You’re camera isn’t smart nor does it take good pictures. You, on the other hand, have intelligence and you have the ability to make good pictures. Your camera also doesn’t know anything. Among some of the things things your camera doesn’t know… What you want your  picture to look like. What  you are making a picture […]

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You’ve taken an Introduction to Photography class to learn to use your camera and to learn the basics of photography. You’ve learned to work your camera in manual exposure mode. You understand how to control basic composition with your aperture, shutter speed and ISO. You use your camera meter to evaluate your subject to get […]

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I tried learning all I could about Photoshop. What I learned is that I don’t want to learn it. Too much with the curves and channels and layers and masks. For me, there’s too much to learn and I find it difficult. Am I stupid or lazy? Call me stupid for thinking this but, I don’t […]

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Your photograph should be all about what you want as a photographer, not about what you think someone else will like or not like. If you’ve been making your pictures from the perspective of what someone will like or not like, then you probably haven’t been making pictures that you like. If you’ve been working your […]

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Drawing Inspiration – Garry Winogrand 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. “Photographers mistake the emotion they feel while taking the picture as judgment that the photograph is good.”- Garry Winogrand http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Garry-Winogrand.html Who are the photographers […]

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Introduction to Photography Classes In Washington DC starting in January 2016   Tue 5 Jan 6:30pm-9:30pm Introduction To Photography – January 5 Start Wed 6 Jan 11:30am-2:30pm Introduction To Photography – January 6 Start Sat 9 Jan 10:00am-1:00pm Introduction To Photography – January 9 Star   Learn to work your camera. Learn basic photography. Learn […]

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