march photo project.

Yesterday was my two hour beginner photography class with Ashley from Joyful Images Photography and it was everything I hoped it would be. We spent the first hour going over photography basics and the second hour shooting photos in her studio. She is a great teacher and I felt so many things start to make sense by the end of the morning.

If you’ve considered a photography class I’d say: Go for it! I have no desire to do anything with photography beyond taking photos for this blog, but I am so energized to put the things I learned into practice and keep improving.

I would add (and this is just my opinion) that I feel like I got even more out of the class because I had learned some things on my own first. I’ve studied our DSLR camera’s manual and also went through the Pioneer Woman’s beginner photography blog series, then tried to practice what I learned through the January photo project. Oh, and my new lens has helped a ton. It’s made my efforts much more rewarding (and David actually got it for me at Ashley’s recommendation).

All of that to say, I felt like by the time I went to the class yesterday all the terms were at least familiar to me and I had a good sense of what I’m struggling with, exposure-wise, and the questions I wanted to get answered.

Now my camera dial is set to “Manual” mode which is terrifying and exhilarating.

And so I begin the March Photo Project.