Fast Track to Photography Course in Gozo – Day 1
Yesterday was Day 1 of Kevin Casha’s “Fast Track to Photography” course. Woke up at my customary time of 5 am to very sunny, very windy weather. Trying to think positive, I found there’s actually an advantage to waking up too early: it gives me time to get going and let the Solpadeine take effect!
A theoretic lesson of almost 3 hours about aperture, shutter speeds and ISO preceded the photo-shoot – some twenty people besieged St George’s Square with their Can(n)ons (majority) and Nikons, with the mission to catch “Street Life” as well as portraits of each other. Rather conveniently a Fiat 500 gathering from Sicily took place at the same time.
As any photographer knows, noon is about the worst time of the day you could choose for a photo-shoot (especially in this sun-blessed country!!). It doesn’t only mess with the colours, but also your head!! I was a bit disappointed by how many shots turned out, but the overall outcome of day 1 was ok. It was the first time I consciously shot in full manual mode, and actually knew what I was doing LOL!
Here are the pics I deem the better ones – out of over a hundred shots I took…
(PS – There are also some great photos over at George Saguna’s blog!)
Hi there Sab, so there you have it, manual is not that difficult after all. I find it more rewarding as the shots turn out to be more like what you want them to be, rather then what the 5 Japs want it to look like. (never mind that canon cameras have two extra ones as opposed to the 3 in the Nikon cameras)
With regards to this “sun blessed” island, its true that its difficult but you learn some tricks and things do get to work a little better. Its little tricks that you never read about in books and magazines because no one has as much sun as we do. I just look at other people taking photos and see their results then judge what worked best, trying what I have observed and how to best put it into practice.
Nice meeting you in person finally Sab