One of the questions that I hear most frequently from people inquiring about dance lessons is “How many Ballroom dancing lessons do I need to take to be able to dance”? The short answer is a long time! I must admit that this is the only question that I, a professional dance teacher still have difficulty answering because of how “naive” the question itself is. You see, learning how to dance is a process not a destination. I get a little queasy when I hear a new student anxious to put a number on something that is so individual and not very quantifiable.
Some people are born with a natural way of movement while others need time to start feeling the movement. Some may be tone deaf while others can distinguish musical beats in an instant. One person may practice everyday at home and have a slower progress than someone who does not practice at all (Although most times it is the other way around). There are so many variables that it is impossible for any teacher to tell you off the bat how many lessons you will need to be able to dance. People have different bodies, talents and work ethics. In addition, even when you have taken many lessons and learned quite a few dance moves, it does not mean that when you go out dancing (be it a nightclub, party, wedding), you will automatically be able to lead or follow different people flawlessly. It takes time! It takes time to understand how to adapt your dancing to whomever you are dancing with. It also takes time to not feel nervous when dancing in public!
Dancing is an art as much as it is a science. Your Ballroom dancing lessons will change according to what your needs are at a particular moment. For example, you may have gotten to the point where you are able to dance 10 moves individually with clear leading and timing. Does that mean you now know how to dance and can stop? There is much more to dancing than knowing different moves. Maybe now you can start working on how to get in and out of any move at any time and become better at improvising. Next month, your frame starts drooping and your teacher may do a few review lessons on how to hold your frame. It is a work in progress for both the student and the teacher – Wash, rinse, repeat!
So what I am trying to say here is that “how many lessons do I need?” is the wrong question to ask. The best thing you can do when you are deciding to start dancing is to commit yourself to consistently take lessons. I recommend 1-2 private lessons a week for at least 3 months to start. During those first 3 months have an open mind and just learn, absorb, practice, feel and experiment the dancing world. Hopefully after that time period you will see that learning how to dance is not a linear path and cannot be measured.
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Digital Photography is a fantastic hobby, a source of generating cash and also with a few tricks can produce real works of art. However, not everyone can become a great photographer just like that and if you can\’t figure out your camera manual your best option is to find online photography lessons. Dan Feildman\’s photography lessons can teach you how to take beautiful pictures, how to enhance those images with Adobe Elements or Photoshop, and finally how to sell your photos online.
Today\’s online photography lesson will be going over the vital points that need to be covered in order to become a professional photographer.
1) Buy the right equipment
You must have the proper equipment if you wish to be a professional photographer. If you are unsure of what is required ask others who are in the business or do online research. The most obvious item that is needed is a professional quality camera. There are a huge variety of cameras on the market yet professional quality cameras, such as digital SLR\’s, are somewhat expensive and you need to make sure you have it in your budget to purchase one. You can substitute it for a manual digital SLR camera, which is a mid-range camera, that can be used in the beginning until you have it in your budge to upgrade. A manual SLR will give professional quality photos with the added bonus of familiarizing you with how to properly use cameras to produce professional results.
2)Begin your career as an apprentice
To ensure success I recommend you find a local photographer who will take you on as an apprentice. This job probably will not pay, however the experience you gain is invaluable. As an apprentice you will learn more than you ever could in a school and the knowledge will be advantageous so that you don\’t waste time or money when it comes to starting your own business. Learning the \”tricks\” of a successful photographer will be worth more than a paycheck when all is said and done.
3)Study
Photography has greatly evolved over the years, and it is best to study its science and techniques. Take online Photography Lessons about basic photography to learn the essential things that you need to know. Aside from this, you can visit bookstores or libraries and read about photography. There many different branches in photography. Studying will give you an idea of what branch you would like to specialize in.
4)Be Patient
Patience is the hardest part and is key in photography. Whether you are shooting, developing or setting up your equipment, this is an essential part to perfect your picture. If you really want to become a professional photographer, you should learn to be patient. Especially during the first months of your venture, because you can be sure that you will seldom get the results that you want.
If you are really serious in becoming a professional photographer, you should know that it requires a lot of patience, budget and determination. However, all these things will pay off once you start taking great pictures and capturing the essential moments in life.
