Above are images of the photography class at last week’s CODENI soccer game and this week’s class. For the past three classes, we’ve been using my cameras and those of the other volunteers to make our images. We are very lucky to have the support of local professional photographers Jose Hernandez Claire, Jorge Hernandez, and Humberto Muñiz at the classes. We hope that some of the other interested volunteers will be able to fit in a visit to our class when their schedules permit.
This week, the cameras from Listen to My Pictures arrived at the U.S. Consulate, and I spent a full afternoon changing settings to Spanish, charging batteries, and labeling them for the class on Saturday.
We had a great attendance in class where we critiqued the last few weeks of images talking about lighting, composition, moments, and layering. Super-volunteer, Jorge Hernández, Missy and I took turns going over the students’ images. After a 10 minute run-through of the basic auto functions on the new cameras and some very important care instructions, we headed out to a nearby plaza to make our first images on the new Canons.
The kids quickly spread out, using their newly-learned skills to take images of people selling goods, church icons, and details of objects tossed away on the ground. Just as we were heading back to the office, a wedding let out, and much to the surprise to the bride and groom, they were greeted at the door of the church with 9 kid photographers in addition to their hired wedding photographer. I suppose every couple has to have something memorable from their wedding, and for them, it will be a photo class full press attack.
Glad you guys are doing well and the classes are going as planned especially with the new cameras. Your spanish is great. We miss you but the neighborhood isn’t the same without you.