The last few weeks have been pretty busy for me on the photo front – between Shoot London, Ireland, summer in the city and the irresistibly photogenic products at Jelly Pong Pong, my camera has certainly been getting a work out.
That said, I’ve never been particularly comfortably with my photography skills. Am I being artistic or simply cliché when I snap the houses of Parliament silhouetted by the sun? How do I capture the beauty of an open field in Ireland? What’s the best light for portrait photos? While I haven’t let such questions stop me from assaulting my blog readers with my photographs, they certainly raise a sliver of self-doubt when it comes to the images I share with the world.
Well you can all breathe a sigh of relief and stop averting your eyes from the photo sections of my blog as, thanks to Shoot Experience, the group that hosted Shoot London, I’ll be attending a two day documentary photography workshop here in London to teach me the ins and outs of how to use photographic images to improve the way I tell a story.
The workshop itself looks fantastic and is spread out over two Saturdays in June, hopefully giving me a bit of time to practice my new skills before returning for more of the instruction. Best of all, the course is designed for groups no bigger than six so there will be plenty of help for absolute beginners such as myself. I only hope my poor little camera is up to the challenge!
If you’d like more information about the Documentary Photography workshop hosted by Shoot Experience, check out the full workshop listing on their site. There are still spots available so sign up early. Otherwise, check back for a sample of my new and hopefully well improved photography skills in June.
Documentary Photography with Shoot Experience
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Venue: 1st floor, 32 Kingsland Road, E2 8DA
Tel: 0207 0 333 555
Dates: Saturday 13th & 27th June 2009
Time: 10:30am – 4:00pm
Meaghan Fitzgerald is a marketer and entrepreneur building and growing consumer and gaming products and experiences. A Silicon Valley native, she started her first company, DormWise, in 2006 which she later sold in 2009. Meaghan spent 7 years in London in early stage consumer startups, two years at Xbox as a product marketer for Minecraft, and is currently the head of product marketing for VR experiences at Facebook and Oculus. Meaghan writes here about business, technology, gaming, and marketing. She has been named a top
Photos are always easy to look at, whereas writing is often painful if like me you have ADH (? the brain illness where you cant concentrate long)
I’m jealous — I was looking at those, and thinking of signing up for one.
Unfortunately, my summer schedule has too little free time as-is, and photography-related spending is frozen after my mega-camera purchase.
I guess what I’m saying is “enjoy”. And don’t be afraid to share those learned secrets with the rest of us.
Greatings, Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day!
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