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[Gary A.]

I actually watched the whole thing. I hate Ebay. Everytime I look around Ebay ... I feel I need to shower.

 

[bribrius]

I wonder if I know enough teach a basic photography class. they are looking for a new instructor. Probably not my thing though..

I wonder if I know too

only reason it crossed my mind is I saw a listing for a night school instructor needed and they seem really desperate guess they have none. Hardly would put myself in the teaching category.

 

[Stradawhovious]

only reason it crossed my mind is I saw a listing for a night school instructor needed and they seem really desperate guess they have none. Hardly would put myself in the teaching category.

If your post from earlier today is accurate...

I should probably still have a point and shoot only then because I forget some real basic things when shooting. Like shutter speed and forgetting to bracket, basic things that don't occur to me until after....

You may consider really nailing the basics yourself before teaching them to other people.

Just a thought.

 

[Gary A.]

I wonder if I know enough teach a basic photography class. they are looking for a new instructor. Probably not my thing though..

I wonder if I know too

only reason it crossed my mind is I saw a listing for a night school instructor needed and they seem really desperate guess they have none. Hardly would put myself in the teaching category.

My Mary Lou is completely unknowledgable about photography. I've been supplying her with nice equipment but she uses them like P&S and does not retain any info I give her on lenses. She hasn't a clue. I gave her my barely used Fujifilm X-E2 and a few lenses and she agreed to attend a photo class for beginners. I attended with her.

The class was a disaster. The instructor claimed to be a wedding photog and knew the basics. But she wasn't a very good photographer and her teaching technique(s) was absolutely horrible. It was all I could do not to correct her every other sentence. She spend most of the time spinning off on tangents and talking about herself. The class never took a picture until the last meeting.

Just remember that it is more than mere knowledge. This lady had been teaching for nine years and still was horrible. Also, remember that there will be a variety of cameras and each one has different menus and settings. It isn't as simple as teaching a basic film class.

 

[bribrius]

only reason it crossed my mind is I saw a listing for a night school instructor needed and they seem really desperate guess they have none. Hardly would put myself in the teaching category.

If your post from earlier today is accurate...

I should probably still have a point and shoot only then because I forget some real basic things when shooting. Like shutter speed and forgetting to bracket, basic things that don't occur to me until after....

You may consider really nailing the basics yourself before teaching them to other people.

Just a thought.

Probably not a bad thought. I do forget a lot of crap shooting. Not sure if it is absent minded or what.....

 

[bribrius]

well, I was a substitute teacher once for 6,7,8 grade it couldn't be worse than that... could it?

 

[sm4him]

In honor of my baby boy's birthday, I think I'll post a few pics of him.
Most of them are from cr*ppy P&S cameras, and many of them reveal a little known condition: Becoming a mom can cause you to lose the ability to focus a camera. At least, that's what the evidence seems to suggest.
(Actually, in my defense, I didn't take most of these.)

The day we came home from the hospital:

That's me on the left, my mom on the right. Wow, was I ever young back then! I'm older than that now.

 

[sm4him]

well, I was a substitute teacher once for 6,7,8 grade it couldn't be worse than that... could it?

I'm not sure there is anything worse on the face of this planet than being a substitute teacher for middle school students.

 

[sm4him]

Sean believed in eating as a full-contact sport.

 

[sm4him]

I have no idea what on earth he was doing here. But then, that was OFTEN the case when he was growing up. He was a child of 1,000 expressions, incredible creativity, and sometimes just baffling, incomprehensible thought processes.

 

[sm4him]

Sean with his all-time favorite birthday present: A box of dirt.
I'm not even kidding.

He LOVED dirt, and rocks. Still does. It was more than just liking to GET dirty, although goodness knows he enjoyed that to no end! He truly found dirt and rocks fascinating.
I remember the first day they let kids play on some new playground equipment at church--they were all having fun sliding and going through tunnels and climbing, and suddenly, I couldn't find my child anywhere. Finally found him; underneath the new play structure, digging in the dirt.

Anyway, his uncle gave him this handmade box. He had to first pry it open (it was nailed shut), and when he saw nothing but dirt inside, his eyes lit up like he'd won the jackpot!! It was hilarious. His 2-year-older brother thought he'd taken leave of his senses, and had no interest in the box at all…until Sean started discovering MONEY hidden in the dirt--then suddenly big brother wanted to help dig!!

 

[sm4him]

Last two:

I always made their costumes when they were young. I did it partly out of necessity (I was a single mom with no money to buy costumes), but more out of tradition, since MY mom had always made OUR costumes. One year they were Superman and Wonder Boy (kind of a mistake, as I couldn't get those capes off them until almost the following Halloween! They wore them EVERYwhere), Sean was a SKUNK two years in a row, because he loved the outfit so much.

This was the year they were Cheetahs. My oldest son was probably about 7, maybe 8 at the time. He was very precise about how the dots needed to be drawn so that his cheetah didn't look like a leopard or a jaguar. God forbid. THAT kid was always too smart for MY own good.

Anyway, Sean LOVED having a tail!

 

[sm4him]

After they grew up, and I quit making their costumes, I was pretty pleased that they started making their own.

This was Sean as the Mad Hatter, just a few years ago. He bought a couple of items from a Goodwill store, but mostly used stuff he found in our closets.

 

[Stradawhovious]

I posted their new video yesterday, but have been stuck in a loop of their old stuff.

Here are a few more of their examples of awesome.

Enjoy.

 

[Gary A.]

well, I was a substitute teacher once for 6,7,8 grade it couldn't be worse than that... could it?

No.