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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Class Premise: A photographer uses a camera (a tool) to create a photograph (photography) by observing and recording light (the raw material a photographer works with.) Course Description This hands-on, 1.5 hour workshop is intended to help the participant understand what their camera does, what photography is and about the characteristics of light.  1 meeting, […]

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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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Most students who register for a basic photography course say that they want to realize the full potential of their  camera. I’d rather have you realize your full potential as a photographer. Take a basic photography class with Sam

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On your exposure mode dial there is an aperture priority mode and a shutter priority mode. In aperture priority mode, you pick the aperture (f-stop) and your camera picks the shutter speed. In shutter priority mode, you pick the shutter speed and your camera picks the aperture. The problem with these modes is that, in terms of […]

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Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong Ut made a photograph of children fleeing an aerial napalm attack on a village in Vietnam. One of the children in the photograph was Kim Phuc. Read the story about the photograph. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153091/Napalm-girl-photo-Vietnam-War-turns-40.html

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Washington DC Photography Classes – May 4 – June 1, 2016 Upcoming Photography Classes – Click On Links Below To Learn About Classes And To Register. Wed 4 May 11:30am-2:30pm Introduction To Photography – Wednesday, May 4 Start Thu 5 May 6:30pm-9:30pm Introduction To Photography-Thursday, May 5 Start Fri 6 May 1130am-230pm Getting To Know […]

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Upcoming Introduction to Photography Classes In Washington DC Wed 4 May 11:30am-2:30pm Introduction To Photography – Wednesday, May 4 Start Thu 5 May 6:30pm-9:30pm Introduction To Photography-Thursday, May 5 Start Sat 7 May 10am-1pm Introduction To Photography-Saturday, May 7 Start Learn to work your camera. Learn basic photography. Learn to make better photographs. Introduction to […]

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