…not enough. While you can fill your photograph with technical mastery and dazzle your audience with your technical skills, without your heart and personal vision your photograph will always be empty. Remember, technique  serves creativity. You need both. Introduction To Photography  Intermediate Photography

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I was recently asked if I teach  photography classes at night and I answered “yes, the classes that I teach in the evening start  at 6:30 pm and usually end at 9:30pm.” I misunderstood the question. The question was about whether I taught a class that specialized in creating photographs at night. Do you really […]

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If I were to give you a prescription to improve your photography, and for you to improve as a photographer, here’s what it would be: To make better pictures and to be a better photographer take at least one picture a day in fully manual exposure mode. Take the recommended dose  at varying times of the day, […]

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I like my photographs like I like my food, unprocessed and real. A photograph is always a “real” photograph but it can be a truthful or contrived photograph. 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 […]

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Drawing Inspiration – Carl Corey Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me. I’ve included a link to their work. http://carlcorey.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 July 17-2017 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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Scroll down to see comments and to add comments. Thank you for your participation the Photography And Camera Basics class taught by Sam D’amico Your opinion and candid comments are valued because they help me to make sure the class is as effective as possible and help me to evaluate if I’m doing a good […]

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