Glossary
From Microsoft


Buying a camera?

 If you really wanted buyer's guides and camera reviews I suggest visiting my Buyer's Guide web page

If you are thinking about a dSLR digital camera check out Canon's learning site
http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/











Reliable learning resources after you buy your camera...updated 3-13-2008

From Steve's Digi-Cams - Our good friends at the Imaging-Resource.com have just opened a brand new website at www.SLRgear.com

Basic digital photography information
http://www.basic-digital-photography.com/site-map.html

Megapixel.net has just about the best group of links you'll ever need all in place

DP Corner's links are good too

Kodak Digital Basics

Megapixel.net has a very well done web site on digital photography basics

Great basic info - has a Nikon slant but very good for all users http://www.cleanimages.com/default.asp

Basic at Digital Darrell's site  http://www.cleanimages.com/Article-DigitalCameraBasics.asp

• Understanding Depth-of-Field (DOF) and Shutter Speed & Aperture Relationships.
• Why Shoot RAW, or White Balance Follies
• Your Digital Camera's Histogram
• Are Your Images RAW?

General Digital Articles

• The Second Step to Digital Excellence
• Is Digital Image Manipulation a Lie?
• Enlarging Digital Images for Publication
• The Fear of Film is Upon Me!
• Digital vs. 35mm Film
• I Have a Camera of My Own!

Norman Koren's tutorials are very good

Digital Photography Now

Lexar's learning center is back along with their Tips and Lessons web site

Canon Rebel learning site is very cool

Digcam Help site

Steve's Digicams Picture of the Day

PhotoSeminars.com

Better Photo

Popular Photography Photo Guide

Fodor's Guide

ACDC's Photography Tips  

Curtin's Short course in Digital Photography

So You Wanna.com

Frank Phillips Digital Camera Info lessons

About.com has good information

Books and magazines on digital photography updated 3-13-2008

You really need to understand what kind of book you want or need before you rush out to purchase.  Books come in at least these five varieties:  general A-Z and basic/beginner's digital photography, how to edit your photos books, specialized books on printing, books on creativity, and books specifically on color management.  Start with a general A-Z overview book if you're new to this digital photography area. 

Good Basic, Beginner's, and Advanced Amateur Books on Digital Photography

(Anything by Sheppard, Ang, Langford, Freeman, Peterson, Canfield is worth buying)

The Magic of Digital Nature Photography by Rob Sheppard (this book covers all topics, not just nature photography) (2006)

Langford's Starting Photography:  5th edition, by Andrews and Langford

Langford's Basic Photography, 8th edition by Michael Langford

The Digital Photography Book, 1st edition by Scott Kelby (this is an easy book to digest) (2006)
and the 2nd edition is available January 2008 The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2

Complete Digital Photography, 4th edition by Ben Long
The Complete Guide to Digital Photography by Michael Freeman

Digital Photographers Handbook 3rd ed. by Tom Ang (Aug 2006)

Complete Digital Photography by Tom Ang (Feb 2006)

The New Manual of Photography by John Hedgecoe (Hedgecoe has written lots of great books, look over his list before making a decision)

Understanding Digital Photography by Bryan F. Peterson

Digital Photography All in One Desk Reference for Dummies

Digital Photography For Dummies 5th edition September 2005 edition by Julie Adair King

Digital Photography - Just the Steps for Dummies by Frederic Jones
What the book covers: Digital Photography Just the Steps For Dummies offers readers a simple and efficient way to figure out how to take the best pictures with their camera, get their images onto a PC, edit the photos, and share them as print copies or electronically.

SLR Level books

The Digital SLR Guide:  Beyond Point and Shoot Digital Photography, by Jon Canfield

Digital SLR Cameras for Dummies by David Busch

Composition, framing ,seeing, creativity

(Anything written by Michael Freeman and Bryan Peterson is worth buying...)

The Photographer's Eye:  Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos, by Micael Freeman

Learning to See Creatively by Bryan Peterson

Master Composition Guide by Ernst Wildi

Complete Guide to Light and Lighting in Digital Photography, by Michael Freeman

Also worth noting:
Digital Photography Special Effects by Michael Freeman
Creative Digital Photography  by Michael Busselle
Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography by Brenda Tharp
Photographing Plants and Flowers by Paul Harcourt Davies
Digital Nature Photography by John Cox
The New Photo Crafts by Suzanne Je Tourtillott
Secrets of the Digital Darkroom by Peter Cope
Creative Digital Printmaking by Teresa Airey
Creative Exposure Control by Les Meehan
Creative Thinking in Photoshop by Sharon Steuer

Infrared (The complete guide to digital infrared photography) by Joe Farace

Advanced Digital Photography, Tom Ang


Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Photoshop

(Anything written by Scott Kelby, Andrews and Galer, Martin Evening, or Tim Grey is worth buying)

Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3

Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Maximum Performance: Unleash the hidden performance of Elements

Adobe Photoshop CS3, by Andrews and Galer

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers, by Martin Evening

Photoshop CS3 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide, by Tim Grey

Photoshop CS3 and Digital Photography For Dummies


Printing

(Harald Johnson is one of the original printing gurus, as are Graham Nash, Mac Holbert, Michael Reichmann, Uwe Steinmueller,
John Cone, and Harald Johnson, etc.)

Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers (Steinmueller and Gulbins)

Nash Editions: Photography and the Art of Digital Printing

Photo Finish: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Printing, Showing, and Selling Images

More specialized but very good: Mastering Digital Printing 2nd Ed. by Harald Johnson

The Digital Printing Handbook: A  Photographer's Guide to Creative Printing Techniques by Tim Daily



Color Management Books

(Tim Grey, Microsoft's Color and Digital Expert, is good)

Color Confidence: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Color Management by Tim Grey

Magazines

PC Photo Magazine - basicshttp://www.pcphotomag.com/
Outdoor Photography - basichttp://www.outdoorphotographer.com/
Popular Photography - basichttp://www.popphoto.com/
Shutterbug - basicshttp://www.shutterbug.com/

Digital Photo Pro - advanced
Photoshop User - advanced

Generally, a good place to start doing research is by going to the companion web site for any of the leading photo magazines like PC Photo, Shutterbug, or Outdoor Photographer.  They have spent a lot of time and effort in making helpful web sites that are not overly commercial.   For example, PC Photo Magazine's web site has a very helpful Learning Center.

Camera manuals

• Camera manuals for older equipment
• Manuals for cameras and more here

Composition

Smart Draw tips for better pictures

The Rule of Thirds (Silverlight.com)(Betterphoto.com )

FotoFinsh has good examples to help improve composition

All kinds of great photo information and tips for composition

Delkin animated tips for composing photos

Fodor's Guide

Agfa's composition tutorials

Smart Draw Guide to Taking Better Pictures

Portrait photography tips

Kodak Composition Program

Hyper focal distance information from Kodak... 

           As a general rule, approximately 1/3 of the depth of field is in front of the point of
                  sharpest focus with 2/3 of the depth of field behind. As a result,
                  you should focus on a distance 1/3 of the way from the nearest
                  object you want sharp to the farthest. For example, for objects
                  within a 5 to 20 foot range, you should focus on 10 feet and use
                  the smallest lens opening that you can. This rule does not apply to
                  very close subjects or to those at great distances from the
                  camera, including those at infinity.

Kodak Top 10 Techniques for better pictures
Pentax Expert tips
Photo Secrets 10 tips for better pictures
Better photo top 10 tips
Fodor's Guide tips

Courses at FLCC in Digital Photography
    
Did you know you can take a 15 week credit (DIG 110 - my new course, Thursday nights, startinigh September 3, 2008 from 6-8:50 p.m.) or a 7 week non-crerdit short course at FLCC in  Digital Photography, Photoshop Elements editing software, the Art of Digital Photography, or Advanced Digital Photography?

Free Online Courses

Don't forget that you can take some free or low cost online courses at places like Hewlett Packard's Learning Center site. Barnes and Noble's and Radio Shack web sites occasionally run free courses too. 

Luminous Landscape's site covers all types of digital photography topics, equipment, techniques,
and location shooting ideas.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com./video_journal/llvj-index.shtml



File formats, JPEG, JPEG 2000, Photocd, Picture CD info

JPG, TIFF, RAW explained very nicely
http://www.nyip.com/tips/digital_dialog0204.php

Shortcourses.com file type info

Popular Photography article on .tiffs, .jags, and raw files

JPG2000 info from Aware.com

JPEG Information Center   and JPEG 2000 information

Basics from Advanced Digital Imaging Crop


Discussion Forums updated 3-13-2008

Dave Etchell's Imaging Resource Forums  http://www.photo-forums.com/WebX?14@@.ee6b2a8
Phil Askey's DP Review Forums http://www.dpreview.com/forums/
Steve Sander's Steve's Digicams Forums http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/
Jeff Keller's DC Resource Forums http://www.dcresource.com/forums/
Fred Miranda's Forums http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/
M. Reichmann's Luminous Landscape Forums http://www.luminous-landscape.com/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi
Photography Review's Forums http://forums.photographyreview.com/
Rob Galbraith's Forums http://forums.robgalbraith.com/ubbthreads.php
Digital Outback Photo's Forums http://www.outbackphoto.com/tforum/
Adobe http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html
Layers Magazine forums http://www.layersmagazine.com/forum/
Adobe Photoshop Elements forum from ElementsUser http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/

http://dpnow.com/Forums.html
http://www.popphoto.com/idealbb/
Google Groups
Msn's Groups http://groups.msn.com/browse.msnw?catid=124

