fandomhigh | Photography; Thursday, First Period [01/06].

Prompto had been looking forward to this class all week....for probably more than a week, actually, if he was entirely honest...so the fact that he'd managed to sit somewhat still (albeit on the desk at the front of the room) while waiting for everyone to get there was kind of a miracle! And once everyone was there, he grinned, and didn't hesitate a moment longer before getting things going.

"Hey, everyone," he said, "and welcome to Photography. If you don't know me already, I'm Prompto Argentum, I used to go to school here, too, and I've been an avid amatuer photographer since I was way little, and it's been a real passion of mine ever since. And now I'm here to share that passion with you guys! It can be a really great skill to have, especially nowadays with all the social media and everything, but there's also just something about finding a great moment and being able to capture it, instantaneously, on film, to remember, to appreciate, to just look really cool...you know? So that's what we'll be doing here. Don't worry if you've never even touched a camera before in your life, or if you've been shapping shots since before you could speak...hopefully, this class is going to be useful or fun either way.

"If you've got your own equipment you prefer to use," he continued, hopping off the desk finally, "that's awesome. But, if not, or if you just want to work with something different because you can for the class, I've got these," and he lifted up one of the five cameras that were sitting on the desk with him, "Canon EOS M50 Mark IIs," did he wind up going with this model just because of the EOS? Duh. Obviously!, "which are great for beginners and pros alike. They're on loan from the Photo Hut, so please be careful with them. They're kind of a budget model, but, still, you know, I'd rather not wind up having to take them out of my paycheck ever week, you know?

"So we're going to take some time to get to know how to use the cameras today, but before we get into that...I know, I know, it's Thursday, so you're probably sick of them, but I'd like us all to go around and introduce yourselves, let me know your name, your photography experience, and what you might hope to get out of this class.

"And when we're done with the cameras, you're pretty much done for the day, but you are gonna have some homework." He chuckled a little, since it wasn't like it was homework he would ever have complained about when he was in school. "I want you guys to get some good shots over the week, and come back to class next week ready to show some of them off to the class so we can start seeing what you've got, yeah?

"Any questions before we begin? Who'd like to go first for intros?"

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Photogenically!

Alara Kitan

Kurt Wagner

Sakaki

Tahani al-Jamil

It isn't much, but Prompto's pretty proud of himself for not babbling more than he did, and, uh, there are shiny new cameras to appreciate? They're really pretty basic ones, though, so if anyone's actually super impressed by them, Prompto's going to know them as probably a newb in the group.

Resident newb checking in on cue! Kurt sat and listened to the lecture and was admittedly quite impressed with the cameras Prompto was showing off to them during the lecture. They were all a lot nicer than the now apparently very outdated dinky digital camera he had been using for the last year. He was definitely looking forward to the class even more now since they would be able to use cameras like those!

You probably know the drill by now! Let's hear who you are, your photography experience, and what you'd like to get out of the class!

"I'm Alara Kitan," Alara said when it was her turn, "I'm a sophomore, I'm from the planet Xelaya and its the 25th century for me back home," she said and even though she had apologised to Prompto at the Welcome Picnic she did turn a little red as she said the next the bit, "my only photography experience has been using instagram in your office," she gave a sheepish grin as she admitted that to the class, "I'd like to learn more about photography in general, I think it'd be a good skill to have and it'd be a way to improve my general observation skills as well,"

"I am Kurt Wagner" Kurt said when his turn came around. "I am from earth, but a slightly different version than this one. I like taking pictures though I do not have a lot of experience with it outside of just having fun taking pictures of friend and what not back home. I.. I would like to get better though and be able to take even better pictures!"

Even though Sakaki had warmed up a little on her introductions for the week and Mr. Argentum seemed pretty laid back as far as teachers go, she was still a fair bit nervous and shy as she stood and bowed a little before doing hers.

"My name is Sakaki," she said, "and I don't really have a lot of experience, just taking casual pictures, but I would like to learn, because if I am unable to become a veternarian or a florist, I think maybe 'cat photographer' would be a nice career."

And don't try to tell her it wasn't a career, because she had whole stacks of magazines dedicated to cute cat photos to prove otherwise!

Tahani gave Prompto a cheery wave. "I am still Tahani al-Jamil, most of what I've learned about photography has been from you and I'd love to increase my Instagram follower numbers!"

#priorities, omg.

And now it's time to get to know more about your camera for the semester! If you've got your own you prefer to use, that's fine, too, just enjoy a little in depth exploration of this particular model, its features, how to use it, and a couple other things Prompto will throw in there for fun ~~that will be completely handwavey because I don't know shit about cameras~~.

Even if you're not an expert at photography, you should be an expert at this camera by the time he'd done with it!

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He knows, as far as classes go, this one's pretty straightforward, but he'll never not be proud when it feels like it goes fairly well.

Assuming, of course, it goes fairly well!

Alara was looking a bit doubtfully at her camera, it seemed so fragile and she would feel really bad if she broke it.

"Um..." she hesitated as she approached Prompto after class, "so I have a habit of breaking things by accident," she revealed, "Xelaya has high gravity and I sometimes forget when I'm here, um ... are these cameras really sturdy by any chance?"

"...oh," said Prompto, blinking a little because that was definitely not a concern he would have thought to have had, but he wa glad Alara was brining it to his attention. "Uh, well..." He considered the camera and it felt pretty solid in his hands, sure, but he also didn't know exactly what sort of things she was used to breaking on accident. "I mean, it seems pretty durable? But, uh, I guess we'll find out? If it ends up breaking, I guess I can see about maybe finding you something to use that's a bit more durable?

"Don't worry about it, though," he added, quickly, in a rush as he remembered that she'd apologized to him for breaking into his office when she was supposed to be breaking into offices, he didn't want her feeling bad about breaking equipment if it was just because she couldn't always regulate her own strength! "Trust me, it's totally fine. Part of the reason I went with these ones is because they're on the cheaper end, so if anything happens, trust me, it's not a big deal."

Alara nodded, “I just ..I mean, I didn’t want you think I broke it on purpose,” she told him, “I’m getting better about my strength but I’ve definitely broken quite a few things since I’ve been here,” she admitted.

Prompto had to laugh a little; he couldn't help it, so he hoped it didn't sound mean or that he was making fun of Alara or anything, but the whole idea that she thought he would think she'd go breaking cameras on purpose when she was the type of person who went out of her way to apologize to him for something he'd practically already forgotten about...

Hopefully, the soft smile that followed would let her know that the laugh was touched more than anything.

"Even if you did do it on purpose," he assured her, "you'd be fine. That would just mean you might be stuck with disposables for the rest of the semester. Don't even worry about it."

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