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CAMERA BASICS
Aperture

Aperture video explanation

Another Aperture video explanation

Depth of field explained-video link

Shutter speed
Shutter speed again

Shutter speed part 3

Shutter explained

Shutter guides

Shutter speed- examples at various speeds.

Shutter speed, Part 2- shutter speed explained, specifically slow shutter speeds.

Aperture or Shutter priority?

ISO- beginners guide

ISO basics

Putting it all together- Exposure Triangle

Video demo-Manual shooting (ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed)

Metering and perfect exposure- by Chris Bray

Cheat sheets- from Life Hack, photo cheat sheets.

Colored filters in black and white- how colored filters can improve contrast in your photos.

Masters- What really goes into a print?- marked up versions of some well known artists and what they had to do to get that "perfect" print.

Sunny 16 Rule- batteries dead? No light meter? Follow the sunny 16 rule.

Fro Knows Photo- Tutorials on all things photo

Photo vocabulary explained

COMPOSITION

78 Compositional tools

20 Composition guides

10 guides- 10 compositional guides to consider when taking pictures.

10 more composition guides- same ideas, more examples.

Composition video

30 questions to ask before taking a photo

6 composition mistakes

BOKEH TUTORIALS

Quick tutorial on the basics by Dusty "Moose" Winans

Fun bokeh shapes also by Dusty

Longer bokeh explaination by Adorama camera

PHOTO TRICKS AND TIPS

10 tricks- by COOPH

5 photo tricks to try

Reuse those plastic bags- diffuser and hazy edge

CONTESTS

The Nocturnes- Night photographers

Picture of the Year- contest information and results

HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Invention of photography-Industrial Revolution

5 minute quick video on photo history. (Thanks COOPH!)

Photo history-video link

Food photography history

FILM VERSUS DIGITAL

Real Resolution- film or digital... which is clearer?

CAMERA MANUALS

Michael Butkus-Great site that has many camera manuals for reference

PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

i-phone photography tips

a few more

LIGHTING TIPS

Portrait lighting cheat sheet- explanation and tips for indoor and outdoor lighting situations.

NEED IDEAS?

52 ideas to try

17 different challenges

113 most useful photography links

ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES

Photograms

3-d photos- digital

Smoke trails tutorial

Free lensing

Hand coloring

PINHOLE VIDEO EXAMPLES

Intro to pinhole photography

Camera Obscura- How it works

London Grammar music video

London Grammar behind the scenes

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

100 photo tips from the experts

TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography types explained

Photography Themes with artists to illustrate each

WHATS NEW- FAB OR FLOP?

Camera Restricta- camera that restricts picture taking ability if the shot has been geo-tagged and overdone.

WHY STUDY PHOTOGRAPHY?

54 reasons to become a photographer- wanting to become a photographer and not sure if its worth it, 54 reasons you should.

8 reasons to learn photography- 8 points to benefits of learning photography.

Photo in College?- is studying photo in college right for you?

ARTISTS TO LOOK AT:

Ahn Jun-variey of series work

Aida Muluneh- painted portrait works

Alain Laboile- Figurative photography

Alia Ali- wrapped figures

Alexander Khokhlov- Weird Beauty, painted face portraits

An-My Le- war photographer

Andrea Modica- professor at Drexel

Andreas Gursky- explores multiples and large scale photography, has sold second most expensive photo to date, $4.3 million

Ann Madden- cool mixed media works

Anna Tsouhlarakis-exploration of native identity

Annie Leibovitz- fashion photographer

Barbara Kruger- combines black and white photography with text

Bayete Ross Smith- social study, our kind of people

Bernd and Hilla Becher- architectural photographers, towers

Brian Romeijn- Urban Decay

Brian Turner- event photographer and more

Bobbi McMurry- cool layered imagery

Chris Friels- In camera movement

Christopher Boffoli- Food artist

Cindy Sherman- posed portraits, not pretty but exposing & telling a story

David Hockney- well known for color collages

David Samuel Stern- woven portraits

Debra Achen-variety, earth concentration, double and slow exposure

Duane Michals- portraits often presented in a different way
Edd Carr- cyanotype video

Elijah Gowin-falling, floating, storytelling

Elliot Erwitt- real life photos, mostly portrait work 

Eric Staller- light trails

Freddy Fabris- recreation of famous paintings with Auto Mechanics as subjects

Gordon Parks- social justice photographer born in Kansas

Gregory Colbert- Ashes and Snow- relation of animals and humans

Gregory Crewdson- structural and emotional scenes often arranged or set up *some images contain nudity 
Hamilton Yound Ward- everyday but a little different

Hannu Hahtamo- light painter

Hassan Hajjaj- colorful portrait and frame statements

Jerry Uelsmann- Surrealistic photocollages

Jiha Moon-cyanotypes

Joel Sternfeld- railways of New York 

John Clang-explores duality of global cities

Johnny Adimando- kaleidoscopic imagery and 3-d's

Joshua Hoffine- Horror Photographer

Keith Arnatt-conceptual photographer

Keith Carter- great night examples

Kimberly Chiaris-alternative processes, cyanotypes, cut images

Leila Alaoui- reflecting and questioning society

Lee Friedlander- everyday photography in America

Liam Neilsenschultz-Hythan-former West student creating video and stills

Liliana Porter- simple and mini

Loretta Lux- pale color photographer subjects are children

Mary Pinto- weaving and cut photos

Max Mikulecky- Blue Valley native now living in Brooklyn

Natasha Cunningham-portrait a day

Nadav Bagim- macro photography wonderlands

Paola Monreal- fashion, intense color, funky feel

Peter Lik- landscape photographer, has sold the most expensive photo for $6.5 million

Phil Hansen- embrace the shake

Rebecca Belmore- multidisciplinary artist

Richard Renaldi- Stranger photography

Robert and Shana Parke Harrison- Nature vs Man, created scenes- Really cool concepts

Ron Berg- Commercial, editorial and fine art photographer, some edgy shots

Rashod Taylor- portrait and fine art photographer

Sally Mann- controversial contemporary photographer, subjects usually family members

Sandi Fellman- fine art, fashion and still life photographer

Sarah Sense- woven photographs

Seph Lawless- Abandoned America

Shadi Ghadirian- a look at culture and stereotypes

Shane Balkowitsch- wet plate collodion

Shea Hembrey- 100 artists in 1

Shirin Neshat-a study of women, culture and society

Sonia Soberats- Blind photographer, Flicker site as well

Starn Twins- insects, collages, close up, large scale works

Stephanie Hatch- cyanotypes and mixed media works

Stephen Marc- professor produces color collage work

Tawny Chatmon- portrait mixed media

Todd Mclellan- disassembled objects

Tom Chambers-amazing photo montages

Ugar Gallenkus- juxtapositions of 2 different worlds

Victoria Villasana- sewen photographs

Walter Wick- I-spy behind the scenes

Wes Naman-taped and banded portraits

Zanele Muholi- photographer giving voice to the LGBTI community

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