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.
Question: Will a zoom lens set to the same focal length as a prime lens have the same wide angle? Yes. Focal length is focal length. Focal length provides an angle of view and lens perspective In terms of general categories of lenses can fall into three different categories. Wide angle normal and telephoto. A […]
Question: What is viewpoint in photography? How we see and how we think about what we see. Study And Practice Photography With Sam
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There is no inherently “best”. There is only best in terms of what works for you. What you are asking is for someone who knows nothing about you, or the type of work that you do, to take on responsibility for what equipment you should be using/purchasing for your photography. These decisions are your responsibility
It means you enjoy seeing photographs. If you enjoy seeing photographs, you may enjoy creating photographs. If ya got a camera on your phone use that to start with. It doesn’t take much to be a photographer. Enjoy. Here’s some information on my website that you may find useful. Being A Photographer
When do we know we’re photographers? Is it when we have a lot of photography gear? Is it when we have accumulated a certain amount of pictures? Is it when we have a certain type of camera? In terms of writing Steven Presfield says, “A writer is a writer when he says he is.” The
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Being A Photographer – Framing and Content Framing is an element of composition that we utilize to isolate what we feel is an interesting “segment” of everything we see. Content are the elements of composition that we not only put in to the frame but organize into a two dimensional design within the frame. Study
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The camera has nothing to do with this. The lens may not allow for that much exposure. If you’re using a variable focal length (zoom) lens, the effective exposure of the lens may vary at different focal lengths. Study And Practice Photography With Sam D’Amico—
Being A Photographer – Goals and Immediate Effort (Process) In Our Photography There’s what we intend to do (goal) and the effort needed to realize the goal (process). When we fixate on the goal we don’t pay attention to process. It’s one thing to say we want results. it’s another to make effort to get
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Any camera can work without a memory card. A memory card is used for storage, not for making a picture. The memory card stores the photographs that are created on a digital sensor. The sensor records. The camera then transfers the recorded photographs to a memory card for storage. Study And Practice Photography With Sam
Question: Can a pinhole camera work without memory cards? Read More »
Take a look at the work of Helen Levitt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Bruce Gilden, Joel Meyerowitz, I can go on. Your question, and the presumptions on which your question is based, reveal your ignorance of the photographers who’ve preceded you. Study And Practice Photography With Sam
