{"id":2,"date":"2011-05-17T03:14:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T03:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fotopasion\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2011-05-21T09:20:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T17:20:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fotopasion\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"(c)Welcome to my grotto.<\/p>\n

This is where I’ll be posting material, thoughts, assignments and links related to my class: ETEC 565A.<\/p>\n

Photography is my passion. I really enjoy technology and teaching, but photography is something I have been keenly interested in ever since my parents bought me my first camera, a Nikon FM that was produced the same year I was born.<\/p>\n

Back then they were afraid it would be a passing hobby, and it was not easy for them to shell out $750CDN (~$1800CDN in today’s currency). Thankfully I stuck with it, and fell in love with it, and have had so much fun with it since.<\/p>\n

I nearly majored in it for my undergrad studies, but the practical side of me won out, and I majored in English Lit. with the intent of becoming a teacher.<\/p>\n

However, and even though the digital revolution kept me from my hobby for a while, the flame of interest, passion, and excitement was never snuffed out. Now that I’ve been out of teaching for a while, and have had some time to reflect, \u00a0I’ve decided to combine what I’ve learned in my teaching career (and in the MET program) with my passion.<\/p>\n

My ultimate goal after I complete the MET is to create a curriculum for teenagers on Photography. Some of you may be rolling your eyes and saying “What? Another book on the craft?” To which I can reply: “Yes!”. But this one will be written with teenagers in mind.<\/p>\n

Photography is often seen as a hobby, and is seldom taught in a way that approaches it with principles, and those are two big reasons it is rarely found as a course in high schools. Isn’t photography expensive? It can be, but to teach the principles not much money is required, specially with the tech that’s available, and often for free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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