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Photography

Training
On this page you will find suggested learning materials ranging from magazines and books to websites and videos which we hope will help you develop your photography skills.
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Magazines

  • Practical Photography
  • Digital Photographer
  • Outdoor Photographer

Books

  • Your camera manual
  • Software manuals including Dummies guides to, Martin Evening or Scott Kelby
  • Location guides - The Photorgrapher's Guides by Ellen Bowness

Websites

​Silverlight
www.silverlight.co.uk
Basic Photography Tutorials

Adorama TV from Adorama Learning Center
www.adorama.com
Video tutorials on various subjects

Digital Photography School - Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials
digital-photography-school.com
Digital photography tips and tutorials for camera owners of all levels. Read by over 5 million people per month.

​​PictureCorrect.com
http://www.picturecorrect.com
This website is a valuable resource to photographers of all experience levels. Our goal is to serve some of the best information that is relevant to photographers everywhere.

Gavin Hoey
http://www.gavtrain.com
Gavin has a passion for digital photography, Photoshop and sharing his knowledge. 
I took a look at one of the videos to see what it was like, learnt something straight away

The link below goes to a section of Gavin's site that covers some of his presentations at The Photography Show 2015
http://www.gavtrain.com/tps

​Clive R. Haynes FRPS PHOTO & DIGITAL IMAGING KNOW-HOW
http://www.crhfoto.co.uk/knowhowlist.html
This website is an Aladdin's cave of all things digital, well with looking into

The Slanted Lens - a wealth of knowledge in numerous videos covering a number od f subjects that would be of great interest to Studio and Macro photographers
http://theslantedlens.com/category/behind-the-scenes-tutorials/

Review Lab
http://www.reviewlab.com/digital-photography-guide/
An in-depth Digital Photography Resource Guide from Review Lab

Newsletters

  • Digital Photography School - https://digital-photography-school.com/subscribe/
  • Photography News (UK) - https://photographynews.co.uk/
  • SLR Lounge - https://www.slrlounge.com/
  • Photography Concentrate - https://photographyconcentrate.com/

Podcasts

  • Matt Kloskowski
  • Richard Harrington

Other suggestions

  • Sign-up to your favourite photographers newsletter - i.e. Paul Sanders, Arena Photographers, Focus Group
  • Get involved in workshops - we are aware of workshops with Colin Westgate, Iain McGowan, Light and Land, and Guy Edwardes
  • Share you experience with other HPS members
  • Join in competitions or one of our Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
  • Step outside of your comfort zone and experiment
  • and take images, take images, take images...

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