week 2 photo school student

Well survived the first week of school and wow it was interesting to say the least. New teachers new classes and a lot more to learn. At least this quarter we start to get into the best part of the photography program. I started the lighting basics course where you really start to learn what light does and how it affects your pictures. The instructor we have was a corporate photographer for NIKE for 15 yrs and really knows his stuff on lighting so this is very exciting time for me. I look forward to this class each week. Definitely start to look at how light affects each object that you photograph and how that can be changed. Photography is light don't forget.The first two weeks was planning for and photographing the flat paintings downstairs. Doesn't seem real tough till you have to set your light to get true color and detail. 77 shutter accusations for 5 total pics. Less than some of the other groups too I think.  Also I am taking an image manipulation class which is a photoshop class. Then there is  Art History. Pretty sure I have never met a teacher that can spew more information in 2 and half hours in my life.. Wow she is quick with info but it is interesting so it helps. Interesting fact I didn't know was the rocks at Stonehenge weigh between 40-45 TONS! Some came from over 150 miles away. Amazing how all that happened. Fridays bring a class to me for the first time at this school and it is Photojournalism. This week is capturing the dramatic moment interesting concept and definitely a lot harder than one may think it is. Well not to much to say in this blog but next week in lighting is properly lighting two dimensional so it should be fun. It is going to be a steep learning curve but in all will help me make incredible improvements in my photography resulting in better pictures. Really now starting to see the benefit of taking the picture correctly the first time and not worrying about photoshop as it save time and ultimately will save money. Until next time keep clicking away!