If you're going to take a holography workshop, you might as well take it with the author of the #1 selling holography book!
2008 is my 25th year of providing personalized holography instruction in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It would be my pleasure to provide you with the very best in private, personalized holography instruction and mentoring.
My workshops are dedicated to accurately preserving the heritage and traditional craft of holography.
I'm close to Philadelphia (1 hour), New York (1.5 hours), Baltimore (2.5 hours), Washington D.C. (3 hours), Wilkes-Barre (1 hour), Scranton (1.5 hours), Lancaster (1.5 hours), Reading (1 hour) . . . all within a distance that can make a great day trip.
I work with each student/participant to provide the date and time most convenient to them for any workshop listed below. Your choice of weekdays (morning, afternoon or evenings), or Saturdays (morning or afternoon). Just let me know what dates work best for you -- and I'll check them against my own schedule. My open schedule allows me to book on short notice, so if you see something you like, let me know! Phone is: 610-770-0341.
I can also provide historically-correct period equipment, publications and holograms from the early days of holography. Great for any documentary, motion picture, or theatre production that wishes to be accurate in its time-period representation of the field.
You will achieve amazing dimension and detail with your workshop hologram!
Heritage Holography Workshop for Adults
Length: approx. 5 hours
Cost: $250.00
$20 Materials
Who: Adult Beginners
When: By Appointment
In this new HERITAGE workshop series (new for Fall 2008/Winter 2009), you will walk the path of the first holograms ever made. You will learn, and work with, the exact same set-up as Emmett Leith and Juris Upatnicks used for their very first laser transmission holograms. Or, as they put it in their landmark 1965 Scientific American article: "wave front reconstruction photography". From start to finish, this will be an experience of living history.
We'll begin by working in the laser lab and setting up the isolation table for our hologram. You'll work with the laser, lenses, spatial filters, beamsplitters, and more. You'll learn how to insure that your finished hologram can be the best that it can be by adjusting beam ratios, and protecting against environmental air currents. You will determine your proper exposure time, then allow the entire system to settle before returning to the lab and making your exposure.
Next, its off to the darkroom with your newly exposed hologram to perform your processing before viewing your final hologram in laser light once again.
No prior experience with holography is necessary, and I will personally work with you throughout the entire process. The creation of one 4 x 5-inch, split-beam, laser transmission hologram on a professional, glass holographic plate is included. These holograms can be illuminated with the use of an inexpensive laser pointer to reveal breathtaking 3-dimensional images.
This will be the ONLY adult workshop that I will offer for the Fall 2008 and Winter 2009 workshop season, as I am moving in the direction of keeping the history of holography alive, rather than focusing on the latest innovations.
Phone is: 610-770-0341. My Email address is:
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COST: $250 plus $20 materials fee
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Middle or High School Student Holography Workshop
Length: approx. 1.5 hours
Cost:
$20 Materials
Who: Students
When: By Appointment
A great learning experience.
If your child has chosen, or has been assigned, a science fair project to make a hologram, this workshop is for them (and, indirectly, you too!). Rather than obtaining and assembling all the materials needed to make a hologram, I will have everything you need in the laser lab ready and waiting for your arrival. Working together, we will go through the process from start to finish: setting up the holography optical table, making the exposure, and hand-processing the hologram. A high-quality, 4 x 5-inch hologram is included (compared to most "kits" that make only small, 2-inch holograms). This has been my most popular class for students for 25 years -- and it is truly, to this day (and especially today), a most incredible bargain! Just $99 and the standard $20 materials fee. Bring a camera and record the process for your science display or presentation. This price is for middle and high school students only please -- for making one hologram of a single object. Phone is: 610-770-0341. My Email address is:
Holography Workshop Programs for Schools
Length: Customized Program
Cost: Varies
Who: Middle, High-Schools / Colleges
From one day to one week, I can design a customized holography program for your school or organization, then come in and work with both educators (train the trainer) and/or students (making holograms). I can supply everything that's needed, and also help to get your program up and running on its own.
Does your school already make holograms? Contact me about bringing a professional laser system to make large-format display holograms with your students. These larger holograms (8 x 10 and above) provide the necessary visual impact that can take your program to a new level -- and bring results from administrators and outside funding sources.
For an example of one of my educational holography programs, please visit HERE
Phone is: 610-770-0341. My Email address is:
Holography Exhibits
Length: Varies
Cost: Varies
Who: Museums & Galleries
Host an exhibit of holography at your museum or gallery. I have an entire web site devoted to my traveling exhibit at www.holographyexhibits.com. Or, if you prefer, please contact me via phone or email at:
Phone is: 610-770-0341. My Email address is:
Group & Organization Presentations
Length: 30 min. to 1 hour
Cost: Honorarium
Who: Scouts, Clubs, Professional Organizations, Luncheons, Dinners, Awards Banquets, etc.
I will travel to your group or organization and provide a laser & holography presentation. Great for lunches (lunch & learn), dinners, or a general meeting. I bring examples of lasers and several great holograms for the group to view, along with a powerpoint presentation. Educational, entertaining, and always remembered -- but times and dates are naturally, limited. Eastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, Baltimore and all surrounding areas. Day or evening. Phone is: 610-770-0341. My Email address is:
Custom Holograms
Cost: $250.00
(4 x 5)
Total, includes postage.
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I can create one-of-a-kind, customized 3-D laser hologram just for you. These holograms are on professional glass plates, not inexpensive, flimsy film. Each is hand-crafted exclusively by myself in my own, private laser & holography studio. Call or write today. Phone is: 610-770-0341. My Email address is:
I have been providing presentations, workshops and outreach programs from my studio/lab in Allentown, Pennsylvania since 1983. The studio is a quick, non-stop drive from the New York (via I78), Philadelphia (via PA Turnpike), Baltimore and Washington D.C. (via I95 / PA Turnpike) areas. I am an elected member of Sigma-Pi-Sigma; the National Physics Honor Society; American Institute of Physics; for my work in laser and holography educational programs.
I have also provided laser & holography educational programs for The Franklin Institute, Phila; Liberty Science Center, NJ; The Discovery Center of Science and Technology, PA; Lehigh University Physics Dept.; Lehigh-Carbon Community College; Northampton Community College; Georgian Court University Physics Dept.; The Smithsonian Institute, Wash. D.C. (Hirshhorn), the Urban Systemic Initiative (NSF); and many elementary, middle and high schools throughout the northeast region -- along with several National Science Foundation-funded programs in other areas of the U.S.
Offer my students the finest, personalized holography learning experience. To operate my studio in a manner that enhances the lives of the students and the local community. Operate responsibly with resources, and with good environmental practices. Create great holograms with the same equipment, and in an environment, that would be found by students, educators, amateurs & hobbyists.
Frank DeFreitas Holography
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Phone: 610-770-0341
A great learning experience.
