Is EVERYTHING we do as photographers in terms of our studies and practice to create a photograph. Each thing that we do can be considered an ELEMENT of composition. How we each study and practice is as varied as each of us as photographers. Considering the variety of photographers and their studies and practice, the
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Money. The pros enjoy their photography practice so much that they have decide to make photography a vocation. The amateurs, while enjoying their photography practice as much as pros do, have decided to make photography an avocation. Learn About The Business Of Photography
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Lightning, provides light. We notice lightning more at night than we do during the day. Since lightning is a light source that provides light very briefly, it illuminates what is within the distance/range of the lightning for a split second and then, when the flash of lightning is gone, what we saw with the addition
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We are already doing the VERY basics. When we see something that creates an impulse to make a photograph and we then take out a camera to make the photograph, we are practicing the VERY basics of photography. We may not be as thoughtfully involved in the creation of the picture as photographers who have
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I’m surprised that many photographers I meet don’t consider themselves to be photographers. Many photographers seem to think that being a photographer is based on a certain level of skill or type of camera used. It ain’t. If we see something and get an impulse to make a picture of what we’re seeing and then
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Commodities are bid on in the stock market and the price is driven by supply and demand. Rarities are bid on in auction houses and the price is driven by the highest bidder. When our work looks like the work of other photographers our work becomes a commodity. When our work reflects the way that we
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A camera is matter. While we may operate a camera as photographers, It’s our mind that drives the operation of the camera to get the pictures we create. While our cameras matter (and are matter), our mind matters the most. Study And Practice Photography With Sam
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The Best Critiques… Does a Better Camera Mean It’s Really Better? Remember, a camera is a tool that we use to record light. Nothing more. Nothing Less. Some of us might think that a better camera is… easy to carry and that we always have with us. has more resolution (megapixels), so
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You mean the one you left at home in the camera bag you didn’t feel like carrying? Don’t despair. Ya’ got a phone on ‘ya? Does your phone have a camera? Wish granted. Make the picture to the best of your ability. Study And Practice Photography With Sam
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