Photography Class

When I was a teenager I loved photography and my photography class.  My mother bought me a really great camera, it was a manual film camera with a macro-zoom lens.  I loved going into Seattle to take photos of the sights; graffiti on brick at the Pike Place Market that said "Jesus Saves," and various buildings and sights in the city.  In class, we learned the process of developing film and we got to develop our film in the dark room; I loved black and white photography.  What a great experience for a high school student who hadn't fully realized their own interests and potential and self-construction; who was I and what did I love, what did I want to do, what were my strengths and weaknesses?

Eventually, the manual film cameras were replaced with digital cameras; the cute little drive-through film developing stores such as "Fotomat" disappeared, and my camera and zoom lens went into a box for years and years.  I wish I had held onto it, as I'd have been looking at it today to see what could be done with it; but the cost of film developing coupled with the quality of the images are no match against today's amazing technology when it comes to digital photography.  It's simply unparalleled.

My most recent adventure is digital photography; and my first class was "manual photography," that means that I want to get to know how to use my camera's manual settings, to understand how and why to use them.  That understanding goes back to manual cameras, but it's been so many years that I really didn't remember that information; perhaps I never really learned or understood it very well.  Now, I'm excited about learning about the details of photography.  I have an amazing camera which I am so thankful for, a very supportive husband, and am taking classes to learn how to do this modern photography thing.  I'm dipping my toes in this wonderful creative experience.  Where will I take this?  What is it all for?  This is what we shall find out as this experience unfolds.

For now, however, I'm really liking my photography classes!