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National Geographic Photography Field Guice by Messrs. Burian & Caputo 1999 ISBN 0-7922--7498-9

Instructional, Inspirational and with a whole bunch of super neat NG photos and how they were taken.
From very elementary to pretty darned advanced.
Available direct from Nat G but cheaper from B&N, Amazon, Border's etc.
Don't loan this one out--you ain't gomma get it back!!!!!!!!
Don said:
****,
I just started this thread, I don't own it. By all means post the
details of the NG photo book. I know there are lots of good photo
books out there. Some are instructional and some are inspirational;
the best are both, and the NG book is both. I find the NG website
is also fascinating, and you can link to the winners of their
annual photo contest. http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Anyone else got a real good paper book to recommend?
Cheers,
--
Happy Snapping
Don McVee
http://www.pbase.com/mcveed/galleries
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--**** S, Temecula, CA'Capturing The Essence'
 
Some good reading for beginners include the KISS book on digital photography and the Complete Idiots Guide to Digital Photography.
**** S said:
Don said:
****,
I just started this thread, I don't own it. By all means post the
details of the NG photo book. I know there are lots of good photo
books out there. Some are instructional and some are inspirational;
the best are both, and the NG book is both. I find the NG website
is also fascinating, and you can link to the winners of their
annual photo contest. http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Anyone else got a real good paper book to recommend?
Cheers,
--
Happy Snapping
Don McVee
http://www.pbase.com/mcveed/galleries
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--
**** S, Temecula, CA
'Capturing The Essence'
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wz said:
Maybe you could consolidate all relevant posts into one? Or maybe
we might get Phil Askey to provide a single page for these
suggestions! "-)
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That's what I tried to do. I don't think it is possible to come up with a final list. No matter how long you make it someone or several someones will help out by adding to it. Maybe you'd like to give it a go.--Happy SnappingDon McVee http://www.pbase.com/mcveed
 
Don said:
This forum sees frequent requests for advice and basic instruction
from beginners to digital photography, often also beginners to
photography of any kind. Often these requests include specific
questions, the answers to which are too complex to be understood by
a beginner. This is my attempt to address the need for a list of
websites providing basic instruction. It will not be exhaustive
but, hopefully, will provide a thorough grounding in the basics.
To beginners to photography I recommend a trip to the public
library for a book on basic (not digital) photography - a simple
book that explains exposure and focusing. Then I recommend the
following websites:

http://www.shortcourses.com/using/index.htm
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/nav/takingPics.shtml
http://www.camera.canon.my/photography/art/index.htm
http://photo.net/photo/tutorial/light

Beginners to digital photography, who have some background in film
photography, would not hurt themselves by checking out those four
websites. The following are recommended to digital beginners:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/index/jhtml
http://digital.photography.home.att.net
http://www.dpreview.com/learn
http://www.dpreview.com/glossary
http://www.botzilla.com
http://www.cs.duke.edu/~parr/photography/faq.html
http://www.megapixel.net
http://www.cliffshade.com/dpfwiw
http://www.kleptography.com
http://users.skynet.be/Canonians

For an excellent site that focuses on landscape photography:
http://luminous-landscape.com

For instruction on PhotoShop and PhotoShop Elements:
http://www.arraich.com/intro.htm

For instruction in the use of Histograms:
http://www.quiknet.com/~frcn/Histograms.html

For good advice on workflow management and the use of RAW format:
http://www.kleptography.com/notes-workflow.htm

A more advanced site for after you have mastered the basics is:
http://zonezero.com

If you want to take courses, online or other try these:
http://shortcourses.com
http://nyip.com (my Alma Mater)
http://photoworkshop.com

Hopefully these websites will provide for the instruction of
newbies and make their experience with photography as fulfilling as
mine has been.
Cheers
--
Happy Snapping
Don McVee
http://www.pbase.com/mcveed/galleries
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Justme said:
Don said:
This forum sees frequent requests for advice and basic instruction
from beginners to digital photography, often also beginners to
photography of any kind. Often these requests include specific
questions, the answers to which are too complex to be understood by
a beginner. This is my attempt to address the need for a list of
websites providing basic instruction. It will not be exhaustive
but, hopefully, will provide a thorough grounding in the basics.
To beginners to photography I recommend a trip to the public
library for a book on basic (not digital) photography - a simple
book that explains exposure and focusing. Then I recommend the
following websites:

http://www.shortcourses.com/using/index.htm
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/nav/takingPics.shtml
http://www.camera.canon.my/photography/art/index.htm
http://photo.net/photo/tutorial/light

