Ashley McCormick Photography {The Blog}

I had such an AMAZING time with all 6 of the ladies who came to my very first Photo-Love workshop! We had a great afternoon of learning all of the basic camera functions, what your camera really can do, and how to use it properly in manual mode. And of course, we finished the afternoon with a fantastic shoot, courtesy of my all-time favorite models, Amy & Ben.

For the first part of the workshop, we talked about all sorts of photography things, but then put them to practice in the field

We talked about Depth of Field and how it works

We moved in close to our models

And also backed away, to show how moving yourself changes a photo’s perspective

We played a lot with back-lighting, and how you can properly expose for it

But we also talked about headroom, and the proper amount a photo should have (not too much or too little, make it just right!)

  And one of my favorite lessons, we talked about the Rule of Thirds and how centering your subject isn’t always the best thing

Thank you again Amy & Ben for always being such awesome models and for letting all of these ladies photograph you!

And thank you so much, Laurie, Dana, Jessica, Stacey, Melanie & Stephanie for attending and making my very first workshop absolutely perfect! It means so much that all of you came and wanted to learn from me, I could not have asked for better students. I am honored to have you all as friends and also fellow photographers! Thank you all again so very much :)

**Here is a review of my workshop from Stephanie. Please check it out! http://www.stephaniegregoryphotography.com/2011/11/29/ashley-mccormick-workshop/