Someone really cool is coming to Montgomery. This is my perhaps my biggest “claim to fame,” so I’d like to tell you a little story to give you some background:
It all started about 6 years ago. It was my senior year of college and I had put off taking biology until the very last second. I wasn’t looking forward to it, but…well, in order to graduate, I had to take it. So I registered for the class, fully dreading the experience. As it turned out, my teacher ended up being a pretty cool guy by the name of Mike. He was an interesting sort, and made it a point to learn every name of each student in the 100+ auditorium style class. As it turned out, he was a really good teacher, too…made the most difficult concepts incredibly easy.
I…along with (I daresay) most of the actively attending class…earned an A that semester. And it wasn’t because this guy, Mike, was easy. I firmly believe it was because he had a gift for making the most difficult concepts understandable.
This was biology, people. And I made an A. Unheard of, for me, in that subject!
I could go on, but I’ll fast forward 4 years, to the inception of Facebook. I had graduated from college, had a job, and was – yes, becoming involved with Facebook. I was still learning the ropes and figuring out how to be friends of friends – and all that good stuff – when I came across Mike, who was a friend of a friend (on Facebook…hang with me for a minute more!). So we became friends on Facebook, and then I got busy with other things and left Facebook for a while. Well, one day I came back, and there was this cool thing called a “newsfeed” – and I saw some wedding photos that Mike took. Curiosity got the best of me – as I was really becoming serious about the whole photography business – and I looked at the photos. I also saw that Mike (now known as Michael) had a website…so naturally, I had to check it out.
As I clicked around, I found that Michael had an online photography school…and I took advantage of it, and learned so much! You see, as with biology, Michael has a gift with teaching photography. So many people are intimidated by the whole idea of photography…shutter speeds, apertures, composition. So they shut down and don’t want to learn. But I think that even the most intimidated person could learn, if they have the desire!
Michael has traveled all over the country, working on photo shoots, pumping up his free photography school, and creating instructional DVDs. He can tell his stories better than anyone else, but he was once a PhD student in genetics (or something just as intimidating!)…and is now an internationally known – and award winning – photographer.
And guess what?! He’s coming to Montgomery for an all-day workshop on June 4th!! I’d like to extend the invitation to you, to join the fun…location TBD, from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. It will be intensive, but it will be fun…and most of all, informative! Space is limited to 12 people, and will be for photographers of all levels! Click on the image below to see the flyer for this workshop.
Click here for even more information and to register!
Of course, if you have any questions, feel free to contact me…I hope you’ll be able to come!
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She is SUCH a cutie, and I had the best time photographing her!! She speaks very deliberately and is very active. She kept going from one place to another, saying, “I. want. togo. over. here!” Children this age always present a challenge, because they are constantly on the move and have no concept of (really) what I’m trying to do with that camera. But I love the challenge…it’s one of the reasons I enjoy this work!! 
