My disclaimers

Thanks to all of you who submitted your images. I can tell that you put some thought into them and they will be great illustrations of the principles we will be exploring. If any of you have not yet submitted yours - please do.

My disclaimer:
Photographic images and art in general is very subjective – it always has been. Monet broke with the “classic” style and helped to initiate the impressionistic style. Picasso broke from the impressionistic style and founded whatever you call his style (according to Wikipedia, it was called the Cubist style – who would have thought? It’s amazing what you can find in a minute on the internet!). The point is, everyone likes something different. We are going to be discussing principles of photography and have the opportunity to apply those principles however we individually want. It is important that you do not be disappointed if I or someone else is not as excited about your favorite image as you are! Or if I or someone else makes a suggestion on how it might be better (to our eye) when you thought it was perfect just the way you created it. We can have a lot of fun and learn a lot if we all can feel free to express our opinion without fear of offending someone. {End of lecture}

Another disclaimer:
I’ve never conducted a photography class in an online format before so please ask questions, make comments and suggestions and share your ideas - we'll have a great time! Sometime later I'll give you a brief bio, but for right now, I'd rather get started - besides, most of you already know my history!