Digital Photography Course
The last month or so we've added so many digitial photography tutorials that I thought it was important to make a page that pulls them all together. I guess it can be thought of as a free online digital photography course. The technical side of the photography tutorials are useful for those with SLR digital cameras. For example, what is shutter speed, what's the difference between a fast or slow lens, and bulb modes explained. However lessons that discuss composition tips, lomography and travel photography could suit everyone, including those with compact point and shoot cameras. I will be adding tutorials to this free photography course weekly so check back often.
The first post I recommend reading discusses why its important for website designers to use their own photographs. It also gives some advice as to what types of cameras are best to use if you don't already own one.
Next I'll start with our list of photography tutorials that suit every photographer:
1. Composition tips - learn how to take better photographs simply by thinking about how you compose them.
2. Travel photography - while this tutorial does talk about SLR digital camera lenses, there are also many useful tips for those with point and shoot compact cameras as well.
3. Outdoor photography tips - learn some tips on taking better photographs outside in harsh sunlight. Tips including exposure and spot metering are settings found in most cameras nowadays.
Listed below are tutorials that suit photographers who own SLR digital cameras:
1. How to take sharp photographs - learn how to take clear photographs with your digital SLR camera.
2. What is shutter speed - learn how shutter speed effects images and how to use it effectively.
3. Bulb mode - this part of the photography course will teach you what bulb mode is and when you should use it.
4. What numbers on a camera lens mean - important if your a beginner new to purchasing digital camera lenses.
5. Difference between a fast and slow lense - learn the advantages and dissadvantages of both.
6. How to clean your camera sensor - visual demonstration and tips on cleaning the sensor.
7. Canon SLR camera review - indepth review for Canon 400D SLR digital camera.
8. Tips for night photos - learn what SLR settings to use at night time.
9. How to photograph flying birds - tips and advice on nature photography.
10. Macro water photography - how to photograph water droplets and splashes.
11. Digital photography books Read the top 3 books that will help you understand your SLR digital camera faster.
12. Depth of field - learn what depth of field is and how to use it.
13. Tips for landscape photography
15. How to photograph light trails
And finally a digital photography course wouldn't be complete without a section that explains how to edit your digital photographs once they are saved onto your computer.
1. How to straighten horizons - learn how to fix crooked horizons in landscape photographs.
2. Lemo photos - learn how to use Photoshop to create lemo looking images.
3. How to fix red eye in photographs
4. How to remove wrinkles and blemishes
5.How to use Photoshop curves tool to improve the tones in your images.
6. Using vanishing point tool to delete any unwanted elements in photographs.
7. How to change the color of clothes in photographs.
8. How to use Photoshop to change black and white photographs to color.
9. Get creative and color one part of a photograph.
10. How to make a photo cube image from your photographs.
Update: Our photography tutorials have become so popular we thought it was time to create a separate website so there is no confusion for those simply after website design articles.
You can find this site at http://www.slrphotographyguide.com/. New tips for photographers so far include landscape, light trails and aquarium photography. It also includes fresh information on SLR camera settings and where you can download digital camera manuals.
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