The Pupil Outwits The Master

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Stu W

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My partner on the job is just getting into photography. I gave her a camera and lens and sent her out on her own. Came back with absolute junk. The other day we went out shooting. I stepped in before every shot and corrected her. Try this shot from here, angle is bad, crop that junk out, lighting ng from this angle, etc. Anyway they were about the best pics "I" ever took! Amazing how your skills improve when you are the teacher! Now if I can just remember everything I taught her. Stu :bang:
 
It's good to be passing on skills. I wonder if "teacher mode" makes us all slow down a little and make more considered decisions.
 
A couple years ago my sister asked me how I was getting such interesting results (I had my Fed, she had a digi P&S) I taught her the basics, and she ended up going the SLR route, now with a K110 and some big auto zooms. We don't have a single family event (quiet dinner, school plays, insignificant holidays) when these giant motorized beasts aren't stuck in everyone's faces. I rarely bring my cameras out anymore, not wanting to add to the horror (except in the dark, where I still rule 🙂 ).
 
I agree with Roger. Prior to my retirement I was a training director for a government agency. Besides managing I did occasional training. I loved doing training on presentation skills as it improved my own skills considerably as well as I hope my students'.
Kurt M.
 
Roger Hicks said:
There's an old saying: you teach best what you need to learn most.

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Thanks Roger, I like that. I have just undertaken to teach a Korean acquaintance the rudiments of photography. He seems anxious to learn. Maybe there is hope for me then too. 🙄
 
This is how it should be - I love helping new designers to '' see '' in 3d from the plan and to recognise how a space can be happy [ comfortable ] or unhappy . I hope that the next time I oversee , that she has left fewer and fewer ares to be ''corrected ''
OK , ASD helps with this , it's what my head CAN DO , but it can be picked up by INSTINCTIVE ''pupils '' - not everyone .
dee
 
There is something inherently satisfactory in passing on knowledge when asked! Once you reach a more mature age, we have usually accumulated a lot of information. Some of it is not important or frequently wrong, but it would be a pity to let the good stuff fade into oblivion.
There are good writers and teachers, Roger and Francis are among them. I am devoted to Black White Photography UK magazine mainly for their columns (and I even buy the occasional Shutterbug if I see their byline) so much thanks to them both.
I have always liked David Vestal and Bill Jay for their comments. Both tend to puncture the pomposity that occasionally shrouds photography and the "Art thereoff".
The new tool for seeing photography in my mind is sites like Flickr.com. So, every minute 2500 pictuers are down-loaded and truth be told, most are crap. BUT, there is also some of the best photography you can hope to see . It takes a lot of time to wade through the mass of dumped SD cards (why dont they learn that one good shot beats 49 variations of the same theme!). I usually "tag" either a subject or when I am looking for samples you can tag a lens or a camera and see what really can be done with it.
It is also the one website where you will find some great black/white to admire. If you click on TriX you will soon realize that film is not dead (Kodak should do it, just to realize that there is still a market out there!).
 
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