Everybody seems to look for rules that will make their photography easier and better.

While rules may make your picture making easier, I don't think rules make your photography better or help you to be a better photographer.

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Many of the printed manuals manuals that come with todays cameras are an abbreviated version of the full manual.

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As a  photographer, what’s the raw  material that you work with? For example: A potter works with clay as their  raw material. A carpenter works with wood as their raw material. A chef works with food as their raw material. The question is: A photographer  works with___?__ as their raw material. Fill in the blank by leaving […]

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This is a follow up post to an earlier entry titled A Photographers Raw Material . A photographer’s raw material is light. You can’t touch it with your hands. You can’t smell it with your nose. You can’t taste it with your tongue, You can’t hear it with your ears. You can see light with your […]

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Shutter speed is a part of exposure. You can set your shutter speed to vary the amount of light that falls onto your light sensitive material of choice. Longer/slower shutter speed = more exposure = brighter picture Shorter/faster shutter speed = less exposure = darker picture Sometimes when I give a review during my  photography classes, photographers […]

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Drawing Inspiration – Elaine McMillion Sheldon Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me. I’ve included a link to their work. http://elainemcsheldon.com/ Who are the photographers that inspire you? Please leave your comments and replies below.

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Washington DC Photography Classes – March 24 – April 8, 2017 Fri 24 Mar 1130am-230pm Intermediate Photography – March 24 Start-Frid​ays-1130am​-230pm-Mar​ch 24-Apr-7-2​1-28 Wed 5 Apr 1130am-230pm Introduction To Photography-April 5 Start-Wedn​esday-1130​am-230pm-A​pr-5-19-26​-May 3 Thu 6 Apr 630pm-930pm Introduction To Photography-April 6 Start-Thur​sdays-630p​m-930pm-Ap​r-6-20-27-​May-4 Sat 8 Apr 10am-1pm Introduction To Photography-April 8 Start-Satu​rdays-10am​-1pm-Apr-8​-22-29-May​-6   View All Upcoming Classes […]

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Upcoming Introduction to Photography Classes In Washington, DC. Introduction To Photography-April 5 Start-Wedn​esday-1130​am-230pm-A​pr-5-19-26​-May 3 Introduction To Photography-April 6 Start-Thur​sdays-630p​m-930pm-Ap​r-6-20-27-​May-4 Introduction To Photography-April 8 Start-Satu​rdays-10am​-1pm-Apr-8​-22-29-May​-6 Learn to work your camera. Learn basic photography. Learn to make better photographs. By working your camera in fully manual mode throughout the class, you will become thoroughly familiar with basic […]

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