hi guys, just got myself a new camera, trying to test out and learn more, anyone can suggest a good site for photography lessons? and any good discussion site?
here are some of the recommended site from our great fellow lowyatians..

Tutorials, articles and tips on camera


http://www.pbase.com/pcc0905/model_great_pose_by_chief
Tips for model postures..(Chinese language)..

This post has been edited by sevendogz: Sep 1 2006, 01:48 PM

here's a good site to start with, http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/index.html

our inhouse tips: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=262297

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/ would be a good start.

thanks for the input, i shall put them up on the first post, to share with other

sevendogz, would u mind managing this thread like updating links to ur post? if u can do so, i will pin this up.

well, i am doing that right now, may write some comment onto all the links, hopefully this thread can help those who need helps, like me.

alright, i will pin up now, and in future will clean out updated, out of topic, nonsense reply then.

man, this thread is a god sent. THANK YOU fellow lowyat-ians!

btw, was wondering if someone can recommend a good book or two as well on photography? with author name and all the necessary information. thanks!

Thanks this are good tips

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm

I think his page on photographic how-to's are pretty well written. Although he can get quite obnoxious at times, but nonetheless a good resource.

The New Manual of Photography + How To Take Great Photographs + The Photography Handbook, all by John Hedgecoe.

The Photography Bible: A Complete Guide To The 21st Century Photographer by Daniel Lezano.

whoa~ how can i nvr realize bout this thread? very interesting, help me alot playing with my camera. canon really put big efforts into this..

hey hello...

i'm planning to buy a sub RM1.5k camera...i was wondering whats the essential difference between a camera with an optical image stabilisation and those without? where can i find more info bout it? pls help...thank you veryy much

A way to make a Digital Polarizer. A very good tutorial IMO. It helps others overcome the need to spend big bucks just to get the filter itself, now with photoshop, it can be done in just a few easy steps! Plus, you have a greater control over your final!

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/16253049/

Hope it will serve you well.

Another few guides and tutorials that i found and would like to share.

Straighten a Crooked Image with the Measure Tool
Software: Photoshop
Level: Beginner
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/36972948/

BW Colour Overlay
Software: Photoshop
How to achieve the authentic style in surprisingly few steps.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/9771331/

QuickTips: AutoLevels-Contrast
Software: Photoshop
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20379898/

QuickTips: Graduated Filter
Making the graduated filter effect with photoshop!
Software: Photoshop
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20420793/

Quicktips: Lomo Light Leaks
Software: Photoshop
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/25341213/

have fun

simple tutorial by leschang @ http://fotokrazy.com on 5 minutes skincare.
http://fotokrazy.com/2blogs/2006/08/14/fas...n-care/#more-10

This post has been edited by Maniac: Oct 20 2006, 10:09 AM

Hi Guys and Gals,

I found this site to be quite useful if you would like to buy lens and other accessories. especially 2nd hand one. It has all the technical information you need.

ONLY FOR NIKON.
Serial Number
Specification
Accessories ( Filter size, hood, case etc)
Lenses (Ai / Ai-S / AF etc)

wow, seems like i need to categorize all the suggested sites...
keep it up, guys...
but only provide those really super nice one la...
super thanks again for all input.

Try this website by Nikon. They have plenty of useful video tutorials for specific Nikon cameras : http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d50/index.shtml

That's for the D50.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

Nice photos with easy explanations

Beginners' FAQ on photography in general and more specifically Canon (related )

http://photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/

Sensor filter cleaning technique, popularly known as the CopperHill Method

http://www.copperhillimages.com/index.php?pr=tutorials

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/classroom.php

nice site

For some inspiration:
http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=...23&last=1787819

2 Digital Imaging Turorials published by Leschang at FotoKrazy.com, enjoy


Before


After


Try this:- http://fotokrazy.com/2blogs/2006/10/20/clo...stamp-sampling/

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Before

After


Read this:- http://fotokrazy.com/2blogs/2006/10/20/fil...-gradient-tool/

Tamron's articles:-

http://www.tamron.com/lenses/learning_center/default-new.asp

Inside got lots of example, top 10 do and dont tips and etc

A good site for begineer in digital camera and photography dummies (like me).

Digicamhelp

My fave part of this site is the Taking Photos section.

