When I teach my intro class, I often put my 50mm lens on my camera and make a portrait of one of my students from less than two feet away, closer if I can without overly stressing their personal…
Last week I was tutoring a photography student in her home and I didn’t want it to get too formal, so I’d left my laptop back at the ranch. As I was trying to explain some photography principle, I…
For some folks, it’s a favorite picture on the wall, or unpacking a treasure that makes a place feel like home. This weekend, I planted tomatoes and finally felt settled in. It reminded me of a useful trick I…
As much as I try to minimize it, I can’t teach the Nuts & Bolts of Digital Photography class without a little math cropping up. Some adult learners just don’t want to revisit the painful experiences of school-age math…
So many times, the recollection of an image begins with “When I took that picture…” If your keywording system is supposed to minimize the treasure hunt to find that particular image, it’s handy to record a few keywords…
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