Enough Brilliant Photography Links to see you through to 2013

From Toad Hollow via Lightstalking

It’s been a terrific week in the world of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy searching the internet for links to the very best tutorials, articles, photography and blogs to share here with everyone.  This week’s list is full of fabulous works by some truly talented folks in the field.  We really hope you enjoy checking out the links provided as much as the Toad did in bringing this list to you.

In the TRAIN by Kai Nicolas Schaper, on Flickr

Here is a taste of the tutorials section, go here for all these links

TUTORIALS

Vasona’s Tree of Life – Selective Color How-To – selective color in an image can be an extremely powerful tool to convey an expression to a viewer.  Adam Allegro shows us step-by-step the process he went through to create a stunning landscape photograph that uses selective coloring to make a tree stand out.

10 Top Tips for Capturing the Winter Cold – a great collection of tips for the outdoor photographer trying to capture some of the magic in winter.  This list is a basic set of tips full of ideas on how to use this time of year to your advantage to create stunning imagery.

Understanding Image Stabilization and Avoiding Blur – this article discusses a common problem in photography that can be tricky to overcome.  Bill Jones discusses the various types of image stabilization and presents a few tips and tricks for how to overcome the dreaded blur.

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Depth of Field

At this point in our term we find ourselves talking about depth of field a lot to our students on our Understanding Your Digital SLR Camera Course and on our Understanding Your Compact Camera Course and on the Portrait Photography course it will also get an honourable mention on the Composition course. Depth of field is something everyone recognises but often ignores because it is not catered for in the fully auto settings many beginners choose to use. We think it is one of the most creative tools available to any photographer who photographs things that are reasonable static, which let’s face it is most of us. So I thought a little round up of past posts on the subject would be useful and make it easier for you to find these things on our blog.

©Keith Barnes Laos 2011

http://oxfordschoolofphotography.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/depth-of-field-a-photographers-guide-a-light-stalking-guide/

http://oxfordschoolofphotography.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/understanding-depth-of-field-and-showing-some-self-control/

http://oxfordschoolofphotography.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/8-effects-every-photographer-should-know-about/

http://oxfordschoolofphotography.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/cambridge-in-colour-tutorials-intermediate/

Pinhole Photography Competition

We have been asked to help publicise this competition, I can’t help thinking that demanding prints will be a problem but hey. what do I know.

The competition is organized by Trójmiejska Szkoła Fotografii TSF operated by TSF-Trójmiejskie Studio Fotografii Radosław Brzozowski.
The competition is open to all photographers. The photographs entered must be taken with a pinhole camera. Entries will only be accepted as prints. The minimal size for entries is 13x18cm. In case of entries printed in square format the minimum size is 13x13cm. In case of entries with non-standard proportions the longer side must not exceed 50cm. The application form can be downloaded from the organizer’s webpage
www.tsf.edu.pl as well as from the main sponsor’s webpage www.szlachetnafotografia.com . Competition entries should be sent to:
TSF Trójmiejska Szkoła Fotografii Al. Niepodległości 792/6 81-805 Sopot Poland
Marked ‘PINHOLE’ on the envelope.

Photography Course Dates for the autumn term

We are now able to release the dates for the next term starting in September.

We have our new schedule of courses ready for the next term which starts in September. We have most of our usual courses available and plan to have a couple of new courses available in time for the new term. Details of these will follow in early September. Full details of our courses can be found on our website

Understanding Your Digital SLR Evening Classes: 4 sessions 2 start dates 17.9.12;      7.11.12

Understanding Your Digital SLR Saturday Morning Classes  4 sessions start date 3.11.12

Understanding Your Digital Compact Camera – 4 sessions starts: 26.9.12

Introduction to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements 6 sessions starts 25.10.12

Composition In Photography – Seeing Pictures – 4 sessions starts 15.10.12

Portrait Photography: 4 sessions starts: 25.9.12

Intermediate Photography – 6 sessions starts: 23.10.12

Black and White Digital Photography – 4 sessions starts 27.9.12

Travel Photography next start March 2013

One Day Understanding Your DSLR – 23.9.12;     21.10.12;     18.11.12;

Most courses are 4 sessions one per week, (Photoshop and Intermediate Photography are 6 sessions) all run on consecutive weeks from start dates. 1 Day DSLR is a one day course, there are 3 dates this term

Evening classes start at 6.30pm and the Saturday morning Understanding Your DSLR Camera starts at 10am. All classes are 2 hours in duration

To book a place please send us an email with the course title and start date you wish to attend.

World Pin Hole Day

I am led to believe this is not a joke, there is a day celebrating pinhole photography, ……….why not a day for short fat bald blokes?

To celebrate Worldwide Pinhole Day, Silverprint will also be joining in with our very own Pinhole Day on Friday 4th May. There will be a workshop, special offers on all pinhole cameras and books, plus the debut launch of our 1st Silverprint Pinhole Competition with some fantastic prizes and interesting categories.

The workshop is free and will be held at 11am on Friday 4th May. It’s limited to 10 participants so you’ll need to be quick; please email anna@silverprint.co.uk before Friday 26th April.
All materials will be provided, so just bring your creativity and have some fun!

