Digital Photography - Advanced dSLR
    http://edu-observatory.org/olli/DP2/Week4.html



   
    Some images by Sam Wormley at http://64.62.179.224/index.html 

  IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE
  
  JPG vs Raw: Get it Right the First Time
    http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/raw.htm
    
    "JPGs (same as JPEGs) are normal digital camera images. Cameras
    create JPG images from raw image sensor data based on your settings
    like Sharpness and White Balance. The camera makes the JPG and then
    the raw data evaporates as soon as the JPG is recorded".

    "JPG (same as JPEG) is the standard used by prolific shooters. It
    gives great quality and offers the fastest speed for everything. It
    is the most popular and compatible image format on the planet. It is
    especially popular for the things for which digital cameras are best
    suited in the first place, like news, sports and events. With JPG
    you can shoot hundreds or thousands of images at a time and the
    files are ready for release with no further processing". 

    "A well-done JPG is all I ever need".

    "If I didn't have a camera that allowed me to get the right results
    the first time I might be tempted by the tedious raw format. Oddly,
    the simpler cameras that might need raw don't offer it, and the
    better cameras that do usually don't need it"!

  
  Many camera manufacturers provide software that can be installed on
  Macs and Microsoft Windows computers. Also there are many third party
  image software products such as:
      
    Photoshop (commercial)
      http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/
      http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/ps.htm

    Aperture (commercial)
      http://www.apple.com/aperture/

    Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 (free version)
      http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1184951547051

    Picasa (free--all platforms)
      http://picasa.google.com/features.html

    Image Magic (open source)
      http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

    xv (open source - Unix/Linux/Mac only)
      http://www.trilon.com/xv/manual/xv-3.10a/cover.html

    GIMP (open source)
      http://gimp.org/
      http://docs.gimp.org/en/
      http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source


  
  ASSIGNMENT No.4-1 - Create photographic challenges for yourself every
  week, for you will always learn something from trying something new
  with your camera. Your photographic experiment is worth a thousand
  expert opinions!


  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/


  BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

    Akkana Peck
    "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional"
    Apress (2006)
    ISBN-10: 1590595874
    
    Klaus Goelker
    "GIMP 2 for Photographers: Image Editing with Open Source Software"
    Rocky Nook (2006)
    ISBN-10: 1933952032

    Scott Kelby 
    "The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers"
    New Riders Press (2005)
    ISBN-10: 0321384830

    Stephen Johnson
    "Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography"
    O'Reilly Media, Inc. (August 1, 2006) 
    ISBN: 059652370X

    Tim Daly
    "The Digital Photography Handbook"
    Amphoto Books (2003) 
    ISBN: 0-8174-3793-2

    David D Busch
    "Mastering Digital SLR Photography"
    Course Technology PTR (2004) 
    ISBN: 1-59200-605-1

    Jon Canfield
    "Print Like a Pro: A Digital Photographer's Guide"
    Peachpit Press (2006) 
    ISBN: 0-321-38554-3

    Harald Johnson
    "Mastering Digital Printing, Second Edition"
    Course Technology PTR (2004) 
    ISBN: 1-59200-431-8

    
     
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