Meet Mozi – Master of Eyes…?
Spring is here! Did you guys know that this is the second time I’ve seen spring in my life? Oh yes! Actually, my first time was last year, when I moved to Vancouver…and I must say, it’s so beautiful! 🙂
I’m originally from Venezuela, a South American country, with beautiful places to see. So naturally, learning about photos was a must!
When I was in my home-country, I met my friend Mozi, and there he told me everything about himself and taught me the secrets he knows about Photography.
Here we are in front of the Cordillera de la Costa mountains, and the city of Caracas.
Mozi is originally from China, but since he loves to travel around the world and meet people, he learned a lot of languages, especially English!
“The secrets of photography are so much fun they shouldn’t be secrets!” he said to me.
He showed me the magic of light rays, and how they play with our eyes and how oue eyes can help us locate ourselves and learn!
This was all very exiting so this Spring, I asked Mozi to come to Vancouver and help me teach these secrets to my new friends!
Eye, Light, Camera started on Wednesday, April 13th!
That day we discovered the principal notions of light, following the path of Albert Einstein, in the book On A Beam Of Light, by Jennifer Berne.
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Inspired, we made an attempt at constructing our own lights with a flashlight and a shade using some card board around it…and I must confess, at the beginning we were busy cutting our shapes but then my big kids got a bit distracted so, we weren’t able to take any photos of the event…next time, I promise.
Our second lesson happened on April 20th and it was all about capturing moments together on a field trip. What better way to do this that enjoying the Capture Photofest exhibition at the Presentation House Gallery in North Vancouver?
So, Denet, all the big kids and I got on the sea bus and captured all the good energies from looking at the water and the mountains…when we got to North Vancouver, right after eating our snack, we noticed…oh no! We won’t be able to make it back on time if we go up, we don’t want to be late! (Next time, we should leave Buddings at 1pm! J )
We had a little meeting and discussed our options, go back, go all the way up to the gallery, play more…but when I heard my big kids Julian and Adrian say: “but this park is so beautiful, can we see that over there?”…
…I thought: “this is it, I want them to see, to feel happy about it”.
I wish you could have seen their faces! They look so happy!
And I’m so happy too 🙂
One thing I’d like to add is that it will get better, organized and you will see the results. My good friend Talia has warned me: “the first sessions will be challenging”, and yes, kids are special, they need to get use to things first and I’m willing to keep going until we get “the photo”.
I want to thank Denet, Sara, Sarah, Talia for your help and the big kids, you guys, you are light!
