Saturday, April 20, 2013

Lil Country Girl

Elayna is 2!!! Turning 2 is such a big deal. She is such a sweetheart & so so smart. I love this lil girl. I've had the pleasure of photographing her since she was 3 months old. enjoy the preview












this was a outtake!! But I love it, bc Elayna's cousins were trying to comfort her! 

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Home School Groups

It's been an amazing (almost) two years since A Joyful Hand Photography launched. I'm excited about all the new ideas and plans for AJHP. One of them I just couldn't sit on any longer.
If you follow me closely, you already know that teaching, children/teens and photography are my life. I want to get back to my love of education, but I want to do it through my passion. Beginning in the fall 2013, AJHP will be offering Beginners Photography classes to home school groups and other groups. The classes would be 1 day a week, 90 minutes for 6 weeks. We would focus on What is Photography?, Rule of Thirds, Shutter Speed, ISO, F/Stops, Composure & more depending on the age of the group. I will be offering this for grades 3rd-8th. Students will need a 1 inch binder, notebook paper, pencil, pen and camera with a minimum of 8 mega-pixels (it must be a SLR-style camera, not a point and shoot). Pentax, Samsung, & Kodak all offer these beginning at about $200. If you need help finding a camera or you are not sure you have one that will work, email me! If you want to know, my favorite right now, is the Samsung NX1000. By the end of the 6 weeks students will have an understanding of their camera, they will be able to determine if the lighting is sufficient or if they need to use their flash, they'll also have basic knowledge of landscape, nature and people photography. The last session we will have a real photo shoot with one of my models at a determined location.
I prefer to work with groups of  a minimum of 5 up to 10. The cost is $60 per student, a 20% deposit is due at the time of booking (book at least two weeks before you would like classes to begin), the remaining balance is due by the end of week 1. Deposits are non-refundable. Classes are only offered on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays.
For more information contact us by email: ajoyfulhandphotography@gmail.com or by phone/text 704.495.9343