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Prompto Argentum ([personal profile] hashtag_chocobro) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2024-07-08 05:53 am
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Pet Photography; Monday, Second Period [07/08].

Boy, sometimes, Fandom really didn't give you a whole lot of time to breath in between one thing and the other, did it? Granted, it hadn't been the first time Prompto had experienced something like the last weekend, suddenly thrust twenty years into the future for a glimpse of What Might Be, and it was interesting to compare what the differences were (fewer kids, for one! He had a feeling most people went the opposite way than that, and Vampire!Iggy was...uh, something!, but seriously? Chocobo farm? Back on Eos? Be still his heart!), but he didn't really have time for that, because he had a class to get to, and he would just have to ruminate on all of that later!

Either way, information had been sent out to make sure the students of Prompto's class knew to meet at the animal shelter, for this and pretty much every class, unless he specified otherwise ahead of time. There, they would find the usual menagerie of animals, from the puppy pen by the window facing the street, to the cats roaming around like they owned the place, to the rows of pet product shelves and the tanks and cages for their rodent, reptile, and feathered friends, and, of course, to the massive collection of impressive fishtanks taking up the majority of the back wall.

And a small little area set up like a photography studio, and a eagerly bouncing instructor waiting for them there.

"Hey, guys!" Prompto greeted them with a big grin and a little notch of his hand in a finger gun toward the students, slightly covering up his disappointment that, once again, photography didn't seem like a big catch for the students right now. He thought for sure adding pets to the mix would spark a little more people to sing up, but alas. Oh well. Fine. It was fine! This just meant getting to work more one-on-one with the students he did have!

"And welcome back to more photography! As you probably guessed by where we are and the name of the class itself, we're doing a special focus on animal photography, specifically pets, and so get ready for some really cute, really adorable challenges. Because it's one thing to be able to take pictures of stationary things, but when you've got models with a mind of their own, it turns photography into a whole new adventure! It's not quite the same as wildlife photography, either, which can sometimes be a lot about waiting for that right shot, although there are some similarities. But we'll get into all of that eventually. And I know everyone here knows how to use a camera already from previous classes, so we're good there, and I have rentals if you need to borrow one still. We already know each other from the last session, but I'd like to do some quick introductions, mostly to know what your experiences working with animals might be, since I already know your experience with photography, and then we're going to pop right into some general rules, guidelines, and essential tips for getting your best photography with your pets! Now, this is going to be structured a little differently than the last class, too, most of our picture-taking is going to be just here in the shelter without as much homework, but if you do have any shots you want to show off on any given week, you know I'm not going to say no.

"If there isn't any questions before we begin," he concluded, "let's just go ahead and get started."