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It was my first day teaching photography without my trainer watching.
I guess COVID is still holding everyone back; no one had signed up since I’d last trained weeks ago; the day’s student had been rescheduled due to an error on our part; and, as a token of our apology, I was meeting her not at the WeWork office but a cafe in Pleasanton.
I reviewed the beginning photography lesson the night before. My manager had asked me to bring cookies to the customer, so my mom and I baked pecan tarts that morning.
Anxious but ready, I arrived 45 minutes early and scouted the cafe for a spot to practice near a window. On the hour, Debbie and I texted each other and met. She knew the cafe and showed me a larger, quieter room with many windows.
She was what I’d call the ideal student, understanding and driven to learn. She had a family and wanted to take better pictures of special moments. It resonated with me — I myself had
recorded special moments with my father in a video about my caregiving for him as he lived his final years with dementia.
Memory isn’t perfect. Time is precious. And, photography can immortalize any moment.
Debbie was eager to show me her photography and to learn — and she had an eye for it. Maybe, she said, she could start her own business taking family pictures. I hope she does.
She brought a Nikon that had collected dust and was brand new to DSLR cameras but grasped the concepts quickly, and time flew. As is common, the less intuitive concept of aperture took longer to learn than the other concepts, but with time, she got it.
Her eagerness to learn was met by my excitement to teach. This set us up for success, and time flew. We went past the hour because we wanted to, and it was fun.
That’s how photography should be — as should learning. And, it seems teaching is, too.
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