Drawing Inspiration – Cristina Matos-Albers Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me. I’ve included a link to their work. http://matos-albers.com/ Who are the photographers that inspire you? Please leave your comments and replies below. Cristina Matos-Albers —-http://matos-albers.com/
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This post was motivated by discussions with participants in my classes who were seeking affirmations or criticisms about their photographs. When someone asks me what I think of their photography, I ask them what do THEY think of their photography. I’m not avoiding the question; I’m attempting to get the photographer to actively engage their
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Photography involves a thought process. As a photographer you can think more or you can think less while creating your picture. Put your camera in an automatic exposure mode and you think less. Put your camera in a manual exposure mode and you think more. You get out of your photography what you put into your photography. In this
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On your exposure mode dial there is an aperture priority mode and a shutter priority mode. In aperture priority mode, you pick the aperture (f-stop) and your camera picks the shutter speed. In shutter priority mode, you pick the shutter speed and your camera picks the aperture. The problem with these modes is that, in terms of
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Most students who register for a basic photography course say that they want to realize the full potential of their camera. I’d rather have you realize your full potential as a photographer, regardless of your camera Take a basic photography class with Sam
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Then look less. Photography is more about seeing than looking. Many photographers look for things to photograph instead of seeing things to photograph. Looking is searching. Seeing is discovering. You don’t have look for things to photograph, everything is right in front of you. All you have to do is see what is interesting about what is right
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Scroll down to see comments and to add comments. Thank you for your participation in a photography class taught by Sam D’Amico Your opinion and candid comments are valued because they help me to make sure the class is as effective as possible and help me to evaluate if I’m doing a good job as
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Drawing Inspiration – Carl Corey Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me. I’ve included a link to their work. http://carlcorey.com/ Who are the photographers that inspire you? Please leave your comments and replies below.
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I like my photographs like I like my food, unprocessed and real. A photograph is always a “real” photograph but it can be a truthful or contrived photograph. Truth is easy, contrivance takes some work. Contrivance can happen pre-production with staging something, or it can happen post production in editing software. Contrivances that happen from pre-production involve setting up
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