A rather interesting site regarding light tents/ light source diffusers etc for macro/closeup/product shooting.

http://www.camerahacker.com/build/Soft_Light.shtml

Found out this while googling, not sure already add by forumers or not

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/blog

DIY lens hood on A4 sized paper.
http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/

Tips: Night Photography

http://www.schoolofphotography.com/night/night.html

This post has been edited by LanEvoX: Dec 6 2006, 12:18 AM

Digital Rebel XT lessons, not just for Canon

http://images.photoworkshop.com/rebelxtles.../interface.html

A good site for insects macro using close up filters If im not wrong, he's using a bridge camera

IMO a still a cheap way for doing macro

http://azone.clubsnap.org/insectguide/page01.html

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Dec 31 2006, 04:27 PM

HDR - High Dynamic Range tutorial
http://stuckincustoms.com/?p=548

Okay, this might not be related but I just wanted to post it anyway. Word is this place sells alot of various types of filters, what caught my attention is that they sell filters made by Cokin, which is the filter set that im looking for right now. So i'll just post the site here, their address is in their site. Check it out.
http://www.engtong.com/

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Mar 23 2007, 07:23 AM

Reverse Lens Tutorials, how to turn your Kit lens into macro lens at no extra cost

NOTE : this is for canon cameras only

I've been advised a macro lens is much better than this,but why not try it out

This tutorial is from http://www.larajade.com

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/simmy-tan/lara.jpg

Learn how to take photographs

Gilad's journal entry in shooting RAW

Read up

any tips for Lcd Monitor calibration ? me using samsung 932B ?

Thanks for this website: http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d50/index.shtml. Anyway, is there guide for D70s?

A good book for beginner would be Scott Kelby's Digital Photography Book. It does what it says on the tin. Cuts out all the crap and tells you how to take the pictures that u want.

The Ten most common mistakes in photography

This site has links to alot of articles/comparison/guides for Nikon related

http://www.nikonlinks.com/equipment_digital.htm

This post has been edited by wlcling: Jul 7 2007, 12:30 PM

here's the link i want to share...
din realise there are topic for links here...
hehe


http://www.geocities.com/evandro/available.html
http://photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/lenses.html

A great masking plugin for Photoshop, Fluid Mask (highly recomended for those who use alot of cut outs n masking.)

http://www.vertustech.com/fm_tutorials.htm

OK found this and very useful for those that want to learn skin smoothening technique and also how to change eyes color.

Mizuno's Super Airbrush PP Tutorial


ps: maybe mod can pin this thread and if anyone have similar PS totorial site can paste the link in here too.

This post has been edited by aaltong: Jul 24 2007, 04:17 PM

cool forum site... i am going to try out with my Sony camera... hopefully forumers can share some pictures taken to

can anyone explain wad means of ISO? gt forumer explained to me but i still not veri clear about it...

http://photo.net/

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html

All u need to know about lightning and using flashes..

yup. even my pro photog fren in SG also told me about this site.

I have wrote a tutorial on how to use Picasa to enhance photo and dedicated to photography newbie

http://www.pixelraves.com/

Hope you find it useful

I ve shoot some place using black and white mode. But it look too clean. I want to apply some filter or what ever to make it look old. For example, dust mark and scratch mark. Is there any filter or tehnique to do it?

y dun u experiment a lil wit photoshop?

my suggestion... shoot in color, then use the channel mixer in photoshop to make it black and white.

for dust and scratch mark, so far i've didnt see any filters that does the job. unless you put some texturized, transparent object infront of your subject. Or you can do it in photoshop again. Ill write down the technique in time. Or you can go google it out yourself

I ve found the filter. We have the discussion here ---> http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/531908

Thanks.

Updated and ported to FotoKrazy.com Forums.
Only readable by active members

http://fotokrazy.com/cms/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,26/

14 Quick Photoshops tricks and tips now

This post has been edited by Maniac: Nov 1 2007, 02:14 PM

This was previously posted on the sigma thread, but i guess its a good to share it with you guys too. So here's the read.

This is what most ppl will do. Not much editing but with good results. I used an image of a forumer here for an example.

1st, To give it a little kick, boost the contrast. Go to photoshop > Layers > new adjustment layer > curves. Apply an "S" curves to the image. Like the picture below(pay attention to the points that i placed, You can increase the effects by applying a deeper S curve):


Then use Levels. Go to photoshop > Layers > new adjustment layer > levels. See the picture for example:

Here I pulled the highlights slider, which is on the right, just about near the inner end of the slope of the histogram "mountain". This will increase the highlights of the whole image. Then i go to the left side of the slider, which is the slider to tweak the shadows, i pulled it in a little, like what i did for the highlights, but different direction. Lastly I go to the middle slider, which is for the midtones, to darken the image by a little bit. The default value for this is 1.0, but I set it to 0.9, based on my liking.

