Digital Photography Classes?

I caught the photography bug again in 2004, after a nearly twenty year hiatus. I was faced with a rite of parenthood passage last spring, when our son left the town soccer club to play for a premier club. After a couple of years of amateur coaching, I happily hung up the clipboard, picked up a digital SLR camera, and left the training to the pros.

I figured that if I took the courses, got the certificates, and pretended to be a soccer coach, I could just as easily wield a big-lensed SLR, take some photography classes, and pretend to be a sports photographer.

Alas, I still haven't had the opportunity to take those photography classes ... I'm just humming a few bars and faking it ...

In a short time, I've come to learn that sports photography is one tough racket. (ouch)

But the money I blew on the Digital Rebel has already been outweighed by the money I've saved on film and processing. The high costs of development drove me away from the hobby two decades ago. But these days, I gladly throw out nine out of every ten shots.

And those I save? Only a handful get sent out to the digital photo print lab.

Digital Photography Classes, continued