Paso Robles

Although it has been a while, I was recently at a photo workshop in the beautiful city of El Paso De Robles, California. The photography workshop was hosted by photographer Syl Arena. The instructor for the week-long class was David Hobby, AKA "Strobist", from strobist.com. David taught his first more-than-one-day class with us at the end of April. One of the great benefits of the workshop was the small class size; only 15 students total.



Here you see model Sophia from the Workshop. During this shoot we were in a small Victorian house in Downtown Paso Robles. The models were very patient with us as we were learning and practicing.

We learned about lighting, and then we shot. And then we learned some more, and then shot some more. It was definitively not an easy week. Fun, but not easy. I really strive in the crash course genre of learning due to my short attention span. Previously to the Paso Robles Workshop, I received all of my educational photo input from blogs (like Strobist.com), books (of which I will read 5 at a time!), DVD's, and online forums. The idea for this workshop was go go go. Overlearning and immersion in the subject matter. I have to say it works very well.

I made some friends, leaned a ton, and came home with new enthusiasm. I can't wait to use my new skills. Images from the shoot made it to the current model portfolio on my Wedding Photography site's "Model Portfolio". Check it out.