Teaching and photographing this fall has been hectic, fun and pretty much crazy! I think I may like teaching as well as photography! I get really excited seeing people liberated from automatic settings and set free to control their art. I also want to help people who love photography to grow! And yes, I am creating competition for myself, but I'd rather help develop competition that raises the standard of the industry by their art and their business practices. This month I am teaching "How to Become a Professional Photographer" at Skagit Valley College. I'll be teaching the same course with a slightly different name at Whatcom Community College beginning winter quarter. I'll be taking over my friend Sam Gardner's class, while he moves on to new adventures. This week's pictures illustrate William Hogarth's "Line of Beauty." I learned about Hogarth, an 18th-century painter, from Ken Whitmire, one of the finest portrait photographers in Washington. Ken has had his studio for over 50 years! I heard Ken this weekend at the Professional Photographers of Washington fall conference. I already new that the "S" curve is a line of beauty, especially in portraits of women. I learned that the elongated "S" is considered the most beautiful shape. I realized that we see this everywhere in art and nature. I've included some of my own examples, as well as the famous (infamous?) photo from a popular 80s movie and a logo you will recognize.