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Hello, .

Let's talk about perspective versus perception; both are useful to consider in our photography studies in practice.

Perspective: Perspective is regarding something in a certain way, and our attitude can influence it—furthermore, a new perspective can change our perception. 

From a perspective context, we can all agree that a tree is a tree, a building is a building, and an event is an event. Perspective is a factual description of what we experience with our five senses.  

As photographers, we can change our visual perspective by changing where we are physically to what we're seeing. We can also change our perspective by changing our lens focal length. 

Perception: Perception is our personal, unique interpretation of understanding and thinking about something or someone, and our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences can influence it—furthermore, our perception can be affected by our perspective. 

From a perception context, we can all agree that a tree is a tree, a building is a building, and an event is an event. Perception is the unique way we think about what we experience with our five senses.

Using our perception to drive our picture's composition will create photographs that are unique to us. 

But there's a catch: we've gotta understand how to operate the camera intentionally to communicate our perceptions effectively. 

And the best way to operate our camera intentionally is by working it in manual exposure mode. 

Many photographers fret over finding or developing their style; we don't have to find or develop it because it's baked into our perception.

But we've gotta develop our understanding of the relationship between camera operation, light, and composition to express it. 

The Introduction to Photography classes scheduled for March are now open for registration. Other scheduled group classes are below.

Smaller classes mean better learning, so no more than five participants and me are in each class. 

But smaller classes also mean spots fill up quicker. 

And remember, we learn and improve by doing, so practice making at least one picture daily. 

That's all for now; thanks for reading! 
Sam

I'll help you be a better photographer—study and practice photography with me. 

And what if the timing doesn't work for you in any of my scheduled group classes? If that's the case, let's schedule a one-time lesson or a series of in-person or online private instruction that covers the same things as my group classes. 

Ways to work with me are listed below.