Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Photography How To Tips

I thought that I did a post on this some time ago, but if so, I couldn't find it.  So I'm collecting a list of photography resources.  xjenavivex and I have been discussing how to shoot good pictures.  Sadly I could not find anything like the excellent site I turned up a couple years ago, which had all the photographic principles (composition, colors, lighting, contrast, etc.) laid out in detail, with color illustrations.

Basic Principles of Photography -- start at square one and learn the fundamentals.

Basic Photographic Techniques -- a thorough introduction to creating good pictures.  Covers subject placement, lines, patterns, contrast, framing, perspective, lighting, sequences, and more.

Photography Tips for Beginners and Beyond -- tips for specific topics such as storms or pets.

Photo Net -- basic tips, specific techniques, specific topics, and much more.

Photography Techniques & Tips -- how to articles on shooting, image processing, sharing, and many other activities.  Specializes in digital equipment.

Outdoor Photography Techniques -- lots of articles on shooting particular occasions or concepts, plus tips on printing, photoshopping, etc.

Nature and Wildlife Photography Tips Center -- specific topics like winter or flowers and techniques like editing or shooting through a window.

Digital Photography Tips and Techniques -- lots of little articles on specific techniques, topics, or situations.  Specializes in digital rather than film equipment.  (Yes, that makes a huge difference.  My results are totally different across the two media.)

Digital Photography Tutorials -- one-page nutshell introductions of concepts like aperture, tools like fill-in flash, techniques like sharpening photos, etc.

Photography Composition Articles -- lots of articles about how to compose good images

Top 10 Photography Composition Rules -- a short article with good examples
Tags: how to, photography, reading
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  • 4 comments
madshutterbug

madshutterbug

April 25 2011, 21:29:53 UTC 10 years ago

Are you looking for WWW available information, or printed matter as well? Because if you're looking for printed matter, National Geographic Photography Field Guide is one of the best works around.

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com
ysabetwordsmith

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ysabetwordsmith

April 25 2011, 21:39:07 UTC 10 years ago

I was looking for online stuff. I had better luck the last time I went hunting.
lyonesse

lyonesse

April 25 2011, 22:11:23 UTC 10 years ago

*lol* i am currently seriously frustrated in my photography effort, at the very primary step of I GOTTA FIND MY CAMERA....
red_trillium

red_trillium

April 26 2011, 09:39:33 UTC 10 years ago

Looks like you've got a good list here!