tutorials archives (16 posts)
Write essays, stories, or memoirs about photography? Kindle Singles are open to everyone now, July 30, 2012
Do you like to write essays, memoirs, or long form stand-alone stories about photography? Amazon has opened up its Kindle Singles publishing platform to all authors, new and old! This (long-form writing about photography) is not a very crowded field,...
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Reading is Fundamental: Canon posts 420-page 1D X user manual and 48-page Autofocus guide, June 12, 2012
Reading is fundamental for you future operators of the magic machine that is the Canon EOS 1D X! Canon has published the 420-page user manual for the 1D X. I am sure Canon is not sending a secret message with...
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The Manufacturers Explain: Canon EOS C300 sensor and Fuji X10 viewfinder, December 31, 2011
We now have two teachings of technical enlightenment by the camera manufacturers themselves: + Canon has published an 18-page whitepaper on the EOS Cinema C300 sensor (direct link to PDF file) which you can find summarized/explained [via] Image Sensors World...
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dpreview launches Articles section with lots of new content, September 4, 2011
If you are interested in glorious learnings of photography from internet, and you are tired of the seven-paragraph formulaic "tutorials" at the various free online photography schools or the master-of-the-obvious photo tips from the various self-appointed photography gurus, dpreview may...
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Nikon's user manual policy gets yelled at Gizmodo-style, August 22, 2011
Camera manufacturers sometimes work in mysterious ways. Sometimes the mysterious ways work against photographers/consumers. One such case is Nikon's hawkish attitude towards user manuals. This attitude just got yelled at @ Gizmodo.
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Tip: Have an old website/portfolio without an RSS feed? Here's a quick way to get one!, May 11, 2011
If you have an old school website, be it for your photography work, your photography musings, your gear-talk, or for your studio or portfolio, and your website does not have a native RSS feed solution and you don't want to...
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Understanding Dxomark data, a Luminous article, January 29, 2011
Peter van der Hammer has written a tutorial article at Luminous Landscape explaining the DxoMark and how to make the most of it. The article is technical and long, but it is intended for the average photographer, not the camera/sensor...
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Marathon HD-DSLR Cinema e-workshop by Vincent Laforet at Creative Live (free to watch live), April 29, 2010
If you like free, Vincent Laforet will be sharing the sugar (for free) with the rest of us at the Chase Jarvis CreativeLive website. It is free to watch live, but registration (free) is required. This is no one-hour class,...
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Calumet DVDs for $10 each, including 3.5 hours of Michael Reichmann (Luminous), February 1, 2010
Calumet is offering four of their educational DVDs for $10 each with free shipping.
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Don't be afraid of DSLR Video says dpreview, December 1, 2009
Are you a die-hard stills photographer that vehemently opposed and went out of your way to ignore anything-video, but now that DSLRs have HD-video functionality, you cannot resist the sirens? If yes, dpreview has prepared an introductory tutorial - a...
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Are you ready for some football? (NFL variety), November 2, 2009
Scott Kelby shares some tips after shooting a recent NFL football game.
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Detailed planning for the big photographic trip - Hogan's tips, October 28, 2009
Thom Hogan writes about planning big photography trips and shares details and practical suggestions.
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Olympus E-P1 with pancake street-photography DigitalStory-style, October 27, 2009
Derrick Story shares his Olympus E-P1 with 17mm pancake high ISO street-photography technique.
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Make your own tilt-shift lens for under $25, August 11, 2009
You can make your own tilt-shift lens for under $25 if you follow the instructions of a ...Cow! (for real!)
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A roundup of Photographing Fireworks tutorials, July 1, 2009
With 4th of July around the corner, it is time to dust out the fireworks photography tips and tricks!
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