Digital Photography - Point & Shoot Basic
    http://edu-observatory.org/cfs/DP1/Week2.html



  WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
  
  Be Yourself 
    http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/be-yourself.htm
    
    "When you get good, the only eye that matters is your own. No two
    eyes see the same. Your vision needs to be true to yourself".

  
  How to Make Great Photographs
    http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/howto.htm
  
    "You see more if you're looking. The more you look, the more you
    see worth photographing. If you're not thinking and not looking
    you'll walk right past some of the most extraordinary
    opportunities".
    
    
  101 Ways To Improve Your Digital Photography
  http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/101-ways-to-improve-your-digital-photography/

    Rule of Thirds (ROT)
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

    

    6. Learn the ROT, then forget it. The infamous Rule Of Thirds is a
    great way to nudge yourself away from the standard
    person-standing-in-the-middle or horizon-in-the-middle vacation
    snapshots. It's a good last resort if you don't know how to make a
    shot look more interesting. But then, please don't overdo it.

    7. Get closer. Robert Capa said: "If your pictures aren't good
    enough, then you aren't close enough". Next time you take a
    picture, try to walk a few steps towards the subject, or even pick
    out a detail of a scene rather than the whole thing in one. You'll
    be surprised.

    8. One subject only. Pictures often work better if there's a clear
    subject. Competing subjects are hard to handle.

    9. Un-clutter your images. If there are too many things going on in
    your image, the viewer can easily get distracted from your subject.
    If there is too much going on in your picture, see above ("Get
    closer", "One subject only")

    10. Don't forget about the background. Often you find yourself
    paying a lot of attention to the subject (the foreground) and
    completely ignoring the background. The background is as important
    as the foreground, it is a part of your image. A simple step to the
    left or right will help you avoid things like branches of trees
    growing out of your subject's head.

    11. Change your point of view. Every day we see the world from our
    own perspective, usually from our own eye level. Change your
    perspective by shooting from a frog's perspective or from within a
    fridge and create an unusual look that people won't forget.
  
  
  Seven Steps For Better Point and Shoot Pictures
    http://www.photo-seminars.com/Seminars/pointshot/pointshot.htm


  ASSIGNMENT No.2 - With your flash turned off and with
  a Shutter Priority setting of one second, make interesting 
  images of things or people in motion. You may have to reduce the
  light on your subject. Be prepaired to share your results (at least
  verbally) in class next week.





  SOME PHOTO MAGAZINES RECOMMENDATIONS
  
  PHOTO Techniques
    http://www.phototechmag.com/

  Photographer's Forum
    http://www.serbin.com/Photo_Forum/

  Aperture
    http://www.aperture.org/

  American Photo
    http://www.popphoto.com/americanphoto/

  Outdoor Photography
    http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/

    


    
     
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