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I have been pondering the guts of my photo e-course offering since I first mentioned it back here. Originally I was thinking it would be 5 weeks in length, set up as a password protected blog with a post from me 3-4 times a week, a lesson each week, challenges, exercises & class participation by way of uploading images either to a group (private) flickr account or directly to the blog itself - say every Friday each person uploads their fav two photos from that week's experience. I began feeling overwhelmed imagining the course in this format. Most of my feeling overwhelmed was about the time I knew I would want to devote to planning such an e-course ('cause y'all know I'm a super planner) & then the time & effort of writing the course with a deadline of mid-June at the very latest. Think, think, ponder, ponder, ponder. It began to seem tres daunting so in my mind (lately a constant swirl of too many things) 5 weeks at 50.00 soon morphed into ... uh ... maybe 3 weeks at 30.00 with a part II if the first 3 weeks went well. My biggest concern through all of this pondering was feeling comfortable & satisfied that I would be providing good value to you, my customers.

Those of you who visit here regularly know that because of my taking the fab e-course Hello Soul Hello Business my Creative Empire building has been spun around a zillion times, turned upside down & is still standing on it's head & because of this big shake up and my actions resulting from the shaking I suddenly have quite a lot of creative goodness (yes I said $$$) work happening and in pondering some more the photo e-course as much as it could/would be fun, challenging & tres interesting to me - photography is an obsession habit of mine & not actually my work, main focus, passion or income generating "thang". It's a big ol' beautiful hobby of mine. Hang on, hang on ... most excellent brain wave solution to all of this just ahead. Ta da

Introducing (kinda*) the Passionate Observer - photo club. I've set up a separate wordpress blog which will be password protected & private. Each week (Monday) I will post a lesson/topic with a challenge each week, occasionally I might post several times a week. We'll cover lots of info from basic equipment (& yes your iphone counts as a camera), light, colour, the habit of photography, composition, colour, basic photo editing techniques (make your pictures stunning), flickr accounts & how to set one up - & lots about the rich habit of documenting one's life visually & daily. The Passionate Observer club will have an annual membership fee of 20. (payable at the beginning a family rate of 40 - Amy & sweeties). Changed my mind I think it should be FREE


I can't tell you how excited I am about this revamped version of my e-course. I know I have lots of good information to teach & to share + there are many more advanced photography related issues that I'll be able to dive & delve into & learn along with our club members. I'm aiming for a June 15th start date, you'll be able to register & pay your annual dues at the blog.

In closing just a reminder that I use a basic (a lil' high end) point & shoot camera - a Canon G12 always set to automatic, I never use a flash, I hunt for light more than subject & honestly I'm not at all a technical photographer (in fact I'm a technical dummy).  I recently got this great book from the library - it just may be our first suggested reading/text The Practice of Contemplative Photography / Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes (Andy Karr & Michael Wood) - their web site - Seeing Fresh If you're interested in joining the Passionate Observer photo club (or even if your not) I highly recommend adding this book to your collection.

* more details coming very soon - promise !