Beginners to digital photography, who have some background in film
photography, would not hurt themselves by checking out those four
websites. The following are recommended to digital beginners:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/index/jhtml
http://digital.photography.home.att.net
http://www.dpreview.com/learn
http://www.dpreview.com/glossary
http://www.botzilla.com
http://www.cs.duke.edu/~parr/photography/faq.html
http://www.megapixel.net
http://www.cliffshade.com/dpfwiw
http://www.kleptography.com
http://users.skynet.be/Canonians

For an excellent site that focuses on landscape photography:
http://luminous-landscape.com

For instruction on PhotoShop and PhotoShop Elements:
http://www.arraich.com/intro.htm

For instruction in the use of Histograms:
http://www.quiknet.com/~frcn/Histograms.html

For good advice on workflow management and the use of RAW format:
http://www.kleptography.com/notes-workflow.htm

A more advanced site for after you have mastered the basics is:
http://zonezero.com

If you want to take courses, online or other try these:
http://shortcourses.com
http://nyip.com (my Alma Mater)
http://photoworkshop.com

Hopefully these websites will provide for the instruction of
newbies and make their experience with photography as fulfilling as
mine has been.
Cheers
--
Happy Snapping
Don McVee
http://www.pbase.com/mcveed/galleries
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--Happy SnappingDon McVee http://www.pbase.com/mcveed
 
Thank you, John....excellent tutorial!! Really helped illuminate the mysteries of the curves dialog box for me.

Wildplaces
JohnM. said:
JohnM. said:
Thanks for starting an excellent thread, Don! Here's a link to a
great tutorial that helped me finally understand the valuable
'Curves' correction feature in many image editing programs.
http://www.digitalsecrets.net/secrets/curves.html
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That's a dead link. Here's the correct one:
http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/photoshop/curves1.html
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-- http://www.pbase.com/wildplaces/galleries
 
There is some really nice links here. I especially liked Jay's Arraich's Photoshop site. It is sooo much faster to use than my 300+ page Photoshop reference book. Thanks, Don!
Don said:
This forum sees frequent requests for advice and basic instruction
from beginners to digital photography, often also beginners to
photography of any kind. Often these requests include specific
questions, the answers to which are too complex to be understood by
a beginner. This is my attempt to address the need for a list of
websites providing basic instruction. It will not be exhaustive
but, hopefully, will provide a thorough grounding in the basics.
To beginners to photography I recommend a trip to the public
library for a book on basic (not digital) photography - a simple
book that explains exposure and focusing. Then I recommend the
following websites:

http://www.shortcourses.com/using/index.htm
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/nav/takingPics.shtml
http://www.camera.canon.my/photography/art/index.htm
http://photo.net/photo/tutorial/light

Beginners to digital photography, who have some background in film
photography, would not hurt themselves by checking out those four
websites. The following are recommended to digital beginners:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/index/jhtml
http://digital.photography.home.att.net
http://www.dpreview.com/learn
http://www.dpreview.com/glossary
http://www.botzilla.com
http://www.cs.duke.edu/~parr/photography/faq.html
http://www.megapixel.net
http://www.cliffshade.com/dpfwiw
http://www.kleptography.com
http://users.skynet.be/Canonians

For an excellent site that focuses on landscape photography:
http://luminous-landscape.com

For instruction on PhotoShop and PhotoShop Elements:
http://www.arraich.com/intro.htm

For instruction in the use of Histograms:
http://www.quiknet.com/~frcn/Histograms.html

For good advice on workflow management and the use of RAW format:
http://www.kleptography.com/notes-workflow.htm

A more advanced site for after you have mastered the basics is:
http://zonezero.com

If you want to take courses, online or other try these:
http://shortcourses.com
http://nyip.com (my Alma Mater)
http://photoworkshop.com

Hopefully these websites will provide for the instruction of
newbies and make their experience with photography as fulfilling as
mine has been.
Cheers
--
Happy Snapping
Don McVee
http://www.pbase.com/mcveed/galleries
Click to expand...
--Cliftonwww.pbase.com/klyphton
 
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