Even though I am blurry-eyed tired and still crusty from being drenched in sweat accumulated during today's photo shoot...I just had to share my work. People that don't really know me think that I have loads of confidence. The truth is far from that perception. In reality I am so hard on myself...as my instructor pointed out to me today. Of course I know this but is there any other way to be?
The answer is a little bit of both yes and no. Three day into my photography class and I am learning to relax a little bit. Walking around the house reciting shutter speeds and aperture settings out loud has helped. I imagine a situation and talk out the solution while folding laundry or washing dishes much to the amusement of my husband. As you might tell, I am a serious student but thankfully I have an instructor, Professor Dawn Gold who is helping me focus on having fun and loosing up a bit so I'm not over-stressing my pictures to death...and there has been a lot of dead ones believe me. I have gained a new appreciation for anyone who knows how to manually operate a DSLR camera (Digital Single Lens Reflex).
The course is two weeks long and every night my homework consists of submitting three photo's from a photo shoot that lasts an hour and some change. Not long enough for beginners but in this triple digit heat an hour is an eternity. Class began on Monday and we have a five page research paper due on Wednesday and a final on Friday. Ouch! Thankfully our final project isn't due until mid-September.
I am looking forward to next week's outings. So far we have toured our college campus, hiked behind Mountain View College, and visited the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery. Tomorrow we get a break from class but our assignment is to shoot a sunset. Tough! We are all praying for clouds (a rare treat in Texas).
Now I must call it a night. I have a very sweet husband who has generously gone to bed alone so that I could satisfy my artist's heart with one last word and a picture worth a thousand more. One benefit to learning how to be a photographer is acquiring an acute sense of gratitude for capturing the details that make life beautiful...like having a wonderful friend to share it all with!