Blog 1 - First Day

Wow - today I've had to create yet 'another' email account (I'm positive 4 accounts is way too many) to set up my blog account. I've also formally hooked up to Flickr instead of just browsing the photo's anonymously.

I was relieved to finally go through the Unit Guide and find out our assessments - I'd be dreading what assessments would be required. It seems pretty reasonable although I'm sure there'll be times during this semester that I'll have tiny 'freak out' moments juggling assignments. There'll be a great of deal of work involved with the first two assessments - Folio and Technical Finish however I'm sure a bit of advance planning will help.

From the introduction given, my take on this subject is that it is one of personal photography development and recording/documenting the process along the way.

I'm really keen to learn about aperture, shutter speed, ISO settings (what is this??), white balance and a range of lighting techniques. I'll be glad to receive some formal training in Photoshop instead of 'experimenting' and butchering my photo's in the process.

So far I'm pretty happy and not feeling overwhelmed with the amount of assessment tasks for this unit.

That's all for now...