One of the teachers in my photography class is deaf so an ASL interpreter comes to class to interpret for him. Have you ever considered how you would use your hands to convey something happened in the past or explain that something might happen in the future? I am told that learning sign language is on the same difficulty level as learning Chinese. I found myself watching the interpreter and her extremely expressive face when my mind was too full of 'f-stop' and 'shutter speed' thoughts! During one of the breaks she told me that the facial expressions are an actual part of the language ASL. These picture don't do justice to her varied looks but you do get an idea of how fast her hands fly!
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