Teaching

Portrait test

In the beginning I wanted to write a “HOW TO” post, but then I thought … naaa … too many already, it’s not worth it, many teachers in this world and yes I teach, but you can always contact me if you want to know something about photography, a chat is better than an article, it’s the old diatribe about formal, non formal and informal education.

I prefer the non formal and informal one still being a teacher and using quite often the traditional formal system with all its tools.

What I try to do when I lecture  is to demonstrate, to show, to replicate in the class what I have learned by looking and doing.

Life goes beyond the class and to capture it it’s our main goal, whether we are commercial, fine art photographers of photojournalists.

The  class today was interesting, I always like the surprise on the student’s face when they witness the change between the before and after knowledge.

Today also marked the end of a companionship, my beloved Canon flash sighed and coughed, probably for the last time, it’s the sign of the times, I know it’s just an object, a tool, but I liked the idea of not having to change it, to buy a new one, it served me well and it was extremely reliable. I used to trigger it with a remote and it is featured as hair light in this example.

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