Glossaries updated 3-13-2008

Digital camera headquarters

DP Review's glossary

Steve's Dictionary

Microsoft's dictionary

Dennis Curtin's Shortcourses glossary

Nikonian's dictionary

Ephotozine glossary 

Everyday Magic glossary

FotoFinish glossary

History of photography

Freestyle https://www.freestylephoto.biz/tl_time_line.php
Digital camera history http://www.digicamhistory.com/
This is a wonderful history site http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/index.html
NY Institute of Photography art and photography site
PhotoNet History of Photography Timeline  http://www.photo.net/history/timeline
The American Museum of Photography http://www.photographymuseum.com/

Information, training, workshops, and photo sites on the web

Good .pdf file on how we got into the 4x3 and 2x3 aspect ratio dilemma
http://www.pcraft.com/pdfs/A_Question_of_Proportions.pdf

Cool site for learning more about the new digital SLR's
http://www.photoworkshop.com/canon/index.html

Great site for beginners (9-2005)
http://www.digitalcamerabasics.com/index.htm

A very helpful listing of all courses online http://www.worldwidelearn.com/

Dennis Curtin's Shortcourses.com Choosing a Digital Camera Course
Dennis Curtin's Shortcourses.com Using a Digital Camera Course
Dennis Curtin's Shortcourses.com How to Edit Images Course
Dennis Curtin's Shortcourses.com Buyer's Checklist

More Dennis Curtin sites:
Flash http://www.shortcourses.com/using/flash/chapter6.htm
Batteries http://www.shortcourses.com/choosing/batteries/13.htm
Memory cards and picture storage http://www.shortcourses.com/choosing/storage/06.htm
Exposure http://www.shortcourses.com/using/exposure/chapter3.htm
File formats http://www.shortcourses.com/choosing/files/08.htm

Agfa has a very well written online free course in digital photography

Kodak Digital Learning Center

• Kodak Summer picture taking tips
  
• Kodak's Guide to Taking Better Pictures

PhotographyTips.com has answers and info on all types of photography - you type in a question or topic and get good information

Adorama's Digital Photography Academy is full of good information.
 
Arthur Bleich's dpcorner.com digital photography information web site

Amazon's one-step web site for tons of good digital photography info
http://digital.my-age.net/index.htm

Kodak photocell and Picture CD explained by Kodak

123 DI list of articles that explain many digital imaging terms

A handy list of digital photography resources all in one place...

Luminous Landscape's web site - Michael Reichmann

Is your camera reviewed here on Steve's Digicams web site?

Is digital as good as film?  http://www.nyip.com/tips/digital_dialog0203.php

Free download able pocket guides for some of your cameras

Freq. asked questions on memory cards http://www.memorexlive.com/photo/faqs_memory_cards.pdf
http://www.chriscamera.com/south/security.htm
http://technology.nzoom.com/technology_detail/0,1608,75761-113-123,00.html
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=7014
Film packing tips for airports http://www.f-stop.org/rec_guide.htm

What image management features does Windows XP already have built in?  Here's a good online video.

Check out Microsoft XP's photo web sites at:

• General information
  
• Printers
  
• Windows XP digital photography newsgroups
• Understanding color spaces
  

Look through MSN.com's photo web site showing tons of photography articles

Plus check out Amazon's learning site - very helpful info.

Check out CNET's web site for all kinds of digital photography info

Radio shows archived Fotoguys.com radio shows on digital photography 


Infrared - updated 12-10-2007

Infrared techniques are really popular.  There are several ways you can create infrared-type images in b/w. 

1) have your dSLR spare camera body converted over to permanent infrared by the manufacturer.
2) shoot with an infrared filter over your lens.
3) use faux infrared techniques in Elements or CS.  Here is a CS video tutorial on how to do this
http://www.radiantvista.com/video_tutorials/
4) use any of the many free, or low cost, filters or actions in CS to create automatic infrared.
5) lots of good info on which IR filters do what:
http://burren.cx/photo/ir_cameras.html
http://www.pbase.com/dlarson2/ir_work_flow
6)  Joe Farace's new book on Infrared (The complete guide to digital infrared photography)


Magazines - see Books and Magazinesd, above

Masters of Photography

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/index.html
http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/index.shtml
 

Panoramic Photography

Galleries of images from Kaidan 9-21-2005

Kaidan  information center and information

Basic Informationhttp://www.panoguide.com/

Start here for a good listing of software at Steve's Digicam stitching site

Try this Panoguide listing of stitching software

Panoramic Association

Yahoo links to panoramic photography



Photography basics and photographic technique web sites

Betterphoto.com

Kodak's Digital Learning Center

Agfa's Complete Classic Photo Course is free online

Imaging Resource's Web Photo School has several good online tutorials including how to shoot objects for EBay

Dennis Curtin's Shortcourses.com

Silverlight Basic Photography tutorial (hyperfocal distance, rule of thirds, etc.)

