I’m back from an intensive week-long course up at UT Arlington called “The Power of the Classics”. This was an awesome group of dedicated professional photographers learning more about “the art of portraiture as it has been practiced since the renaissance era to the present”. Gabriel Alonso is a Master Photographer and Photographic Craftsman in the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). I found the course to be very helpful and inspiring. My brain is full and looking for ways to infuse my everyday photography work with these ideas, although I’ll likely apply most of it to in-studio work with children. Check out Gabriel’s web site for an example of this kind of work.
I can’t post images from the photography, but is a shot I took while on break:
Wary Squirrel Watches Me
One of the main sponsors for the school sent the whole group (1038 students!) to Six Flags for an evening. While I didn’t actually ride anything, it was great food and I grabbed this shot of some classmates:
Wood is Strong?