It was a daylong workshop which consisted of 4 hours of compressed tips and advice on ISO, shutter speeds, f-stops, light metering and compositions. Then 2 hours of a photo safari which I didn't join because I had a last minute rendezvous with my kids who were hanging out in the city with their dad.

It was a good workshop, I think, as there were many who were from all levels of photography. I picked up new tips and it was refreshing to hear a lot of what I already knew from a professional photographer. If anything, to be reassured of technical bits I've learned from practice, my own reading and my husband, was well worth my time.

Now the only challenge is: to take better photos.

I would like to take another workshop that talks about lighting: both natural/outdoors and artificial/indoors. I use a slave flash that works well for what I need to do, but I would like to learn more about it in a workshop setting.

Oh, and that rendezvous with my kids resulted in me being the only parent paparazzi at the playground, snapping away at my own kids (not the others). Here are a couple of the ones I like: