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

But if you're tired of hearing from me, unsubscribe.

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, email 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 who sees it.

Lucky for us, industrialization hasn't affected everything.

A chef with a fresh ingredient hands-on cooking approach, a personal, small garden, or a craftsperson who hand-makes their product hasn't been affected by industrialism.

These folks have built practices that produce value without an industrialized approach and depend heavily on their skills, creativity, understanding of their craft, and flexibility.

When it comes to photographers, our version of embracing industrialization is working in automatic exposure mode.

Our industrialized approach to creating photographs gives us enormous productivity gains, but the images produced are stiff and lack humanity.

If we want to be a photographer who depends heavily on our skills, creativity, and understanding of our craft and have the flexibility to create valuable and meaningful photographs that reveal our humanity, then we've got to learn to work our cameras in manual exposure mode.

When it comes to efficiency and my photography, I'm all for efficiency, just not the industrialized kind; instead, I prefer efficiency in my approach while working in manual exposure mode.

When it comes to convenience and my photography, I'm all for convenience, just not the industrialized kind; instead, I prefer the convenience of getting my picture right on the first exposure while working in manual exposure mode because I understand the relational cause and effect of camera operation, composition, and light.  

The cost of the rewards we get with industrialism is our creativity and flexibility.

And it isn't worth it when it comes to our photography.

 -------

The Photography Basics (Introduction To Photography) class starts soon. 
  
More ways to study and practice photography with me are below.

Call me if you need help determining the best course for you.

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

Currently scheduled classes are below.

Smaller classes mean better learning, so class sizes are limited to 5 participants plus me.

But smaller classes also mean spots fill up quicker, so sign up soon. 

And what if the timing doesn't work for you in any of my scheduled group classes? Private in-person lessons suited to your schedule are always an option.

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