This past year, I’ve been doing a few on-line lessons on a one-to-one basis with students. I’ve really enjoyed it, as each student is different, but also I tend to see the same issues for most.
One such student, Leslie Tait from Orkney has been really excelling at his work this past few months. I’ve known him for some time, and I have often felt that Leslie’s work tends to vary a lot and be quite inconsistent. His compositions have improved greatly but I found that as we would walk through a set of images, the ability would vary enormously. So I thought the thing I should do with him that might help a lot, is to look at his work in sets of images. Otherwise known as portfolios :-)
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Images © Leslie Tait.
I’m really delighted at his progress. I can see in the sets of images he is now giving me a sense of cohesion that was not there before. Not bad for a 70 year old who took up photography 10 years ago.
I’m busy putting a portfolio development class together. It’s a ‘fly on the wall’ experience - 3 hours of myself putting a set of images together from initial selection to final edit. Perhaps I should get Leslie to do it for me, as he is clearly excelling at his homework !
Congratulations Leslie.