Photography Class Related Blog Posts
These blog posts are based on the classes that Sam D’Amico teaches. More importantly, they’re intended to serve as food for thought for photographers. With that in mind; Read ’em, digest ’em and then incorporate ’em into your photography studies and practice.
Because the posts are usually short, that means less time readin’ and more time makin’ photographs.
In addition, after reading the posts, if ya have any questions or something to say, use the “Comment” field in the “Leave a Reply” area at the end of each post.
In order to get familiar with what Sam does in terms of his photography and photography instruction, you can visit his website at samdamico.com.
If ya have any questions beyond the blog post you can email ‘im or give ‘im a call. You’ll find his contact information in the black navigation bar located at the top of every page of his website.
Answer: It depends on the photographer whether to create pictures in RAW or some other file type. The best way to remove blur and “fix” exposure, regardless of file type, is in camera during the creation of the picture. Study And Practice Photography With Sam
Introduction To Photography – What, How, and Why. There’s what we do, how we do and why we do. As photographers, what we do is create photographs, how we do is based on the camera we use and our understanding of camera operation and photography, why we do is our individual intent in the creation
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Getting to Know Your Camera – What’s There To Know? Since cameras have become “digital cameras” they have also become computers. On a base level, computers are information processing tools. On a base level cameras are light recording tools. A photograph is nothing more than a recording of light. Digital cameras not only record light,
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Being a Photographer – Seeing And Thinking We all see. We all think about what we see. As photographers, sometimes we think about what we are are seeing in terms of how we could could make a picture outta what we are seeing. That’s the impulse to make a photograph. That’s when we take out
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Other than it being a DSLR, I don’t know much about that camera. Whatever camera ya’ get, Id’ suggest your lens is something to think about. Are ya gonna be makin’ pictures of grizzlies or squirrels? Study And Practice Photography With Sam
Question: Will Canon 1300D fit for wildlife photography? Read More »
“An expensive lesson in copyright and one of the most interesting ways to combat fake news that we’ve seen so far. Kudos to Christopher Blair aka Busta Troll!” Here’s the article. Enjoy. https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3468645-fake-news-apocalypse-how-a-liberal-troll-took-down-several-fake-news-websites-using-copyright-law.html Study And Practice Photography With Sam
Satire Fights Fake News Using Copyright Law !!! Read More »
Don’t count on window light. Work with light that you can control. https://www.flaxandtwine.com/2013/02/diy-photo-light-box-a-finish-fifty-project/ Study And Practice Photography With Sam
Blue goes to number one Red to number two. Green to number three and so on. Painting by numbers are rules of composition. Relying on rules of composition and the auto exposure modes on your camera are like painting by numbers. Even if ya gotta use an auto exposure mode, toss out the rules. Study
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They usually ain’t the same. What we usually want is to make photographs like the ones we’ve seen in the past or the ones we imagine that we’ll make in the future. That future photograph can be the one we imagine we’ll create based on something we’re seeing now. We don’t know what the future
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We can get stuck in thoughts of whether our photographs are good or if we are good photographers. Ideas of good vary as judgements in terms of “I like ” or ” I don’t like”. If ya want your work, or you as a photographer, judged in terms of “good”, no one is more qualified
The Way To Be A “Good” Photographer Is By Not Being A “Good” Photographer Read More »