Photo Seminars.com has several short instructional web pages on a variety of topics

Photosecrets photo tips - excellent listing of information for photographers on specific shooting tips for a variety of locations and situations

Imaging Resource's online guide is very well written too

Photosecrets photo tips

Great shooting tips http://pixels.homestead.com/Tips.html

Popular Photography links to their how-to columns on all types of film and digital based photography http://www.popphoto.com/HowTo/index.html

Filters for photography


Photoshop techniques

Go to my software web page

Repair places 

Authorized Photo Illinois
Camera Tech San Francisco
Mid-State Camera Service Chicago
Photek - has an on-line repair questionnaire. Also buys, sells, and trades cameras.
Ed Romney - camera repair and restoration service
Meiers' Phototechnical Service Seattle
C.R.I.S. - Camera Repair Instrument Service the Southwest's largest repair facility
U.S. Camera Camera repairs in New Jersey.
Camera Rehab Center We repair, clean, modify and service all cameras and lenses. Turnaround within 2 weeks. We pay return shipping.
Camera Repair Japan co. Atlanta
Specialty Photographic Repair Services - 914-738-6500

Resolution

FotoFinsh has a good site on resolution

Alpenglow Imaging has a great web page with resolution information

Bob Atkins information is good

Special Shooting Situations

Shooting fireworks advice from Kodak

Fall color shots from NYIP

Halloween shots from NYIP

Fodor's Guide

Agfa's guide to special situations

PhotoSeminars.com special situations

Tips for better wedding pictures from NYIP June, 2003
http://www.nyip.com/tips/topic_weddings0603.php

Schoolofphotography.com tutorials and tips - great site!

Close-ups, portraits, outdoor situations and more from Web Photo School

Shooting for e-bay

Night photography http://www.schoolofphotography.com/night/night.html

Kodak archive of special situations tips

Kodak Special Situations Tutorials

Sources of online WWW photos - many copyright free

http://www.picsearch.com/   really handy

http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/
Search for photos online at www.ditto.com 11/99
Type in "free photos" at  Ask Jeeves (www.aj.com)
Finger Lakes area pics online
Freefoto photos (free for noncommercial use) at www.freefoto.com (uh, spell it right or you're in trouble here...)

Great world wide photos of many nations - World Travel Images
Kodak's great free digital images
Historical photos on-line
NY Public Library
George Eastman House , Rochester

 

Underwater digital photography

Wetpixel.com site for underwater photographers

Xrays, airports, US mail system and film

Airports and the US mail system can be brutal on 35mm film.  Here is interesting information:

NY Institute of Photography info
http://www.nyip.com/tips/tip_break_news0302.php

Kodak advice is good too...
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml

and these sites are helpful...
http://www.gdargaud.net/Photo/Xray.html
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000uBh
http://www.fabuloustravel.com/tips/photography/photoxrays.html
http://www.etravel.org/information/nyi_xray

Sending film through the mail from NYI

 

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Free electronic book

Consider downloading the optional free ACD Systems "Going Digital e-Book"
http://paws.flcc.edu/~adamsja/digital/going-digital.pdf



Q.  What are some of the industry recognized web sites for camera reviews and printer news?

A.  These are the big names in digital photography news, reviews, and information:
Steve Sanders' Steves-Digicams.com
Jeff Keller's DCResource.com
Dave Ettchels' Imaging-Resource.com
Phil Askey's dpreview.com
Arthur Bleich's DP Corner
David D. Kamanski's A-Digital-Eye
Michael Reichmann's Luminous-Landscape

Harald Johnson's DPandI web site
Fred Miranda
Rob Galbraith
Uwe Steinmueller's Digital Outback
Denys Bouton's Megapixel.net
Dennis Curtin's Shortcourses.com
Norman Koren Photography



Q.  I want to compare a few cameras and features side by side.

A.  Digital Photography Review's really helpful web site (by Phil Askey) also let's you do side by side comparisons of just about very camera.


Q.  I need information about editing digital photos.  Where do I start?

A. 

Adobe makes the very popular Photoshop Elements software - here's a Popular Photography review

ACDSystem's web site has lots of good articles here:
http://www.acdsee.com/newsletters/index

 I recommend using a practical, feature-loaded software application called Adobe Photoshop Elements (version 6.0 is current).  Elements allows the user to work within one of 3 interfaces - a Quick Fix mode that is very well designed, a Guided mode and a Detail mode that provides all the features and tools.

I offer a 7 week Digital Editing course twice a year that is very thorough.
Editing Course