Saturday, July 26, 2008

Great Photography Tutorials and Links From Around the Web

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Every month or two I like to create a list of helpful tutorials and resources from around the photographic web.

This time I think you’ll agree that there’s been some wonderful tutorials written. I’ve included 17 from other sites and 5 from our archives (this time last year).

17 Hot Photography Links From Around the Web

Make Your own BikeCAM - a fun DIY with a video

5 Ways to Hold Your Viewer’s Attention - 5 simple composition techniques

Transforming a Daylight Image into a Wild Night - Photoshop tutorial

Nine Reasons to Manually Focus When Taking Pictures - sometimes manual focusing is your best option

The Importance of focus and quick tips on how to get it right - another focusing related tutorial

My Photography Workflow - Photographer Thomas Hawk talks us through his workflow

The 15 Second DIY Adjustable Snoot! - a fast DIY

The Nuts and Bolts of Off-Camera Flash - first part of a four part series on off camera flash (part 2 here).

8 Photography Myths Debunked - just what the title says :-)

Getting Rid of Dust Spots - Photoshopping tips

Flicker Flash - How to capture movement with a series of strobe flashes

Introduction to Digital Photography - 10 Ways to Improve your skills

On Assignment: Night Chopper Pt 2 - 2nd in a series of shots taking you on a shoot of a chopper at night

Your Guide to Buying Old Film Cameras - Feeling Retro? This one’s for you!

Seeing the Possibilities - a great post on how to see possibilities in different locations

Understanding Camera Exposure Modes - talking you through spot, evaluative and center-weighted metering.

Curves color enhancement tutorial - a video screencast of GIMP in action

5 Tutorials from our Archives that You Might have Missed!

As usual in these posts I thought I’d throw in a handful of articles from our own archives - from July 2007 - for those of you who are new to Digital Photography School and might have missed some of what we’ve already covered:

18 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts - the most popular post from July last year

7 Strategies for Avoiding Flash Blow Out - we’ve all suffered from it - but how do you overcome flash blowout?

4 Rues of Composition for Landscape Photography - some basic ideas on composition

Using Flash in Action Photography - tips and some cool photos

How to Photograph Pets - always a popular photographic subject - Pets!

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