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The Language of Photography

The Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA)

• It’s Elemental: An Introduction to Elements of Art
• A Matter of Principle: Introduction to Principles of Design
• A Frame of Mind: Composition and Rule of Thirds
• New Perspectives: Vantage Points in Photography
• Photographic Process Guide

The 7 Elements of Art: KQED Art School

Image: The Elements & Principals of Design

The Principles of Design

The Elements of Art . . . Defined!

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial: The Basics

2017

• Portrait Lighting
• Rule of Thirds
• Photoshop Hot Keys
• Night Photography
• Macro Photography
• The Clone & Healing Tools
• High & Low Key Lighting
• Exposure Compensation
• Adobe Photoshop CS6
• Camera Controls
• Portrait Photography Tips
• Selection Tools PS

2016

What role does photography play in the visualization of our collective memories? How is our cultural landscape affected by the images we connect with in our private and public lives? Can history be manipulated by the images chosen to represent it?

• The Power of Photography
• History of The Camera and How it Has Impacted Society
• America’s First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1862
• Photography in Nineteenth-Century America
• How Civil War Photography Changed War
• Displaced History and the Art of Collective Memory
• PENELOPE PETSINI: MEMORY AND OBLIVION: PHOTOGRAPHY INTERPRETING GREEK CULTURAL AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY
• THEORY: “Through a Glass, Darkly: Photography and Cultural Memory”
• PHOTOGRAPHY AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY
• New York Projects: 9/11
• The death of photography: are camera phones destroying an artform?
• Confused About Photography: From the Weimar Republic to the Arab Spring
• Why photography matters
• How American Photography Went From Family Portraits to Art Form
• Why Film Photography Still Has Meaning

2015

• TECH TALK – JOE MCNALLY EXPLAINS LIGHTING RATIOS
• The re-enactments of Aboriginal history that won the Tokyo International Photography Competition
• The Polish student photographer breaking into the fashion industry before she’s even graduated
• Tutorial: How to Build a DIY Square Ring Light for Portraits
• Steve McCurry: It’s important to photograph things that have meaning” 
• Tutorial: How to Get Children to Cooperate for Portraits
• 31 Photographs That Will Show You The Future of Photography
• Tutorial: Recreating the Look of Tintype Photography Using Photoshop
• Without Their Words: These Vintage Ads Starring Women Speak Even More Loudly
• Cooperative Effort: Photographers Come Together to Create “The Photographic Dictionary” 
• Law & Photography:
• Arne Svenson Exonerated on Appeal in Privacy Invasion Case
• Court Sustains Infringement Claim over Thomas Franklin’s 9/11 Photo
• Stripped Down Portraits Expose The Problem With Stereotyping Masculinity As Violent
• MIT Press – Youth, Identity and Digital Media (2008)
• 50 Ways to Teach With Current Events
• HOW TO RETOUCH WRINKLES IN PHOTOSHOP
• 16 Organizations that Want to Fund Your Photography Project
• New Guide: The 2015 Photo Business Plan Workbook
• 11 Awe-Inspiring Quotes from David Burnett, Joe McNally, Ami Vitale & More
• Photographers on Photography

