Digital Photography - Advanced dSLR
    http://edu-observatory.org/cfs/DP2/Week3.html



  COMPOSITION
  
    The camera should not get in the way of composing/framing images.
    Most dSLRs have the capability to "lock" exposure and auto focus
    functions. Some customizing allows the decoupling of these to lock
    functions. Check the camera manual about the use and programming of
    those features. It is important that the camera does what you want
    and not you having to live with doing what the camera wants. The
    camera should not get in your way!
       
  Photography Composition Articles
    http://photoinf.com/
    
  Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition
    http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition.html

   
    
  Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition: Rule of Thirds
    http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_rule_of_thirds.html

  Composition: Getting Beyond the Snapshot
    http://photo.net/learn/nature/ghopkins/comp1/


  LIGHTING

  LIGHT - a detailed tutorial
    http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/tutorials/light01.htm

  Advanced Lighting Tutorial
    http://www.warpedspace.org/lightingT/part1.htm

  ASSIGNMENT No.3-1 - Photograph a subject of your choice using one
  primary light source such as the sun, a lamp or a window. The
  contrast of your image can be reduced using "fill" light into the
  shadow areas. Try reflecting light with white poster board, a piece
  of cardboard covered with aluminum foil or a mirror.

  ASSIGNMENT No.3-2 - Make several images of another person (or
  subject) outside in the sunlight. Try the sun behind, to the side and
  in from of your subject. Pay attention to the background. Is your
  background in sharp focus? Does the background contribute to or
  compete with your subject? Assume your "editor" wants you image for
  the cover of "Facets for women", published by The Tribune. Which of
  you images would you use?

  ASSIGNMENT No.3-3 - Assume you are asked to make a collection of
  photographs depicting your community as an inviting, aesthetically
  pleasing, vibrant place to live and raise a family. What would you
  photograph? What places? What kind(s) of lighting? Such a task is
  likely much larger in scope than makes sense for a one-week
  assignment.

  ASSIGNMENT No.3-4 - Assume you are asked to make a collection of
  photographs depicting problems, sprawl, decay, clutter of your
  community. Such images might serve to assist long range planners and
  local citizens to make a community better, more inviting and
  healthier. What would you photograph? What places? How would you make
  the images gloomier and have a strong impact on the viewer? Such a
  task is likely much larger in scope than makes sense for a one-week
  assignment.
  
  
  
    Example image - "Facets for women" - © 2007, The Tribune



  Articles by Ken Rockwell
    http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm
    
  Photography Tutorials 
    http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
    http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tutorials.htm

  Basic Photography: A Set of Exercises
    http://teeksaphoto.org/Writing/BasicPhotoExercises.html

  An Excellent source of Photographic Books
    http://www.photoeye.com/

         
    
     
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