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If nothing else, Mr. Gilden’s approach reminds us, and his subjects, that there is no privacy in public.

Photography combines part science, part craft and part art. You don’t need to know the science. You definitely need to learn craft. Once you learn and apply craft, you can make a photograph that someone may view as art. Study And Practice Photography With Sam.

It’s what we work with as photographers. We observe light with our eyes. We think about our composition with our mind. We record light light with our camera. Without light we have nothing to photograph. As photographers we should practice seeing everything as a light source. To be more specific we should learn to observe light sources

I don’t think the importance of exposure could be overstated as an element of photographic composition If you put all of your effort into framing and all of the other elements of composition and you miss the mark on your exposure, all of your other efforts are diminished because the tonality of your picture is too bright or

A participant in the Introduction to Photography class commented that the “M” on the mode dial on her DSLR no longer meant “mystery” to her. Beyond what it really means, which is manual exposure mode, I hope it also means… more fun… more creativity… marvelous pictures… meaningful photographs… mindful compositions… etc… Thank you Alicia. Study And

Before you can be a portrait photographer, or a landscape  photographer, or a wedding photographer, or a pet photographer or whatever type of photographer you want to be, you have to be a photographer first. Better yet, be a proficient photographer. If you don’t have a good foundation in the basics of photography and an understanding of characteristics of light, you’re not