David J Brooks wrote: > Hi gang. > > Well last night was the first of 5 lighting/portrait classes in > Barrie. Long day as i was in the field until 5:30 then a made dash to > the school. Took a while to find everything, but we did. > > As i walked in to the class room, one gent in the class was raving > about his new digital camera, must be a Nikon shooter, says i.LOL > > Nope, he has the K10D and kit lens, so i whipped out mine, camera that > is, and we bonded. I feel so good now.:-) > > Teacher is not the regular instructor for the class. Great i think, a > Physics prof teaching me photography. > > Wrong. She also teaches the night classes for Wedding and Children's > portraits. > > Bonus, says I. Maybe this is worth the drive to Barrie, me thinks. > > Course outline was presented and a two hour talk about portraits, what > to look for, the "shapes" thingy.(how to set up the people to form, in > principle, diamond, triangle and eclipse.Not really sure how to > explain this yet, but it made sense in the examples) > > She asked us what we wanted from the course, and i mentioned more > experience with not only on baord flash, but how to light and expose > for studio stuff. I mentioned about the possible pet work in stores. > She used to do that before just going to people portraits, so she will > add that to the class, and will bring in a bunch of tips for me. > > Sounds like a real nigh class. Learn what you want, not what the > school says you need to:-) > > Looking foreard to next week, She is bringing her lighting in and we > get to play. > > Sorry for the OT and ramble.Thansk for listening and support > > Dave > > Sounds fun, Dave. But I wouldn't call it OT. :) I'm assuming you're going to post pics taken in class eventually?
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