Fotograf Class: How to Take The Perfect Photo (Tutorial)

An Educational Resource for Photographic Enlightenment and Inspiration

5.29.2014

How to Take The Perfect Photo (Tutorial)

Pinterest

Fotograf Class is a non-monetary educational blog designed for photojournalism and digital photography students of Michael Barrientos, a photographer and professor at Universidad Casa Grande, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Although this is a not-for-profit learning hub, I respect copyright and give full attribution, credit and links. If your image, video or story appears in the blog, and you would like it removed, please contact me, and it will be taken down immediately.

PHOTOJOURALISTS and DOCUMENTARIANS

Alessandra Sanguinetti
Alex Webb
Arnold Newman
Bruce Davidson
Chris Hondros
Christopher Morris
Constantine Manos
Danny Lyon
David Alan Harvey
Don McCullin
Donna Ferrato
Ed Kashi
Elliot Erwitt
Eugene Richards
Eve Arnold
Gary Winogrand
Harry Benson
Henri Cartier-Bresson
James Nachtwey
Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Sartore
Lynsey Addario
Magnum Photos
Martin Parr
Mary Ellen Mark
Paolo Pellegrin
Paula Bronstein
Ron Haviv
Sam Abell
Sebastião Salgado
Stanley Greene
Steve McCurry
Susan Meiselas
Tim Hetherington
William Albert Allard
Yuri Kozyrev

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

123 Clicks (Photo Inspiration Website)
900 Free Top University Courses Online
ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY (Free Course - RMIT UNIVERSITY)
Best Free Online Photography Courses and Tutorials
CREATIVE LIVE (Free Photo Classes)
Chase Jarvis
Confessions of a Mad Photo Assistant
Creative Photograpy Juff Curto
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPY & PHOTOJOURNALISM (Free University Couse MIT)
Develop Photo
Digital Photography School
Dust Bowl Descent
Epic Edits
FOAM: All About Photography
FREE PHOTO eBOOKS
FSA Photo Archive (Library of Congress)
Group F/64
Group F/64 Manifesto
Guess The Lighting
HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY (Free Course: College of DuPage - Professor Jeff Curto)
History of Photography Timeline
How the Other Half Lives (Jacob Riis-Historic Documentary Photography Book)
INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY (Free University Course MIT)
IRIS NIGHT LECTURES (Streams) Annenberg Space for Photography
Jacob Riis and the Other Half
Joe McNally
John Coffer (Wetplate Photographer)
Kodakery (Kodak History)
Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection
NYPL Public Domain Images
OPEN CULTURE (free courses, e-books, audio books, language lessons & movies)
Ohio State University Multimedia Journalism
PBS American Photography: A Century of Images
Perfesser Kev (University of Colorado Boulder)
Phoblographer’s Photography Lighting Tutorials
Photo History Blog
Photography and Time: Decoding the Decisive Moment (E-BOOK)
Photoshelter Blog
Rob Galbraith
STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE - FREE
Sh*t My Photo Professor Says
TWIP
Terry White (Learn Lightroom & Photoshop)
The First Photo
The Strobist
Vintage National Geographic ( National Geographic magazines dating back to the 1800's)
Watch The Birdie (Photo History Video Game)
iPhone Photography School

JOURNALISM

Associated Collegiate Press (ACP)
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar
BBC College of Journalism
British Journal of Photography: Photojournalism
Digital Journalist
FOTO 8
Journalist's Toolbox
Koci Studios (Richard Koci Hernandez)
Lightstalkers
MediaStorm
Missouri Photo Workshop
Newseum
Overseas Press Club
POYi (PIctures of the Year)
Photojournalism Glossary (Poynter)
Photojournalism Learning Guide (Tutorial)
Photojournalism, Technology and Ethics (Scott Baradell)
Photojournalism: An Ethical Approach (Paul Martin Lester)
Poynter Institute
RISC Training - (Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues)
SND (Society for News Design)
Talking Eyes Media
VII Photo Agency
Visual Journalism (Nieman Report)
World Press Photo

