Proper Photography

Key to success in photography is to learn how to develop your photographic and post processing skills to produce ‘Crafted Images’ as opposed to ‘Snapshots’. We learn our ‘craft’ through club activities and experiences such as workshops, phototrips & competitions. TDCC provides development programmes to help you on this journey and this can lead to gaining recognition of your craft through distinctions, qualifications and doing well in internal and external competition. This section called ‘Proper Photography” provides guidance on some of those crafts. Each guide is designed as an introduction to the craft and includes a link to a useful youtube link on the topic. When youtube opens, it will probably also display other tutorials on associated subjects – so this is a good chance to explore and learn some more. In the end it is practice that makes perfect – so to master each craft practice, practice & practice some more!

Guides to "Proper" Photography

DocumentSummary
Raw versus JPEGGuidance on whether to use RAW or JPEG
CompositionTips for a good composition
Stops and the Exposure TriangleUsing ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed
Exposure CompensationWhen to use Exposure Compensation
Guide to ISOGuidance on how to use ISO settings
 

Specific Techniques of Photography

DocumentSummary
Creating a PanoramaTaking multiple images to assemble a panorama
High Dynamic Range (HDR)Merging multiple shots to achieve HDR
Focus StackingAchieving greater DoF with multiple shots