The folowing scenario isn’t as far fetched as you may think. Imagine that you and a group of other photographers were standing next to each other and were photographing the same thing. You all had DSLR cameras. You all had your cameras set to the same auto-exposure mode and you all pressed your shutter at the same […]

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Exposure is subjective and should be entirely based on your compositional intent. Overexposure is when the tonality of your picture seems to bright to you. Underexposure is when the tonality of your picture seems to dark to you. The right exposure is whatever you think the best exposure/tonality for your specific picture should be. I […]

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When you start to learn photography (the recording of light) you also start to learn how to work your camera (a tool that is used to record light). You get caught up in learning how to use your camera to create a photograph. You pay attention to camera operation and equipment. At this point you are camera-centric. While it’s important be […]

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A histogram is a graph that gives you information about the tonality of your photograph. You should be able to display it when reviewing your pictures on your camera and in photo editing software. The horizontal orientation of the histogram gives you information about brightness. The left part of the histogram represents dark tones, the right part of […]

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During my Introduction to photography classes, in Washington DC,  when introductions are made,  one of the questions I ask is,  what is it that they’d like to get out of  the class. Most, if  not all, of  the class wants to learn how to “make better pictures”. That’s a fairly vague statement so, usually, I  […]

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

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Upcoming Photography Classes In Washington DC – As of June 12-2017 Click This link to view all upcoming photography classes–>https://samdamico.com/upcoming-photography-classes-washington-dc/

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Upcoming Intermediate Photography Classes In Washington, DC 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 basics of color photography… Create […]

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