Some Important Information About Your Upcoming Photography Class With Sam DAmico

IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS WITH SAM D’AMICO PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE PAGE.

AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED FOR YOUR CLASS, PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS NOTICE BY LEAVING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THE “LEAVE A REPLY” AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

1. Your name.
2. The name and date of  of your photography class. If this is a multi-week  class please use the the start date of the class.
3. Any comments or questions.

This notice is intended to inform you of how to prepare for our first meeting.

IMPORTANT: Future e-mailings will be addressed to all participants in the class. To prevent blocking of the e-mail by any Spam filters, please add sam@samdamico.com to your address book and, if needed, please create rules to allow e-mails sent by sam@samdamico.com to be received.

Please bring the following to each of our meetings:

1. 1. Pen/pencil.
   2. Paper/notebook.
   3. Your camera and all other equipment that is relevant to the class .
   4. Your camera owner’s/instruction manual and any other manuals that are relevant to the equipment that you’ll be using in class. Please make sure that you bring the FULL version of the manual to class.
   5. At least one roll of 35mm color negative film or digital capture equivalent.
   6. Make sure that your camera and other equipment have fresh batteries in them.
   7. Extra batteries for your equipment.

Some pre-start homework.

1. 1. If you’ve got your owner’s manual please become familiar with the following topics. For future reference please make note of the page numbers or bookmark the topics in your manual so we can easily reference them.
   2. If you don’t have an owner’s manual you may be able to download a copy of one if you go to the camera manufacture’s website. You can also try the following links. http://www.craigcamera.com/ib_index.htm or http://www.photobooksonline.com/books/instructions.html .
   3. If your camera is automatic with manual options, please review how to override ALL of your auto-functions, including auto-focus, so you can work your camera in fully manual mode.
   4. How to load film or media cards into your camera.
   5. How to set the ISO/ASA (film speed).
   6. How to set your aperture.
   7. How to set your shutter speed.
   8. Metering modes.
   9. Exposure modes.
   10. How to focus/Focusing Modes

Our meetings will be held at:

Affinity Lab 920 U Street Washington, DC 20001 202. 332. 1360.

Click here for information about getting to the Sam D’Amico Photography Classes.

IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS WITH SAM D’AMICO PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE PAGE.

AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED FOR YOUR CLASS, PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS NOTICE BY LEAVING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THE “LEAVE A REPLY” AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

1. Your name.
2. The name and date of  of your photography class. If this is a multi-week  class please use the the start date of the class.
3. Any comments or questions.

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