If you want technical teaching it is not so great.Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is calling on Labour to support her bill banning seabed mining, which has been drawn from the biscuit tin.īefore entering parliament Ms Packer led the challenge by here Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru iwi against plans to mine off south Taranaki. If you want to see what it's like to work with a big team on a major project this is a great workshop.
It is however weak on giving you the info strait up on how to improve your own work. It was a great overview of how she approaches the studio and a project and the detail that goes into making a top notch image. It was really neat to get to watch her work, she has an amazing personality that really is soft and kind and it showed in the way she worked with the parents, babies, and her team. It really lacked the teaching aspect, they did not go over her equipment, basic camera and lighting settings used to create the look she wants in her images etc.The lady who was interviewing her was terrible Anne seemed really open to share but the questions were very poor and lacked follow up and really diving into what Anne was doing. Different is sometimes good and sometimes bad, this session was just that good and bad. Watched the first day of this event and it was very different than other creative live workshops. AND, it is good for new people and experienced people, who are looking to get better in their craft, more successful, or maybe even famous-if they are honest.to see that not every day in a studio (or in any profession really)-Even for Anne Geddes- is Glamourous, Exciting and "Sexy": sometimes it is crying babies that need their diapers changed. There is a wealth of information and frankly entertainment, for someone who is interested in really seeing behind the doors. Creative Live has Tons of Great Technician classes in So many genres of photography (and of course other area)- with Anne's class there is Plenty to Learn from her, but the value does not come in the Wam Bam machine gun delivery of latest tech and tools, it is in the methodical, patient, But Driven pace that is anything but chaotic (as one reviewer said).Īs I said at the beginning, I think they delivered exactly what was advertised and I am very happy with my purchase.
Anne was very clear that she is not a technician. I am not paid by Creative Live nor do they probably even know me, but I'm very happy to support and actually buy their content-because I don't know another place/format that teaches so many different, practical, and interesting topics as they do and I Love that they take chances like this and really do Deliver. I did feel like my view was blocked at times when I wanted to see how they were setting up some of the actual shots- but in general I think they did just about as well as you could in those conditions. It is Creative "Live" so it could have been Much less organized, and much more chaotic, but I was actually Very impressed with the production and smoothness of the Creative Live team.
Kenna was always prepared to discuss Anne's books, or other topics and did a great job getting personal/and professional with Anne-just as they said they were going to. You can't script babies and pets, so you go with the flow and adapt.
I felt like I was at Anne's studio and experiencing what actually happens when she is working on a project.
I felt the class was exactly what was advertised, and thought Kenna did an excellent job keeping things moving when there were obvious delays or unexpected events with "the talent" (the babies). I just read the other reviews and think people may not have watched the preview video or listened to Kenna's explanation of what was going to happen.