{"id":6,"date":"2025-08-28T19:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/?p=6"},"modified":"2025-08-28T20:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:19:29","slug":"my-photography-journey-an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoclass.us\/mrpaul\/2025\/08\/28\/my-photography-journey-an-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"My Photography Journey: An Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I enjoy photography as a hobby and have taught photography classes numbers of times. I am teaching this class because of of my interest in photography and because Mr. O asked if I would.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equipment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve use two different Google Pixel phones for taking pictures as well as various film and digital cameras. My current camera is a Canon 60D, but when I get to take B\/W film pictures, I like to use the all manual Pentax K-1000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google Pixel 4a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Google Pixel 6a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Film Camera – Pentax K1000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Digital SLR – Canon EOS 60D<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am hoping that my students will begin to use more than just the default settings on a camera. Through the use of dSLR cameras and learning to use manual settings, I think students will develop more control over their pictures. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

6 Sample pictures from my collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Racquel H<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Quincea\u00f1erain DC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Miss Renita<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These 3 pictures were take with my Canon 60D during a trip to Washington DC in the Spring of 2025. In the picture of Racquel, I like how the shallow depth of field and overexposed background makes the blossoming trees disappear into a pink brightness. The quincea\u00f1era is unaware that I grabbed this shot as she was having her portrait taken by another photographer. The third picture is of Renita also uses a shallow depth of field keeping the background and the bridge in foreground blurry so it doesn’t distract from the subject. All three of these images were taken with a Canon EOS 60D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kathy and Dad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is one of my favorite pictures of my Dad, with my sister Kathy, before he passed away, I took this picture at one fo the last family picnics we had at my parents place. Taking pictures allows us to save memories, but a danger of taking pictures is not being present in the moment. I took this picture with my cellphone (Pixel 6a)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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London Bell Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 1999 I took a trip to London as part of a history class while I was a student at HACC. in 2022 I was got to take my wife and our children to London for a week and Ghana for two weeks. If I were to take this picture again, I would try to get rid of areas in the bottom that don’t add to the picture. I really like the tree on the right and bit of a branch on the top that create a depth to this image. This image was taken with the Canon EOS 60D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elliot and John in Wayne, PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sometime around 2013 I snapped this picture of my dad with his grandson, looking out the far doorway of my Uncle’s barn. I like how this picture is framed by the darkness of the interior of the barn, while dad looks out into a bright future. There is a certain amount of nostalgia in this picture that is communicated between the light and dark areas of the picture. I believe this was also taken with the 60D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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