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After reading an e-mail that my photojo professor just sent to everyone, I'm pretty sure I got a 0 on my first assignment. I saw it coming when I was two minutes past the DEADline on Monday, but the e-mail finally made it sink in. I have a feeling that Monday's class will be a nightmare when my professor projects all of the photos and I see mine next to everyone else's. My confidence is a bit shot, and it won't help to see how awesome everyone else's photos are. It's funny that I'm completely fine with having my writing torn apart by a professor and can laugh at my mistakes, but when it comes to having my photos compared to others and critiqued, I'm very touchy. I'll just have to suck it up and move on. Learning things the hard way isn't exactly fun, but it's probably the most effective way for me to learn; when I skate along with minimal effort- as I've done in other courses- I don't think I learn nearly as much as I could if I pushed myself to my limits.
I finally ordered a flash with a tilting head, and it should arrive this weekend. I think I'll spend a few hours this week learning my camera and flash inside and out so I don't fumble with it as much as I did on Sunday. When I'm able get my camera entirely under control, I'll be much more confident while I shoot.
On the bright side, I am proud of myself for getting people's names after I photographed them, because I was absolutely terrified of doing that, especially since everyone was so focused on the game. Also, I'm starting to realize just how challenging and entertaining it is to photograph people when they're not posed. Watching things unfold around me at the game on Sunday and seeing people's varied reactions to every play through my camera lens was incredibly interesting- after I stopped feeling like a creep for pointing my camera at people, that is. :P
I finally ordered a flash with a tilting head, and it should arrive this weekend. I think I'll spend a few hours this week learning my camera and flash inside and out so I don't fumble with it as much as I did on Sunday. When I'm able get my camera entirely under control, I'll be much more confident while I shoot.
On the bright side, I am proud of myself for getting people's names after I photographed them, because I was absolutely terrified of doing that, especially since everyone was so focused on the game. Also, I'm starting to realize just how challenging and entertaining it is to photograph people when they're not posed. Watching things unfold around me at the game on Sunday and seeing people's varied reactions to every play through my camera lens was incredibly interesting- after I stopped feeling like a creep for pointing my camera at people, that is. :P