You can use the preview button to see the before and after effects of the whole image. once you're done on every step, press ok.

That should add a little extra kick to the whole image. Make sure that you dont blow the highlights when you tweak the slider for the highlights. Here's my results:

Before:

After:


Hope this helps.

p.s: this is also what some of the photographers call the "velvia look". Colors which are almost as the same from Fujifilm's Velvia series film. Which produce saturated colors with a whole lot of kick.

Another way to do a "velvia" look with Photoshop is by tweaking with the Channel Mixer

Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Channel Mixer and set

Red:
Red = 150%
Green = -25%
Blue = -25%

Green
Red = -25%
Green = 150%
Blue = -25%

Blue
Red = -25%
Green = -25%
Blue = 150%



This post has been edited by nairud: Jan 13 2008, 07:40 PM

my try.

This post has been edited by dgrebel: Jan 13 2008, 09:20 PM

R a D ! c 4 L,

on the settings (second pic), what determines the value? as in how or what value should i set it?

u mean the settings for the levels? It depends, really, there's 3 sliders.

The 1st slider(the left 1) determines the shadows, slide this to the right darkens the "blacks" in your photos. In some ways this enhance the contrast of your photos. But don't stop there.

The 2nd slider(the middle slide) is for your mid tones, if you slide this to the right, it darkens the overall brightness of your photo. Vice versa if you slide it to the left. I only tweak this slider once I'm finished with the shadows and highlights slider.

The 3rd slider(the one on your right) is where u boost the highlights, you can only go left to brighten the highlights(the "whites" in your image. Careful with this slider, too much of this will result in your picture being overblown; the white being too white. Mostly for me I do not want that to happen.

So 1st of all, start with your highlights slider. Tweak it a little according to your liking, but do not overdo it. Then work on your shadows slider to increase the blacks and contrast. Then finally work on the midtones. Hope this helps.

p.s: Sometimes its good to let your imagination go wild. Try to experiment with the sliders, like what dgrebel did with this picture:

Though the highlights are blown to a certain level but it adds up to the mood of the overall photo.

can anyone help me how to get this effect? i've tried making blending and burning layers, toggle the saturations and render the light filters, and curves or whatnot, but i cant get exactly like this effect. how to go about?



my best try for other portraitures,









This post has been edited by dgrebel: Jan 16 2008, 10:44 AM

a simple tutorial on how to do this effect:

load a picture into photoshop, duplicate layer, mask it with hard light (at the layer blending options), go to filter and choose gaussian blur about 20% or more) for the duplicated layer and then set the opacity to about 85%, voila!

tips: for the solid colour, play with curves or hue and saturations.

such am informative website

A simpel "what i know about color space a.k.a sRGB or AdobeRGB or blah blah blah"

Adobe RGB has a wider, or you can put it "hidden" color range. Colors may looked pale when u see it on monitor. Thus its meant for more advanced editing. But mess up the colors then you'll have to start over again, so careful tweaking is needed.

Its the opposite for sRGB. Has so so color range, easy during editing but you wont get the most out of your photos. Colors are "richer" on the surface for sRGB, but you wont get the most out of it.

I use Adobe RGB, then convert them with a ProPhotoRGB profile in Lightroom. Because ProPhotoRGB gives me the best almost accurate colors when i print them out. And if I want to post the photos online. I'll just convert the color profile to sRGB using photoshop once I edited everything.

Things you must know when before you do editing. CALIBRATE your monitor. Spend a few hundred on calibrating hardwares like the Spider2express or newer versions. There's a good calibrating hardware like the Huey Pro too. Cost alot more than the Spider2express. Once you finished calibrating your computer, you get more accurate colors.

Note that the internet uses sRGB, so if you post a photo online with a AdobeRGB as the color profile. Then you'll face risk of losing the colors. Here's an example:

Sample A, Using AdobeRGB:


Sample B, Using sRGB:


So basicly:

#1: if you want to get the most out of your photos. Use AdobeRGB. It may look pale on your screen, but after a few adjustments, the colors are superb.

#2: Stick to sRGB if you rarely edit your photos, or you just do basic editing like levels and curves.

#3: Invest in a calibrating hardware. It comes with its own software so you can do easy step by steps on monitor calibration.

#4: Don't ask me about ProPhotoRGB. All i know that it has the widest color range known(for me). And the color quality of the print it produced is almost what i see on my monitor.

