Completely Obsessed

We all learn differently. VERY differently. If there's one thing a degree in education taught me, it's that. Classroom instruction can be phenomenal, if the teacher is such. (like my photography instructor!) But outside of the classroom, you're on your own. Some learn by listening, some by seeing something done once, and some need to do it themselves seventy times and make up songs to remember certain formulas of success before it starts to click. I'm in the latter group. Problem is, I need about ten extra hours a day to do so. Unfortunately, I've yet to figure out how to rope in time to work solely in my favor, so here I am. As a self-diagnosed sufferer of ADD, I sometimes backtrack to what I practiced last week and have to literally familiarize myself from the beginning. This very act caused me to buy books. And manuals. And download tutorials. And stalk photography websites. And blogs. I was quickly accumulating quite a collection. Actually, a library. This only made me thirsty for more.

After work last Wednesday, Matt and I went to Barnes & Noble. He had a book in mind he wanted, and I am my mother's daughter, so I always have a book in mind. Currently, they are photography books. And manuals. And tutorials. You get the idea. I remembered an author my cousin, Sarah, recommended. I'm almost embarressed to admit it, but I've been living under a rock. I realized this after I took Sarah's recommendation and picked up THE single greatest photography book to ever grace bookstore shelves, appropriately named The Digital Photography Book (Vol. 3) by Scott Kelby. Notice I said Vol. 3. My ADD self picked up this book. So after work on Thursday, I trudged back to Barnes & Noble to pick up Vols. 1 and 2. Oops.

Totally worth it. I am passing along this recommendation because this man is my new best friend. Or at least his books are. Actually, they are like my little literary army. These books spell out photography in layman's terms, are organized to appeal to even the ADDest of minds. (i.e. me!) and have a little something for every type of photographer. Travel photographer? Check. Wedding photographer? Check. Beginner? Check. Confused about lenses? Check. Aperture and shutter speed baffle your mind? Check.

So if you are wondering what I'm doing right now, you can appropriately assume that I'm parked on my couch, surrounded by my literary army. We're battling ADD one "shot" at a time.

"Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated."