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.
Change Your Mind-Not Your Camera To Be A Better Photographer This post was inspired by working with photographers during my Introduction To Photography Class We want to make better pictures So what do we do? As a result of wanting to make better pictures, many photographers think that getting a better […]
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Does the camera lie? This post was inspired by a discussion I had with someone on a bus while talking about “fake news”. Does a pen lie? No, of course not. However, the person using the pen could lie. And I’m not saying that words lie. Because a pen is used
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Photographs Made By An Algorithm Or By A Human? This post was inspired by working with photographers during my Introduction To Photography Class The algorithm your camera may use when composing your picture Because today’s digital cameras have a computer operating system, this operating system allows for fully automatic camera use, fully manual
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Photographers Are Like Neo From The Matrix This post was inspired by working with photographers during my Introduction To Photography Class Who’s Neo? Neo is the main protagonist in the movie The Matrix. What’s The Matrix? As previously mentioned, The Matrix is a movie. However, in the movie, The Matrix is used to
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Learning Without Doing By the way, this post was inspired by working with photographers during my Learn To Think Like A Photographer Class How’d you learn to do that? For a start, how’d you learn to do that? I mean, whatever it is that you do. And we do a lot. Such
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When A Photographer Asks What Camera Should I Get That Question Is A Big Red Flag. While the question seems harmless, I think that it’s a big red flag. And answering it directly isn’t helpful. With that said, I think the question indicates that that the photographer probably needs to learn something about
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How do we make the most as photographers? How do we make the most as photographers? Because I’m interpreting this question in a couple of different ways, I’ll address both. As an avocation (hobby) All in all, Id’ say that the hobbyist makes the most as a photographer by simply enjoying the act of making
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What are some things that every photographer should know? What are some things that every photographer should know? While there’s a lot of things to know about photography, as photographers, I think we can break it down into four “main things”. How to observe and FEEL light. As humans, as long as
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How To Practice Photography Anytime and Anywhere Some Background For Context During week two of the Introduction to Photography class, we talk about depth of field, blur, and noise as additional elements of composition. More importantly, we talk about the things in terms of camera operation. Specifically, aperture/f-stop, and ISO. Furthermore, we relate camera
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What is the difference between ordinary cameras and digital cameras? Ordinary Cameras ALL cameras are ordinary cameras. In other words, ALL cameras are ordinary in the sense that they’re all tools that record light. On the other hand, the WAY cameras operate are different. Because there are different formats of cameras and there
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