One thing most students need to be reminded of is to shoot in portrait orientation too!
Evening DSLR Photography Lessons are becoming more common as Florida's temperatures increase. Thus I met Indre in downtown St. Petersburg at 6pm for our first lesson together. She has owned a Nikon D40 for about six months, but had mostly been shooting in the pre-set modes, something one definitely does not want to do with a DSLR camera! They are very poor in those auto settings. After our two hour lesson finished, Indre had the knowledge to shoot in aperture priority mode in a number of different situations and if she is brave enough will not have to use auto modes again!
At Vinoy Park I thought we would have a chance to photograph some dolphins feeding and intensely splashing around. I had a feeling though that by the time we walked over the dolphins would be gone. Of course, as soon as we got within range, the splashing stopped and the swam off into Tampa Bay. Of course.
Indre is a very interesting person, originally from Lithuania (I have also been having more international students lately) with family across Europe actually. So in between photography talk I enjoyed hearing more about her life. She is taking a trip to the Smoky Mountains soon so I look forward to seeing her landscape and others shots when she returns.