A new technique that becomes popular among photographers tends to become an overdone fad.
Just because you know how to use a technique doesn’t mean you have to use it all of the time. If you do, then the technique defines you as a photographer. You get to be known as the photographer who uses such and such technique.
If [...]

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Technical mastery is not enough.
While you can fill your photograph with technical mastery and dazzle your audience with your technical skills, without your heart and personal vision your photograph will always be empty.
Remember, technique  serves creativity. You need both.
Introduction To Photography 
Intermediate Photography

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Photography is a thought process.
As a photographer you can think more or you can think less while creating your picture.
Put your camera in an automatic exposure mode and you think less.
Put your camera in a manual exposure mode and you think more.
You get out of your photography what you put into your photography. In this case more is more.
Make [...]

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Next time you’re viewing a photograph try to imagine how the photographer made the picture.

Do you think that they used a large aperture or a small aperture?
How about a fast or slow shutter speed?
What about the ISO?
And the focal length lens?
What do you think the the white balance setting was?

Of course no one knows the [...]

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A backstop on a snow covered little league field, East Bangor, Pennsylvania. (Sam D’Amico)
Weather Alert – Washington DC Photography Classes
Inclement weather is being forecast for the Washington DC area.
Please check this notice frequently for class cancellation/delay.
A final decision whether class is cancelled/delayed or scheduled as normal will be made  no later than 2 [...]

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You: A thoughtful and creative being looking for a way to express itself.
A Camera: A tool that records light that can be used as a means of personal expression.
When you learn the craft of photography and learn to use the camera in manual exposure mode you have all you need to create expressive photographs.
Sure, you might need a flash [...]

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A backstop on a snow covered little league field, East Bangor, Pennsylvania. (Sam D’Amico)
Weather Alert – Washington DC Photography Classes
Inclement weather is being forecast for the Washington DC area.
Please check this notice frequently for class cancellation/delay.
A final decision whether class is cancelled/delayed or scheduled as normal will be made  no later than 2 [...]

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Drawing Inspiration-Robert Doisneau
Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me.
If possible, I’ve included a quote and a link to their work.
“The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.” – Robert Doisneau – “The Encyclopedia of Photography” [...]

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Residential buildings and a church steeple viewed from a bus stop, 16th Street NW and Columbia Road NW, Washington DC. According to the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey by The Pew Forum on Religion And Public Life, In the Maryland-DC region 37 percent of the respondents attend religious services once a week. (Sam D'Amico)
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DC Photo Classes – Lighting With Portable Flash Starting March 4, 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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DC Photography Class – Intermediate Photography classes starting – February 7, 2015.

Reinforce your basic photography skills and techniques…
Learn new skills and techniques…
Understand and observe light…
Be more precise in the creation of your photograph…
Have the process of creating a photograph become more second nature…
Learn about basic flash photography…
Learn the basics of color photography…
Create thoughtfully composed photographs [...]

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Washington DC Photography Classes – March 1 – March 14, 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.
 

March 1, 2015:

Intermediate Photography (10:00 am)

March 3, 2015:

Getting To Know Your [...]

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Introduction to Photography classes starting – March 5 and March 7, 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 [...]

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