PHOTO GALLERIES

AP IMAGES (The Associated Press)
BIG PICTURE: The Boston Globe
In Focus (The Atlantic)
LENS - New York TImes
LIFE Magazine Image Archive (Google)
LIFE Magazine Online
Los Angeles Times: Framework
MSNBC PHOTOS
NPR Picture Show
National Geographic
One Big Photo (fun galleries)
PHOTOS1440: Sydney Morning Herald
POYi (Archive)
PROOF (National Geographic Online)
Photo Journal (Wall Street Journal)
Photographic Museum of Humanity
Photography Channel (Multimedia)
Picturing the Century (National Archives)
Roger Fenton Crimean War Photos (National Archives)
SHORPY (Historical Photos)
TIME (Magazine) LightBox
The Darkroom (Baltimore Sun)
The Guardian
The National (UAE)
The Telegraph
The Washington Post
The Week: Captured
Toronto Star
iPhone Photography Awards

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY: THE COMPLETE GUIDE
Beginning Photography Tips
Better Digital Photography for Beginners
Beyond Photo Tips
COMPLETE INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY
Cambridge in Colour (Tutorials)
Composition: John Harvey
Digital Archiving
Erin Manning Blog (Tutorials)
Exposure.com (Great and Simple Guide)
Free Photography Course
How to Take The Perfect Photo (Great Basic Photo Tips)
Improve Photography
Jodi Coston's 10 Lessons to Learning Photography
Kodak Photographic Composition
LIGHTING 101 (Strobist)
Lighting Tutorial
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ditch Auto - Start Shooting in Manual
PhotoWalkThrough (Photoshop and Lightroom Tutorials)
Photography Course For Beginners (TRIBALCOG)
Photography Lighting
Steele Training (Free Photo Tutorials)
The Golden Hour
Ultimate Field Guide to Photography (Free eBook via National Geographic)
f/stop spot (photographer guide and resource)

CAMERA GEAR

DIY Photographer
DigitalRev TV (YouTube Channel of Camera Gear and Photography)
Ken Rockwell
Rob Galbraith (Digital Photography Insight)
SHOTKIT (See What's in Pro Photographer's Bags)

Search This Blog

YouTube Channel

THE PHOTO MASTERS

Alfred Steiglitz
André Kertész
Annie Leibovitz
Ansel Adams
Brassai
Diane Arbus
Disfarmer
Dorthea Lange
Edward Steichan
Edward Weston
Eugene Atget
Horst
Irving Penn
Jacob Riis
Jacques Henri Latrigue
Lewis Hine
Man Ray
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Margaret Bourke-White
Matthew Brady
Paul Strand
Richard Avedon
Robert Capa
Robert Doineau
Robert Frank (The Americans)
Tina Modotti
W. Eugene Smith
Walker Evans
William Eggleston
Yosef Karsh

PHOTOGRAPHERS

100 Most Influencial Photographers (Framed Network)
Abelardo Morell
Abelardo Morell
Brian Duffy
Cindy Sherman
Daido Moriyama
David Bailey
David LaChapelle
Duane Michals
Frans Lanting
Graciela Iturbide
Gregory Heisler
Imogen Cunningham
Jeffery Salter
Joel Peter Witkin
Judy Dater
Keith Carter
Larry Clark
Larry FInk
Lillian Bassman
Mario Testino
Martin Schoeller
Michael Kenna
Nadav Kander
Neil Leifer
Nick Knight
Nick Nichols
Peter Hujar
Richard Avedon
Richard Misrach
Robert Mapplethorpe
Roger Ballen
Sally Mann
Simon Norfolk
Stefan Ruiz
Terry Richardson
The Photo Society (National Geographic Photographers)
William Klein

