The Cannon Reading Room
Arsht Hall, Wilmington Campus
University of Delaware
Presents
"Fun Fotografy" by Karl Leck
August 2025
Arsht Hall, Wilmington Campus
University of Delaware
Presents
"Fun Fotografy" by Karl Leck
August 2025
Fun Fotografy
By Karl Leck
Photography has been a big part of my life for 70 years. During the Covid catastrophe I tried to stay sane by finding interesting subjects and methods for photography at home. I discovered many ways to make interesting images with equipment I had or could readily obtain. Curiosity led to a lot of fun trying to use colored lights, polarizing filters, plastic items, water, oil, super close-up lenses, camera movement, flatbed scanner and specialty infrared and panorama cameras.
I have seen many photographers lose interest after years of narrowly concentrating on landscape, portrait, bird, animal or flower photography. Most of the photography I am doing now at home is very different. Sharing these unusual methods with my friends helps to rekindle passion for photography in all of us. I assembled these techniques into a Fun Photography workshop for OLLI Wilmington in spring 2025. The workshop was updated and is offered again this semester. I provide a lot of the materials and my equipment for hands-on work. Students are encouraged to try these unusual techniques in class and work together to make fascinating images.
This exhibit of pigment giclee prints that I call Fun Fotografy, represents the photographic techniques I use in the Fun Photography workshop.