Tips and Interesting Reads

These websites offer a wide variety of information related to photography, post processing, gear, and more.  

• Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, & Light Explained-Understanding Exposure & Camera Settings. YoutTube video.
• How to take better photos using Exposure Compensation - A beginner's guide YouTube video.
• What Is Aperture Priority? Everything You Need To Know In 3 Minutes.  YoutTube video.
• Photography Life: A website dedicated to many subjects in the world of photography including techniques, gear, styles of photography, tutorials and more. From basic information on camera functions and use, to more challenging technique tutorials, this site has it all.  
• Nigel Danson: YouTube channel by a UK based landscape photographer.  His focus is on landscape photography composition and post-processing. You can also view his pictures on his website. 
• Backcountry Gallery:  A website and Youtube channel by Steve Perry that are related to wildlife photography, techniques, and gear reviews. 
• Post-processing programs:  Snapseed (free app for Android and Apple); Adobe Creative Cloud (LightRoom and PhotoShop; $9.99/ month)

• Montana Outdoors: A magazine by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks published 6 times a year. The annual Montana Outdoors Photo Issue (published in Jan-Feb) highlights photos submitted by the public from around the state. The request to submit no more that 10 photos for this photo issue is made during the early fall.  
• BBC photo contests. Photo contests held every 2 weeks through the BBC website. The theme changes every period. No prizes here, but if your picture is selected people from around the world will see it.  
• Natural Lanscape Photography Awards: An annual contest and examples of landscape photographs that are minimally edited in post-processing. 
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: An annual international wildlife photography competition held by the Natural History Museum in London, U.K.  
• Sony World Photography Awards:  A worldwide competition (including a monthly youth division) that is based on changing themes.  

This website provides a brief overview of 15 different styles or types of photography.  E.g., Landscape, portrait and sports photography.  Posted 3/4/22

Tom Bol is a professional photographer who caught my eye because of the wide variety of excellent photographs he displays on his website. Learning different photography styles and techniques is not only an interesting challenge, but it can also make you a better overall photographer. I am particularly impressed in how he often creates "depth" in his photos through leading lines and carefully planned compositions.  Also note that many of the pictures shown on his website could be captured with most any type of camera.  Posted 3/4/22