Seeing through different eyes…
I taught a photo workshop to an amazing bunch of Grade 7 students last week. Not only was it a wonderful experience, but it was absolutely inspiring. They were pumped. Kids truly want to create, and given the opportunity and the fuel… they are magically unstoppable.
I can hardly wait to see their images, which judging by the few I saw on Friday, we are all in for a wonderful treat. I’ll try to get it together to post some of their images here. I absolutely LOVE and could not get over, how fresh and alive it all was. We had all of the different ‘cliques’ of kids, all inspired and climbing trees, jumping in the air, and hanging off everything, all to create different angles and amazing images. All they need are a few tips, and tools… and watch out, these little sponges were rockin’ their cameras, and inspiring me, to stretch myself to see differently as well!
This just may be the start of an amazing venture. I’d love to do it again… I think I just might!
Here are some of my images from our time together!
Tags: photo workshop, teaching photography, vancouver island photo workshop
May 5th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Love it…love the pics…love the new blog post…love that you are inspiring people of all ages to see beauty & magic everywhere…Thelma & Louise do it again…
May 5th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Lou & Thelms…. I wanna be in grade 7 again!
I love that the 2 of you never cease to amaze me!
C’est vraiment fantastique!
May 6th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
That was my class!! i love the pictures you took. They are very good
Thanks agian
Owen
May 6th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Thank-you sooooo much for coming to our classroom! I had sooo much fun taking the pictures,aditing them, and presenting them. You gave us a great opportunity! I hop you can come again!
May 6th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Thank you so much!!
these pictures are great i love how you changed the pictures around!!
they are so amazing
Thank you so much,
Andrew
May 6th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
thank you! i had so much fun taking pictures of friends and nature.
It was funny how there wre different groups everywhere. I had fun i have tons of awesome pics
xoxo
May 6th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Thank you so much for the experience, it was so fun, i didnt have a camara, so i am gonna take the pictures tonight because my dad is back from his trip. Thank you so much, and love the photos you took!, have a wonderful day
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Love Carson *One of Shannon’s students*
May 6th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
im so glad you could come to our school! we had sooo much fun. And i learnt alot. Ive being using the techinques at home and have noticed a great improvement in my photographie and im quiot please with my work.
Thank you so much for coming
I really hope we can do another workshop with you soon.
Thanks
-Megan Rutledge
May 6th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
thank you soo much for helping us with photography! But one thing… could you you maybe possibly post all of the pics you took somewhere? I would really like to see them all!
Thanks again -Rachel
May 6th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Thank-you for visiting are class, i learned so much!
Kristen
(Mme.Andrews class)
May 6th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Would it be posible to put some more pictures of us
Thank you
Owen:)
May 6th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Thanks a lot it was so fun getting to go out and take all those pics
May 6th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Im one of the students you taught, and I really enjoyed the work shop. I thought it was very fun and I learned a ton! Thank-you!
May 6th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Thanks so much Erin for comming and teaching our class. Even thought it wasn’t for too long, I learned alot about different types of photography. I hope one day you could come back and do it again.
May 6th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Those pictures are amazing,
Thank you so much for coming to our class,
Thanks to you I am inspired to take beautiful of the places around us.
I can’t wait until you come back and show us more techniques.
Thanks so much!
May 6th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Hey, those pictures are great that you took. I hope my pictures turn out as good as yours. Thanks so much for coming and taking pictures with us. I can’t wait till you come back and visit us again.
May 6th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Sorry i wasn’t there to perticipate, but seeing all the photos was really neat. I hope you cane come again so i can perticipate. It would be really fun to enhance my photography school, having the advanteg of my mom going to Emily Carr. And my having such an interest in photography. Hope you come again.
xox Shimen and Ethan
May 6th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Thanks for the great experience, It was very facinating what you inspired us to do. It would be great if you could come some other time this year.
