I’m quickly beginning to realize that I really enjoy teaching! All my mentor meetings have gone super well and I just got finished teaching a group of moms all about manual shooting! This morning’s MOPS meeting was all about doing what you love and there sure were a lot of moms who love photography and their new DSLR cameras. I was expecting a handful of moms to show up, but I was pleasantly surprised by a group of 20! I had an hour to teach, but since we were just going over the basics of manual shooting, I figured that was plenty of time for instruction and hands-on learning. WRONG! The moms were eager to learn and had lots of questions, so we went beyond my little handout of information. And I don’t know how to work Nikon cameras, and even some Canon cameras, so there was some lag time spent figuring out which buttons did what…ugh! Why can’t they all be the same?? Anyways, all in all, it was a fabulous “class” and it made me realize that I need to do this more often. I need to do more to share my knowledge of photography! Not just with those who are beyond the basics, but also those who have purchased a DSLR camera in hopes of taking better pictures but just don’t know how to use the camera to its full potential. HOORAY!

Some of the moms asked if I’d be interested in doing a workshop sometime and the answer is absolutely YES! So the interested moms are (hopefully) emailing me and we’re going to set something up for this spring. So if you’re in the Morgantown, WV area and you’re interested in getting together on a warm day at a local park to practice with your camera and learn more about manual shooting, leave me a comment here or shoot me an email at jessica@jessicafikephotography.com.

And since we’re on the topic of teaching, why not mention my mentor meetings a little bit more in-depth!? 🙂 I’ve still got some openings for this spring, so if you’re interested in meeting one-on-one and going over anything you want to know about photography and/or starting and running a business, here’s my mentor meeting info…

2-Hour Meeting w/out shooting
– Available on Monday and Wednesday evenings
– $125

3-Hour Meeting w/shooting & headshots
– Available on weekends
– $225

And because I love a bunch of pictures in a blog post, here are the pretty details we were supposed to photograph at this morning’s photography class. I also wanted to take a picture of the moms in action AND get a group shot, but nope, forgot all about those! Darnit!

Thank you to all the moms who came to the photography class this morning at MOPS! I really hope you learned something and I hope you’ll practice at home. I also hope to see some of you again on your photography journeys! And thanks for reminding me that I really enjoy teaching. 🙂