The Workshop!

This past Saturday I had the amazing opportunity to help instruct the Art of Photography Learning Series workshop, hosted by Jen Fariello and Robert Radifera.  I absolutely LOVE teaching photography!  I was invited as the "Canon Guru", as both Jen and Robert shoot Nikon. Read more about the day and see more photos after the jump...

I often am approached by friends and clients thinking I have this "Rock Star" job and they say things like "Man! I wish I had your job! You just get to shoot photos all day and go to pretty places!".  While photography my seem like a "Sweet Gig", do NOT be disillusioned.  90% of my job consists of me spending hours upon hours in a dark office with no daylight (gotta keep those monitors calibrated) editing with no human interaction.  The other 10% is me shooting photos...kinda backwards huh?  Don't get me wrong, I love my job.  I couldn't imagine doing anything else, but I wanted to paint the picture of a photographers life. 

That being said, imagine my pure joy when I showed up on Saturday morning to a room full of eager shutterbugs, wanting nothing more than to ask me questions about the craft I love so much, and actually being interested in what I had to say!  I got to make things "click" in peoples heads!  Have you ever experienced when someone is confused about something, so they come to you because they respect your expertise, and watching that light bulb go on above their head?  It's a really awesome thing.

It was an absolutely great day!  We had wonderful models, a great energy, fun photo toys for us to play with, and I even got to see my old art director Mitch!

This is Mitch, we had fun with studio lights.

I got to teach about posing, flash, first and second curtain sync, exposure, metering, aperture, and other photo related things. It was amazing! I'm not sure when I'll get to teach next, but I'm certainly looking forward to it!  Here's my group in action:

 

A special thanks to: Jen Fariello, Robert Radifera, The Art of Photography Learning Series, Shawn Cossette, Beehive Events, Jen Skriloff of Elan, Maliha Creations, Daphne D'earth Latham, "Rock, Paper, Scissors", Harvest Moon Catering, Albemarle Vintage Limousine, our gorgeous models, and of course all the aspiring photogs who attended.

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-Will Walker
William Walker Photography
www.williamwalkerphoto.com