Day 1, The Introduction

January 25, 2010

Today is my first day at CDIA. Finally! Our classroom was full of all types of people from all walks of life. We had recent high school graduates, people from the world of finance, people who are passionate about photography and wanted to explore it on a deeper level. People from as far as Thailand came just to attend this class in Washington, DC. It's interesting to note that last year only 3 students were in the full time photography program. This year there are 2 classes of about 18 students in each class. What an increase!

We were introduced to our instructor for Camera Workflow 1, noted photographer, Michael Cunningham (www.mcphotog.com) and our TA's Erik and Dave. Throughout the morning we talked about class procedures, equipment, photography today. In the afternoon we were introduced to the Mac computers and did a few basic procedures like formatting our portable drives and setting them up for our workflow. We also played around with Adobe Lightroom and setup a few preferences.

Throughout the day the Michael, Erik and Dave were quite adamant about being open and encouraged us to ask questions, to take advantage of all the people at CDIA. This open, creative, nurturing environment is one of the things I love about being here at CDIA. Can't wait till tomorrow.