Silverprint can be found here

Into the Sun – The Art of Stunning Silhouettes for Photographers

“One of the first things you are told by non-photographers when you buy your first serious camera is “don’t shoot straight into the sun”. Listen to this advice and you will be missing out on some the most emotive and powerful images photography can provide.

So what is a silhouette?

Oddly, the original term comes from French politics and has nothing to do with art or photography but today we take it to mean an image where the main subject is in complete shadow from a strong backlight. That backlight is most often the sun bit it doesn’t have to be, any light source, a flash, a lightbulb, even the moon can be used. Also the light source does not have to be present in the image, it just creates a very bright background, forcing the subject into shadow.”.….MORE   By Jason Row at Lightstalking

©Keith Barnes

Click Here: Into the Sun – The Art of Stunning Silhouettes for Photographers

250 photography tutorials

The people over at Pixiq have come up with a list of 250 tutorials you might need. I haven’t been into them all to check them out (naturally) but I am sure you will find something useful. Here is a link to their site

and here is a a taste, the first three, so only 247 left to look at

1 – Digital Basics

It happens rarely that I find an article that seems to cover all the basics of digital photography, but this article hits the spot very nicely indeed. It’s a one-shot introduction to the basics – nearly as good as buying one of my books!

Get the full skinny at Digital Basics on Photo Pursue

2 – Learn Photography in Five Steps

Panning. I think I cried the first time that I tried it. I might’ve had a better experience with this clear, five-step tutorial to capturing moving subjects.

Find it all on Learn Photography in Five Steps on Step By Step Photography

3 – Working with Models for that Perfect Wide-Angle Photo

So you’ve tried your hand at underwater photography and you love it. Now you want to try something a bit more advanced. How about including a model? Here’s how…

There’s more at Working with Models for that Perfect Wide-Angle Photo on Stephen Frink

4 – Avoiding the evil of red-eye

If you’re using a compact camera, red-eye can turn a portrait of your best friend into a picture of the devil incarnate. This guide explains what red eye is, how it happens, and how to avoid it.

Read more on Avoiding the evil of red-eye on Small Aperture

MORE can be found here

©Keith Barnes

Black and White Photography

We have a Black and White Digital Photography course starting in March and we are very aware of the great demand and pleasure photographers have for black and white images, this article by Tara Hornor on January 13, 2012 on Tripwire states the obvious and has some excellent images to back up the comments

“Black and white photography has the unique ability to create a stunning image but leaves room for imagination at the same time. The lack of color in a photo can add a mysterious tone to a wall piece or can give a printed brochure a sophisticated look. Black and white landscape photography is no exception and this collection looks at some famous and unique examples. In keeping with the idea of leaving room for the imagination, we found some B&W photos from yesteryear when technique trumped technology. Check out these contrasting styles and methods, starting with the master, Ansel Adams. If you like this style of photography you should check out this black and white wallpaper collection“  If you want to see more go here

Ansel Adams

Bill Lockharts

Brad Fernihough

Dakota Visions Photography LLC

Jeff Lynch

John Brady

Photography Courses in Oxford January, February and March 2012

So it is over for another year, you are back at work and thinking about your new camera, or how to do better at photography so maybe you don’t have to always work, you could be a photographer!

Our courses start again this month, the first Understanding Your Digital SLR Camera begins on 11th Jan and there are still places at the moment. When we take bookings for our courses we don’t take payment until a week before the course starts so unless you are aiming at the DSLR starting next wednesday you have time.

Here is a list of all the courses we have scheduled that still have places available, full details here

Understanding Your Digital SLR: start dates: 11.1.12;  30.1.12;  3.3.12;  7.3.12; (Saturday morning) £80

Understanding Your Digital Compact Camera - starts: 27.2.12 £80

Introduction to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements - starts 22.2.12 6 sessions, £97

Composition In Photography – Seeing Pictures - starts 2.2.12 £80

Portrait Photography: - starts: 1.3.12 £80

Intermediate Photography - starts: 24.1.12 6 sessions £97

Black and White Digital Photography - starts 6.3.12 £80

Travel Photography starts spring term

One Day Understanding Your DSLR - 22.1.12;  19.2.12;  25.3.12;  29.4.12  £90

Most courses are 4 sessions one per week, (Photoshop and Intermediate Photography are 6 sessions) all run on consecutive weeks from start dates. 1 Day DSLR is a one day course, there are 4 dates this term

To book a place please send us an email with the course title and start date you wish to attend.

Cambridge in Colour Tutorials – Advanced

OK now you are serious, if you have worked through the previous 2 days tutorials you want to achieve results. These tutorials linked to the excellent Cambridge in Colour site will get you on your way.

These are for those that want to have a deeper understanding of key technical concepts, or to use more complicated techniques:

Concepts: Lens Diffraction & Camera Sensor Sizes
Technique/Editing: Taking High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photographs
Technique/Concepts: The Color Management & Printing Category

Actually CIC has many more tutorials,some that might be of more use to you than the few listed here and I would definitely suggest you go and have a wander around the site, here is the link

 

©Bernard Clarke Intermediate Photography Course 2011