What if you were to borrow someone’s camera because you didn’t bring your camera to an event.
Could you work the camera to make the photographs that you wanted?
You could if you had a good foundation in the basics of photography.
You would dig into the camera settings and change the settings to suit your way of [...]

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Photography equipment can be expensive, and the truth of the matter is that getting new gear won’t help your photography skills.
Learning more about photography will help your photography skills.
New equipment should help you do your work as a photographer more fluidly.
For example, the flash that was built into a camera that I was using recently was limited in [...]

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I wouldn’t recommend that you send anyone copies of your work.
Instead, place them in an online gallery and direct people to view them there.
Make sure that the gallery requires some sort of  registration process for people who download your work so you can see who is using your pictures. I use a service called PhotoShelter
I use [...]

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If you take a photography class, it’s not enough to simply put in your time during the class.
A good photography class will give you information related to the class topic, but to have what you learn in the class sink in you’ve got to apply what you learned to your work outside of class.
If the [...]

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On your exposure mode dial there is an aperture priority mode and a shutter priority mode.
In aperture priority mode, you pick the aperture (f-stop) and your camera picks the shutter speed.
In shutter priority mode, you pick the shutter speed and your camera picks the aperture.
The problem with these modes is that, in terms of exposure, you wind [...]

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Drawing Inspiration – Marcus Lyon
Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me.
I’ve included a link to their work.
http://www.marcuslyon.com/
Who are the photographers that inspire you?
Please leave your comments and replies below.

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High tension wires recede into the distance during sunset, Iselin, NJ.

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DC Photography Class – Intermediate Photography classes starting – June 29, 2014

Reinforce your basic photography skills and techniques…
Learn new skills and techniques…
Understand and observe light…
Be more precise in the creation of your photograph…
Have the process of creating a photograph become more second nature…
Learn about basic flash photography…
Learn the basics of color photography…
Create thoughtfully composed photographs [...]

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Washington DC Photography Classes – June 25 – July 26, 2014
Upcoming Photography Classes In Washington DC. You can see a list of all upcoming courses in the right hand side bar of the Sam D’Amico Photography website. Scroll down a bit to view the list.

June 25, 2014:

Metering And Exposure (6:30 pm)

June 29, 2014:

Intermediate Photography (10:00 [...]

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Introduction to Photography class starting – July 10 and July 12, 2014
Learn to work your camera.

Learn basic photography.
Learn to make better photographs.

Introduction to Photography classes starts monthly.
Register now to reserve your place in the class.
By working your camera in fully manual mode throughout the class, you will become thoroughly familiar with basic camera operation and [...]

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