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Cars Night Stars. Copyright Oliver Johnson, MD
But to really learn a complex subject, one must have mentor(s) ateurs do, one must consider the message or emotional impact one
to learn effectively, people with long-term, intimate knowledge is trying to convey. Only then can one decide how to get that feel-
and experience of photography who can directly teach the nuances ing into an image which will impact another person who views it.
and give feedback in real time. I bought a Canon 40-D camera I had to become a right-brain person where photography was con-
and associated lenses and began to learn how to manipulate an cerned.
image to make it say something to the viewer. I signed up my wife
and myself for a 10-day photographic workshop. Jim Chamberlain It continues to be an evolving process, and as my skills have pro-
is a well-known European landscape photographer, and we went gressed, so my work has improved, as has my equipment. Today I
for an adventure in travel and learning in Italy. We travelled all shoot with a Canon 5D Mark III and some very good lenses. Since
over Tuscany, Florence, Rome, Venice and the islands of Murano that time, my wife and I have done photo-shoots in France, Sicily,
and Burano. When I first asked, “What do you take pictures of,” Dallas, and I have been to Death Valley and the Palouse in eastern
the answer was, “What do you want to say with your image?” Washington state with Scott Stulberg, another professional pho-
tographer. I’ve been told by several pros that I’ve got “the eye” of
CONVEY EMOTION a photographer. My images will have to speak for themselves.
The answer requires a complete turn-around in thinking. In-
My future plans include another 12-day trip to Italy with my
stead of taking a picture and hoping for a lucky shot as most am- wife next spring where we also will be driving one of the vehicles
on a workshop with Jim Chamberlain and his wife for 12 people.
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