{"id":6185,"date":"2017-01-04T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T21:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=6185"},"modified":"2017-01-06T08:35:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T13:35:03","slug":"first-shot-school-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=6185","title":{"rendered":"First Shot School &#8211; Now Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I&#8217;m so excited to announce that our school is finally <strong>live<\/strong>. Mia, Kevin, and I have spent quite a bit of time building our studio from the ground up with the purpose wanting to <em>really<\/em> help in the photograph the community. You can find out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/firstshotschool.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/firstshotschool.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Why I Think We Can Help<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I&#8217;ve been working in online training for photography for over 10 years. I&#8217;ve been a teacher for over 20. One of the things that i&#8217;ve always wanted to do is teach with a specific purpose. Make sure that those who want to learn actually get what they needed. \u00a0Teaching is a 2 way process &#8211; and for the most part we&#8217;ve been stuck with one way &#8211; Preach to the people, and hope they get it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qW-yPnHS80M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I want us to go back and forth in this process. \u00a0If you want to learn something &#8211; I want you to leave saying &#8220;Man, I got it.. I&#8217;m moving on to my next challenge&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As I&#8217;ve been banging away at making the new place thats the only thing that was on the brain. \u00a0Teach. \u00a0Not preach.. \u00a0do that and we can make something cool..<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I&#8217;ve been using Photoshop and Lightroom for a long time, and I think i&#8217;ve got a good slant on how to teach it. \u00a0So much so, that I&#8217;ve written the Adobe certified expert exam for both Photoshop and Lightroom\u00a0(no I dont have the answers to the test any more). \u00a0On the professional speaking front &#8211; \u00a0I&#8217;ve spoken with tens of thousands of users, authors, experts, photographers, and digital visionaries to help answer any questions that they have. So I know the pain points, and what are the things that are the &#8220;must have&#8221; items.. and which can wait till later.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">How We Plan To Do It<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I am absolutely <em>terrible<\/em> at cool catch phrases &#8211; \u00a0worse at top ten marketing bullet points. I don&#8217;t do fancy Tshirts . I\u00a0hate the thought of writing epic into anything I post\u00a0and I refuse to turn my instagram into an insta-resume. \u00a0This blog tries to share both \u00a0&#8211; the dad, as well as the teacher. \u00a0So I wanted to bring that mindset into First Shot School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We set out to make a site with as little of that stuff as possible. No excessive bells. \u00a0No whistles.. no rambling on in a tutorial (thats what this blog is for). \u00a0Have it load fast. Get in, get what you need, and go about your day. Our internal goal has been &#8211; can we make a class that you can watch when the kids go to bed. \u00a0Can we make tutorials you can watch on a coffee break. \u00a0If we can&#8217;t &#8211; hit delete and do it over. \u00a0But how do I learn to get that focused?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6188 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site-570x354.jpeg\" alt=\"fss-site\" width=\"570\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site-570x354.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site-600x373.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site-150x93.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site-250x155.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site-768x477.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site.jpeg 2266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I partnered with <a href=\"http:\/\/miamccormick.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mia McCormick<\/a>&#8211; \u00a0an award winning journalist, reporter, anchor, and tech geek with a crazy amount of experience in\u00a0television. She&#8217;s got a laser eye\u00a0on looking at our content from a news point of view- it&#8217;s not all that different, really. \u00a0Make sure that you respect your viewers time. \u00a0Be gracious that they&#8217;re here &#8211; and reward that by being the best at what they came to see &#8211; <em><strong>teaching<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Together I think we can develop a package that can get you up to speed on the things you need getting out of the gate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">The Focus \/ The Price<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6190\" src=\"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site2-570x467.jpeg\" alt=\"fss-site2\" width=\"570\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site2-570x467.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site2-600x491.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site2-150x123.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site2-250x205.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site2-768x629.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fss-site2.jpeg 1820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One of the things that we wanted to focus was on core skills that people need- whether you are a beginner or a pro. \u00a0It would shock you to know how many experts out there don&#8217;t understand some core principles of photography, Photoshop, Lightroom, or Video. \u00a0It be a common thing to hear &#8220;Wow.. didn&#8217;t know that.. i&#8217;m adding that to my workflow&#8221; when out talking to people who have been doing this for years. \u00a0Those are the kinds of things we want to make sure you have. \u00a0I think you can work a lot smarter if you see them at the start of a process.. but anyone can learn from this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>Playing Our Position &#8211; And Pointing You Down the Road<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are\u00a0<em><strong>plenty\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>of amazing photographers out there with a specific vision, and if you&#8217;re looking for someone to take you along the photographic road further &#8211; we are going to be the first to point you to their sites. \u00a0There is only\u00a0<strong>one<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/joemcnally.com\" target=\"_blank\">Joe McNally<\/a>. \u00a0There is only one <a href=\"http:\/\/gregoryheisler.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gregory Heisler<\/a>. There&#8217;s only one <a href=\"http:\/\/jeremycowart.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Cowart<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;ve always considered myself a position player in this game &#8211; so i&#8217;m playing this one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once you purchase a class, the site will show you\u00a0a class discussion area where we want to answer all of the questions you have on the course. You can go back and forth with the instructor, as well as other students on the points to make sure you got the concept down. \u00a0If we feel like we need to add to the course to address the point &#8211; then thats what we do. \u00a0I want the course to be an expanding thing as best it can to accommodate\u00a0for teaching as best it can.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Additionally, students will have the option to signup for a monthly Q&amp;A\u00a0that we&#8217;ll do as a live stream where we can just shoot the breeze, and talk about the course. \u00a0As the school grows &#8211; we can host more live streams. \u00a0The goal would be to get to a weekly live show that doesn&#8217;t waste your time on what I had for lunch &#8211; but on what you need to get better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So &#8211; that&#8217;s it &#8211; I finally am coming up for air after being holed up working on it. \u00a0I hope you go check out\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/firstshotschool.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/firstshotschool.com<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; see a class you need and get one. \u00a0My intention is to earn your business one class\u00a0at a time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m so excited to announce that our school is finally live. 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