Teaching portraits…
For those unaware, I teach. But it really helps to bring in others to help sometimes. Sometimes I just know someone does it better than me. Sometimes I know that…
The interview process…
Spending time behind the D800 filming interviews. I like to produce a moving image that looks like a still as I intend it… Stay tuned… -Noah D.
Finishing a final…
By no means have I been teaching long. But my first semester was the Fall after I graduated from college. Since then, I’ve taught the same Photography 101 class four…
For the beauty of the blue hour…
So many people get caught up in the golden hour. It is easy to shoot in because the light is so bright and brilliant. With high-ISO capabilities comes a little…
A studio a day…
Today was studio day in my photography class. Being that it is supposedly “advanced” photography, I turn the students loose in an “advanced” studio environment. Umbrellas, softboxes, parabolic reflectors, and…
Speaking to a distance…
I teach a Junior-level photography/photojournalism class at the University. Today we Skyped one of my good friends, Philip Holsinger. I think it is a positive sign when the class dismisses…
Teaching models…
In a few years past, we have relied on the generosity of a couple of students to sit while other students photographed. Then swapping around. This year, we decided to…
Before two classes…
Above: Jeff and I teach opposing sections of basic photography. Some days, we join our two classes of 25 into one huge class of 50. On this particular day, it’s…
On a foreign map…
No matter how often I travel, for some reason I have a special place in my heart for maps. To see a map, recognize it as foreign, and know that…
…and in dryer times.
One day it is cold and raining and generally gross outside. Then, a few days later, its back in the 80’s, sunny, and everybody is out doing their usual thing.…
A third of a day…
Teaching a class on the “Rule of Thirds” bothers me slightly. Why? Because I break the “rule” more than I follow it. I teach my students the “Suggestion of Thirds” to…
Exposure to tests…
If you weren’t aware, I teach at a university as an adjunct professor. For the test, a bonus questions on this first test was: “Within two stops, give the…