That was a wonderful seminar on light! I learned so much. Like that everyone has an off day and to follow your gut...something I forget to do when I'm nervous. I must practice more with this camera so its more instinctual. I'm just not used to it yet. That will all come with time and clicks. A few of my class mates also strongly advised I shoot in RAW. I tried it for the first time today with Jenica and Ben. (Will blog on that tomorrow---so much fun---such a great couple!) and I'm now a true believer. It was 1000 time easier to go through and correct the light than it was with the Jpeg.
Anyway back to the Seminar. We learned about angles of light, reflecting, what to look for etc. To take our time and feel the moment. Something I need to work on. I'm too busy trying to catch the 'moments' that I think I'm missing, and missing the important ones. To slow down and let the light talk from the heart. And it's true, all of my best shots are all from the heart, moments that I felt more than saw, if that makes any sense. And to practice and even if you have no one to shoot, give yourself assignments and shoot and experiment and try to look at things from different perspectives!
They did a really cool thing with rope lights. We had two models to shoot all afternoon...fashion, bikinis, lingerie, outside, inside, climbing on statues. Great fun and experience. And an exercise to see how the light moved in different situations.
Then he went through a slide show of his work. OMG, freaking awesome! You should check him out if you get a chance. http://www.parishkohanim.com/
What can I say, it was an awesome course given by an inspiring photographer.
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