Interesting Links
Composition
Photography Technique
- Using Hyperfocal Distance to Ensure Maximum Depth of Field in Landscape Photography
- Digital Depth of Field (BobAtkins.com)
- Exposing to the Right
- http://theory.uchicago.edu/~ejm/pix/20d/tests/noise/index.html
- The Zone System
Lighting Diagrams
Photoshop Technique
- Luminosity Masks: Tony Kuyper
- The Magic Mid-tones: Tony Kuyper
- Hand-Blending High Dynamic Range (HDR) Images Using Luminosity Masks: Tony Kuyper
- Luminosity Painting: Tony Kuyper
- Using a Saturation Mask to Fix Severe Saturation Problems
- http://www.khiltd.com/Downloads/saturationmasking.pdf
- HDR Tutorial: Trey Ratcliff
miscellaneous
- Flickr BBcode Tool: A tool to convert the HTML presented by Flickr into BBcode, which can be embedded into a forum post without violating Flickr T&C.
Some Inspiring Photography Blogs/Sites
- Mick Caddy Photography
- wideangled
- Tom Mackie Images: Tom Mackie is a renowned landscape photographer.
- Stuck in Customs: Trey Ratcliff has some excellent HDR work on his site and a great HDR tutorial. So get Stuck in! (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)
- PhotoGiperMarket.com/: There is some very nice work here. Note that some images may not be safe for work!
- www.1x.com: Some nice work here, too!
I had the good fortune of attending one of Mick’s lectures. This is a guy who likes to shoot for himself, not to please the judges on the camera club circuit.
QR Code / 2D Code / Datamatrix Generators
- Kerem Erkan’s QR Code & 2D Code Generator: Some issues with properly generating Vcards.
- http://goqr.me/: More robust vCards.
- http://qrcode.kaywa.com/: Another useful one. No vCards.
- http://www.i-nigma.com/CreateBarcodes.html
- http://www.beqrious.com/generator
- http://www.mskynet.com/static/maestro
- BeeTagg: Generates QR Code, Datamatrix & BeeTagg. Good options, but vCards don’t get recognised on iPhone.
- http://www.beqrious.com/generator: Has links for social site profiles.
