July 13th – July 18
For Students Entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2026
10AM-4PM (Monday-Saturday).
Participants build their own pinhole cameras, learn how to evaluate lighting and
exposure time, explore ideas of visual composition, what makes a “good photo,” and
learn how to use the chemistry of the black & white photographic process to develop
their own photographs in the darkroom on site at the Georgetown Steam Plant.
In contrast to remote-learning, digital and virtual experiences, this will be a hands-on
analog learning experience; each student producing a physical portfolio of their
photographic work.
The Georgetown Steam Plant visually inspires students with its photogenic, industrial-
age architecture and design which truly represent the original “steampunk,” all in
support of education, art, and science learning. Students will explore the Georgetown
Steam Plant as a scientific, technologic, historic, and creative space.
Instructors: Eric Muhs and Dan Pickard are former Seattle Public Schools science
teachers with nearly 50 years of science teaching and pinhole photography instruction
between them.
For cost, dates, prices, to sign-up, and to learn more use the link below.