Photography-Do Not Get Distracted By The Gear Sometimes when I talk with photographers they seem to want to know more about how something works instead of understanding how to work it. Did you ever see one of those mechanical, wind-up watches where ya could see the internal workings of the watch? In other, words you […]
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Automation and Photography Did ya ever call a company and get stuck in their automated customer service, seven layers of hell, call routing loop? Don’t ya hate that? In general, I’m OK with automation. Because, when used wisely, automation can save us time and increase efficiency. And when considering that I’ve saved time
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DRAWING INSPIRATION Drawing Inspiration – Drawing Inspiration – Jerry Uelsmann – 0722-2018 Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who’ve inspired me. Here’s a link to their work.–> http://www.uelsmann.net/ Who are the photographers that inspire you? Please leave your comments and replies below. BOTTOM OF PAGE Study And Practice
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When Shopping For a Camera-Get The Facts I was once offered an axiom. Specifically, “for a buck fifty and my opinion I’d a get a cup of coffee”. In other words, my opinion is worthless when it comes to gettin’ me that cup a coffee. Opinions and Facts Simply put, I think that our opinion
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Shutter Speed-Increments of Time Vs Increments of Space During the Introduction To Photography Class, we talk about shutter speed. Shutter speed is an element of composition that controls, among other visual characteristics, the tonality of our work. Shutter speed is an “amount of time” At times, during the class, photographers struggle with shutter speed in
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Digital Camera Sensors-What Is The Difference? A friend has been buggin’ me to help them in selecting a digital camera. Nope. I ain’t gonna do it and here’s why–>https://samdamico.com/frequently-asked-questions/#can-you-recommend-a-camera. Recently, she asked me about the difference in digital sensors. Specifically, she asked about the types of sensors; she started ramblin’ off terms like CCD, CMOS,
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If Our Pictures Are Good Enough To Use Then they’re good enough to pay for. The Way Photographers Make Money As professional photographers, we should be in this business to make money. Specifically, we’re paid for our time, expenses, and a fee for using our work (usage fee). In other words, if our pictures
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ISO Is Like A Hearing Aid The material we use to record light can be compared to whatever part of our ear hear sounds. Similarly, ISO can be compared to a hearing aid. Sound And Our Ears Our ears hear sound. And when it comes to sound, If our ear can’t hear sound perceived
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What makes a photograph described as “fine art”, fine art? Surprisingly it’s not about visual aesthetics. Before purchasing a photograph to display as art on your wall learn about fine art photographs. Fine Art Vs. Decorative Art The Dictionary Definitions fine art | ˌfīn ˈärt | noun1 (also fine arts) creative art,
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DRAWING INSPIRATION Drawing Inspiration – Berenice Abbott – 0715-2018 Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who’ve inspired me. Here’s a link to their work.–> http://www.commercegraphics.com/ba_gallery.html Who are the photographers that inspire you? Please leave your comments and replies below. Study And Practice Photography With Sam Purchase a photograph as decoration.
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