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.

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