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Apparently his view of really good is different than your view of really good!  I’m also wondering how you go through two years of community college, including a lighting course, without knowing how your camera works or anything about fill and bounce flash!  At the local camera show and sale, Canon, Nikon, Westcott, and the store’s staff all present many free 45 minute seminars on lighting.  Nikon, Canon and Westcott all feature their own products and the store staff covers the basics of lighting from a pop-up flash through external flash on and off the hot shoe, then on to studio strobes and continuous lighting.  When you could get a comprehensive understanding of lighting patterns and methods using several major brand’s hardware simply by wandering around and staying awake for a day, how can you not have a clue after two years of community college?  I suppose we are into the last third of summer break.  It might be interesting to visit in the fall to audit a couple of their classes.  Then you would know if it is the student or the school.

I don’t know if I would give her a camera for a wedding or assign her the task of keeping track of gear so she could observe without a camera in her hand.