Are you more concerned about your equipment or more about your photography? People don’t care about your camera, they care about your picture. While you need a camera to make a photograph, you need to be a good photographer to make a good photograph. Cameras don’t make good photographers or good pictures. Good photographers can make a good picture […]

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You’ve taken an Introduction to Photography class to learn to use your camera and to learn the basics of photography. You’ve learned to work your camera in manual exposure mode. You understand how to control basic composition with your aperture, shutter speed and ISO. You use your camera meter to evaluate your subject to get […]

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Everybody seems to look for rules that will make their photography easier and better.

While rules may make your picture making easier, I don't think rules make your photography better or help you to be a better photographer.

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I talk about the camera as doing three things and, in order to help photographers to begin to develop a thought process behind their pictures, these three things MUST be done in consciously by the photographer .

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I pose that question a lot to the participants during week four of the Introduction To Photography class that I teach in Washington DC. Since photography is a thought process that involves decisions of exposure, metering, focusing, framing, etc I want to know the thought process that went into creating the photograph. It’s good to […]

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Drawing Inspiration – Raghu Rai 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. A photograph has picked up a fact of life, and that fact will live forever. – Raghu Rai http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.PhotographerDetail_VPage&l1=0&pid=2K7O3R13L4PM&nm=Raghu%20Rai Who are the photographers that inspire […]

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Washington DC Photography Classes – March 29 – April 26, 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.   Sun 29 Mar 10am-1pm Getting To Know Your […]

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DC Photo Classes – Lighting With Portable Flash Starting April 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 […]

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Introduction to Photography classes starting – April 4 and April 30, 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 […]

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