Shutter School--Self-Timer

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."
-Ansel Adams

I'm still figuring out how to squeeze the blog in to my new school routine. Or is it not really that important these days... thinking, thinking.

But in the meantime, a new lesson is posted at Shutter School. This week it's about using the Self-Timer. Even I can find time for that!!

New Shutter School lesson posted!

"Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools."
-Ken Rockwell

From aurevoirkatie.

Head on over to the Shutter School website to participate in our 3rd photography lesson. This week it's all about framing your composition--should make for some interesting photos!! See you over there!!

Shutter School: Lesson #1

"A good snapshot stops a moment from running away."
-Eudora Welty

From ♥ Susan ♥.

The first lesson is up at the Shutter School blog. The topic: the Rule of Thirds. A low-pressure way to ease into it. [Not that there ever will be a lot of pressure!]

Join us over there, and be sure to join our Flickr group as well. We'll be wrapping up the lesson on June 21st--so you have 11 days to get to snapping.

Coming soon.... June 10th!!

• If you drool over professional photographer blogs, but are too embarrassed to post your own photos...
• If you dream of capturing bright blue skies and vivid green grass, but have never switched out of automatic mode...
• If your scrapbooks are cleverly designed, but the quality of the photos distracts from the pages...
• If you wish you had captured that spontaneous moment earlier, but forgot to bring your camera along...

Then welcome to Shutter School!
Shutter School is an online photo challenge which hopes to inspire you to pull out your digital camera and learn to love your lens.

How it works:

1. Every 10 days (or so!) a new lesson will be posted on the Shutter School blog, as well as our personal blogs, Dancing Commas and Mommy's Treasures. The lesson will focus on a single photography skill (either a camera mode, a style of photography, or a hint about composition). Along with a list of tips about that skill, a directory of other photography resources will be listed for you to gain an even better understanding of the concept.
2. We'll ask you to comment on the post to take attendance. (We want to know who is playing along with us!) Also, please feel free to share your own hints or other resources that you find. Let's learn from each other!
3. Your homework is to spend the next 10 days practicing that skill. Carry your camera with you. Pull out your manual to figure out how the skill applies to your particular camera. . . and snap away!
4. At the end of the two weeks (or as you go along), you will want to post your best images to our Flickr group: "Shutter School" and if you have one, to your own personal blog.
5. To complete the lesson, we'll post some of the photos that best employ the lesson's technique.

Gather your supplies and join our Flickr group, so that you'll be all ready when the first lesson is posted on June 10!

Be sure to leave us a comment so that we'll know you want to learn with us-I think it will be fun!