The first one I’m going to reproduce in full,as Rob had a specific aim in mind when he booked on one of my bluebells trails earlier this year,and his email tells the story really well:
Hi Chiz,Many thanks,A belated thank you for my bluebell trail morning with you at the end of April.I think you asked what my objective was &I said to try and get at least one image which generated a comment of more than “nice try,next please”from a competition judge.Lots of my images from that morning showed how much work I still need to do on my focussing technique but one was,I felt,worth printing &entering in competition.Am just in from that competition; 60-70 entries and opposition was unusually stiff but I still felt disappointed when,after a fairly detailed critique on every other print,all my bluebells got was a “yeah,works OK,next please”.I was therefore utterly astounded when,after running through his final selections for awarding the usual ‘commended’,‘highly commended’,3rd &2nd,he put my bluebell print back on the stand and said “couldn’t see anything in this to improve on –1st place by a good margin”.So,objective achieved –and more than!Rob.
The next two comments are from students who came on one of my full-day courses (which are sometimes booked as a subcontract from other photographers)
Please pass on my thanks to Chiz for the course she led. I had a great day and am already looking forward to next weekend when I can get out an practise my skills in the peak.
(Gary,Ashbourne)
Thank you for a great day out. If anyone asks for a photography day I would have no problem in recommending you.
It was only 48 hours after the event that I really began to understand the small things Chiz had taught me. All I have to do now is practice!!!
(both from Mark,Ashbourne)
