OC Photography Program

Contents

About the OC Photography Program

The Open Content Photography Program is being built to help people to learn professional photography. It is not a book about photography, it's a book about learning photography on your own.

Art History for Photographers

For photographers art history is very important to keep an open mind, and to know the evolution of other arts that can be considered "The fathers of photography".

Photography History

By studying "the masters" we can learn a lot about photography. Each of them has it's importance for the photography student.

Traditional Photography Techniques

Traditional and digital photography techniques have a lot in common. Whatever tools you use, it's important to understand traditional photography techniques.

The Light

Photographia, in Greek, literally means "writing of light". Understanding, and sometimes controlling light is a very important task for photographers.

Traditional Darkroom

For a professional photographer does a traditional darkroom makes sense? It is an excellent way to learn photography. Besides in some art galleries they still prefer Traditional photography.

Digital Photography

In commercial photography, personal photography and fine art digital photography brought new possibilities.

Digital Cameras

Choosing a digital camera may be a difficult task, some websites can help a little, but your choice must be made based on the use you are going to give to the camera.

Digital Darkroom

The digital darkroom is what is usually calked to image manipulation on the computer. Today photographers must know how to work their images on the computer.

Commercial Practices

The difference between being a good photographer and a good professional photographer is not technical but commercial.

Resources