Me with my Canon 7D
I bought my first DSLR about 3 years ago. I hardly ever used it, and
when I wanted to give my DSLR another shot I realized that it was time
to upgrade. I bought the Canon 7D as a
Christmas present for myself in December 2009. I was overwhelmed by
it, and decided I really needed to take a photography class. I needed to go beyond Automatic settings.
My Photography Instructor
I found a
class through craigslist offering one day photography classes. Granted, you cannot learn photography in a day, and you likely can't learn it in a year either, but it was a path in the right direction so I went for it. Our class was held outdoors in Coronado Island with the San Diego backdrop as our classroom. The class I had initially signed up for had been rained out, so I was pleased to enjoy my class with sunny bright blue skies overhead.
My Photography Class
My class consisted of mostly males, and most of us had little to no
experience with DSLR's. Three men had experiences with SLR cameras but
not Digital SLR cameras. We became each others models, constantly posing for each other in the most awkward of situations.
We learned so much information in such a short amount of time. Besides learning about aperture, shutter speed, white balance, exposure, and ISO, we also learned how to frame a photo, how to properly hold a camera, and taking photos using flash, tripods and even flash umbrellas. In my personal opinion my photos dramatically improved after this course, and I haven't used the automatic setting since. :)
Date Accomplished: February 15th, 2010
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