Our Photography Practice
Photographers practice photography. What with, how and why is up to us. Study And Practice Photography With Sam.
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Photography Class Related Blog Posts
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.
Learning To Drive And Learning to Drive A Specific Car
Driving is a skill that can be learned. A specific car is something we can become familiar with and then apply our driving skills to operate it. Although the vehicle that we apply our driving skills to may change, once we figure out where the headlights are, windshield wipers etc. are, our driving skills allow
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The Word Photography…
from what I understand, was created from Greek words meaning “light” and “drawing”. If we draw with light, then I would consider light to be our “ink” and the camera to be our “drawing implement”. While cameras may differ in their functionality, the bottom line is how we communicate with our camera. The best communicators
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Experiencing, Intent and Photography
As photographers we are experiencing what we photograph while we are creating a photograph. We experience what we photograph with all of our senses and usually we experience thoughts and feelings about what we are experiencing. Depending on the intent of our photography, we can make photographs of things as they are, or we can
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A Color or Black and White Photograph?
The form/content of a picture can elicit a emotional/psychological response. If a picture is black and white, then form/content alone elicits a emotional/psychological response. If a picture is color, then form/content with the addition of color elicits a emotional/psychological response based on content and color. Color, used in a subtle or not so subtle way,
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Weather And Camera Function
Consider the weather if your camera malfunctions. Check the “specifications” part of the owners manual for your camera for information about the range of temperatures and the humidity that your camera can be operated in. Study And Practice Photography With Sam.
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Thinking About Entering A Photography Contest?
Think Twice. Some contests take a substantial part, if not all, of the copyright to your work. This is good for the folks running the contest, bad for photographers who submit their work. There’s a group called Pro-Imaging that is helping educate photographers about how entering these rights-grabbing contests negatively impact not only the photographers
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What Should Beginner Photographers Do To Improve Their Skill?
Observe light. (See) Learn to work your camera. (How to operate your camera to record HOW you see.) If you’d like some in-person guidance. https://samdamico.com/studying-photography-washington-dc-sam-damico/ If you’d like some online guidance. Being A Photographer – An Online Photography Course Created And Presented By Sam D’Amico— or Log into Facebook | Facebook
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The Essentials For DSLR Photography
A DSLR, (Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera) light and a photographer. Simple. We set the camera to whatever exposure mode that we are comfortable using, compose the picture, press the shutter release and we’ve got a photograph. We either like the picture that we produced or we don’t like the picture that we produced. If
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How Good Do Our Photography Skills Need To Be?
Good enough to do the work that we want to do. No more. No Less. Once you start making photographs, you’ll know what you need to know and you’ll know what you don’t need to know. Ya don’t have to be a “know it all” and you don’t even know how to use every function
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