Photography Class Part II

I had my last photography class was last night. I think I want to take this class over again or take another class. There are some in Seattle that I think I will look into. I really enjoyed going to class, having assignments and seeing other people's pictures. It was nice to be going to a class I liked and choose not one that I had to go to.

Things I've learned:

1. If you take a roll of film with a lens whose shutter never changes your pictures will be over exposed - see earlier post on photography class.
2. Working with film is fun but man do I really want a digital SLR.
3. Train stations make for some interesting photos.
4. Still need to work on my action shots.
5. When reminding the film need to wind counterclockwise NOT clockwise!

Here are a few pictures in my latest roll.

I'm ready to go out and have some photography expeditions. I've purchased four rolls of film, I have a new lens and knowledge.

Who wants to go on an adventure?

Photography Class

A few weeks ago I signed up for a photography class at Whatcom Community College. The class is once a week for five weeks. I've been going for three weeks and I have learned so much already.

I borrowed an old Minolta camera from Kerry's dad. I love it! It is old and heavy but it works well. Plus I'm one of the few people who have a film camera.

The other day we brought our pictures to class to show our trials (and in my case errors) of shutter speed and aperture. I had my film developed and for some reason a lot of the photos looked really old. Turns out my lens wasn't changing aperture at all. So all the pictures I took were all way overr exposed. Turns out my mistake made for some really awesome pictures.

Here are a few below

Without the cell phone it looks like the 1800's.

This is by far my favorite shot that I took!