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Well, it is finally time! I attended GLIP 2009 this June, and it’s finally time to get the blog post written (remember I blogged about GLIP + why you should go?). This post is going to consist mostly of photographs, because I’ve already told you why you should attend GLIP.
This first image is of my “class” (taught by Michael Redford) during one of our evening photo safaris. We went out to the beach for a primer on photographing families… and decided that we needed to have a good class picture. Here’s the result (yes, SOOC). Elli Vayo, another GLIP instructor, actually took the photograph.
Before the sun set that far, though, we spent some time learning from Michael about how he poses families on the beach … and such. Here’s an image of the class listening to Michael talk:
One of the great things about these smaller, interactive, classes is that you can bring your camera along and capture frames to remind yourself later of everything you learned. Once I captured my “reminder’ image, I found it more intriguing to photograph the photographers!
Same setup as the above image, but a more casual composition. The Q-flash was used for fill and stop-action.
Michale working again with the family as “students” look on.
Throughout the week, we worked with several models, including some “senior” age subjects. Here is one of my outtakes taken when Michael was demonstrating how to pose a “brother and sister.” I bet the hardest part for the models is to figure out which camera to look at!
Attending GLIP isn’t just about the in-class experience, though. You learn as much from the other photographer “students” as you learn from your instructor. One of our “free” nights at GLIP, a few of us (Terri Shaver, Paula Betts, and Cheri MacCallum) took a sunset trip to the lake. This first image has Terri in it — she’s actually photographing the lighthouse (behind me)… which was being bathed in gorgeous Ross’s light.
Cheri was photographing the same view as in the image above, but probably sans Terri. Who knows? Maybe it will turn up as one of her future fine art paintings!
Paula also was photographing the sunset. I love how many different perspectives you can get, just by keeping your eyes open and paying attention to the landscape… and the photographers capturing it!
