Manchester Amateur Photographic Society

Links to Web Sites

This section lists a variety of useful sites, suggested by our members, that you may find useful.

"Lighting School"

A very useful site providing some excellent lessons on the use of Flash. Loads of examples including diagrams of layouts, photographs showing the effects of changing lighting sources and positions. Well worth a long read if you are starting out in flash or studio work

http://www.photoflexlightingschool.com/index.html

Royal Photographic Society

The Royal Photographic Societies Website

www.rps.org

Professional Photographer

Great photo magazine

http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk

Lighting Ratios and Incident Metering Demystified

A useful site with some excellent guidance on how to use a light metre

http://super.nova.org/DPR/Ratios/

Chuck Gardner's Photo Class

Class notes from one-day photography class Chuck Gardner taught in Manila in 2001.

http://super.nova.org/PhotoClass/

Some Basic Elements of Photography by Chuck Doswell

A really good site outlining some of the basics of photography including what exactly the Reciprocity Law is!

http://webchat.chatsystems.com/~doswell/Outdoor_Images/Photo_Basics.html

Advanced Photography Skills by Chuck Doswell

Another site by Chuck Doswell this time outlining some advance photography skills. Well worth the visit!

http://webchat.chatsystems.com/~doswell/Outdoor_Images/Photo_skills.html

A Better Bounce Card

A great tutorial on how to make an inexpensive but very effective 'bounce card' for your flash gun

http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/

Clikpic

Websites for photographers and artists

http://www.clikpic.com