Brenda is a wonderful teacher - her focus is as much on the art of photography as on technical finesse. She opened the workshop Thursday night with some thoughts on the essence of photography.
She suggested that we practice "daily seeing" - increasing our awareness of light and compostion, noting what would make a good picture, even when we don't have a camera in hand. She asked that we work to clarify our vision, show what excited us about a subject. If it's the dew on a daffodil, compose to highlight the dew. If it's the cheerful abundance of a field a daffodils, use color and depth of field to fill the frame. "What," she asked, "are you trying to express - on the simplest level, what is the picture about?"
I'll post some additional notes from the workshop this week, hoping both to share and to more firmly fix the information in my brain.
For more information about Brenda and her work, visit: http://www.brendatharp.com
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