Washington DC Photography Classes – August 20 – September 6, 2015 Upcoming Photography Classes – Click On Links Below To Learn About Classes And To Register. Thu 20 Aug 1130am-230pm Intermediate Photography – August 20 Start Sun 23 Aug 1:30pm-3:00pm Open Forum: Critiquing Your Work And Clarifying Your Photography Practice Sat 29 Aug 10am-1pm Using […]

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Simplify your photography. If you take the time to pay attention and visually simplify what you put in your viewfinder and simplify your process when creating photographs, your work will improve immensely. The only things that belong in your photograph are what you consider to be the most important things, the only thing that you should include in […]

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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”. […]

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Is a tool, for recording light. Your camera is a machine. Your mind is what you use to create your photograph. Your mind is used in the creative process. If you use your camera in an automatic exposure mode you are relying on a machine instead of your mind for the creative process. A machine […]

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See. Feel. Make a photograph. Does your photograph show HOW you see or WHAT you see? If your photograph shows WHAT you see you’ve successfully made a photograph. If your photograph shows HOW you see you’ve successfully made a photograph that no one else could have made. Take a photography class with Sam D’Amico.

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If you’ve got the best lens in the world – whatever that means – and you make a weak picture, you’ve got a weak picture. If you’ve got the worst lens in the world – whatever that means – and you make a strong picture, you’ve got a strong picture. The point of the matter […]

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Drawing Inspiration – Eddie Adams 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. I’m not a great believer in the power of the moving image. A still image has greater lasting power. A still photographer has to […]

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DC Photo Classes – Lighting With Portable Flash Starting August 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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DC Photography Class – Intermediate Photography class starting – August 20 and September 3, 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 […]

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Washington DC Photography Classes – August 29 – September 12, 2015 Upcoming Photography Classes – Click On Links Below To Learn About Classes And To Register. Sat 29 Aug 10am-1pm Using Exposure Creatively Sat 29 Aug 130pm-430pm Metering And Exposure Sun 30 Aug 10am-1pm Lighting With Portable Flash – August 30 Start Mon 31 Aug […]

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Introduction to Photography Classes In Washington DC starting September 1, 2, 12 and 14, 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 […]

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