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Answer: I don’t buy into the “rules of composition” stuff. Instead of “rules” of composition I think of “elements” of composition. Everything we do as photographers is an element of composition. Controlling tonality is the most important to me. After controlling tonality none is more important than another, however there are some foundational ones we […]

I think the best photography, and best use of photography, informs us of our condition. Here’s a link to a photograph, and some thoughts on our existence from Carl Sagan, that puts things into perspective. https://www.designluck.com/pale-blue-dot/ Study And Practice Photography With Sam

…is whatever one ya got with you when you get that impulse to make a picture. If you’re looking to get a new camera and wanna know what the best one is, well, there is no one “best” camera. With that being said you can still figure out which camera is “best” for YOU. Here’s

At this moment, we’re the best photographers we can be based on our understanding of what we do as photographers. Can we better photographers than we are at this moment? Of course we can. Study And Practice Photography With Sam

If you’re learning photography by using a digital camera, you’re bad pictures can make you a good photographer. Your pictures hold information that you can access. You can readily access and use this information to learn from your “mistakes”. You’re mistakes ain’t mistakes, they’re opportunities to get a better understanding of photography. Study And Practice

Practice develops “muscle” or “procedural” memory. Procedural memory doesn’t characterize our practice as correct or incorrect. If our practice is full of correct action in terms of what we’re doin’ with our camera during our creation of a photograph (camera operation) we get good at photography. If our practice is full of incorrect/mistaken action in

Making an exposure is something we do with our camera. An exposure is a recording of light onto light sensitive material. Light sensitive material can be film, a digital sensor or even the photographic paper that is used for making prints. Exposure is a combination of aperture (f-stop) and shutter speed. ISO refers to light