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.
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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.
The Camera Thinks The Premise Of This Blog Post Frequently, especially during a class that I’m teaching, a photographer says “the camera thinks that____”. Accordingly, that blank is filled with something about focusing, metering, or exposure. The Difference Between A Camera And Hammer Because they’re both nothing more than a tool that enables […]
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Creating A Good Photograph Is Inconvenient The Premise Of This Blog Post Without a doubt, photographers registering for my Introduction To Photography class have realized that creating well-composed photographs isn’t convenient. In other words, they’ve realized that even though they’ve purchased a DSLR that their photography hasn’t improved because they’re using their DSLR
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How do freelance photographers earn a good living ? The Background For This Blog Post Often, in my classes, it seems some of the people in the class are thinkin’ about trying to earn some money with their photography. What’s a good living? To start, lets define “what’s a good living”. But you
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Are Photographers Artists ? THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS BOG POST Recently, a friend was going through pictures offered for sale and licensing on my website. And while viewing the photographs she referred to me as an artist. As a result of the word “artist”, I cringed because I’m uncomfortable with “art” when art is
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What Are The Best Exposure Settings In DSLR Cameras? The Background For This Blog Post While this question comes up frequently and is addressed, in the Introduction to Photography class. It is also addressed in the Intermediate Photography class because in the Intermediate Photography class we begin to become more light-centric. Exposure Settings
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The Importance of Getting To Know Your Camera The Background For This Blog Post This post is related to discussions that happen during the Getting To Know Your Camera Class. What’s a Camera And Is There A Difference Between Cameras ? A Camera Is… A camera is a tool we use to make photographs. Actually,
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What do photographers understand that most people do not? The Background For This Blog Post Recently, during a Learn To Think Like A Photographer class someone asked, and I’m paraphrasing, “What do photographers understand that most people do not”. What’s There To Understand? While I know how to do the things that I
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Why should we take high quality photos for a website? The Background For This Blog Post This type of question that comes up frequently during the Introduction to Photography class. However, this specific question was posted in a photography discussion group. But the question was more detailed. That being the case, here’s the
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What are the differences between a picture and a photograph? The Background Motivation For This Blog Post A variance of this question was asked to me via Quora. The actual question and my answer are below. “What are 3 differences between a picture and a photograph? Sam D’Amico, Professional photographer and photography instructor.
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Photography And Mindfulness The Background Motivation For This Blog Post Recently, a participant in one of my classes took me aside after class and mentioned that the way I taught photography reminded them of their “mindfulness” practice. Mindfulness Mindfulness seems to be a big thing lately. However, it was always a big thing. I
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