Good evening
faithful followers, the lack of faithful followers and whoever happens to pass
by!
Firstly I haven’t
posted because I’m lazy…sorta. My last job had me by the proverbial nuts which
ended with me not posting, not sleeping, always eating and rocking myself in a
dark corner of any given room.
Guys I suffer
from a serious case of OCD and as you know I haven’t posted in like forever!
But I have been copiously writing in the last couple of months, just not
posting. So the compulsive in me tried
in vain to back date my posts. That did not happen. It clearly did not work. So
gentle readers I'm hoping to update aplenty!
Getting back to
previously written posts, enjoy the first!
18 July 2012
(So yesterday
was the mum’s birthday and we nom-ed at Nourish! If you haven’t been there, do
yourself an immense favour and go now!)
Today I began
this really awesome photography course with Stephen Railton Photography, thanks
Groupon for that awesome deal.
Now for those of
you who know me, you are aware of my complete inability to direct myself, I
generally follow the skyline and move towards what looks most familiar. This
was the strategy employed today whilst trying to find Mackeurtan Avenue, see
Durban North region.
This resulted in
me being 45 minutes late to a two hour class, Mr Railton was kind enough to
give me a courtesy call, whilst stuck in non-moving Inanda traffic, in which I
assured him I would be there...eventually.
The class is
being held at Northwood Boys, and BTW FYI every high school smells the same.
It
smells of shame, disinfectant and mass amounts of sweaty boys-many of which
were running around as I parked off.
I dash in,
trying to be inconspicuous and trip across my own legs and find a seat at the
front of the class- high school déjà vu.
Okay! So back to
the class!
There was, as
I’m told, a fantastically compelling intro (which I missed) followed by camera
basics, i.e. this is the lens. But high five self, I totally knew my lens! The
rest of class centred on types of camera’s, flashes, presets, len’s etc.
Then The Rule of Thirds came into effect, the
basic concept of which I understand, but alas we shall how this comes out in
the photos. Finally Composition was discussed at length, I won’t bore you with
the details.
Assignment 1:
- Photograph a landscape using the Rule of Thirds.
- Photograph an object from an extremely high angle.
- Photograph an object from a low angle.
Parameter's include Complete Auto and Composition.
Boom! Next post,
the fruit of my Assignment labour!
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