PHOTO BLOG ROLL

500px
A Photo A Day (Blog)
After Photography (Fred Ritchin)
Ansel Adams Mural Project
Anthony Luke Photography Blog
Aperture
BEX Magazine (Revista de Fotografia (Español))
Burn Magazine
Canon Ambassadors
ChiqClick (Females in Photography)
DIY Photography (Do It Yourself)
David Campbell Blog
Daylight Magazine
Duckrabbit Blog
Eric Kim Street Photography
Espejo Con Memoria (Blog)
Feature Shoot
Foto Adicto (Español)
Frame 36a (NYT Picture Editor Jose Lopez)
Freelance Photographer Magazine (F2)
GUP Magazine: Guide to Unique Photography
How to See Without a Camera (Tumblr)
Image Deconstructed
Imaging Resource (Photo Gear)
In Bed With Sue Bryce (Studio Portraits)
International Center Of Photography
La Fototeca (Español)
Lens Culture
PB: Photography Blogger
PDN Online (Photo District News)
PDN Top Twenty Photographers
Petapixel
Photo Business News & Forum
Photofocus
Photolucida
Pixel Press
Popular Photography
Rangerfinder Magazine
Resolve
SLR Lounge
Source Photographic Review (Magazine)
The Lifetime Photography (Photo History Blog)
The Online Photographer
The Phoblographer
The Travel Photographer Blog
Vincent Laforet (Blog)
Who Pays Photographers?
Zack Arias
Zone Zero (English/Spanish)

PODCASTS and VIDEO

7 Photograpy Questions
Art of Photography (Podcast)
Beginning Photography Podcast
Candid Frame
Digital Photography Life
Digital Photography Show
FUSEVISUAL
FotografClass YouTube Channel
Martin Baily Podcast (Photography Tips)
OPEN-i Photojournalism (VIMEO)
Photo History Short Video Essays
Photocast Network
Photography 101
Photography Masters
Staying In Focus Photography Podcast
TED Talks on Photography
The Image, Deconstructed
This Week in Photography (TWIP)
World Press Photo (Vimeo Channel)

RADIO INTERVIEWS

War Photograpers João Silva and Greg Marinovich on Their Injuries and Ethics (Fresh Air/NPR)
Documenting Tragedy: The Ethics Of Photojournalism
Dorothea Lange: Drawing Beauty Out Of Desolation (NPR)
What the Still Photo Still Does Best (NYT)
Photograph Anywhere: Colin Blakely
Why Study Photography (British Journal of Photography)
Robert Frank: The Americans on NPR
Andreas Gursky (Foto 8 Interview)
Ansel Adams: The American Experience
Ansel Adams Mural Project (NPR Story)
Elliot Erwitt on NPR
Annie Leibovitz KQED Interview
Annie Leibovitz: Imagine BBC
Diane Arbus Twins Photo Discussed
Richard Avedon on Charlie Rose
Margaret Bourke-White Profile
Photographer Arrogance
Robert Capa's War Photography: BBC
Joel Sternfeld on NPR
Cartier-Bresson on NPR

ABOUT ME

View my complete profile

PINTEREST

Visit Fotograf's profile on Pinterest.

Blog Archive

► 2023 (1)
- ► August (1)

► 2021 (7)
- ► March (2)
- ► February (2)
- ► January (3)

► 2020 (11)
- ► December (1)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (5)
- ► March (2)

► 2019 (4)
- ► June (1)
- ► April (2)
- ► February (1)

► 2018 (2)
- ► January (2)

► 2017 (3)
- ► December (1)
- ► September (1)
- ► August (1)

► 2016 (8)
- ► May (1)
- ► March (6)
- ► February (1)

► 2015 (66)
- ► December (1)
- ► August (1)
- ► June (7)
- ► May (9)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (13)
- ► February (24)
- ► January (8)

▼ 2014 (259)
- ► December (4)
- ► November (18)
- ► October (33)
- ► September (25)
- ► August (42)
- ► July (34)
- ► June (29)
- ▼ May (21)
- ► April (33)
- ► March (10)
- ► February (9)
- ► January (1)

► 2013 (89)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (18)
- ► October (32)
- ► September (33)
- ► August (4)

► 2010 (27)
- ► October (1)
- ► September (1)
- ► August (1)
- ► April (11)
- ► March (10)
- ► February (2)
- ► January (1)

► 2009 (47)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (1)
- ► October (4)
- ► September (1)
- ► August (1)
- ► July (1)
- ► June (3)
- ► May (12)
- ► March (4)
- ► February (13)
- ► January (5)

► 2008 (14)
- ► October (10)
- ► September (3)
- ► July (1)

Subscribe To Fotograf Class

Posts

Atom

Posts

Comments

Atom

Comments

Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.