One of my favourite parts of business is teaching photography workshops here in the beautiful South Burnett. My favourites are the one on one classes where I take one or two students out for 6 or 7 hours and we just shoot (well there's also a nice lunch at a local restaurant or winery but that's not why I do it... well, not always) :)
This week was one that I will remember as one of my most successful. My student was one who had taken one of my beginner workshops and I knew she had an eye and a passion but was struggling with a few things with her DSLR that she didn't quite feel comfortable with or understand. I sent her out to do the regular tests that I do and we worked out a few of the kinks.
We spent the rest of the morning working on understanding her camera better and just taking random photos of the peaceful BP dam on a cold winter's morning.
One of the reasons I love these workshops is because I have the time to indulge my own passion and get behind the camera for a bit while the student goes off to see what they can do armed with new knowledge and confidence. Because I have the time while they are shooting, I always find that my own skills improve just a bit as well.
After a couple of hours, we stopped for lunch, took a few more pictures of local flora and fauna and then headed back to my office to have a look at her pictures and have a play with some software.
This is where the best part of the day occurred. She was very worried that she was having trouble getting good clear shots of birds and that a lot of her pictures were coming out blurry. Imagine the delight in her face when we pulled up a few of her later pictures to discover that not only were they tack sharp and in perfect focus but they were absolutely beautiful shots!
Watching the pride on a person's face when they capture something in such an amazing way is incredibly rewarding!
I believe that if you have a passion and you share it with others that it grows within yourself as well and these workshops prove it to me time and time again. Photography is an art form and to be able to help someone grasp such a beautiful expression of the world around us is just simply amazing.
I really do love my job!
This week was one that I will remember as one of my most successful. My student was one who had taken one of my beginner workshops and I knew she had an eye and a passion but was struggling with a few things with her DSLR that she didn't quite feel comfortable with or understand. I sent her out to do the regular tests that I do and we worked out a few of the kinks.
We spent the rest of the morning working on understanding her camera better and just taking random photos of the peaceful BP dam on a cold winter's morning.
One of the reasons I love these workshops is because I have the time to indulge my own passion and get behind the camera for a bit while the student goes off to see what they can do armed with new knowledge and confidence. Because I have the time while they are shooting, I always find that my own skills improve just a bit as well.
After a couple of hours, we stopped for lunch, took a few more pictures of local flora and fauna and then headed back to my office to have a look at her pictures and have a play with some software.
This is where the best part of the day occurred. She was very worried that she was having trouble getting good clear shots of birds and that a lot of her pictures were coming out blurry. Imagine the delight in her face when we pulled up a few of her later pictures to discover that not only were they tack sharp and in perfect focus but they were absolutely beautiful shots!
Watching the pride on a person's face when they capture something in such an amazing way is incredibly rewarding!
I believe that if you have a passion and you share it with others that it grows within yourself as well and these workshops prove it to me time and time again. Photography is an art form and to be able to help someone grasp such a beautiful expression of the world around us is just simply amazing.
I really do love my job!