Taking Great Photos: Recap

Well - I think I've covered about all I can for photography. My own camera is dying and I need to replace it - but I'm so used to it - I'm loathe to replace it.

I'll recap and relink so that you have one handy place to find all the pages.

And I leave you with this piece of advice - which is what made a big difference to me - but I hardly know if it will resonate with anyone else at all.

When it comes to taking great pictures - don't photograph the object - photograph the light. Anyway - it helped me a lot. ;-)

• The Secret to Taking Great Photographs Intro - you can do it and you don't need fancy equipment.
• Part 1: Setting Goals Why are you taking pictures
• Part 2: Three important tips and one killer secret Dig out the manual - you need to look up 3 things.
• Part 3: Getting the Colour Correct Lightning and setting the camera
• Part 4: Shutter Speed and Why You Care Depth of field and controlling what is in focus
• Part 5: The Macro Setting Close up and in focus
• Part 6: Setting the Stage Backgrounds and staging
• Part 7: Black, White, and Glowing All Over. Exposure
• Part 8: Get it off the Camera! Organizing and storing your photos. Thoughts on organizing and storing pictures.
• Part 9: On to Photoshop - Levels Part 1 Adjusting the image for best contrast
• Part 10: On to Photoshop - Levels Part 2 Controlling the shadows and highlights.
• Part 11: And the Award for Least Intuitive Name goes to: Unsharp Mask Making the image sharper.
• Part 12: Ahead of the Curve(s) Increasing the contrast.
• Part 13: The Cream of the Cropping Cropping and composition
• Part 14: Cropping to a Specific Size in Photoshop Controlling the size of cropped image

Cheers!