the nursery - baby steps in photography

It's been a long time since I asked my brain to learn something completely new. Like out-of-the-box new. My first DSLR - a Canon 60D - arrived just days before I attended Tim Coulson's The Nursery photography for beginners workshop in Noosa last Saturday. I had story deadlines to tackle last week so my camera remained in its box - alone in the dark - until the night before the workshop. Hopeless!
 
The images above are two of the first DSLR photos I've ever taken. I know there are so many things wrong with them (for starters, the first photo is blurry and over-exposed!) but I love them just the same. The first is of the gorgeous Steph and the second is of my dear friend Sarah. I love her smile in this shot - she was laughing at just how amateurish we looked. I think she looks like a pro already.

Tim is a natural teacher and his photography style is fresh, honest and beautiful. He confirmed what I suspected - there is no magic trick to mastering the camera. It simply takes buckets of practice and patience. And if you seek an emotional connection with your subject, well that's where you'll find true beauty. It'll take baby steps. Here we go. Thank you Tim, Kesh and sweet little Roo.

Jodi from Che and Fidel writes a beautiful wrap-up of The Nursery here.