These emails come with the intent of helping you be a better photographer. 

And if you want more photography stuff to read, there's a place on the interwebs where past emails I wrote are stored. You'll find 'em in the "Newsletter Hub." 

Remember, I'd like to know what you want to know about photography. So, If you have any questions, ask by sending an email to me at sam@samdamico.com. And for what it's worth. When you send me an email, unless someone's lookin' over my shoulder, I'm the only one that sees it.

Hello ,

If we want to get better at anything, studying and practicing is the way to go because that's the only way to get better at anything. 

One's not more important than the other, but without practicing what we study, we might know some things, but practice helps us do what we practice better. 

When we study and practice photography, we study camera operation, light, and composition. 

And camera operation allows us to record the light we observe and study. 

Today, during the first meeting of the Introduction to Photography class, we put into practice what we studied. 

We mainly studied camera operation and learned about critiquing, exposure modes, focusing modes, focusing areas, stops as an increment of changes, reviewing our pictures and the associated metadata, and controlling tonality in manual exposure mode using aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.  

Five people, all wanting to be better photographers, put into practice what they studied and got better at camera operation by doing what they studied.  

And by getting better at camera operation, they became better photographers.

The assigned homework will continue their studies and practice, and as long as they do the homework, they'll continue to improve. 

When we meet next, we'll build on what was learned through studying and practicing and add more things to study and practice. 

This is the only way to get better at what we do. 

And remember, practice never makes perfect, but it does make us better photographers. 

The next series of the Introduction to Photography class starts in February.

And there are other scheduled group classes 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.