Photography is a thought process. As a photographer you can think more or you can think less while creating your picture. Put your camera in an automatic exposure mode and you think less. Put your camera in a manual exposure mode and you think more. You get out of your photography what you put into your photography. In this […]

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Next time you’re viewing a photograph try to imagine how the photographer made the picture. Do you think that they used a large aperture or a small aperture? How about a fast or slow shutter speed? What about the ISO? And the focal length lens? What do you think the the white balance setting was? […]

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You: A thoughtful and creative being looking for a way to express itself. A Camera: A tool that records light that can be used as a means of personal expression. When you learn the craft of photography and learn to use the camera in manual exposure mode you have all you need to create expressive photographs. Sure, you might […]

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Good article from the The Observer about street photography.

Among others, some of the photographers who influenced me are mentioned.

Lee Friedlander, André Kertéz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand and Helen Levitt.

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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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DC Photo Classes – Lighting With Portable Flash Starting November 5, 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 – November 7, 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 – November 4 – November 20, 2015   Wed 4 Nov 6:30pm-9:30pm Introduction To Photography – November 4 Start Thu 5 Nov 630pm-930pm Lighting With Portable Flash – November 5 Start Thu 5 Nov 1130am-230pm Introduction To Photography – November 5 Start Sat 7 Nov 10:00am-1:00pm Introduction To Photography – November […]

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Here’s the start dates for the Introduction To photography classes that are scheduled to start, and end, in 2015. More dates are being scheduled for 2016. Wed 4 Nov 6:30pm-9:30pm Introduction To Photography – November 4 Start Thu 5 Nov 1130am-230pm Introduction To Photography – November 5 Start Sat 7 Nov 10:00am-1:00pm Introduction To Photography […]

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Drawing Inspiration – Ralph Auletta 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. ‘After 40 years of ingesting every aspect of photographic science and composition, I still find the camera to be an endlessly intriguing partner that […]

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