Learn To Think Like A Photographer Class-Blog Posts
Sam D’Amico is a professional photographer and photography teacher and offers classes in Washington DC. Specifically, he’s been a professional photographer since the mid-1980’s and started teaching photography professionally in the late 1990’s.
The blog posts are inspired by conversations that happen with photographers during the Learn To Think Like A Photographer classes that Sam offers.
More importantly, the blog posts are intended to get you thinking about your photography and photography practice.
If you have any comments or questions, please leave them in the “Reply” area at the bottom of each post.
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 […]
Observing and Recording Light Read More »
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
How important is Exposure? Read More »
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
The “M” On Your Camera Mode Dial Read More »
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
Be A Photographer First Read More »
Do you know what your camera does and how it does it? Your camera has many features and does a lot, but in my opinion there are three primary things that you should know how to do with your camera. You should know how to focus, meter and make an exposure, preferably in manual exposure
Do You Know What Your Camera Does And How it Does It? Read More »
Take a look at the top of your camera. You’ll probably find a flash that you can conveniently pop-up with the press of a button. If you’ve never popped up the flash on your camera, the button is probably located near the top of your camera too. The button is most likely identified by an
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We describe the color of light in degrees Kelvin. Take a look at the white balance settings on your camera. Those white balance settings represent the Kelvin temperatures of different light sources. The settings probably look like icons but those icons are associated with a type of light and that type of light is associated
The Color Of Light Read More »
