The Workshop Begins, Amazing Night!

How to K.I.S.S. Like Charr is going fantastically well! Night two of three during this inaugural workshop put on through PPSV (Professional Photographers of the Sacramento Valley) was last night. In this hands-on workshop I’m sharing some of my personal secrets about how to create the lively and colorful art works I do– I’m teaching The Art of Making Art via Photography using the digital tools and knowledge I’ve developed over many years of doing this work professionally.
Last night as I walked around the room and saw what the students were doing I was so impressed and delighted, just glorious work! The energy in the room was incredibly exciting, everyone so engrossed in their project they literally groaned with displeasure when I told them we were winding it up for the night. Now that’s what you want as a teacher– excited, inspired people!
Our project has been to create a Rock n’ Roll Faerie. Last week I had the wonderful model Monique come in for a session on simple lighting and we captured the portrait that would be the foundation for the course. Even a few of the students took a turn with the camera and worked directly with our beautiful model.
Now they have an assignment to create their own piece using what I’ve taught them and using my brushes and textures off the workshop disk I gave them. I can hardly wait to see what they come up with and will be sharing here…