It’s the first day of school this spring semester and I’m sitting on the edge of my seat with  anticipation of all the things we will learn.

We covered a lot of ground in the three hour class, but I can only begin to imagine the ground we will cover by the end of the semester. I’m so excited!

Professor Bob, I like that he is a no guff sort of guy. He laid out the ground rules for the class and emphasized the manner in which he expects students to be respectful in his class. That starts with the golden rule of no cell phone use in the class. After one reminder, he stated that he would show that student to the door.

In reading over the Expectations…Class Rules, I got tickled when I read “Dear students, I know when you are texting in class. Seriously, no one looks down at their crotch and smiles…”

We got our very first assignment today. It’s a bit more detailed than just taking shots like last semester.

Photography assignment titled A Masterpiece From The Mundane: Around your house

Home can be a place of refuge and relaxation. Maybe it is a place of tension. Is home a place of creative seeing? Many times we do not look at our places of familiarity with the eye of a photographer. This assignment is to turn your eye toward the mundane, familiar and often overlooked potential of your home space. Use your photographic vision to transcend the ordinary and create something special from your common place.

He has a list of requirements that he expects us to perform in Photoshop as all images need to be shot in RAW and each photo must be adjusted to his standards. Each photo we present during critique, will be graded on the criteria as seen below.

• Image
• Concept
• Presentation
• Structure
• Focus
• Print Quality
• Evocative
• Craftsmanship
• RAW
• Follow Photoshop Directions

My wheels are already turning as I’m beginning to brainstorm about the masterpiece I get to find around the home. Actually, we will be presenting in class two matted pictures as well as a total of 40 shots total on contact sheets. Professor Bob said it can be anything from indoors to our yards. Should be fun!

And with that, I’m off to create a masterpiece.

I leave you with the shot I took while making the hubs lunch. My favorite way (for years) to leave a note for my hubby. I took this shot to remember what I said on the first day of my class. He deserves much more than a Thank You. And I really do appreciate his support behind my passion. I’m one blessed lady.

Blessings – Debbie