Online photography lessons have been revolutionized by Dan Feildman as illustrated in his FREE Digital Photography Report, that will even help a complete newbie take some really awesome photos in no time at all.
You only need to visit LearnDigitalPhotographyNow.com to get your FREE Digital Photography Report, and to start the Online Photography Lessons like a pro right now!!!
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THE STORY
Keep your elbow up. Reach and glide. No, keep the arm straight out, don’t let it fall down. Fingers in the water first. Keep your hand cupped like a spoon–not a fork, not a knife, a spoon. Rotate your hips. Keep the body stiff. Your whole body should tilt to the side. Rotate your hips. Don’t separate your legs. Keep them straight. Breathe every third stoke. Keep your elbow up. Reach and glide. Rotate your hips. Rotate your hips. Rotate your hips!
I thought I knew how to swim.
I mean, I love the water. I always have. I took swimming lessons when I was a kid and spent summers at the pool. I took the “tread water ’til you feel like you’re gonna die” test and passed with flying colors. For a time I even thought I was going to be a marine biologist and swim with the whales for a living.
In fact, it was partly my love of swimming that made me choose to train for a triathlon in the first place.
You see, I was taking a life achievement home study course, and one of the exercises was to write a list of 101 things you want to do before you die. As I thought about what would really give me a sense of accomplishment, a marathon popped in my head. Boy, if I could finish a marathon, that would really be something. Trouble is, I don’t like to run!
At the time, I had a friend who was training for a triathlon. I love to swim, I thought, and I do like to bike, too, so I wrote down a triathlon instead.
On my first day of swim training, I confidently got in the water. I set out to do my first front crawl across the lane and…I promptly injured my shoulder.
What? That never happened when I was a kid! What had I done wrong?
My investigation into my shoulder injury quickly led me to the conclusion that I did not, in fact, know how to swim.
Countless articles and YouTube videos revealed that in order to avoid injury, you must swim in a certain way. You must keep the elbow up. Your fingers must go back in the water first. You must draw your arm in front of your body, not to the side.
So I humbly began the process of “re-learning” how to swim.
And boy was it was frustrating. So many things to think about all at once! I could hardly keep it all straight. After awhile I was able to do it correctly when I went slowly, but when I sped up, I fell back on my old habits and just flailed in the pool.
I constantly had to remind myself that if I wanted to be successful, I must learn the principles of success–in this case, the principles of hydrodynamics. It would do no good to continue my old habits in the swimming pool. If I did, I would continue to get injured, I wouldn’t be able to go as far, and by not being as efficient, I would lose steam quickly, and I would not be able to complete the race.
THE LESSON
Just like in the pool, the principles of success are part of the fabric of the Universe. It does no good to continue in our own way–we will only get injured or work harder than necessary to attain our goal, if we attain it at all.
No, the best course of action is to understand the Universal laws that govern what we are trying to do and work with them to our best advantage.
If I understand hydrodynamics–if I understand how to position and move my body in the most streamlined fashion–the law will work with me, rather than against me. The law will actually push me on toward my goal, instead of holding me back.
The laws of success are the same. In fact, Wallace D. Wattles, in his classic book, “The Science of Getting Rich”, wrote:
“There is a Science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches; once these laws are learned and obeyed by any man, he will get rich with mathematical certainty.
“The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich; while those who do not do things in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor.”
The other day I was reading one of my triathlon training books and the author mentioned a technique that I had never heard of before. In fact, it seemed completely counterintuitive to me. It was not what I had been taught–not what I had seen other people doing. It did not make any sense.
Skeptical, I decided to try it for just one lap and see what happened. To my amazement, I was able to shave off FOUR strokes from one 25 yard length. Reducing my stoke count was something that I had been working on, but no matter how hard I tried–no matter how fast I tried to go–I had not been able to reduce it by even one stroke.
My success in the pool that day was the direct result of putting aside what I personally believed and learning to work with the laws of hydrodynamics, and still today I am amazed at how far I can go and how effortless it seems when I apply the correct technique and “go with the flow.”
You really can have what you want. But whether you are learning to swim, working on becoming rich, or even figuring out how to bake a cake, you must stop fighting for “your” way of doing things and look instead for the Universal principles that will float you to your goal the easy way.
