Recently I was asked to do a candid and open ended photography workshop for folks at my church for this saturday. I won’t be having a super fancy outline or agenda for the day, because it will be more of a Q&A type event. I’ll be an open book to those that come. I’m a bit nervous, but I think my excitement to show others how I work and the ways I have learned from others is invigorating to me.
I secretly would love to become a full time teacher of my skills some day. It’s something I feel compelled to do. I have this gut feeling that the way I describe the process of creativity is very much similar to logic and problem solving. While creativity should be free and not attached to rules, sometimes rules give us creativity and vice versa. I love analyzing a situation with someone and asking them the questions that need to be asked.
When people have those “aha!” moments, I just smile and it really warms my heart.
This weekend I hope I can create those moments for people.
We are hoping it goes well and that down the road we can do more specific topics of discussion and invite anyone to come and learn something about photography. For me, it’s quite the beginning of a great new adventure.
Congrats dude. The first one is always a special one. Can’t wait to hear about more.
Thanks Scott! I will for sure do a little recap. Any future events with more structure I might reach out to you for some advice or thoughts on it.
For this one I have a handful of creative exercises that should teach them to learn how to see or what to look for when composing a shot. Going into portraying ideas or feelings without literally capturing an idea. In this case, how can you represent “baptism” without taking photos of a baptism?
Doing some cell phone challenges with clamp lights and gels in the stage area too. We have black, white and many colored walls and floors to work with, so it should be fun!