2014

• Article on best free online photography classes 
• Photoshop Actions
• UNDERSTANDING BASIC LIGHT PROPERTIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
• THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING COMPOSITION
• Newly Published Isaac Asimov Paper Focuses on Creativity, Ideas
• 10 No-Nonsense Tips On How to Become a Better Photographer
• Photoshop Tutorial: Retouching Shiny Skin
• Flash photography tips: external flash techniques
• Color In Motion – great site that speaks about color
• The Selfie and a New Global Economic Order
• Tutorial: Shows How to Mask Out Hair from a Background in Photoshop
• Tutorial: How to ‘Make Eyes Look Amazing’ In Photoshop
• Product Photography Tutorial: How to Get ‘Clinique’ Style Product Shots
• Detroit: Evolution of a City
• PDN: Emily Shur on How Great Portraits Are Made
• PDN: Jeffery Salter on How Great Portraits Are Made
• PDN: Nadav Kander on How Great Portraits Are Made
• Instagram and Anxiety of the Photographer – Part II
• Instagram and Anxiety of the Photographer – Part I
• A Concise Explanation of How Crop Factor Affects Both Focal Length AND Aperture
• How Artificial Intelligence Reconstructs Our Minds and Lives Using Our Photos
• Tutorial Explains How to Sharpen Images Contextually
• Producing a commercial photo shoot – step by step
• How to Plan a Photo Shoot
• Student Guide to Professionalism
• Visualizing Race, Identity, and Change
• The Photographers on Photography
• Proof: National Geographic Series
• Canon Explorers of Light Series
• How to create a slow motion video
• PORTRAITS OF NEW YORK CITY EDUCATORS AFTER SCHOOL
• FLESH LOVE: PHOTOGRAPHS OF VACUUM-WRAPPED TOKYO COUPLES
• PDN All-Star Assistants
• The Big Fat List of Documentaries About Photography
• Photographer Thankful to Laptop Thief for New Creative Direction
• Information on Camera Obscura & Pinhole Cameras:
• Camera Obscura
• Camera Obscura in San Francisco
• Camera Obscura Journal
• Camera Obscura Kenyon College
• Camera Obscura National Geographic
• Kodak: How to Make and Use a Pinhole Camera
• Instructables Pinhole Camera
• Oatmeal Box Pinhole Cameras
• Pringles Pinhole
• What is a Photograph?
• Photojournalist: Jessica Dimmock
• A Fashion Fetish in Los Angeles
• DAVID HOCKNEY’S CUBIST PHOTOGRAPHY
• ‘Cut Food’: Take A Peek At The Beauty Inside Everyday Edibles

2013

• The Photo Critique:  (1) The Photo Critique: Portrait Edition  (2) Composition in Nature Photography (3) How to Critique Photographs in 3 Key Steps (4) How To Give a Constructive Critique in Street Photography
• Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions
• Instagram is debasing real photography
• The Next Generation of Online Storytelling: Sea Change
• The Art Institutes: Legitimate Photo Schools or Accessories to Fraud? 
• Gregory Heisler Shares the Techniques That Go Into His Portraiture
• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected Consequences of Selfie Obsession
• The New Economics of Photojournalism: The Rise of Instagram
• Austerity & Visual Propaganda
• Ones to Watch: Jun Ahn
• Arc of Appalachia
• Forces of Nature
• To Deepen the Mystery: The Self-Portaits of Vivian Maier
• Changing Time: How LightBox has renewed Time’s commitment to photography
• Alexia Foundation: The Motel, Part 1: Women’s Initiative Update from Tim Matsui
• Looking at Our Hometowns
• Under Antarctic Ice
• New York Times Photo Essays
• A Portrait of Mass Transit Through Its Bus Drivers
• Wanted: The networked photojournalist
• Essay on Urban Landscape Photography
• Men Wear Girlfriend’s Clothes
• Art & Education
• Classical sculptures dressed as hipsters look contemporary and totally badass
• The chilling pictures of suitcases left in a New York insane asylum by patients who were locked away for the rest of their lives
• Ageing and creative decline in photography: a taboo subject
• Know Your Rights: Photographers
• On Technique
• Times Topics: Photography
• The New Fine Art
• Diane Arbus: A Rare Portrait Of The Photographer
• Photography in an Age of Smartphones

2012

• BTS: Shooting Portraits of Scientists for the Cover of Wired UK Magazine
• How to photography food with your phone
• H.D.R. Photography
• Interactive Multi-perspective Imagery from Photos and Videos
• Smartphone Photography
• The benefits, drawbacks of using camera phones as a photojournalist
• The New Economics of Photojournalism
• The Science Behind Tintype Photography

2011

• Olympus Ad Campaign Disses Cell Phone Photography
• Portraits That Recreate Paintings by the Old Masters
• Got Photo Cliches?
• 10 Crucial Tips for Better Mobile Phone Camera Photography
• The Most Important Skill for a Photojournalist
• Using the Right Lens for the Right Photograph

2010

• How to Make Portraits of Strangers
• How To Take Candid Pictures of Strangers
• News Photos, on the Move, Makes News
• What the Still Photo Still Does Best

2009

• Lament for a Dying Field: Photojournalism
• Pixel Perfect
• The Photographic Series: Long Term Works & the “Flash Project”

1994

• Film Threat Magazine
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