There are many resources available to help you both learn the basics of photography, improve your skills and plan your photoshoots. Here are those we have found the most useful.
Prompt cards
Camera Set-up - Aperture & Shutter speed - Camera anatomy & Crop factor - Focal length & Depth of Field
Histogram & White balance - ISO & Exposure triangle - Metering modes & Colour theory - Focus & Shooting modes
Books
1. Camera Bag Essentials - volumes 1 and 2 - Free!
In PDF format you can view on your computer or download onto your computer and print out pages that interest you.
Good basic introduction with many project ideas. Click for Volume 1 or Volume 2.
2. Learn Digital Photography Course
Great for basics and when you have had some experience as it include lots of ideas for photographic projects.
3. Flash Photography: Art & techniques
Takes you from the basics with good practical ideas.
RPS - The Royal Photographic Society's Journals for free!
Planning a photoshoot/trip
Weather forecasts, tide times, Sunrise and position apps & maps - we have a page of resources here
Here are two publishers that have produced excellent location guides:
https://longvalleybooks.com/range/
Learning
Ebooks - free to download from Photozy
Online tutorials - Lightroom
Club members' Tutorials and Presentations on Photoshop & Lightroom
Photoshop Layers - with Homework
Using Your Flash
Simulate a flash/lighting setup https://www.elixxier.com/en/products/setalight3d.php
What is rear curtain sync? https://youtu.be/ai-L2OLH7ZQ
Slow Sync Rear Curtain Flash https://youtu.be/oR-OOb-ZnKI
Using a single flash - off camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuoc53wcnbc
Software
Here are descriptions of, and links to, the software our members use to edit and present their images.
Equipment
DP review is a down-to earth and reliable source of information on new equipment and has an archive of older equipment for when you are considering something secondhand.
Here is a very useful side-by-side camera comparison tool.
Used lenses - a new Comparison site.
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