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Best photography tutorial/website?

  • 06-02-2014 01:00PM
    #1
    The One Doctor
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    Hi all,

    I'm just getting into photography - dipping my toe into a very deep ocean, and have gotten a lend of a reasonably good camera for a few weeks to see if I actually want to invest the time, effort and money to get into it as a proper hobby.

    So with that said, can anyone recommend a good tutorial website that would help explain things simply and intelligently? I've have a look around, but the majority of them tend to waffle on about this and that, treating photography as a philosophy and way of life rather than a series of settings on a camera. I know it's deep subject, but I often don't have the time to go digging through a long philosophical article to find tips on aperture settings!

    Any and all help appreciated.


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  • #2
    penev10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    I like this site:
    http://photographylife.com/

    Picked up a lot of the basics from there (and promptly forgot about them!). The Photography Tips tab has plenty on post processing which I have found particularly useful.


  • #3
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,724 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    1. Put the camera into program mode.
    2. Walk around and take photographs.
    3. If after a few weeks you still enjoy it and you have a few shots that you like then go for it.

    The technical aspects of taking a photograph are the least important bits.


  • #4
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    1. Put the camera into program mode.
    2. Walk around and take photographs.
    3. If after a few weeks you still enjoy it and you have a few shots that you like then go for it.

    The technical aspects of taking a photograph are the least important bits.

    That's certainly a simpler approach. Maybe you don't need to know the technical stuff until you're sure you like it.


  • #5
    WayneScott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭WayneScott


    http://www.photographycourses.biz/all_photography_videos.html

    lots of tutorials very well explained


  • #6
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,683 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    The One Doctor wrote: »
    That's certainly a simpler approach. Maybe you don't need to know the technical stuff until you're sure you like it.

    Most people would be better learning to compose shots then playing with buttons for the first while

    youtube is packed to the brim with tutorials on everything quality varies a lot but you can pick though them and find the gems pretty quick.


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  • #7
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,270 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Youtube is great.
    http://digital-photography-school.com is also well worth checking out.


  • #8
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,171 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    B&H has some excellent Photography tutorials and event videos which you should definitely check out here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA2A7966A44E77011

    AdoramaTV is another aweomse youtube channel with tons of tips and tutorials from many professional photographers: http://www.youtube.com/user/adoramaTV

    www.luminous-landscapes.com is another good website with some really good tutorials.


  • #9
    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Gehad_JoyRider


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    1. Put the camera into program mode.
    2. Walk around and take photographs.
    3. If after a few weeks you still enjoy it and you have a few shots that you like then go for it.

    The technical aspects of taking a photograph are the least important bits.


    ^^^^^

    Don't listen to the above, because that's how to shoot sh1t. You have to have some understanding of very basic compositional understanding and understand why your taking a picture, you've got to have some sort of purpose behind your picture.

    its a waste of time and a pointless frustrating exercise.

    If your telling me OO yea I'm just going to take a picture of a peace of concrete its a peace of concrete no artistic interpretation is changing that its a peace of concrete.. Come on man!


  • #10
    Dr.Sanchez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 675 ✭✭✭Dr.Sanchez


    Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »
    ^^^^^

    Don't listen to the above, because that's how to shoot sh1t. You have to have some understanding of very basic compositional understanding and understand why your taking a picture, you've got to have some sort of purpose behind your picture.

    its a waste of time and a pointless frustrating exercise.

    If your telling me OO yea I'm just going to take a picture of a peace of concrete its a peace of concrete no artistic interpretation is changing that its a peace of concrete.. Come on man!

    Are you for real..?


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