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Starting out in Digital
Photography, by Gary Rendle. Whether
you're moving from film photography or a
complete beginner, this will hopefully give you some helpful
advice. Click
here for
article
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Portrait and Studio Photography.
Here is a series of really informative videos on
Youtube, from Jim Talkington at prophotolife.com,
on how to set up a photographic studio and
associated lighting, from simple basics all the
way up to a sophisticated modern studio.
Click
here for the first video in the series.
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Landscape Photography. Here
are some helpful websites.
great-landscape-photography.com
tonyhowell.co.uk
photographytips.com
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Macro (close-up) Photography.
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Railway Photography. Always
a great favourite for many of our club
members!
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Choosing Equipment. Here
are some great websites that offer reviews of
photographic equipment, as well as price
comparisons.
dpreview.com
bythom.com
canon-reviews.com
kenrockwell.com
Camera Price Buster
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Digital Image Processing.
It's been said that digital photographers spend
10% of their time taking pictures and 90% sat at
their computers using Adobe's Photoshop or
similar packages. But it's one of the
hardest skills to master, so how do you get
started and how do you improve your skills?
As a starting point, check out this set of free
videos on Gavin Hoey's excellent website:
gavinhoey.com
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Monitor Calibration. It's
no good spending ages getting your pictures to
look great on your computer display if it is not
set up correctly. To get the best out of
your prints or digital images, your computer
display needs to be calibrated. Here's a
detailed review of one of the many tools on the
market that do the job for you.
northlight-images.co.uk.
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Digital Printing. The club
encourages members to print at A3 size for
competition entries. We are preparing an
article on how to get the best out of a digital
printer. Or if you're not ready to take
the leap into printing your own photos at home,
here are two online companies that offer great
quality large prints by return post, at low
cost.
DSCL.
Photobox.
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Print Mounting. To enter
prints into club competitions, or just to
display them nicely at home, your prints need to
be well mounted on card. This website
offers useful advice.
framedestination.com.
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PAPER SIZES. Here's a useful lookup
table.
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Photographer's Rights.
Unfortunately these days it is quite common for
photographers to be challenged about what they
are doing, by the public and even by law
enforcement officers. This excellent
article explains your legal rights to take
photographs, and knowledge of these rights can defuse
a potential argument.
sirimo.co.uk
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Choosing and Using a Tripod.
If you're taking pictures of stationary
subjects, especially in low light, you will
quickly find that camera shake is the main cause
of loss of picture quality. If you thought
your current tripod was good enough, this
thought-provoking article will make you think
again!
bythom.com/support
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Ultimate Quality. Digital
cameras continue to improve, with the latest
"full frame" FX format DSLRs capable of fantastic
results. But for many professional
fashion, landscape and architectural
photographers, this still isn't good enough.
This article talks about the ultimate picture
quality that is currently only available in
large format film cameras.
kenrockwell.com/large_format
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Lens Quality. Always a
subject for much discussion! This
excellent article dispels some of the myths!
lensrentals.com
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HDR is the latest buzz word, and
it is a technique for getting even better
quality out of your digital images by combining
multiple exposures. It stands for High
Dynamic Range, and this article is an
interesting introduction.
phototopix.co.uk/hdr_photography
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Want to take your photography to
the next level and get formal accreditation from
the Royal Photographic Society? This
article explains the paths to LRPS, ARPS and
FRPS accreditations.
rps.org/distinctions
