Learn
About Photography
This section
offers materials and resources designed to help you become a better
photographer and to better appreciate the photography of others.
Books
and Magazines 
Valley
Viewfinders Recommended Reading is literature that club members
have found benefical.
Evaluating
and Judging Photographs
Critiquing
Photographs - compiled by Terry Tallis (2006)
A
Guide to Evaluating Photographs by John Dean, Gordon Battaile,
max Burke, Rick Charlton, Carol Todd, and Ed Gervais (2001)
A
Guide to Judging and Scoring Photographs in 4Cs Competitions
by John Dean, Max Burke, Rick Charlton, Carol Todd, Ed Gervais,
and Gordon Battaile (2001)
Kipp's
Tips - On Judging Photographs is a discussion of judging in
the Fort Worth Camera Club newsletter.
Valley
Viewfinders Camera Club Judging Guidelines
The Art
Critiquing Process is a method of organizing the facts and
your thoughts about a particular work of art.
Presentations
provided by Valley Viewfinders and 4Cs members
Links that Tim Sperry used in his presentation on mat cutting. First, the software called Matworks, a free download, plus a link to the company that makes the mat cutter Tim uses, Artmedia.
Histograms,
What are they? How do you use them? by Steve Young- To view
this powerpoint presentation you must have Microsoft Powerpoint
software installed on your computer. You may download FREE Powerpoint
Viewer software at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&displaylang=en
"Opening
Creative Doors Using Digital Manipulation" by Gordon
Battaile
Workshops
by Hal Schalles
Making
Better Selections Using Photoshop by Art Burkhalter. Presented
May 25, 2006.
Painting
a Photograph by Terry Tallis. Presented May 25, 2006. This
is a large, 5 MB file. To view this powerpoint presentation
you must have Microsoft Powerpoint software installed on your
computer. You may download FREE Powerpoint Viewer software at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&displaylang=en
Photo
Essays
Learn
about photo essays
Tutorials
Tim Grey's
Digital
Darkroom Questions. The Digital Darkroom Questions (DDQ)
e-mail list is an almost-daily e-mail list providing answers to
questions related to the digital darkroom. By subscribing to the
list, you will receive an e-mail just about every weekday with
answers to questions submitted by fellow readers.
Internet
Resources
See our
Links page.