The Photography Class - basic class at City College Fort Mason was fun and I recommend it if you want to be pushed to get out there and shoot.  We had to photo in Chinatown,  Fort Mason, the Community Garden at Fort Mason and at Aquatic Pier, end of Van Ness.  Have you ever been forced to take pictures of people on the street?  I was not very comfortable taking those portraits at any of these venues,  but it did get easier and produced some great portraits from all of the class.  We were also asked to do some landscapes and the class produced some great ones.  The good ones will be on display in the City College entrance way at Fort Mason.  Great way to meet some interesting people and we have promised to try and do the next class in October. By the way the parades festivals, street corners etc are great places to capture people just being in their element.  The Gay Pride Parade was a terrific place to grab some great shots. 

A few months ago I bought a Groupon type coupon for a Photography Class with Krystal Donovan.  (krystaldonovan.com www.krystaldonovan.com/    This  weekend I spent 3 hours with Krystal at Coyote Hill in Fremont, Ca.  The workshop was unbelievable.  She taught everything from the buttons on your camera to how to shoot in aperture, shutter and manual.  I don't know how she was able to get it all in and I took over a hundred pictures.  Did I say - no one else showed up and I was one on one.  How lucky was that??  The class was so good,  that I decided to take her class the following day at Muir Beach.  She did not disappoint and even though several people showed up she was able to again get through all the camera stuff and we shot many many photos.  She gave one on one instruction to all.  Get to her blog or website and when she is in San Francisco - get in on a class.  She is now living in San Diego.  Meet Krystal.