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Five (5) Things To Practice With Whatever Camera We’re Using Right Now That Could Improve Our Photography. Seeing And Thinking. Framing And Content. Tonality. Focusing. Critiquing. Five things. OK, there’s really seven but some are closely related so I combined ’em for efficiency. We could practice ’em separately by paying attention to a specific thing […]

Don’t think about producing “art”. Produce pictures that reflect your mind. Each of our minds perceive what we see differently. If art is “unique” and our perceptions are different, then it seems to me that if we create photographs based on our “unique mind”, the “art” takes care of itself. If you’re interested, here’s some

Depending on what was applied during post. I think it gets to the point where I’d consider something as “photography based”. Study And Practice Photography With Sam

Here it Is: “I have a beautiful new DSLR camera but I’m mostly on auto mode because I don’t have to tweak all the settings. How do professionals set up their cameras for each shot?” Here’s my Answer: “Whether professionals or amateurs, I can’t speak for all photographers. I prefer to work in manual exposure

We become the photographers we want to be with practice. A good teacher can offer us help by offering guidance regarding our practice. Study And Practice Photography With Sam.

Yes. Photography is less about equipment and more about the photographer making the picture. Learn to use whatever camera you’ve got to make pictures. On a base level, in terms of what we do as photographers, and with our camera to create a photograph: We see and think about what we see. We frame content.

Your mind. All those other “creative gadgets” are nothing more than tools and don’t create anything. They can be used during the creative process, but remember that it’s our mind that runs the show in terms of our understanding of photography, camera operation and composition. Study And Practice Photography With Sam.

Assuming our eyes are functioning in a manner in which we can see, as photographers, we are seeing as all humans see. There’s nothing special/unique about what/how we see as humans. What makes each of us unique is how we think about what we see. As photographers, if we make photographs based on our unique

While I know what a golf club is and what it is used for, I don’t know what to do with it in the same way as a more practiced golfer does in order to be a good golfer. In the same way, while we may know what a camera is and what it is

Exposure is a combination of aperture and shutter speed which renders a recording of light (a photograph) onto light sensitive material. Composition is everything we do as photographers to create a photograph. Including exposure. Study And Practice Photography With Sam.