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Day 44 - Teaching
Day 44 - Teaching
Teaching is always something I have enjoyed doing. When I was doing Music full time, I used to take on students (usually from Middle School age) and teach them how to play their respected instruments of choice. It was a lot of fun and rewarding. Now that I am doing photography, I enjoy teaching people how to understand and take photographs.
When my friend Jackie came to me last week asking about photography, I couldn’t resist offering to help her out beyond the simple “What camera should I buy?” advice. She is one of those super creative people who has done vocal performance, cosmetology, painting, writing, drawing, and now is a Fashion Designer. She wants to take up photography so she can create her own vision with her designs. It’s just one of the many facets of Jackie. So I had her come over today and began teaching her photography from the beginning. It was a lot of fun and good for me having to describe how each thing works. You really realize how much you know or don’t know about something when you start teaching it. I also showed her my lighting kit and how to set everything up. She is hopefully going to be assisting me on upcoming shoots so she can learn as much as possible.
Interestingly enough, this photograph for today was when we were outside going over one of the lights and C-Stands. It wasn’t adding much to the exposure, but what I did learn is that she is very shy and doesn’t like being in front of cameras. In almost every frame I took, she would not look into the camera. It was as if the camera was going to steal part of her soul (haha). This is actually not the first time I have heard this from people who want to be photographers, or are already. Some people are just better behind the lens than in front.
Enjoy
-Steven
Taken with 5d Mark 2
Edited with LR3 Beta 2
Lighting: 540ez, Softlighter camera left and above
Copyright 2010
Steven Lynch Photography
All Rights Reserved
Day 44 - Teaching
Day 44 - Teaching
Teaching is always something I have enjoyed doing. When I was doing Music full time, I used to take on students (usually from Middle School age) and teach them how to play their respected instruments of choice. It was a lot of fun and rewarding. Now that I am doing photography, I enjoy teaching people how to understand and take photographs.
When my friend Jackie came to me last week asking about photography, I couldn’t resist offering to help her out beyond the simple “What camera should I buy?” advice. She is one of those super creative people who has done vocal performance, cosmetology, painting, writing, drawing, and now is a Fashion Designer. She wants to take up photography so she can create her own vision with her designs. It’s just one of the many facets of Jackie. So I had her come over today and began teaching her photography from the beginning. It was a lot of fun and good for me having to describe how each thing works. You really realize how much you know or don’t know about something when you start teaching it. I also showed her my lighting kit and how to set everything up. She is hopefully going to be assisting me on upcoming shoots so she can learn as much as possible.
Interestingly enough, this photograph for today was when we were outside going over one of the lights and C-Stands. It wasn’t adding much to the exposure, but what I did learn is that she is very shy and doesn’t like being in front of cameras. In almost every frame I took, she would not look into the camera. It was as if the camera was going to steal part of her soul (haha). This is actually not the first time I have heard this from people who want to be photographers, or are already. Some people are just better behind the lens than in front.
Enjoy
-Steven
Taken with 5d Mark 2
Edited with LR3 Beta 2
Lighting: 540ez, Softlighter camera left and above
Copyright 2010
Steven Lynch Photography
All Rights Reserved