Back from Class

I am back from class.  The class I went was part of the American Photo Magazine Mentor series.   In this class you get a professional mentor as part of the class and the mentor works with you to understand composition and how to see better photos.  Less than two hours spent working out the ins and outs of your camera unless you do it 1 on 1 with the mentor (which the mentor is willing to do if he understands your camera type.

I learned three major areas

1.  Using Fill Flash Creatively – basically I learned to work the flash is such a way to ‘fill in’ the subject without overexposing the subject

2.  I spent some time working in manual mode at the recommendation of the mentor.  I now am shooting almost 100% manual mode.  This allows for more creative options how I want the picture to turn out rather than letting the camera set some of the options.

3.  We had a session on marketing your work.  The mentor gave out tips and the process that she used to perform a career change into photography.

All in all it was a good experience and it was worth the money to attend.  My workshop was 899$ for three days of learning.  In comparison, I’m going to SANS Security training in a few weeks and that is 2800$ for 4 days.

You can check out pictures from the mentor series below.