Hello , 

I wanted to send you a brief email about my thoughts about this time of year and photography. Also, I’ve included a way for you to save 25% on photography instruction. And, of course, I encourage you to reply to this email. 

Greetings and an Opening

If you celebrate the holidays this time of year, I hope that you're enjoying it.

This year, at my family's request, I'm in NC to help around the house while a family member recovers from partial joint replacement surgery.

I usually write and send you an email on Thanksgiving day but considering what needed doing, helping with the recovery, prepping for dinner, and just doing whatever else needed doing, sitting down to write you a thoughtfully composed email wasn't a good idea.

So here I am on Friday morning and enjoying writing to you to get you thinking about photography and its role in our lives. 

Photography Related Stuff

I can't help but connect family gatherings with photography. I grew up seeing home movies recorded on film and projected onto a white, pull-down screen, slide shows projected on the screen mentioned above, and prints held in place with ornate photo corners, 

The night before Thanksgiving, as we were prepping food for cooking the next day, our conversation turned to our memories of Thanksgiving when we were young children. Our words brought memorable imagery to mind. And after our discussion, I thought about how photography introduces the imagery first, then the conversation around the memories that the images produce follows. And that's what I appreciate about photography. Photography can be a visual record of what transpires during a specific time in a particular place. It's a way of creating a visual form of the present and using it to connect our memories with past events. 

So, I hope you are making photographs with family and friends. Photography may cost, but the memories we attach to our photography are priceless. 

Save 25% on Photography Lessons

Get yourself a gift certificate to give, ask someone to gift one to you, or gift one to yourself. 

Whoever receives the gift certificate gets to use it for any photography lessons/classes I offer whenever is convenient for them, and they'll be better photographers. 

Gift certificates are fast, convenient, and valuable for a photographer at any level. And the gift certificate is sent to you, or whoever you choose, quickly via email so you can print it out to give or send electronically. 

Here's the link to get a gift certificate for 25% off. 

 25% Off Gift Certificates

or

http://s.thegiftcardcafe.com/PKkgFw

Best Regards, enjoy the holiday and make thoughtful photographs,

--- Sam

Available Ways to Learn Photography With Sam

In-Person or Online One-on-One Private Instruction

Whether you're a beginner or a more advanced photographer, I can work with you in-person or online on a one-on-one basis. This format allows me to help you improve your photography with custom-tailored instruction. You can use anything from a DSLR to the camera on your phone. Bring whatever you have in equipment and skill level, and I'll help you make more thoughtfully composed photographs. Please be fully vaccinated and boosted if we meet in person and follow all CDC and local guidelines.

Online Live Group Classes

Study and practice photography with me from wherever you are. Online group classes are effective and, when considering COVID, a safe way to learn photography. 

---Getting To Know Your Camera

This one meeting two-hour class will familiarize you with your camera's most important functions. We'll cover exposure, focusing, and metering methods. You'll be working more thoughtfully and creating intentional compositions. And you'll leave this class working on your camera in aperture and shutter priority modes. This class is also a prerequisite to the online Introduction To Photography group class. 

---Introduction To Photography

A four-meeting 8-hour class that meets once a week for two hours will get you working your camera in manual exposure mode. The Getting to Know Your Camera class is a prerequisite for taking this class online. 

Recorded, Learn at Your Own Pace Classes/Webinars Available on Sam's Online Learning Platform for Photographers

---Getting To Know Your Camera

This class will familiarize you with your camera's most critical functions. We'll cover exposure modes, focusing modes, and metering modes. This class aims to get you working on your camera in aperture and shutter priority modes. Working your camera in this manner will get you working more thoughtfully and creating intentional compositions. This class is also a prerequisite to the online Introduction To Photography group class. 

---Learn To Think Like A Photographer

While all my instruction involves teaching camera operation and thought process, this introductory class teaches thought process and camera operation by using the camera on your phone. However, I wouldn't consider this a "phone photography class" because this is a composition class that teaches a thought/compositional process that you'll immediately begin using while working with any camera. 

Study and Practice with Sam on His Online Learning Platform for Photographers

The Online Learning Platform is an excellent standalone way to learn about photography or can be used as a supplement to the other methods of working with me. When you study and practice photography with me via my online learning platform, you'll not only have access to the classes and webinars available (see directly above), but you'll also get to ask me questions and get answers. You'll also get monthly assignments to keep you thinking about photography and a live online monthly meeting. The monthly fee is $25.00, and you can start and stop whenever you'd like.

Follow Me On Instagram

I've been making Instagram content, mostly Reels, based on what I teach in my photography classes. If you do the Instagram thing, follow me. 

https://www.instagram.com/samdamico.photography/

@samdamico.photography

Please get in touch with me if you have any questions.