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Photography Technique FAQ

whelmed
Posted 19/03/2010 - 16:43 Link
I've been working quite a bit at trying to develop my photography skills. From what I gather there are two major elements to good photography. The first are the technical elements, and they are the easiest to develop. Content, on the other hand, is much more difficult and won't be the focus of this topic.

I'm looking at this thread as both a FAQ for others and as a way to help me develop my own knowledge. To keep it simple, I just want links to other places here. The links can be to a website with a good tutorial or even other threads on this forum. I'll re-edit this from time to time adding these links into the below list either from ya'll or from things I find. Also, feel free to write up a better explanation of anything and post it in a separate topic and I'll link that. Finally, if you've got ideas for additional categories, let me know, any feedback is welcome.

This is going to be an ongoing work-in-progress so don't expect too much all at once. I've only done the basic stuff for now.

Basic SLR Camera Operation:
Effect of aperture on Shutter
Effect of aperture on depth of field
The green button - it is your friend
The AE-L button - The green buttons best friend

Advanced SLR Camera 'Stuff':
Use of histogram in getting a good picture
High-dynamic range images
How to take a picture of the moon
Circle of confusion
Macro Tubes, reversed lenses, macro lenses

Lighting:
Advantages of external Lighting (hammerhead, camera mounted, flash stands)
Bouncing the flash
Flash improvement techniques (E.g. wax paper to reduce the sharpness of the flash)
Isolation techniques (Light cubes, studio setups)

Post-Processing:
Sharpening
High-Dynamic Range images
Isolation techniques when not done with lighting
RAW versus JPG
Software Packages (Photoshop, Gimp, Lightroom) / Plugins (noise ninja, etc)
Working in TIFF versus JPG

Rules of Composition:
The rule of thirds
The golden mean
The triangle
Frame in a frame
Leading lines
The circle
Rhythm
Negative space
K-5; Siggy 10-20 f4, 30mm f1.4, 18-50mm f2.8, 70-200mm f2.8; Tammy 400mm f4, 500mm f8
Anvh
Posted 19/03/2010 - 17:17 Link
Stefan
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K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Edited by Anvh: 19/03/2010 - 17:17
uall
Posted 14/05/2010 - 05:08 Link
thanks for given that i am also a photographer may be this also help me in future

thanks

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photos on canvas

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