Tips and Tricks

Digital Photography for Beginners Workshop Links
Photography 101 - What is Photography?
Photography 102 - DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
Photography 103 - The Exposure Triangle
Photography 104 - Composition

The Exposure Triangle - Getting Off Auto
Organising Your Photos
About Aperture
How Light Meters Work

Presentations
Smart Phone Photography (November 2025)
Minimalism (FCC presentation - April 2025)
What Judges Look For (FCC 2025)
What Judges Look For (presented in November 2024)
Suggested Short Presentation Topics
Getting Off Auto
Creating a Proshow Slideshow

Photography Courses
June Andersen - Nature of Photography
Open Colleges Photography Course

Image Sites
Ken Rockwell - a clumsy site, but great information!
Red Bubble - your photography online

Judging a Photograph
What Judges should be looking for (Scottish Photographic Federation)
Photo Judging Checklist
What Makes A Photograph Good?
5 Elements of Good Composition
How to score an image out of 10

Software
Photographers Ephemeris website and software
Star Trails website and software
Photomatix - HDR processing software
LR / Enfuse - Lightroom plugin for multiple exposures

Tutorial Sites
Picture Correct Tips and Tutorials
HDR tutorial at Stuck in Customs
Bracketing at Before the Coffee
Photomatix tutorial at Before the Coffee

Camera Clubs and Groups
Canberra Photography Group
Wollongong Photography Group

Berry Camera Club
Milton Ulladulla District Camera Club
Northside Creative Photography
Shoalhaven Photographic Club

BBCC Forms
AGM Nomination Forms

Judges' Websites
Denis Cale - Images of Australia
June Andersen - Nature of Photography
Malcolm Fackender - Spotlight on Asia
Nora Devai - Devai Photography
Ollie Barrington - Ollie7
Richard Tadday - Jervis Bay Images
Warren Wilson - Imageup Photography

Publishers
Blurb - real books - made by you

Technical stuff
Camera Features Checklist
Depth of Field Tables
Shutter Speeds You Should Use

Legal Information
Rights of Photographers in NSW
Street Photographers Rights

Monitor and Camera Calibration
X-Rite Photo
Colour IQ Test

These images may help when calibrating a monitor -

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