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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.

Teaching and learning ain’t about textbooks, assignments, or authority.
 

It’s all about the approaches, strategies, and methods teachers use to help students acquire knowledge and skills and develop intellectually (pedagogy).

An effective teacher creates effective conditions for learning.
 

When a teacher creates the right conditions for students, the teacher uses approaches, strategies, and methods, along with connections and approaches that contribute to a student’s mindset and willingness to learn, and have much to do with the teacher’s pedagogical methods.

The rest is nothing but useful drudgery.

If the pedagogy is effective, the useful drudgery does its job.

We recognize that the job is getting done by the “aha” moment, that moment of sudden insight or discovery experienced by the student.
 

That aha moment has nothing to do with the teacher and everything to do with the student “getting it.”

The student's role in the work is to engage in useful drudgery because it’s the useful drudgery that provides the activity that leads to the a-ha moments. It’s a moment when the students teach themselves.
 

It’s in the doing of the work that we learn.

This happens because the teacher provides practical guidance and instruction, but it is ultimately up to the student to apply the knowledge being taught.

Do the work, and the learning will follow, and it’ll happen with a lotta “aha” moments.
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In addition to the In-person ways to learn photography with me listed below, I’ve got collections of tutorials on my Online Learning Platform for Photographers that’ll help you learn to be a better photographer.

Access to this content and other content related to the photography classes I teach in person requires a membership, which costs $25 a month.

As one member told me, it’s cheaper than their weekly coffee habit, and more useful than any YouTube videos they’ve watched, especially since they could  ask me questions.

Here’s the link:Online Learning Platform for Photographers

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The Photography Basics (Introduction To Photography) classes are starting soon.
 

If the schedules don’t work for you, we could arrange a series of private lessons covering the same material.

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Become a better photographer by joining my Online Learning Platform for Photographers – Study and practice at your own pace with access to exclusive content, assignments, and feedback.

The Photography Basics (Introduction To Photography) group classes starts soon or you can learn the same stuff as a series of Private Lessons.
  
More ways to study and practice photography with me are below.

Call me at (202) 531-2344 if you need help determining the best course for you.

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A note about group class sizes: Did you know that some places that teach photography have up to 25 students in each class? 

Bigger ain't always better.

That's why I limit my group classes to no more than five participants because smaller classes make for better, more effective, and more efficient learning experiences.

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

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

Currently scheduled classes are below.

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.