Whether your photography business involves photographing weddings, portraits, news, products or whatever, you're really in the business of...

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Photography is a craft. Your camera is a product. You use the product to work in the craft. While it’s important to learn how to use your camera it’s more important to learn craft. You can apply craft to any camera that you use once you learn how the camera does what you need it […]

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A good question came up in a recent photography class. I’m paraphrasing here: “If you create photographs in a RAW file format, since a raw file holds no white balance or color space, why do you bother setting white balance or color space?” I set color space just in case I decide to capture in […]

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Not feeling inspired by the ordinary? We tend to overlook the ordinary in search for  something extraordinary. If you take a moment and look closer at the ordinary you will see something extraordinary. When you see something extraordinary in the ordinary, photograph it. The top of a traffic cone, a fork in a plate, a lightbulb in a lamp shade. […]

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If nothing else, Mr. Gilden's approach reminds us, and his subjects, that there is no privacy in public.

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Drawing Inspiration – Alec Soth 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. “This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is […]

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DC Photography Class – Intermediate Photography class starting – July 17, 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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DC Photo Classes – Lighting With Portable Flash Starting June 30, 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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Washington DC Photography Classes – June 9- July 17, 2015 Upcoming Photography Classes – Click On Links Below To Learn About Classes And To Register. Tue 9 Jun 630pm-930pm Flash Photography Basics Thu 11 Jun 630pm-930pm Getting To Know Your Camera Tue 16 Jun 630pm-930pm Business Of Photography Sat 27 Jun 130pm-430pm Flash Photography Basics […]

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Introduction to Photography class starting June 30 and July 9, 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 […]

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