Useful Information

Below you will find information in the form of downloadable PDF files on a variety of photographic subjects.
Click on the file you want to download.
Photography and the Law
Plagiarism In Photography by Christine Widdall MPAGB FBPE EFIAP

For members only we also have a number of tutorials available to help you with camera and editing techniques.
As they are updated to reflect changes in Photoshop they will be added to the list.
Please note these are NOT downloadable files so contact the Webmaster or Club Secretary and the files will be sent to you by e-mail in PDF format.


CAMERA TECHNIQUES
1 UNDERSTANDING EXPOSURE
2 UNDERSTANDING HISTOGRAMS
3 UNDERSTANDING FOCUS AND DEPTH OF FIELD
4 UNDERSTANDING F-STOPS
5 UNDERSTANDING ISO
6 EXPOSE TO THE RIGHT
7 RAW FILES AND CAMERA MENU SETTINGS
8 RAW v JPEG
9 PHOTOGRAPHIC FILTERS
10 CLEANING A SENSOR
11 MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY

EDITING TECHNIQUES
1 ADDING A TEXTURE
2 ADDING GRAIN IN PHOTOSHOP
3 BLENDING TWO IMAGES OF DIFFERENT EXPOSURE
4 SELECTIVELY BLURRING BACKGROUND USING GRADIENT TOOL
5 CREATING A PHOTO MONTAGE OR PANEL (eg for Parson's Trophy)
6 CREATING A COPYRIGHT WATERMARK BRUSH
7 DODGE AND BURN - AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD
8 DOUBLE EXPOSURE
9 DREAMY PORTRAIT EFFECT
10 FOCUS STACKING
11 FOG AND MIST EFFECTS
12 CONVERT TO MONO
13 HIGH KEY BY ENHANCING HIGHLIGHTS