Learn the basics of photography

The most important pages of the site are the tutorials. The menu on your left shows a list of pages with articles covering a wide and ever growing list of topics. These articles can be read separately, in any order, as each is a self-contained piece. Each piece, of course, forms part of the whole and I have tried to assemble them in some sort of logical order. If your thirst for knowledge is total, rather than specific, then start at the top and work down.

In an effort to cater for different readers I have divided the knowledge into three distinct levels.

  • Tips - appear in yellow text and are designed as the 'quick fix' department if you want to improve your photography quickly, with the minimum of reading and are prepared to take my word for the details, you could do worse than just follow all the tips. With such readers in mind I have introduced the top ten tips' page.
  • The main body of the text contains more detailed explanations and examples. This is the level at which you will get much more of the whys and wherefores to help the knowledge stick in your mind. I, personally, find it very difficult to retain a new concept if I do not understand why.
  • Anything labeled 'Technical Stuff' is for the ultra curious and those with a certain scientific bent. They are there for completeness. Don't worry at all if you get lost in these bits or don't fully understand. Skipping these bits will not make you any less successful as a photographer.

As with any subject, the topics overlap and interlink, so there are a lot of links in the texts that will skip you from topic to topic. If you are in the middle of an article and have skipped to another page, you may need to use the back button in your browser to get back to where you were.

Enjoy your reading.

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