Diagonal Method: Edwin Westhoff- Diagonal Method "The Diagonal Method is rather simple: each 90 degree corner of a picture is divided in two angles of 45 degrees. The dividing line is called the bissectrice and is also the diagonal of the two overlapping squares in a rectangular picture. It appeared that artists intuitively were placing details which they find important, on these bissectrice lines..."....a brief quote from the article.
Digitaltruth Photo Source- Digitaltruth
Photo Source is actually a misnomer. This is mostly a film based
site. And the best damn film/developer cross matrix I have ever
seen. Anybody who develops their own Black and White Film should
visit the section called "The Massive Developing Chart"....simply
astounding.
The Luminous Landscape - The
Luminous Landscape, although dealing mainly with techniques
that compliment Landscape Photography, has an abundance of information
on the use of Photo Editting Programs such as Photoshop. It may
be geared towards Landscape, but if it's a photographic image, it
will benefit from these techniques. It is NOT gimmick oriented.
It is some of the most useful techniques I have found on taking
a perfectly good picture and putting it way over the top, as far
as technical aspects are concerned. One still has to compose the
image properly.
Russell Brown - Russell
Brown is Adobe's Senior Creative Director. From descriptions
I've read, that means this is the guy who tells the programers of
Photoshop what the users want. Where else to go for some of the
best tips and tutorial's on Photoshop, but the source. Be forewarned,
the guy is WEIRD, just listen to one of his tutorials, you'll see
what I mean. But, the information he puts out is some of the best
I've ever tried. Well, worth learning his way of doing things in
Photoshop....in my humble opinion.
Photoshop TV - Photoshop TV is a website that has Quicktime downloads of Photoshop tips, tutorials, news, etc hosted by Scott Kelby, Dave Cross, and Matt Kloskowski. Excellent source of photoshop everything.
Microsoft's Pro Photo - Microsoft's Pro Photo is a somewhat useful site for Pro photographers. This means it has a lot of info for batch editting and handling.
Fred Parker - His Ultimate
Exposure Meter is YOU. We don't need no stinking meter, just
use his methods and you too can be free of a meter. Well, not quite
that simple, takes a bit of practice to get there. His site says
Nature, but it is just as applicable to any type of photography,
and I've used it a lot in my Street work. Try it, it does work.
A Practical Guide to Understanding
Histograms - A Practical
Guide to Understanding Histograms is probably the best explanation
I've read on what histograms are, and how to use them in both Photoshop
and your digital camera. There are 4 pages to this. First three
take you thru the theory and how to interpret and use histograms
in Photoshop, and the 4th page explains how to interpret and use
histograms in your DSLR...........although it works in Point and
Shoot Digitals also. Anybody who is serious about getting the best
exposures in your digital camera and best edits in your photo editor
should definitely take the time to read and learn this information.
Highly Recommended!
Digital PhotoPro: Exposing for RAW -
Exposing for RAW is an excellent explanation by Andrew Rodney on how to expose for and edit RAW images,
Highly Recommended!
Stunning Black & White in five easy steps -
Stunning Black and White in five easy steps is the best method of converting color digital to black and white that I have ever used,
Highly Recommended!
Wilhelm-Research - Wilhelm-Research Ever wonder how good digital paper is? Will it last as long as traditional wet darkroom fiber based paper? Wilhelm-Research will answer those questions.
Creativity: John Paul Caponigro - Creativity explores the notion that you are more creative than you think you are. Ever meet a child that wasn't creative? Where do they come up with that stuff? Or the better question might be......where did adults lose it?. Excellent video on just that thought. Well worth the 20 minutes
Unblinking Eye - Unblinking
Eye is just one of those little jewels of film based photography
on the internet. I ain't tried half the stuff on there, but love
reading on it anyhow. For those familiar with names in the photo
world, this is Ed Buffaloe's site. If you develop your own Black
and White film, you just gotta go here.
