in Color Science this coming year. I am currently looking for an internship.

02/18/2025

Calling all Alumni and Friends of the Program! Students are branching out of the classroom to search for summer co-ops experiences; If you have a need for talented interns, let us know and we’ll connect you. Link in bio!!
https://forms.gle/mSq38SgFb2rxqmmFA

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01/27/2025

Check out these super cool timelapse videos made from still images in the Sci Photo 1 class last semester!

1. Branden Ensinger
2. Kate Magsaysay
3. Maverick Watson

06/21/2024

Our final SPAS Honors Show highlight, photographed by now alumni Leanna Herrick. This microphotograph is taken using a polarizing microscope with the addition of a quartz wedge!

04/26/2024

Mark your calendars! This Saturday, April 27th, don’t miss out on the Imagine RIT festival! Visit the Ron Francis Lab in Gannett 7B-2182 between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm to experience this year’s Photographic Science senior interactive capstone project: Thermal Threat Detector. The system uses 180-degree field of view thermal imaging system and is able to detect threats from a room away! See innovation in action!

10/24/2023

Happy microscopy Monday ! A student from the photomicrography course last spring, was just announced as an honorable mention in the Nikon small world competition!

Travis states: “This is a photo of sphagnum moss captured with an Olympus bx40 microscope set up for fluorescence. The sample is prepared on a slide with a cover slip, which trapped a few bubbles on the specimen. The camera used was a Canon EOS r5 on a copy stand above the scope in the high mag lab. The image is a focus stack of 25 images, stitched together with Helicon Focus. The objective magnification is 20x. There is little to no retouching besides the parameter adjustment for the focus stack.”

📸: Travis Wagner

10/20/2023

The image from the RIT carnival was by the 1st prize winner and Photo Arts Freshmen, marisa nielson

The image from the ¼ mile is by Braden Ensinger who is a freshmen in the Photo Sciences too

Don’t forget to submit your photos by November 3rd!

10/16/2023

Happy microscopy Monday!!
“Vitamin C River” shows the crystallization of vitamin C . This photo was featured in last springs 2023 SPAS Honors Show!

07/19/2023

What have you been up to this summer?

Last summer, Photo Science major Gabi Fatigati studied abroad in Italy. Check out a few of the many amazing pictures and places Gabi was able to capture while studying.

Tag us and share your summer adventures with us!