Personal Photography Courses
HOW I GO ABOUT TUTORING
First, as a personal photography coach, I emphasize the fundamentals of what I call the “technical or objective” portion of photography. That’s the numerical part such as focal lens, depth of field, ISO, lens aperture and shutter speed. All these are described by numbers and are inextricably intertwined. Essentially, as a personal photography trainer, I teach all my students how to break the habit on relying on the Automatic or Program setting on the camera.
Once they master the “objective” area of photography, the personal photography lesson addresses the “creative or subjective” portion of photography. This is a more controversial area of photography because its acceptance is at an emotional which defies categorization. Thus, what me appealing to you, may not be appealing to others.
Yet, there are some fundamental rules of design that attempt to bring order out of chaos. Those rules of design which I teach deal with composition, textures, colors, shapes, lines …to name a few and as your photography mentor, I cover all these graphically relying on custom made Power Point © programs. I use only images created by me because I want to impress upon my students the quality that they should be able to achieve upon completion of the course.
The first thing that an applicant for any of my photography courses has to do, is to fill out a questionnaire that I e-mail him or her. The reply allows me to customize the personal photography lessons by selecting the appropriate Power Point © programs to use in the individual photography classes. In addition, I ask him or her to attach 3 of their best images and 3 of the ones that gave them the most trouble, so that I can critique them at our first one-on-one photography session.
My reputation is such that I have had a gentleman with Parkinson's decease brought to me by his wife for one-on-one training and another high school student who was not old enough to drive and his mother brought him in for personal camera and photography training.
My approach to conducting my individual photography lessons is based on the premise that if I tell you something, you will forget; if I show you something, you will remember, but if I involve you, you will understand. And that is my aim by creating a visually enjoyable experience. After all, of all the 5 senses, Seeing is the one that retains 83% of the information, way more than all the other 4 senses combined.
In addition, I teach Post Processing, whether it be Photoshop Elements © or the more advanced Photoshop CC 2019 ©. I use the same approach and technique for these private photography lessons.
Once they master the “objective” area of photography, the personal photography lesson addresses the “creative or subjective” portion of photography. This is a more controversial area of photography because its acceptance is at an emotional which defies categorization. Thus, what me appealing to you, may not be appealing to others.
Yet, there are some fundamental rules of design that attempt to bring order out of chaos. Those rules of design which I teach deal with composition, textures, colors, shapes, lines …to name a few and as your photography mentor, I cover all these graphically relying on custom made Power Point © programs. I use only images created by me because I want to impress upon my students the quality that they should be able to achieve upon completion of the course.
The first thing that an applicant for any of my photography courses has to do, is to fill out a questionnaire that I e-mail him or her. The reply allows me to customize the personal photography lessons by selecting the appropriate Power Point © programs to use in the individual photography classes. In addition, I ask him or her to attach 3 of their best images and 3 of the ones that gave them the most trouble, so that I can critique them at our first one-on-one photography session.
My reputation is such that I have had a gentleman with Parkinson's decease brought to me by his wife for one-on-one training and another high school student who was not old enough to drive and his mother brought him in for personal camera and photography training.
My approach to conducting my individual photography lessons is based on the premise that if I tell you something, you will forget; if I show you something, you will remember, but if I involve you, you will understand. And that is my aim by creating a visually enjoyable experience. After all, of all the 5 senses, Seeing is the one that retains 83% of the information, way more than all the other 4 senses combined.
In addition, I teach Post Processing, whether it be Photoshop Elements © or the more advanced Photoshop CC 2019 ©. I use the same approach and technique for these private photography lessons.
As you can see throughout this website, I have no specific niche in photography and capture the images that appeal to me. I try to convey to my students when I have them in a photography session to always have their camera ready to create an image but to pre-visualize it first.
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