I have a D40 and have been taking classes for a long time, but I don't know much about the specifics of photography. So I'm looking for a class/tutorial that will give me more about the specifics...I was looking at Betterphoto.com which offers a class actually made for the D40...though I'm hoping there is a free one out there somewhere?
If not...anyone taken a betterphoto.com class? What were your impressions?
2007-12-19 14:01:26 · 5 answers · asked by David W 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Unfortunately it would need to be online since I'm a full time student as it is.
2007-12-19 14:24:28 · update #1
Typo...I've been taking pictures for a long time, I've never taken a photography class, sorry
The kind of stuff I want to know about is ISO, F stops, shutter speed, depth of field, etc...
2007-12-19 15:04:14 · update #2
These books might be of help to you. You can read reviews of them in the Dec. 2007 issue of Shutterbug Magazine or on-line at shutterbug.com.
"Hands-On Digital Photography" by George Schaub
"How Digital Photography Works, Second Edition" by Ron White
If your college library has this book you should read it also:
"Object & Image: An Introduction To Photography, Third Edition" by George M. Craven
2007-12-19 21:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. Let me see if I understand. You have been taking classes for a long lime but you want understand DIGITAL better? If I am understanding your question correctly a lot of the concepts of film photography transfer to digital. The same terms and phrases apply directly (ISO, F stops, shutter speed, depth of field, etc). There are some things that are different such as ppi for print resolution, reading the histograms, etc. Photoshop is a very in depth program but is the best for digital image processing. Get books by Martin Evening on CS2 or CS3 to understand this. If it is just the principles of photography in general that you want to learn then I am not sure an online class would be that beneficial. I have taken community college photo classes in the past and they are not real intense so you could feasibly take one while you are in school. Community colleges offer digital photography classes by the way. (At least ones where I live.)
2007-12-19 14:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by Freddy Finger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I learned the basics of photography better in a classroom environment, but if you are able to learn by going through the process online, then I suggest you not bother with a course at all. There are loads of free sites online that covers these same basics.
One that I particularly like is digital-photography-school.com. The gentleman who runs it has a great beginner-oriented blog as well as a forum for asking more specific questions.
2007-12-20 04:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by J S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Trick Photography Special Effects : http://tinyurl.com/SmhgpmTIbr
2015-12-05 16:22:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What specifics do you want to know? On line courses are better than nothing, when you can, attend classes with live teachers. Pick up information from all sources, web, answers, photo.net, books et cetera.
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2007-12-19 14:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by Antoni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