"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
- Benjamin Franklin
Last night I attended a photography seminar by one of the premier landscape photographers in the world today. For the paltry sum of $7 (normally $25 but I found this great coupon) I got 2+ hours of instruction in Composition, Technique & Impact by Art Wolfe from the comfort of my den on my big screen TV. This is by far one of the best investments I have made in my photography.
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I always encourage people to invest in education as the best way to improve their photographs. No lens or camera will make as big a difference as time spent with a quality instructor, taking an online course or participating in a photography group. I've been in several photography workshops and sat through many webinars on photography. I really enjoyed last night's session with Art Wolfe. He spent the first hour or so talking about some techniques he uses to create compelling compositions. The entire time he was showing his own photos as examples of each technique. Just seeing his photos was worth the price. The second half was a critique session. Participants were able to submit some of their photos ahead of time and Art picked several to discuss. With most of them he spent a minute or so showing what could be done with some creative cropping, exposure adjustments, and color balancing. I found myself saying "wow, that really made a big difference". In the last 20 minutes he answered a few questions that had been submitted online.
This was the first time Art did a live Webinar. His next one is on light, color and how to get more emotional impact out of your photographs. Hop on over to http://www.photographywebinars.com/ and sign up to get notified when it is scheduled.
Do you want to learn more about Adobe Lightroom? Kent Ervin and I are planning to do a Lightroom class this winter in Kingsport, TN. More information will be available in the next month or two.
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