Learn on your own or learn from a good teacher.

A good teacher acts as a guide who will give you useful information and encourage you to apply that information to your own work, in your own way, so you can travel on your own unique path as a photographer.

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That’s something I hear often during my Introduction To Photography class. Here’s the truth. I miss a lot of pictures for a lot of reasons and I think other photographers who are honest will say the same thing. I’m not sure when this happened, but I’ve come to accept  that missing pictures is a part of […]

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Ongoing monthly meetings intended to help participating photographers clarify and strengthen their own specific photography practice in a way that will firm up understanding of camera operation and photographic composition. The Open Forums are available through my Meetup group. You can learn more about my Meetup group here. —>https://samdamico.com/sams-meetup-group-craft-practice-photography/  

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If you were  in one of my photography classes and, while we were reviewing your work, you were to state that “I want my pictures to look like the way things really are”, I would ask “the way things really are to who?” My question is meant to spur a conversation about seeing and perception. While […]

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As a photographer I think that  there are three things that you mainly do with your camera to create a photograph. You focus light (focusing), you measure light (metering) and you let a specific amount of light fall onto light  sensitive  material (making an exposure). If you’ve been working your camera in an automatic mode your camera has been […]

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When we begin to learn about the craft of photography we may begin to think that that we are no longer paying attention to composition. Instead of simply framing what we want  in our picture we’re now thinking about focusing, metering, exposure and more. While attentively framing what we want in our photograph (content) is important, framing and the placement […]

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Drawing Inspiration – Lee Friedlander 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. “It fascinates me that there is a variety of feeling about what I do. I’m not a premeditative photographer. I see a picture and […]

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About The Meetup group is formed as an offshoot of the photography classes that Sam D’Amico teaches in Washington DC. The instruction offered via Meetup is an abbreviated, yet effective, way to learn about photography and improve your photography skills . You can learn more about the group, see upcoming meetings, and join the group […]

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DC Photo Classes – Lighting With Portable Flash Starting May 3, 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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DC Photography Class – Intermediate Photography classes starting – May 5, 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 […]

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Washington DC Photography Classes – April 26 – May 6, 2015 Upcoming Photography Classes – Click On Links Below To Learn About Classes And To Register. Sun 26 Apr 10am-1pm Getting To Know Your Camera Thu 30 Apr 6:30pm-9:30pm Introduction To Photography – April 30 Start Sat 2 May 1:30pm-4:30pm Getting To Know Your Camera […]

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Introduction to Photography classes starting – April 30, May 2 and May 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 […]

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