Learn Photography Recommendation Useful and Free

Arman Ayva
Jul 27, 2017 · 2 min read

I never paid for learning photography and probably will not pay in the future, except for some Photoshop plugins and 500px subscription. My only teachers were free resources on the internet and of course practicing. I watched for many hours video tutorials on YouTube and some of them I am going to recommend to you. What is the point of writing this article, you may ask if the resources are free and available on YouTube. Well, the point is that there is a lot of bullshit stuff and personally, I would’ve been happier to see this kind of article, where I could find the good stuff in one place.

I categorized them in three sections: The Genius of Photography, Photography Concepts, and Post-Production Technique.

The Genius of Photography

Knowing the history of Photographer as well as the Greatest Masters is really critical if you want to succeed in this domain.

The Genius of Photography (TV Series 2007) (This video contains content from BBC Worldwide, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.) This one, unfortunately, is not available on YouTube anymore, but it is highly recommended to buy DVD and watch.

Ansel Adams BBC Master Photographers (1983)

Photography concepts

Those, as well as other videos you can find, will help you to open your mind and see things you never saw before through your camera viewfinder.

Fundamentals of Digital Photography: Common Misconceptions

Everything I Do is Street Photography

In Camera Artistry: Using Any Light Source

Fundamentals of Digital Photography with John Greengo!: The Photographer’s Eye

Technical part of Photography

Today’s digital Photography heavily relies on post-progressing, thus to know tools like Photoshop and others is necessary for success

Creative Compositing With Masks in Photoshop

Beyond the Snapshot: Fine Art Landscape Photography

The 15 Features of Your DSLR That Every Photographer Should Know

Of course, can find more, but I think this is a good list to start. And I also recommend you to subscribe B&H channel, they have cool stuff.

Other free resources

There are so many amazing sites and videos on the internet, all you need is just research what you need.

To save your time I will refer to some amazing material that helps me and inspired me a lot

How Does My Camera Work?

A Step-by-Step Guideline for Long Exposure Landscape Photography

Other Recommendation

Publish your pictures, get feedbacks, talk to other photographers

https://500px.com

https://www.flickr.com

Social medias: G+, FB, Instagram

Most important

Practice, experiment, learn rules and break them, create your own style, do it for yourself, enjoy your work more than others would enjoy it.

Wake up early, capture the dawn.

Connect with me I will be happy to give you feedback

Just google Arman Ayva and choose your preferred the way to connect

Have a good light,

Arman

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