LightFactory Films

Intro to Digital SLR Photo Class

admin — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:18:26 +0000

Master aperture, shutter speed, exposure, metering, electronic flash, and white balance for color corrections and creative effects. We will introduce you to basic compositional principles that will push your images to the next level, making them more professional and interesting.

Give Light Factory Gift Certificates!

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:14:44 +0000

Give Light Factory gift certificates this year! These make the perfect gift for the photography lover or amateur filmmaker. Certificates can be purchased at various levels and redeemed for photography and filmmaking classes like Intro to DSLR Photography or Filmmaking Basics.

Sunday Afternoon Salon

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:17:29 +0000

Join Chief Curator Dennis Kiel and other members of The Light Factory for the monthly Sunday Afternoon Salon, the third Sunday of every month.

The Sunday Afternoon Salon is a fun afternoon filled with great photography, stimulating conversation, and friendly people

The Light Factory

admin — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:37:26 +0000

The Light Factory’s mission is to promote the power of image, in Charlotte and beyond, by informing, challenging, and stimulating audiences through photography, film, and other light-based media to see their world through a different lens.

Learn more about The Light Factory, the Southeast’s only museum for photography and film.

Grease (1978)

admin — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:51:20 +0000

In between flashily choreographed musical numbers, the film chronicles the romantic entanglements of a group of high school seniors, starting with a summer fling between greaser Danny (John Travolta) and good girl Sandy (Olivia Newton-John).

Cult Movie Mondays

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:40:34 +0000

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In My Own Time

admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:02:52 +0000

The photographs of Lauren Doran and Amy Herman present an exaggerated view into each artist’s intimate relationships, examining how these personal connections inform their identity, while simultaneously questioning how this individuality fluctuates throughout the passage of time.

Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6 to 9pm

Filmmaking Classes

admin — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:20:02 +0000

THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985)

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:06:18 +0000

In this seminal 1980s Brat Pack film, the athlete (Emilio Estevez), the brain (Anthony Michael Hall), the criminal (Judd Nelson), the princess (Molly Ringwald) and the basket case (Ally Sheedy) break through the social barriers of high school during Saturday detention.

Pink Flamingos

admin — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:00:20 +0000

With the title of “Filthiest Person Alive” at stake, Babs Johnson, her degenerate son and dim-bulb mother face stiff competition from the vile Marble clan in an unbridled assault on every taboo in the book.