Ottawa Photography Workshop ~ Mom's Mastering Their DSLRs

This weekend was day two of the Photographing Your Children workshop held here in central Ottawa. First off, I must say that the moms attending my class are so fun! They are eager to master their DSLR's and get more creative when it comes to photographing their children or grand children!

Day one and the morning of day two covered the concepts of capturing their children and the "technical" aspects of their cameras - Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and more. The afternoon of Day two was the practical session, where I recruited a few "models", to come out to a local park and just play! We had 5 beautiful little girls, all under the age of 6, and they were all excellent subjects. They gave our attendees a wide variety of personalities, all being interested in different things at the park, some willing to pose, others not, representing the reality that is when it comes to photographing your children.

I'm so happy to report that they went from knowing nothing about how their camera worked, just sticking it on Auto or P mode, to shooting in full Manual Mode for the practical session. I even had one attendee say that she had a glimmer of light start and understanding the concepts start to form! I was very happy and excited to hear that!

The final Tuesday will be all about "after shooting", touching on downloading, backing up, cataloging and post processing. But for now, I wanted to share some of the images I captured from the practical session, some of the students in action and some of the models in action!

For those who missed out, don't worry!! I'm going to hold the workshop again in September, after the craziness of school is done, and just before the leaves change, giving you the opportunity to master your camera for those beautiful fall pictures of your family. The dates are: September 14, 18 and 21st. Visit HarryNowell.com for more info or contact me!