TAKE ACTION
Are you frustrated with the results you are getting in some area of your life? Take action!
Today’s action step: Find someone who is successful at doing what you are trying to do.
Too often our tendency is to stick with people who are in the same struggle we are. If we’re trying to lose weight, we often hang out with others who are also trying to lose weight. If we’re trying to make ends meet, we hang out with people who are doing the same. But in both these cases, it is the blind leading the blind. It may make us feel more comfortable, but it rarely helps either party reach their goals.
Instead, decide today to get in contact with someone who has already lost the weight or who has already made the money or who has already done what you are wanting to do. Odds are good that they will be willing to help you–or they will be willing to find someone else who can.
If you have always wanted to learn how to play the guitar, well there has never been a better time than now to go about pursuing this goal. Has playing an instrument like the guitar always been a dream of yours? Did you always believe that it would be hard to find a qualified teacher to provide you instructions? You should be aware of one thing when it comes to learning how to play an instrument like the guitar. Internet guitar lessons are rapidly becoming a very popular avenue that allows people to realize their dreams.
I am sure that you realize what the Internet has been able to provide to people all around the world. Taking the subject of education; parents can find online certified tutorial programs for their grade-school children who struggle with certain subjects: math, science, foreign languages, and etc. Many adults pursue obtaining both undergraduate and graduate degrees through online college programs. You can also learn how to play an instrument like the guitar through Internet lessons. Consider everything positive that the Internet now offers to people. It is literally mind-boggling if you think how far the technology has advanced, even since the year 2000!
The advantages of taking internet guitar lessons as opposed to learning how to play in your local music studio are quite obvious. Many remote, sparsely populated areas might not even have music studios that would offer instrumental lessons. If you did not know of such a place that offered guitar lessons, you would generally be out of luck. Ten years ago, if you did know of a place that offered lessons, it could have meant a long commute to the studio. On top of that, they might have open time slots that were unsuited to your busy schedule. Who would want to drive 25 miles, one-way, on a Saturday morning to take lessons at 8:00; the only available time slot according to the teacher’s schedule? There also was no guarantee that the teacher was adept at both playing the guitar him/herself; or that the instructor was good at communicating the playing technique in an easy to understand manner.
Today there are many internet programs that offer guitar lessons. You need to do your due diligence, however. Not all online instrumental programs are equal in quality. Do your research by comparing and contrasting the online programs. Study what the program has to offer. Will you learn everything related to playing the instrument as a beginning student? Will you learn the correct strumming technique? Will you learn how to read tablature? Unlike the piano, trumpet, saxophone, and violin where the music is written on music staves; the guitar is different. On the guitar, the chords are written on tablature. You need to find a program that offers tutorials so that you can learn how to read guitar music. Are lessons offered in the particular style of guitar-playing that you want to pursue? The technique for learning how to play the acoustic guitar is different from the bass. Classical guitar is different from country, folk, jazz, or rock. Will a program offer lessons in the different particular genre that you wish to pursue?
The online guitar program that you seek should offer both video and audio tutorials. The instructors, themselves, should be adept at playing the instrument. They should also be certified instructors; capable of communicating the playing techniques to you in an easy to understand manner. You should be taught songs in a sequential manner that are in step with the new techniques that you are being taught. The other advantage in taking lessons online from a quality program should also be obvious: You have the capabilities of not only taking lessons at a time that is convenient for you; but you can also repeat each tutorial as often as possible until you master the technique being taught. Whereas in the year 1999 if you were able to take lessons at a music studio, you might have paid up to $10-15/ half-hour lesson. Due to inflation, weekly studio lessons would now be much higher, trust me! In comparison, a quality internet program generally charges about $25-30 total, for monthly lessons that you can download to your computer. Or, you should be able to order DVD’s monthly for around the same price.
You should now see that internet guitar lessons offer possibilities that were not available to you back in the late 1990′s. You should be aware of one other aspect related to learning how to play an instrument. You have to put in the time and effort through practicing. Becoming a good guitar player does not come about through magic or luck! After reading this article, I know that you would want more information. There is a program that meets the requirements that I listed in this article. To find out what it is please visit the following site: http://theplayguitarlessons.info.
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