Expression is letting your thoughts or feelings be known. Most of us use words to do this. As a photographer you’ve chosen to use a photograph. Unless you’re working as a photojournalist, you can use your camera as a means of expression. Instead of words, you can let your thoughts, feelings and emotions be known by […]

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Do you spend your time making a photograph or editing files? You make a photograph with your camera, you edit files with your computer. Some photographers get the photograph completed in the camera. Some photographers rely on photo editing software to complete their pictures. Photographers that get the photograph completed in the camera rely on their understanding of photography […]

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Your work as a photographer really begins when your preoccupation with the camera ends and your observation and study of light is your primary interest. Intermediate Photography

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I like my photographs like I like my food, unprocessed and real. Of course a photograph is not “real” but it can be truthful or contrived. Truth is easy, contrivance takes some work. Contrivance can happen pre-production with staging something, or it can happen post production in editing software. Contrivances that happen from pre-production involve setting up the picture, […]

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Then look less. Photography is more about seeing than looking. Many photographers look for things to photograph instead of seeing things to photograph. Looking is searching. Seeing is discovering. You don’t have look for things to photograph, everything is right in front of you. All you have to do is see what is interesting about what is right […]

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Drawing Inspiration – Gordon Parks 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 photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can’t walk through one of these doors because he gets a good […]

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DC Photography Class – Intermediate Photography class starting – October 3 and October 18, 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 – September 29 – October 14, 2015 Upcoming Photography Classes – Click On Links Below To Learn About Classes And To Register. Tue 29 Sep 630pm-930pm Getting To Know Your Camera Fri 2 Oct 1130am-230pm Getting To Know Your Camera Sat 3 Oct 130pm-430pm Intermediate Photography – October 3 Start Sun […]

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Introduction to Photography Classes In Washington DC starting October 6, 10 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 will […]

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