Neverland Scraps
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A few weeks ago my husband enrolled me in a free 3-hour Beginners Photography class with his unit, WTB (Warrior Transition Battalion). Task Force ISO is a non-profit organization that uses the art of photography as a healing tool for military veterans who have faced physical or mental adversity as a result of their service. This is a perfect thing for people within in his unit!
His unit had Task Force ISO come to to the area and teach a class to any soldier willing/wanting to learn the basics of photography. The day before, they had a few slots opened and they asked my husband if he knew anyone else interested in photography. He gave them my name since he knew I loved photography. Because they were filling slots/space I was accepted in to the beginners program. We did one hour classroom training and two hours hand-on, taking photos of the area.
I got a follow up email the beginning of the year asking to review the class and to let me know they are offering an 8-week advance class for anyone who attended the beginners class. I signed up thinking it was okay since I got the email. A few days later, I was emailed and told they forgot a spouse attended the beginners class and it wasn't offered to spouses. At the end of the email, I was told to send my 5 best photos for review so that I could learn/better myself on my own. I did just that and heard back a few days later with a lot of good feedback.
Thinking that was the last that I would hear from them, I was shocked to receive an email from them this past weekend, telling me that I was offered a slot in their 8-week program!! Me!!! I'm stoked! I always told my husband I wanted to better learn my photography skills, learn how to easily take photos on manual (I can do it, just fiddle around a lot with trial and error). But the classes are always so expensive and being a single-income family, not feasible. This is a blessing in disguise as I truly didn't think anything would come out of it with me not being the soldier or having any militaryelated injuries!
Tomorrow, I start my 8-week class in Denver (what a drive and am not looking forward to it) for four-hours learning the differences of ISO/Exposure on manual settings in both classroom and hands on training! While I won't be able to quit my day job (SAHM), by the end of this program I should know my camera better and on my way to taking better photos of the beauty around us and maybe better photos of my unwilling to photograph children! :thumbup:
His unit had Task Force ISO come to to the area and teach a class to any soldier willing/wanting to learn the basics of photography. The day before, they had a few slots opened and they asked my husband if he knew anyone else interested in photography. He gave them my name since he knew I loved photography. Because they were filling slots/space I was accepted in to the beginners program. We did one hour classroom training and two hours hand-on, taking photos of the area.
I got a follow up email the beginning of the year asking to review the class and to let me know they are offering an 8-week advance class for anyone who attended the beginners class. I signed up thinking it was okay since I got the email. A few days later, I was emailed and told they forgot a spouse attended the beginners class and it wasn't offered to spouses. At the end of the email, I was told to send my 5 best photos for review so that I could learn/better myself on my own. I did just that and heard back a few days later with a lot of good feedback.
Thinking that was the last that I would hear from them, I was shocked to receive an email from them this past weekend, telling me that I was offered a slot in their 8-week program!! Me!!! I'm stoked! I always told my husband I wanted to better learn my photography skills, learn how to easily take photos on manual (I can do it, just fiddle around a lot with trial and error). But the classes are always so expensive and being a single-income family, not feasible. This is a blessing in disguise as I truly didn't think anything would come out of it with me not being the soldier or having any militaryelated injuries!
Tomorrow, I start my 8-week class in Denver (what a drive and am not looking forward to it) for four-hours learning the differences of ISO/Exposure on manual settings in both classroom and hands on training! While I won't be able to quit my day job (SAHM), by the end of this program I should know my camera better and on my way to taking better photos of the beauty around us and maybe better photos of my unwilling to photograph children! :thumbup:
