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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Photographers, what was the one thing you learned that you believe took your photography to the next level?
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Last couple handouts

  • Five Senses -- July 26

Handouts & Assignments

  • Syllabus
  • Selective Color & Vintage - July 3
  • Sharpening How-to - June 16
  • Camera Raw Cheat Sheet
  • Workflow Handout
  • Studio Lights Handout
  • Walkabout - May 24
  • Camera Checklist - May 29 (Changed)
  • Object Study - May 29
  • Depth of Field - May 31
  • Vehicle in Motion - May 31
  • Colors - June 5
  • Shooting Steel - June 5
  • Contrasts - June 14
  • Still Life Food - June 14
  • Kitchen Imagination - June 14
  • Silhouette - June 19
  • Song Title - June 19
  • Unusual Composition - June 21
  • Painting with Light - June 21
  • Beatles Lyrics - June 26
  • Seven Deadly Sins - June 28
  • Graves - June 26
  • Selective Color & Vintage - July 3
  • Hands - July 5
  • Lines - July 5
  • Virtual Volume & Blurred Motion - July 10
  • Pinocchio - July 12
  • Minimalist - July 19
  • Self portrait - July 19

Links

  • Andy's Flickr
  • Flickr DMACC Photo Group
  • Drop Box - Backup/Syncing
  • Photojournalism blog
  • GIF creator
  • Reverse Lens Macro Photography
  • Food Photography tips/setup
  • Backing up your files
  • National Geographic Photo of the Day
  • MSNBC Photo Blog
  • Digital Photography School
  • LIFE: Taking Great Pictures
  • Camera RAW tricks
  • DIY Photography
  • Reddit Photography Links
  • What lens should I get?
  • Studio lights
  • Strobist (using light)
  • Cambridge In Colour Tutorials
  • Understanding Historgrams
  • Exposure/F-stops explained
  • Depth of Field
  • Exposure calculator .PDF
  • Digital Photo Review
  • Excuses for not paying photographers

Tutorials

  • National Geographic Videos
  • Photoshop for Beginners
  • Pretty Easy Vintage Effect
  • List of tutorials "for beginners"
  • Shooting in low light
  • Selective Color (Easy!)
  • Film Grain Effect
  • Pictorialist Style in Photoshop
  • Whole bunch of tutorial videos
  • HDR with CS5 I
  • HDR with CS5 II
  • 3D Photos
  • How to apply an overlay/texture
  • Using a polarizing filter
  • Texture overlays
  • Vintage Look I
  • Vintage Look II
  • Vintage texture overlays
  • DIY Photo studio
  • Lighting styles
  • Painting with light
  • Making photos pop
  • Using levels
  • Improve Photos with Classical Art
  • Movie-like effects
  • Faux Lomo
  • Tilt-shift
  • Compositing Hair in CS5
  • Tips from a Pro
  • DIY Color images (from black and white)
  • Magazine Covers (InDesign)
  • List of advanced tutorials

Software & Gear

  • Adobe Camera RAW Update Download
  • Adobe Lightroom - Education Discount
  • Flash Shoe (Nikon, Canon -- not Sony)
  • SLIK Tripod
  • Free Lightroom Presets
  • Online Printing review
  • Nikon SB 900 Flash
  • Canon 580EX II Flash
  • Reflector
  • "Nifty Fifty" 50mm f1.8 (Canon)
  • Nifty Fifty (Nikon)
  • Extension Tubes (Nikon)
  • Extension Tubes (Canon)
  • Photomatix
  • Alien Skin Plugins
  • Perfect Photo Suite plugins
  • Digital Anarchy Plugins
  • Nik Software Plugins

Portrait/Posing/Lighting

  • Long video on lighting (2 hours)
  • Using External Flash (video)
  • Using a reflector outside (video)
  • Umbrella vs Softbox lighting
  • Retouching Links
  • More posing
  • Head shots
  • Basic Portrait Tips
  • Model posing 101

Printing

  • Overview of printing sites
  • Books: Mixbook
  • Books: MyCanvas
  • Books: Apple
  • Books: Blurb
  • Snapfish
  • Shutterfly
  • Kodak
  • SmugMug
  • Canvas: EzPrints
  • Variety (including canvas): Costco
  • Canvas: Canvas On Demand

Photographers

  • Robert Frank
  • Polly Brown
  • Todd Hido
  • Julieanne Kost
  • Loretta Lux
  • Catherine Wagner
  • Richard Avedon
  • Ansel Adams
  • Scott Kelby
  • Joe McNally
  • Jim Brandenburg
  • Ryan Brenizer
  • Gregory Crewdson

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