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As previously mentioned, I enrolled in my fourth class for the Digital Photography certificate program at Algonquin College back in July. The class is called Composition and Design and I had the first class this past Monday evening and am really excited about it. As I am sure you are aware, I haven't been entirely pleased with the last two courses I have taken for this program (multimedia applications and photoshop for photographers). I learned things during these last two courses, don't get me wrong, but I wasn't happy with either the pace or the instructor and was therefore put off by them.

So far, this instructor seems pretty good. Sure he is a little into himself and his photography, but what professional photographer isn't? I mean, how are you supposed to teach without showing your own work, the stuff you understand the best? Anyway, I really hope I continue to enjoy this instructor because he teaches the lighting course that is mandatory for the certificate as well as two optional workshop courses, all of which I want/have to take.

The class has 6 assignments for which I am actually going to need a fair bit of help for as some of them are portrait assignments, but I will be speaking to my friends about this later. I believe we only have a week to complete each assignment as the class after it is assigned we critique each others work. I am both nervous and excited about the critiquing process. I am excited to finally get some third party opinions on my work at the level I feel is appropriate, but extremely nervous that my work won't make the grade and will fall short of everyone's expectations, including my own.

I will of course keep you all posted on my progress and will be posting my assignments here as I complete them. I have a few ideas for the assignments, some of which include the conference in Chicago I am attending later this month - hopefully they will turn out as well as I am picturing them in my head.