Elham Academy
Yesterday I attended the Elham event at Albareh Art Gallery and Cafe. Performances of “punk folk” acoustic music, photography, poetry and paintings filled the evening with muse. It is quite difficult for me to describe it in
detail, so you will probably have to go to one to really get what its all about.
But, what really left a great impression on me was Laurence Brown’s segment on digital photography. Laurence teaches at university, and that is exactly why his delivery appealed to me. Whatever subject one is speaking about, it sounds more compelling and engaging when the delivery is entwined with passion and love for the subject.
Even when speaking in technical terms, which most take as boring and confusing at certain times, I felt such immense interest that I thought I will end up buying a camera first thing in the morning the
very next day.
The love for colors and light showed in his stories; the trouble that one needs to go through to reflect the right amount of light, provide the right amount of saturation, and achieve the all so sweet depth in
the final print. This light, this saturation and this depth, is also what I search for in text.
I can barely remember the last time I had so much passion for what I do.
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amal
to pick up from where you left.. i think it takes so much profound loathsome toward what you thought you might like to do, to actually make you realize where and how your passion ought to pour..
re Elham, i’m really happy to see what a great job is being done.. this is exceptional for Bahrain, and something to be very proud of
Nov 21st, 2007
Yagoob's Dome
The next day after going to Elham, I gave the best lesson in Photoshop I have ever given in my very short career as a teacher trainer!
It was really inspirational and I felt that I was mimicing his actions when lecturing about pixels and resolution.
Keep it up Elham
Nov 22nd, 2007
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