Photography Terms

8 Ways to Describe and Measure Your Photos

American Society of Media Photographers Best Practices and Workflow http://www.dpbestflow.org/

Photo Cheat Sheets
http://digital-photography-school.com/15-best-cheat-sheets-printables-infographics-photographers/

Nikonians
http://nikonians.org

Nikon USA Learn and Explore
http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/index.page

Thom Hogan Nikon Guru
http://bythom.com

Canon Digital Learning Center
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=HomePageAct

CanonShooters.com

The Luminous Landscape
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/index.shtml

DPReview.com

PhotoFocus Podcast and Blog
http://photofocus.com

Depth of Field Online Calculator, iPhone app too
http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

Camera Exposure Simulator: http://www.andersenimages.com/tutorials/exposure-simulator/

Sensor Cleaning Info
http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/methods.html

Lens cleaning Info
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-should-i-clean-my-dslrs-lens

Landscape Shooter's Super Sharp Focus Tips:
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-get-super-sharp-landscape-photography-images/

7 Tips for Wildlife Photographers
https://backcountrygallery.com/7-quick-tips-for-wildlife-photographers/

RAW vs. JPG: Luminous Landscape Article - DPS article

PhotoForum.com's Tone Scale. It is best to calibrate your monitor of course but at least make sure you can see all the tones in this helpful graphic:

Ansel Adams' Zone System Chart, basically 10 one stop changes creates 11 zones from black to white.

Shooting Sequence of Thoughts and Decisions:

-What is the subject or idea?

-That will lead you to thinking about composition and/or lighting.

-That will lead you to thinking about whether DOF is more important or Shutter Time.

-That will lead you to set the correct ISO and choose your Mode: PAS or M

-That will lead you to think about other tools like tripods, lights, props etc.

-Shoot, evaluate, and adjust