Links to learning resources for beginning photographers, or for those who need a refresher.

On Exposure:

• Variables That Affect Exposure - An interactive aplet that goes through the basics of exposure
• The Three Basics of Exposure - A YouTube video
• Understanding Exposure - A long but complete article
• Digital Photography Exposure Wheel - A nice little exposure calculator
• Digital Zone System - A good description of the similarities between digital exposure and the Zone System
  • See also: Camera Position Podcast episodes 43 & 45, where I discuss the Zone System and Digital Photography

Lenses & Depth of Field:

• Depth of Field - A YouTube video
• Prime Lenses vs. Zoom Lenses - A good overview
• Sensor Size Comparison - see the different sizes of camera sensors relative to one another and lens focal length

Flash:

• The Strobist - Probably the best all-around flash resource anywhere
• The Strobist Lighting 101 - An outstanding lighting primer
• 21 Tips for Better Flash Photography - Get more out of your flash

On Quality in Photography:

• What makes a great photograph - J.M. Colberg's excellent article
• Art & The Brain - How our brain processes visual information
• 16 Moments - Visual connections
• You Are Worth The Time - In case you forget why it's important to create
• How To Write About Your Photographs - Writing helps you clarify your ideas
• Letter From Sol LeWitt to Eva Hesse - Great advice from one artist to another

Photography Standards:

• DPBestFlow - The first place to look for workflow standards
• ASMP's Digital Photography Standards - A page devoted to promoting standards for digital photography
• UPDIG - That's Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines; a "start-to-finish" primer on how to work with digital image files. This is an outstanding resource.

Image Galleries - Assignment Inspiration:

• Do You Remember When - This site is AMAZING
• Philip Trager - One of my favorite photographers... he works with both architecture and modern dance
• The Photo Review - A great photo gallery and criticism site
• Safia Fatimi - Very cool images
• Michael Zeptetello - Very clean fashion work
• Jon Shireman - Former student makes good
• (rivertrout.com, a library of letters ) - It's a story, it's images, it's pictures...
• Maggie Taylor - An interesting image maker who uses a scanner rather than a camera
  World Journeys - These guys are storytellers who take field expeditions to exotic places and report back. A very cool and very deep site.
• Diane Fenster Web Installations - Diane's pictures are very cool.
  More can be seen at www.dianefenster.com
• ZoneZero from analog to digital photography - A mighty fine gallery of images and ideas
• I Photograph to Remember - Pedro Meyer's photographs
• LensWork Publishing Home Page - Some great image galleries in this publication's website
• Photo Eye - Photo Eye is a bookstore, but they have a great gallery of images as well
• Toby Deveson: Black & White Photography - Beautiful, emotive images
• Contrasto - An Italian photo site
• menuez - Photographer Doug Menuez
• Sarah Silver Photography - Great portrait and fashion work
• Timothy Greenfield-Sanders - Masterful portrait work
• Pinhole photography by Justin Quinnell - British pal Justin's page of wonderfully low-tech images
• Olivia Parker - Some pictures from one of my favorite image makers
• Abeldaro Morell - Very interesting images using a room as a camera
• Mark Tucker - A wonderfully varied set of images from a prolific photographer