My answer is no, you shouldn’t. However, it’s ultimately up to you to decide.
Here’s something to help you make that decision.
Learn About The Business Of Photography –  Take A Business Of Photography Class
 

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During my Introduction to photography classes, in Washington DC,  one of the first things I ask students to do is, introduce themselves, talk about their  background  in photography talk about what they’d like to get out of  the class.
Inevitably most, if  not all, of  the class wants to learn how to “make better pictures”. That’s [...]

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If your picture is too light, you've overexposed it. Overexposure means...

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Photo editing software has pretty much replaced the traditional wet darkroom in the photographic process.
I couldn’t be more thrilled.
As a photographer, I didn’t like being in the darkroom and I didn’t like the chemicals. I’d rather be creating photographs than spending time in the darkroom. And I’m not a proficient printer.
Being a proficient printer is [...]

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If you’re an average photographer, you’re making photographs in an average way.
The average way of making photographs consists of working in an automatic exposure mode.
An automatic exposure mode, since it picks your exposure settings for you, produces an average exposure and what follows is an average photograph.
An average photograph has been created because, beyond the [...]

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A white table cloth stained with red wine is all that remains after a table had been cleared during a meal at a restaurant, Washington DC. According to Candice Siegel, Communications Director of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, there were around 2000 restaurants in Washington DC in 2010. (Sam D'Amico)
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Drawing Inspiration – Acacia Johnson
Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me.
I’ve included a link to their work.
http://acaciajohnson.com
Who are the photographers that inspire you?
Please leave your comments and replies below.

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Washington DC Photography Classes – January 4 – January 11, 2015
Upcoming Photography Classes In Washington DC. You can see a list of all upcoming courses in the right hand side bar of the Sam D’Amico Photography website. Scroll down a bit to view the list.

January 4, 2015:

Getting To Know Your Camera (10:00 am)

January 6, 2015:

Getting [...]

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DC Photo Classes – Lighting With Portable Flash Starting January 11, 2015
You’ll learn….

How to get the “proper exposure” with your flash…
How to control the brightness of your flash…
How to mix flash with available light…
About the relationship between your aperture (f-stop), shutter speed, ISO and flash…
How to use flash to control contrast…
How to see your flash [...]

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Introduction to Photography classes starting – January 8 and 10, 2015
Learn to work your camera.

Learn basic photography.
Learn to make better photographs.

Introduction to Photography classes starts monthly.
Register now to reserve your place in the class.
By working your camera in fully manual mode throughout the class, you will become thoroughly familiar with basic camera operation and will [...]

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