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Cinematographer Bobby Burton shows advanced student Ben Trevey how to use the camera. PHOTOS
COURTESY OF FILMSTERS ACADEMY
Kate Hittner, 6, of Annapolis, leaps across
the floor, as other young dancers await their
turn during a ballet, jazz and tap dance class
taught by Cheryl Mauck at Maryland Hall.
Best Boy Kevin Mayorga shows grip crew student Alan Smith proper safety when lighting.
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tography workshops when she worked for two
years at the Capital Gazette and had to overcome
her fear of asking total strangers for permission
to snap their images.
“These are empowerment camp,” Harbaugh
said.
“I was scared to death to go out and approach
people on the street. But I learned to take the
camera and turn it around and tell stories in the
community. That’s what I teach these kids to do.”
She said that former campers have taken their
newfound skills with a camera and used them to
earn spending money.
“A bunch of our kids have gone on to create
little businesses,” she said. “They photograph
babies and graduations and portraits of their
friends. It’s really cool to see their confidence
grow.”