Info for those new to photography

[DannyLewis]

bumper

 

[KmH]

You're welcome.

(Oops! Replied to spammer, who is no longer a member.)

 

[ewick]

this is awesome for those that truly want to learn. I have found that there are people who want you to do it for them and there are people who want the information to learn it themselves. I have a hard time searching for this type of info but if you provide the info then im all up for reading and learning. I have learned and keep learning from this forum. Thanks for the post.

 

[juees]

Thanks you very much for this post, It's been helpful to me

 

[ph0enix]

Can we make this thread a sticky? Bumping it up all the time is starting to get old

 

[KmH]

Experience shows sticky threads are not as effective as we would hope.

 

[ph0enix]

Experience shows sticky threads are not as effective as we would hope.

That's true but sticky threads are easy to find when we want to bring their existence to someone's attention.

 

[flashbax]

I love you

 

[shefjr]

Experience shows sticky threads are not as effective as we would hope.

That's true but sticky threads are easy to find when we want to bring their existence to someone's attention.

I gotta say I do agree with that. Right now I have to shuffle through my subscriptions to find a thread that I want to give to someone else.

 

[Luke345678]

Let me just add if you want to learn about your camera, as boring as it is just read the manual.

It helps...

 

[Rabbitcatcher]

How to Take Better Pictures

I'm reading through this. Great content from an experienced person.

 

[glockbot]

How to Take Better Pictures

I'm reading through this. Great content from an experienced person.

Nice find! Few days of exploring there.

 

[lipstickshells]

I was wondering if there is a site that simply has photos with errors noted and how to improve. I would like to see what low exposure, too high of a shutter speed, etc. looks like without searching for individual posts and having to read through the whole thread to find what should have been done differently.

 

[tentwo]

I also posted a huge set of links to tutorials in the sticky for those wanting to learn.

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...9286-new-feature-photography-tutorials-2.html

It really starts at post #19 and takes the learner through the process. Great post.

 

[tentwo]

I was wondering if there is a site that simply has photos with errors noted and how to improve. I would like to see what low exposure, too high of a shutter speed, etc. looks like without searching for individual posts and having to read through the whole thread to find what should have been done differently.

There are pleanty out there. Here are a few I know of:

1. Top 10 Digital Photography Mistakes | Top 10 Photography Tips
2. Common Metering Mistakes | Photography How To Articles
3. Common Photography Posing Mistakes and Fixes | I Heart Faces
4. 10 Common Photography Mistakes and How to Fix Them | I Heart Faces
5. Common Photography Lighting Mistakes and Fixes | I Heart Faces

Also here are some tuitorials I found to be very helpful:

Artistic Blur

• Artistic Macro Blur
• The Orton Effect

Black & White

• High Key B&W Portraits (external)
• Black & White with a Touch of Color
• Getting Good Greyscale out of Photoshop (external)
• Best Technique for Black & White Conversion
• The Black & White Guide to Monochrome Conversions (external)

Cross Processing

• Cross processing in Photoshop [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] (external)

Copyright

• Adding a Copyright to your Picture in Photoshop

Fun Stuff

• Amazing Circles
• OOBs (Out Of Bounds)
• Tilt-Shift
• Imitating Comics & Graphic Novels
• Imitating Movie Effects (Also see The Horror Film Effect)
• Panorama Planets
• "Folded" Images
• Lemony Snicket Effect

HDR (High Dynamic Range)

• If You Doubt HDR Editing (links to many of the HDR tutorials on the forums)
• "Dave Hill" / LucisArt Method - Explained a bit more

Lomo

• How to Make Your Digital Photos Look Like Lomo Photography (DPS Blog)

Miscellaneous

• Antiquing Digital Images
• Cross Processing in Photoshop
• Changing Colors in Photoshop (or your image editing program of choice)
• Tara Whitney Effect
• "Flower Fun": Masking out a busy background
• Creating a Negative Image
• Purple Flower Turned Gold
• Transforming Digital Photography to Classic Film
• Dave Hill / Jill Greenberg Effect

Photoshop Actions / Plugins

• Photoshop Plugins / Actions
• Boost Creativity with Photoshop Actions (external)
• Photoshop Actions?

Picasa Tutorials

• Using Picasa to "Ortonize"
• Picasa Group on Flickr

GIMP Tutorials

• Toning BW images (a good one)
• Contrast mask/Tone Mapping
• Orton Effect and Another one
• Digital Neutral Density Filter (another good one -- learned how to use masks and gradients here)
• Exposure Blending
• Lomo Effect (found this disappointing compared to PS versions)
• Black and white conversion (another good one)
• Selective Colorization
• Local Contrast Enhancement
• gimpguru.org

Tutorial Sites

• Photoshop Elements Tutorials (external)
• Gimp Tutorials (external)
• The Photoshop Roadmap - Tutorials (external)
• Photoshop Mosaic - Tutorials (external)
• Paint Shop Pro Tutorials [1] [2] (external)

Happy Shooting!