7th october

hi there im all new to this blogger thing so be kind haha..well may be nows the time to tell you all alittle about myself..well im Donna live in Lichfield with my son connor..I've always wanted to take up photography but keeped putting it off...comeing up with things like i've got no time..i'm always busy with my son or helping out the family or my friends..But then last year i thought enough was enough if i really want to do it i just have to go for it so i did as i didnt want to be calling myself MISS AUTO for ever and a day haha...so off i went to enroll at lichfield college...The toutor richard pickup was great...and i could'nt wait to start...so there i was not knowing anyone and not knowing how to use the camera...thinking to myself may be i'm the only one here who dont know anything...but i was soon put at ease and started to make some real good friends...we was all in the same boat...we all wanted to learn photography...when Richard started talking about aperture's ISO F stop shutter speed...i have no idea what he was talking about...then week in week out he started making us all understand..i think it took me from the sep-dec for the penny to drop...at that very point i then started to enjoy playing with my camera...we started off with tree study...(i never want to see another tree again) ha ha..then we done Depth of field...then shutter speed..then Lenes "urban sprawl"  then ISO.. then composition...and exposure..and focus...and rule of thirds...but when that penny droped it really did start all making sence to me....yes it all took a long time but i got there in the end...for our portfolio we had to take a number of shots of an area of photography we wanted to do...ive always have had a passion for portraits...i just love being with people....so i got intouch with my local brownies group to ask if i could do a photo-shoot there...after lots of paper work they said yes and there moms and dads was happy for me to do it...as thay could buy the photos from the leader for a very small amount and the money made went into there brownie fund...the kids was great...real stars...great at posing.. we had great fun all round that night....i used some of that shoot for my end portfolio..and Richard was over the moon..and i passed my level 1 with flying colours...year 1 ended in june 2010 but then Richard put on a workshop only for 3 weeks....i soon put my name down...as i soon got the bug " the more i done the more i wanted to do more" then in Aug Rebecca parker "photographer" put together a photo-shoot useing 2 real models...at Darwin house in Lichfield..well i was like a kid in a sweet shop ha ha...i soon got into it...asking them 2 pose this way that way etc etc...before i new it the time was up...but i came from there like i was on clode 9..."some of that shoot ive put on here" but i still wanted more and more....i wanted to do level 2 so bad but Lichfield college was'nt doing it due to staff cuts...then i found out from my friend Debbie that Burton college was doing it....Wow i was soon on the phone...hopeing and praying there where still places left...and thats when i had a little chat with my new tutor Steve...he told me to go in that night and to see what the course was all about...and im so glad i did...as  i've just enrolled at burton college and i'm doing level 2 certificate in specialist photography and presentation,

 mandatory unit 211,
optional unit 207,

i will keep you all up-dated and start puting more photos and write ups on here...
but for now take care
Donna X