setting the scene

I have just completed a four session photography course.  It was so awesome and I learned so much.  There are buttons on my camera that, until now, have not been touched and I have discovered so many cool ways to take photos.  The course consisted of a night of theory; a morning of landscape and waterfall photography in a park using a tripod and practising with various apertures and shutterspeeds; an evening in the city taking night shots as the light faded and socialising over cheese and wine; a last evening on how to use photoshop.  There were 8 students on the course and we were all beginners, so easily impressed with our new discoveries.  I met some interesting people and developed my confidence in taking better pictures.  I learned how to use my telephoto lens properly and how to adjust the colours for various settings. 

The course venue was about 15km from home and on the first night I sat next to a woman who I really liked and felt an instant connection to.  We chatted before and after the course and then discovered that we live 2 mins away from each other in the same suburb.  Karin is a bit older than me and is at home with her first baby.  We shared lifts for the rest of the course and are now planning to walk and ride our bikes together.  We want to spend time at the river practising with our cameras.  God has sent me friends in the most remarkable places and I feel really blessed.