Image of an old oak tree Boone Hall Plantation Charleston SC while attending an Art Wolfe workshop.
A
lot of successful photographers of all categories teach workshops. It
should be an opportunity for the students to get practical hands on
experience with a particular photographer and have as many questions
answered as they can.
You attend workshops to learn something that improves your photography. So choosing the right workshop is very important. You should know what you want to learn and ensure the workshop can deliver.
When your photography improves over time you may reach a point where it seems people are asking you more questions than you are asking. You'll see a natural tendency from eager learners wanting information from you. You might ask yourself, "should I be teaching?"
There is a couple of reasons photographer's teach workshops. They enjoy teaching, and it's an added revenue stream for their business. The Fine Art Photographer can create and teach a workshop and benefit from paid travel, networking with others, and learning from every experience.
The teacher should have the experience or put forth the effort to learn about the subject they are teaching. So if your thinking about teaching workshops be prepared to be a student as well. Photography is a life learning event. Having the ability to teach from your knowledge and experience requires skill as well.
A teaching photographer needs to be as committed to the success of their students as they are to their own photography. He or She should have as much passion about teaching as making pictures. The rewards are reciprocal with a successful workshop.
When the student is ready, the teacher will arrive...(Zen Proverb)
When the teacher is ready, the students will arrive...(Photographer's Proverb)
You attend workshops to learn something that improves your photography. So choosing the right workshop is very important. You should know what you want to learn and ensure the workshop can deliver.
When your photography improves over time you may reach a point where it seems people are asking you more questions than you are asking. You'll see a natural tendency from eager learners wanting information from you. You might ask yourself, "should I be teaching?"
There is a couple of reasons photographer's teach workshops. They enjoy teaching, and it's an added revenue stream for their business. The Fine Art Photographer can create and teach a workshop and benefit from paid travel, networking with others, and learning from every experience.
The teacher should have the experience or put forth the effort to learn about the subject they are teaching. So if your thinking about teaching workshops be prepared to be a student as well. Photography is a life learning event. Having the ability to teach from your knowledge and experience requires skill as well.
A teaching photographer needs to be as committed to the success of their students as they are to their own photography. He or She should have as much passion about teaching as making pictures. The rewards are reciprocal with a successful workshop.
When the student is ready, the teacher will arrive...(Zen Proverb)
When the teacher is ready, the students will arrive...(Photographer's Proverb)
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