Photography Hour

I came across this article recently and found it amazingly useful. It’s a collection of other articles, guides and albums demonstrating some 50 different “techniques” and styles used in photography.

• High Speed Photography
• Tilt-Shift Photography
• Black and White Photography
• Motion Blur Photography
• Infrared Photography
• Night Photography (lots of useful rules of thumb for shutter speeds in different lighting)
• Smoke Art Photography
• Macro Photography (very good guide on “making” your own macro out of two other lenses)
• HDR
• RAW Processing
• Panoramic Photography
• Special Issues:
  • Architectural Photography
  • Fixing photos from airplines
  • DIY Lighting Hacks
  • Lighting Simulator
  • Photo Filters
  • 10 Top Photography Composition Rules

This next section is just snippets and particular links I found useful.

• Red filters will darken the sky, creating a moody atmosphere.
• Green colored filters are particularly useful for landscapes, as they create a contrast between different shades of green.
• Blue filters are effective for haze or misty conditions

Creating your own macro lens out of other lenses about about $20 in supplies: http://www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=40

A long, long list of free Lightroom 4 presets

I really liked this one. Included is how to make a “Poor Mans Ring Flash” (using a milk jug), how to make your own light tent, a couple different examples of how to bounce flash using a TTL flash and my favorite: a budget full lighting system, using hardware store flood lights, light diffusers made from bedsheets, reflectors made from vehicle window shades and some homemade flash diffusers.