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Hello, .

If you didn't see yesterday's email about why you should take my Introduction To Photography class starting tomorrow, Sunday, February 11, here's a reminder. 

In short, I was gonna tell ya all the great things you'd get outta that class that'll help you be a better photographer, but I figured you're tired of hearing me tootin' my own horn. 

So I thought it'd be better to shut up and let other photographers tell you. 

In short, I got off easy. Instead of flappin' my jaw through my fingers by chicken-pecking my keyboard, I copied and pasted what other photogrohers said about my classes, which, in a nutshell, said that you should take it because it'll help you be a better photographer.

The photographers whose quotes I posted told you specifically HOW the class made them better photographers, but here's WHY they became better photographers. 

They became better photographers because the class provided structured studies and practice. 

A study and practice that taught the relationship between camera operation, composition, and light.

We did that by working in manual exposure mode and began controlling ALL elements of composition that we could. 

What we can control is our camera operation and the compositional decisions we make. 

But, unless we're working in a studio, we can't control the light we're working with.  

But we could control how we respond to the light we're working with in terms of intentional compositional decisions. 

Intentional composition requires us to know how to set the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.  It also requires us to understand how to focus and meter.

When we do this, we evaluate the characteristics of the light we're working with, and based on that, we can understand what we can do to make the best pictures we can.

It's frustrating when we don't get the pictures we want. But this happens because we don't understand what we're doing as photographers. 

If you want to understand what you're doing, take the Introduction To Photography class. 

I know I already said it, but I'll repeat it: the  Introduction To Photography class starts this Sunday, February 11, at noon. 

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.