So, you want to be a farktographer?

[orionid]

I’m going to post this as a sticky since it’s a mother-lovin’ wealth of information. Truth be told, I stole the list from towelb0y at SuicideGirls.com, who in turn, stole most of it from Steve.Korn on Flickr. I haven’t checked any of the links yet, bet rest assured, I will. If you find any that are broken, let me know. I’ll also add new from time to time as people post them to the forum.

BLACK AND WHITE CONVERSION

digital-photography-school.com/blog/digital-black-and-white/
http://www.outdooreyes.com/photo73.php3
(simulate B&W films using channel mixer)

BLACK AND WHITE FILM DEVELOPMENT

http://www.apug.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=37
http://www.flickr.com/groups/diybw
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bw_film-dev_combinations
http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html

NIKON SPECIFIC INFO

nikon.htmwww.bythom.com/nikon.htm
kenrockwell.com/
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/…

CANON SPECIFIC INFO

photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/
http://www.eosdoc.com/
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/
http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2005/04/29/50mm-lens-conta…

OLYMPUS SPECIFIC INFO

members.aol.com/olympusom/lenstests/default.htm
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/olympusom1n2/shared/zuiko/index.htm
olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/olympus_hw_full.html

CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS

http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/chromatic.html

COLOR MANAGEMENT

For Mac:

blogs.smugmug.com/onethumb/2007/02/14/this-is-your-mac-on…

COLOR SPACES

http://www.utata.org/techtata/18606.php

COLOR THEORY

http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies…

DEPTH OF FIELD and BOKEH

http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/digitaldof.html
http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-04-04-04.shtml
http://www.planetneil.com/faq/bokeh.html
http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/bokeh.html
http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/dof.html

DEPTH OF FIELD CALCULATOR

http://www.shuttercity.com/DOF.cfm

DIGITAL ARTIFACTS

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/color-gremlins.shtml

DIGITAL EDITING

arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/mystery.ars

DO IT YOURSELF (DIY)

http://www.diyphotography.net/

ELECTRONIC FLASH INFORMATION

http://www.chem.helsinki.fi/~toomas/photo/flash-faq.html

photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=46599
photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/
http://www.utata.org/column/techtata/techtata03.php
neilcowley.com/light/

EXPOSURE

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml
ewww.dpreview.com/learn/?/key=exposure
http://www.takegreatpictures.com/Articles/Details/params/object/…
http://www.camerareview.com/templates/sunny16.cfm(Sunny 16 Rule)
http://www.utata.org/column/techtata/techtata02.php

FILTERS

http://www.bythom.com/filters.htm
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/filter/filter-ND…
photofilter.com/infomap.htm
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/polarizers.shtml
http://www.photofilter.com/cir_lin.html

F NUMBER

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number

FOCUS TEST

photo.net/learn/focustest/

FREEWARE

/www.irfanview.de/
UFRAW
http://www.pixvue.com/
http://www.gimp.org/
http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/tutorial/
Tilt-Shift Maker

GENERAL PHOTOGRPHIC INFO

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography

HDR

http://www.fdrtools.com/front_e.php
http://www.hdrsoft.com/
http://www.cybergrain.com/tech/hdr/
flickr.com/groups/technique/discuss/72157594155731025/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/l4/discuss/72157594241560739/
http://www.naturescapes.net/072006/rh0706_1.htm
theapblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-hdr-photography.html

http://www.popphoto.com/howto/3038/how-to-create-high-dynamic-ra…
http://www.backingwinds.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-create-profe…

HISTOGRAMS

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/histograms1.htm
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/histograms2.htm

INTERNATIONAL COLOR CONSORTIUM (ICC)

http://www.color.org

JPEG vs RAW DEBATE

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/raw.htm

LENS TESTS

http://www.photodo.com
http://www.fredmiranda.com/

LIGHTBOX

http://www.jyoseph.com/extras/archives/2006/02/diy_lightbox.php
http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent

LIGHTING

http://www.lighting-essentials.com/

LIGHTROOM

http://www.ononesoftware.com/photopresets-wow.php

installation instructions for above:
downloads.ononesoftware.com/photopresets/PhotoPresets-Rel…

LEGAL INFO

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:9IK4AAx…

MEDIUM FORMAT CAMERAS

medfmt.8k.com

METERING

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-metering.htm

MONITOR CALIBRATION

epaperpress.com/monitorcal/

NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

http://www.radiantvista.com/archive/video_tutorials/2/
strobist.blogspot.com/2006/09/on-assignment-how-to-light-…
tynersphotography.blogspot.com/2006/09/night-photography….

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/michaeliu/index.htm

PANORAMIC STITCHING

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/digital-panoramas.htm

RAW IMAGING

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D48E808…

RECOMMENDED READING

Light Science and Magic
Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait
ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography, 7th Edition
Business and Legal Forms for Photographers

RESOLUTION

http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view?ID=199

SENSOR CLEANING

http://www.copperhillimages.com/index.php?pr=tutorials

SENSOR SIZE

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/Sensor_Si…

SHARPENING

http://www.bythom.com/sharpening.htm

SITES WITH LOTS OF USEFUL STUFF!

blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2006/12/new_digital_photo_guides.html

STROBE

http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157594395062312/…

STUDIO LIGHTING

photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Futx&tag=
http://www.lighting-essentials.com/
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic2/446987
http://www.studiolighting.net/

WIDE ANGLE LENS, EFFECTIVE USE

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0403/dw0403-1.html
tynersphotography.blogspot.com/

WHITE BALANCE CALIBRATION

http://www.photovisionvideo.com/target.html

WINDOW LIGHT

super.nova.org/DPR/Window/

ZONE SYSTEM

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/zone_system.shtml

http://www.srphotography.co.uk/srpzone.html
http://www.holiday-art.com/art-crafts/photography-zones.htm

[Barracuda]

There goes my work productivity for the next month.

[lokisbong]

Kick Ass orionid. I have a few of those bookmarked now.

[Plamadude30k]

I’ve actually used a few of these links in the past, and if they’re any indication of the quality of the list, this ought to be the “How-to” to end all “How-tos”. Awesome stuff.

[CauseISaidSo]

Great idea, orionid. Now if you’ll only go back through the historical posts here and add all the links and resources that I mentally bookmarked and subsequently forgot about, it’d be perfect. 😉

[Choc-Ful-A]

Nice! I’m going to have fun checking some of those out.

I’d recommend adding a link to the UFRAW website in the FREEWARE section.

[Kestrana]

Add tiltshiftmaker.com in the free section too

[orionid]

Two dead links removed, one broken link fixxored, and the two suggested above added. Eventually I’ll start digging through the farktographives (like I need another project).

[kashari]

Oh my, what a great resource, thanks for doing it!

[ravnostic]

Holy fark, what a resource! And just when I’ve gotten new toys and don’t want to take the time to look into them (because new toys are more fun when they still have that new-car smell).

[Yoyo]

Ok, now that I’ve actually looked at this thread, I’ve got some correction suggestions for Depth of Field links.
Shutter City URL doesn’t work and seems to be http://www.muroki.com/muroki/depthofieldcalc.htm instead.
An alternate method of calculation can be found at http://www.photozone.de/depth-of-field
And the difference between the two of these methods http://www.photozone.de/dof-confusion

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