#5: Remember, if you wanna post your photos online and you're using the AdobeRGB profile. You can change them via photoshop. Go to Edit > Convert to Profile > Under "destination space" > select sRGB IEC 61966-2.1. Then save your photos. Then post them.

Hope this little info helps.

Post initially posted at the Rebel's Thread.

enjoy!

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/

Mal Langsdon, Reuters Head of Pictures Operations demonstrate how he shoot a photo of president Sarkozy at the Bastille Day parade with a nikkor 1200-1700mm lens on a Canon 1D Mark2

http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/18/u...shing-the-beast

Learn to take teh picture using flash. Although if you only have the onboard flash your working distance is very limited to get good result. Too bright dial the flash compensation down and vice versa. Some people just totally hates flash which is totally wrong.

Anyway here's a rather new site for tips. Comes with youtube video guide as well. Try it out.
http://www.dslrtips.com/

another way of doing the dave hill photo thing is using the Lucis Art plugin and blend it with hardlight with your original photo. u can try other blending modes as well..

guys, quit spamming here k. kindly use a little time to understand the title of the thread please.

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Added on February 26, 2008, 2:40 amand stop posting tutorials here.

we can have a new thread on tutorials, but this thread is strictly for links as per thread title.

thank you.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Feb 26 2008, 02:40 AM

another good site.

http://www.dennisplucinik.com/blog/2007/08...shop-tutorials/

im a total newbie and have a hard time looking for a step-by-step practical guide to photography, something i can read and try out with my camera at the same time.

i've gone thru alot of sites on the net, including the links on this thread, but can't remember coming across one that i wanted above.

until i find this:

http://www.bestphotolessons.com/

for example, check out the lesson 5 on depth of field.

so im just curious whether there're any other similar tutorial sites/guides like this out there in the net? preferably one with pictures/photos as well..and nothing about post-processing in photoshop etc pls...not interested in that yet

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Added on March 31, 2008, 6:18 pmi need to spend more time working than surfing

here is probably the best practical site i've found so far:

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/classroom.php

with vivid pictures and explanations coupled with some exercises.

This post has been edited by calvinator: Mar 31 2008, 06:18 PM

Hi do anyone have cleaning DSLR lens and body guild?

this is my link

feel free to view the photos inside.

I would like to recommend a glossary for LYN Photography section on certain terms such as " bokeh, 'poison' " or other terms that is unique to LYN Photography section. Because I have no idea what they mean.

And they say learning DSLR operation is hard.

hey guys, i used a fren's D40X and shot in RAW. unfortunately i cant load da pics in Photoshop CS2 as it apparently doesnt have the RAW plugins.

I tried my best n hardest to d/l plugins at Adobe or Nikon website... but nothing seem to be able to work. Anybody has a way to open RAW files in CS2 w/o using the D40X softwares....

Many thanks in advance.

i hope newbies can benefit from this article.

u can use converter to convert them to tiff format and edit them...raw is similar to tiff file in format vice...

CS2 does have RAW plugins. just drop me an E-mail and I'll send it over.

please send me as well..thanks alot...

here's my email:

raymannlucas@hotmail.com

Would like to recommend one more site .. very good for flash photography.
http://strobist.blogspot.com.

thx Project-o - this site was mentioned earlier too. yes, it's a great site.

Sorry ... must have missed it

Got a couple more

http://www.basic-digital-photography.com/T...backissues.html
http://ir.webphotoschool.com/index.html

Thanks goldfries, I am finding your article very useful. I am currently learning up on photography skills.

I want to share following Links to those who interested in Mastering Mannual Focusing:
Part1. http://www.diyphotography.net/nine-reasons...taking-pictures

Part 2. http://www.diyphotography.net/six-tips-to-...-focus-pictures

Part 3. http://www.diyphotography.net/manual-focus...e-makes-perfect

Very good site...love it!!! good for the photographer

Here's my notes on reverse-lens macro with 2 zoom lenses together.

Cheers.

This is what I'm looking for. Good information. Thanks z3r0c0d3r for sharing

not really want lessons and tips websites, but just to tumpang thread don't wan create one...
but anyone can access lensamalaysia forum recently? it cant load properly...

Ya la, I just tried and manage to access other links but cannot the forum.

It said 'done but with error on page'

any body can tell me, how to take a photo if have a sun or lamp at the behind?

mine - nije004@yahoo.com
thanks bro ..

hallo,, newbie here... wta..
any body can help me? i want to know what is the metering mode?

can anyone help me. Iam new here..I would like to know what sofware that can be use to make an album for wedding photo like story the pic la