Day Two

Today, the lesson covered the rule of thirds. While it is not exactly a rule, you are allowed to break it, the rule of thirds is a very useful tool for all photographers.Now that our students have learned this, their photos will only get better and better.

Also today, we made our first steps into working on the photos in the computer. You'll probably notice the photos today look a little bolder because of this.

Nyo-Nyo
Not only did Nyo-Nyo give a perfect example of using the rule of thirds well, but her timing was perfect in capturing this goose.

Benjamin

Benjamin has a really fun and well done shot of his classmate Susana, who doesn't seem to want her photo to be taken.

Hugo

Hugo got up close and personal with one of the visitors to the park today. Clearly, Hugo has also found the saturation slider as well.

Susana

Susana zeroed in on the same guy; in fact, in Hugo's photo, you can already see Susana looking to make her photo.

 

Jason

Jason decided to take a very good picture of a very strange man who was in the park at the same time as our class.

Celine

Because of bad weather, we got a late start in getting to the park and had to take some photos indoors first. Here, Celine has taken a photo of Lauren taking a photo, probably of another student.

Albert

A classic of two people enjoying the lake from Albert. Good photo on his first day in class.

Hank

Hank's use of the rule of thirds really helps us to follow the eyes of the goose as it looks out at dozens of turtles.

Viola

The geese were popular today and Viola's photo is great because of her angle, we are seeing the goose's eye nice and clearly and we are also seeing what he is seeing.

Julian

Photographers love to take photos of other photographers it seems. Here Julian catches Ian in the act.

Elaine

Elaine has done a textbook job of the rule of thirds, as well as using the shape of the pond to bring our eyes right to the apartment building in the background.

Wish

Patience helped wish get close and capture a great photo of this duck.

 

Abel

Abel was also shooting the birds today with this very nice side view of a goose.

Ian

Ian got in nice and close to take his photo of this pigeon.

Lauren

Lauren went old school with a classic, colorful flower photo.

Well, that's it for today. Just our second day into the class and there is no doubt that the students are becoming more comfortable with their cameras and taking more photos. With progress like this, they will be rivaling Ansel Adams by the end of the course.

See you again tomorrow.

July 20th - Day One

Today was the first day of class for our group. Everyday, the class will discuss one part of photography in the classroom and then we will head out to take some photos using what we learned in class.

Today, we talked about wide angle and telephoto lenses; the students job was to go out and take photos in pairs, both from the same spot, but one taken with a wide angle and the other taken with a telephoto lens. The idea was to show the kids how the two different lenses will change the way their photos looked. The students responded greatly. Here are their pairs.

Wish
Wish saw a tree with some lovely yellow flowers. With her two photos, she was able to show us not only the flowers, but the tree as well. Good thinking Wish!

 

Lauren

Lauren also found a good looking tree. By using her wide angle lens to show us the meadow and the telephoto to show us the tree itself, we can appreciate not only the tree, but the meadow she found it in. 

 

Nyo-Nyo

Daan Park has a very nice duck pond in the middle. Nyo-Nyo has given us two very nice views of it.

 

Hank

Hank took good advantage of the patterns in some of the paving stones in the park. The wide view shows us the whole circle and he gets abstract by zooming in on the center.

 CelineThere are lots of pigeons in the park and Celine did very well in getting so close that her wide angle photo actually was still pretty close. In her telephoto, the pigeon was actually too big for the whole frame.

 

 

Abel
Abel found some really nice flowers near the entrance and showed us not just the flowers, but also gives a nice view of the display. 

Benjamin
Another very nice pair taken of the flowerbeds near the entrance was taken by Benjamin. Here we can also see the entrance sign nicely in the wide angle photo.
 

Hugo
Hugo did some wildlife photography, shooting both a squirrel and some pigeons.

Elaine
Elaine takes advantage of an interesting sky and Lauren climbing on the monkey bars for her two photos.

Jason
Dogs in parks are always fun; Jason gives us a nice profile and lets us see the dog walking away too.

Julian
Julian saw the same dog and he also took a photo of Jason while Jason was taking the photo you see above.

Ian
A really nice view of the pond from Ian. Then he uses his telephoto lens to show some of the birds resting on the other side.

Viola
Perhaps the sharp eyes of the day belonged to Viola. She did very well in taking her two photos of a Malaysian Night Heron that the other students seemed to miss.

Susana
Another birder was Susana; here, we can imagine her as she sneaks up on a pigeon.

 Tomorrow is another day, with lots more to shoot. Thanks for looking and we hope to see you back here again.