My first class was just a few days after I landed back in Ottawa, so I had to attend, jet lagged, dazed, suffering from wisdom tooth pain, and all.
Our first assignment was to take news paper submission type photographs of the change in weather in Ottawa over the weekend.
I did the assignment, of course, but let's just say I was less than confident about the results.
Everyone else in the class has all the proper equipment they need, because they either are, or intend to become photographers of some sort.
I'm the odd one out.
I plan to continue to just write. I'm taking the course to gain a better understanding of the photographic aspects of a news paper or magazine.
During my internship at Insider magazine in Dubai, I was lucky enough to be able to work at the pictures desk, and I must say it was fun.
That piqued my interest, so here I am, doing a course purely to learn. It might help of course, but there's no concrete benefit to me from doing this, other than satiating my own curiosity.
Learning for the sake of learning. Such a dated yet romantic notion. I know, nerdy.
Surprisingly though, the professor actually liked some of the things I managed to come up with.
He knows I'm no photographer, and lack the proper equipment or techniques, but told me I have a very artistic eye, and was impressed by my thought process and creativity.
That's what matters most anyway, right?
You can always learn techniques and polish up raw talent, but if you don't have the sense or aptitude for something, you can't go out and acquire that from somewhere.
For the moment, that's all the feed back I need to know I'm off to a good start. Just like with most other things in life, I'm hoping the rest will come with time.
More later then,
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