Photography guides
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- Nathan_Adams
Any recommendations on some good books and/or sites for (re-) learning photography?
I did a bit back in Uni days, but now I'm getting back into it, but am very very rusty.Call me shallow, but I had a look through what Borders had, and just about everything they looked tacky as.
- jamble0
I recently bought "first light" by Joe Cornish which shows off some of his incredible landscape work but also he goes into the techniques and has lots of tips for landscape photography.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Li…
Joe Cornish: http://www.joecornish.com/
- slappy0
If you understand aperture and its effects on exposure then I would just practice?
Dust off the rule of thirds then go out and experiment. Then hang on some forums asking questions etc when you see something you like.
http://www.dpreview.com/ for general camera forums and a heap of gear related talk.
http://photography-on-the.net if you shoot canon
I run an Australian site called http://photomill.com.au and all are welcome to join. (shameless plug)
- jaylarson0
this guy has a good selection of podcasts, tutorials, and will do video critiques of your photos!
- thismanslife0
Get out there with your camera and shoot shoot shoot... and learn 100x more
- sikma0
what is it that your looking to learn? is there style or type of shooting your trying to create? or are you trying to learn new techniques?
- inhaler970
Henry Horenstein books if youre going through Black and White old school stuff. Done.
- Nathan_Adams0
Thanks all. I realise that getting out there and shooting is most important, I certainly wasn't going to just read a book and stare at my camera behind glass. No real style, just want to brush up on general photography skills that I've let go over the last 5 years. Although one specific thing I'd like to get right is photographing my work for my folio, but I guess that's more a lighting issue than actual camera work.
- nice portfolio btwjaylarson
- Thanks! It's massively out of date though... haha (hence the need to photograph some work)Nathan_Adams
- slappy0
It's a good skill to have and not just for work, definitely worth picking up again.
- jaylarson0
this looks to be a pretty serious reference:
http://www.amazon.com/Photograph…