Although I no longer go there due to the management stupidity and censorship that I got fed up with, http://photo.net/learn/making-photographs/ does a reasonable job of the primary concepts of photography.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Being not particularly mathematically inclined (to put it very charitably), > I was wondering if any of you could point me toward a sort of online idiot's > guide to understanding and calculating exposure values, depth of field, and > other basics along those lines. I figure having at least a loose grasp on > details of that nature might be helpful as I dip a toe into the world of > analog. > > I've posted an entry on my photo blog concerning some of the basics that I'm > already familiar with, and plan to chart my progress as I go along. > Granted, what I've written is geared toward people who know even less about > photography than I do (as hard to conceive as that may be), but it can be > found here: > > http://waltgilbert.posterous.com/putting-myself-through-the-old-school > > It's a first baby step on a long journey, but I'd like to document it as I > go along, and share it with anyone who might be interested. So, > essentially, I do understand the stuff they probably teach you in the first > week of Introduction to Photography 101 -- but largely on an intuitive, > practical level. Are there any resources on the web where a simpleton can > go to familiarize himself with those principles on a more technical level? > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > > -- Walt > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
