I've always believed that a smart person is someone who recognizes what they don't know.  That said, I must be a genius with all the stuff I don't know...  But I digress.

Khoi Vinh (of the blog, Subtraction) recently wrote about his experience with his Nikon D70.  He's had it for a year, and hasn't gotten from it what he'd hoped.  So he looked around and found a class that would help him improve a bit.  He ended up choosing a NYU course offering, Digital Photography Shooting Workshop.  Probably a good choice, as it's led by Joseph O. Holmes of Joe's NYC PhotoBlog.  I've personally followed the Joe's NYC PhotoBlog for a while, and it always leaves me yearning to head back to New York.  He clearly knows what he's doing.

So Khoi recaps his first week of the class (it's about a month long) for us.  They spent a Saturday afternoon wandering The City, listening to instruction and what not from Joe, finding shots, and I'd imagine, having a great time of it.  The follow-up class was Wednesday, where they each had to select 5 shots from their photo safari.  The 5 shots had to be completely unaltered, and would then be shared with the class. 

Khoi goes on to explain his thoughts on what he chose as his 5, and what he's hoping to take away from the class.  I'm really into the thought process that goes into a shot.  When it's more than just pointing and shooting at something that looks cool, but a composition, it really shows through in the result.  I'm sure Khoi's going to get there, if he hasn't already. 

I'll have to look into a similar class here in Denver.  It's no NYC, but that's not the point I suppose.