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We do a lot of things that keep us stuck and prevent us from becoming better photographers.

On the upside, we can do a lot of things that'll get us unstuck and move us toward becoming better photographers.

Being stuck perpetuates our less-than-best photography while becoming unstuck is the way to create our best photography.

Some of the behaviors and thoughts that keep us stuck are below.

We keep working in automatic exposure mode.

We keep making pictures without understanding photography, and our photographs disappoint and frustrate us.

We create photographs using rules of composition.

We won't learn how to observe and describe the characteristics of light.

We don't understand how aperture, shutter speed, and ISO  control tonality.

We don't understand how aperture, shutter speed, and ISO affect the visual compositional elements of depth of field, blur, and noise.

We don't think of the intent of communication as the driving force behind composing our photographs.

We consider buying a better camera because we think it'll make us better photographers even though we don't understand photography.

There's more, but that's enough for now.

Some of those may be familiar to us, or we may have our own sticking points that keep us from moving.

The problem is that our persistence in continuing behaviors and thought processes that keep us stuck and prevent us from becoming better photographers is a sure way to keep us from the possibility of making the best pictures we can.

When we choose to be better photographers, what we do changes in a way that makes what we do all about our studies and practice aimed at understanding photography.

Specifically, understanding photography is about changing what we do to learn all we can about the relationship between camera operation, composition, and light.

When we develop and adopt regularly persistent behaviors geared toward becoming better photographers, our photography persistently and consistently improves because we understand and know what we're doing with our cameras to get the compositions we want based on the light we have to work with.  

In other words, we persistently and consistently operate our cameras confidently and intentionally to create engaging imagery that only we can make.

The 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.