May 6th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
you are a grerat insperation to me. im allmost done taking my photos.
for love i whent to the beach with my dog and i made a heart in the sand and then my dog was allmost sleeping in the corner of the heart. thank you for the great insperation.
Breanne:)
May 6th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
OMG, I love how the pics turned out!!!!! they are absolutely astonishing and intense. You are the MOST inspiring photographer ever!!!!
you are awesome!
May 6th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
WOW! These photos are GREAT !!
LOVE what you have shared!!!
I can’t wait to see some of their photos as well !!
AWESOME!
May 7th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Wow,
Those are soo good.
How much did your camera cost
Thank you soo mush for coming and showing how to take all those incredible pictures
Cody (first pic, person on ground:D)
May 7th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Thank you so much erin it was so much fun and i think the pictures you took were fantastic! The pictures were creative fun and some cute. I really liked the workshop it was very fun.
Well thanks again hope you can come back soon,
Jessica (Shannon’s class)
May 7th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Thank you very much for coming to our class. It was a very very fun class. I would really enjoy if you came back to our class again to hear were you went. Thank you again for comming.
Thinks Again
Nicholas Luneburg
May 7th, 2009 at 12:58 am
hi, I’m in madame andrews class but icouldn’t make it! I hope you come back so i get get this awesome exprince just like my classmates how loved this exprince.
May 7th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Thank you so much for coming to our class. I had a great time and I hope you can come again. You are a great inspiration to me, and I loved how you told us about all the things you did and all the places you went.
Thanks again,
Sarah SG
May 7th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Than you sooo much for coming to our class!!!!
I had sooo much fun taking pics!!
i cann’t wait till you come back again!!
you are a very inspiiring photographer!!
Awsome!!!
May 7th, 2009 at 1:01 am
I really loved doing the class and hope you can come again. It was a lot of fun and inspiring.
Thank you so. Please come again:)
-Sara D.
(Madame Andrew’s class)
May 7th, 2009 at 1:01 am
I realy enjoyed our workshop and i hope to see u again somtime in our class. I’ve the methods uve tot and ive seen exalent progress.
~THANK YOU~
youre friend: JAYDEN
May 7th, 2009 at 1:01 am
It was an amazing expirience taking pictures outside with you,
even though we missed our break it was definatly worth it
I hope you know it inspired me to do more photography and not just look at it as random pictures of flowers, i even try at home. So thaanks
May 7th, 2009 at 1:02 am
I love how you change the looks of the pictures (instead of always getting peoples faces ,you would get their legs and a dog or their hands )Thank you so much for the workshop .
Hope to see you soon
Thank you
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Your Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 7th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Ok ok why was there no pictures of me ! But even though there was no pictures of me posted i’m really glad you came by. I was alredy in to black and white photography but your expertise were excellent.
thank you
……………Tom
May 7th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Thank you Erin for taking such amazing photos of us and for letting us experience that opportunity. It was lots of fun and I hope you come again soon. Your camera was really fast at taking pictures how much did your camera cost??? After we took the photos that day after school my friend and I went to saltspring and took some outstanding photos. We went to saltspring for a soccer tournament.
Thanks again
May 7th, 2009 at 1:03 am
i would apreshiate some more pictures from all of us. Maybe here or another site. But ur work is so amazing anyways
May 7th, 2009 at 1:04 am
May 7th, 2009 at 1:18 am
hello,
thank you so much for coming,
i never had so much fun taking pictures,
i cant explain in words it is hard because im sitting in the lab and it has been a long day at shcool.
( except Shannons class that is always fun)
any ways i really loved that you came to our class on your own time to do this, i wish there were more people like you.
thank you,
Darcy
May 7th, 2009 at 2:19 am
I love the pictures you posted!
Thank you for coming and teaching us about photography, I had a great time learning!
I had so much fun taking pictures with you and my class!
I really, really hope you come back to do another workshop with us again soon!
Thank you!
May 7th, 2009 at 8:38 am
WOW! XO