5 Great Websites for New Photographers

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5 Great Websites For New Photographers

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5 Great Websites For New Photographers

• Having started to get serious with photography in
  the past month (I was already passionate about
  photography before but I never had the resources
  back then to pursue this hobby), I had to look
  upon the web for answers to the frequently asked
  questions most people new to photography would
  have. And the web did not disappoint me as I have
  found a lot of websites to help me out but I
  chose these 5 Great Websites for
  New Photographers.

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1. PHOTOGRAPHY.TUTSPLUS.COM

• This one is first on my list as I have already
  discovered this website years ago when I first
  gathered my enthusiasm for photography. The main
  website which is called Envato is made up of an
  ecosystem of websites built to help you get
  creative. There are three services included in
  this ecosystem starting from Envato Market where
  you can buy and sell digital products from
  videos, photos, themes, music, templates and
  other kinds of digital goods.

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1. PHOTOGRAPHY.TUTSPLUS.COM

• The next one is Envato Studio where
  designers/artists who freelance can post their
  services to people who need a digital touch. It
  has a wide variety of categories from Logo Design
  and Branding to Video and Animation. Its easy to
  use in just four steps first is finding the
  service you want, supplying the talent with the
  brief of your project, organize and manage the
  job online, and once the job is finished, you can
  then approve it.

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1. PHOTOGRAPHY.TUTSPLUS.COM

• As a photographer, the one you will be interested
  in is the Tuts service. Under this service are
  How-To Tutorials, Courses, and Ebooks. You will
  find tons of resources in this website but we are
  most likely concerned with the Photography side
  of things. To go directly to the photography side
  of things, click here. You can start exploring
  the hundreds of tutorials and how-tos or you can
  enroll in a course for less than 10 or buy an
  eBook where there is only 2 at the moment.

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Screen Grab from photography.tutsplus.com
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2. DPREVIEW.COM

• The next one on the list is the website that
  helped me decide on which camera to
  buy. DPREVIEW or Digital Photography Review is
  definitely one of the best sites out there when
  it comes to digital camera reviews. They have the
  full details and technical specifications of any
  digital camera you could find out there. The best
  thing about their website is the option to
  compare products side by side. So if you are
  contemplating about which of the two cameras to
  buy, put their specs up on the screen for easy
  comparison.

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2. DPREVIEW.COM

• To compare cameras side-by-side, on the menus on
  top, select Cameras and then on the next page
  that appears, type the name of the camera on the
  search box or scroll down through the list of
  available cameras. You can even compare up to 20
  cameras at once. After selecting the two cameras,
  press the Compare button on the right.

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2. DPREVIEW.COM

• For this example, I chose the Nikon D5500 (the
  one I have now) and a Canon EOS 750D. As you will
  see on the screenshot, you can really have a
  great view of the specs for each camera and
  review them easily to which one would fit your
  needs. It also shows the announce date which
  could tell you how recent the camera is
  especially if youre into having the newest one
  out there because theyre usually the ones with
  the best and most recent specs compared to
  previous products. Click on the screen shot below
  to see more of the side-by-side comparison of the
  two cameras.
• Note You can also compare lenses side-by-side as
  well.

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Comparing the D5500 and EOS 750D on dpreview.com
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3. NORTHRUP.PHOTO

• This next website is owned by a photographer
  couple named Chelsea and Tony Northrup. I first
  found out about this website through their
  YouTube page here. I was searching for a guide to
  using my Nikon D5500 that time and one of their
  tutorials came up. I didnt like to read the
  manual (if you do, great job) so I watched
  their video maybe a couple of times and it got me
  to familiarize my self with my camera. I was then
  out and about shooting pictures after that.

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3. NORTHRUP.PHOTO

• I was so impressed with the training video on the
  Nikon D5500 that I started to explore their
  YouTube channel which also got me to their
  website. Before we discuss their website, lets
  talk about their very useful YouTube videos first.

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3. NORTHRUP.PHOTO

• Ever got annoyed when some YouTube video titles
  are misleading you? Like they say that it is
  a how to for something but most of what they do
  is advertise their product or talk nonsense that
  the real essence of the video which is a how
  to is not there anymore. Ive seen a YouTube
  channel where 4 minutes would be allotted to
  non-sense humor and the only 1 minute (which is
  not continuously played) is about the how to.
  That means if all you wanted was to learn
  something, you just wasted 4 minutes of your time.

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3. NORTHRUP.PHOTO

• The Tony Northrup YouTube channel is for the
  people who have a lot of things to do and has no
  time for non-sense. They give you what you want
  in the shortest time possible with their
  advertisement for their book in-between. They
  also advertise their book a lot in-between their
  videos but I guess they have the right to because
  their books are awesome.

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3. NORTHRUP.PHOTO

• If you are just starting out, I suggest you take
  a look at buying their book because you have many
  options around it. You can buy their
  book Stunning Digital Photography or bundle it
  with a book on Lightroom, Photoshop, and
  a Photography Buying Guide. You can choose
  between a hard copy which is more expensive or
  you can have the ebook which has a big plus and
  that is it gets updated every time something new
  comes up.

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3. NORTHRUP.PHOTO

• The website is full of photography reading
  resources too as they feature content from the
  couple themselves or from other photographers as
  well so you get different view points.

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Screen Grab from Tony Northrups YouTube page and
website.
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4. FROKNOWSPHOTO.COM

• I also found this next website through their
  YouTube page. I really liked this guy here
  because of the attitude he shows in his videos.
  He is funny but straight-to-the-point funny. He
  jokes and mocks around but he gets the job done
  and that is to give you cool tips and tricks in
  photography.

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4. FROKNOWSPHOTO.COM

• Mr. FroKnowsPhoto or Jared Polin is known for his
  Afro style hair. His logo is the one where there
  is a guy with an Afro with a fork-like comb on
  the top right of the logo. His YouTube page is
  very helpful to new photographers especially if
  you are one looking for humor as well. The
  channel itself is full of useful playlists which
  you can just go and watch for hours. The
  FroKnowsPhoto channel is under the name Jared
  Polin so dont get confused.

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4. FROKNOWSPHOTO.COM

• Now, lets go to the website froknowsphoto.com.
  Through the website, you can browse through
  his Shows, Collections, and Guides. His shows
  include 5 Min Portrait which is basically a guide
  on taking portraits or different kinds of shots
  but its not 5 minutes long. Most of them are
  more than half an hour but it tells you how to
  get the shots in a practical way. He shoots the
  photos themselves and shows how they will look at
  the same time. Other shows include Quick Tips,
  Real World Review, and Rapid Critique.

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4. FROKNOWSPHOTO.COM

• The thing that really held me to this website as
  a new photographer were the user guides he had
  and happily it included the Nikon D5500 which is
  the camera I have. It was a great way to learn
  how to use my new camera as I was beginning to
  know more about it. Check out the guides he
  has here.

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4. FROKNOWSPHOTO.COM

• Like every other famous photographer, he also has
  a store. He is famous for wearing different
  colored shirts and other accessories which says
  I SHOOT RAW.

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Screen Grab from FroKnowsPhoto.coms home page.
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As a beginner in any craft, we are faced with
tons of questions but it is up to us to seek the
answers to all of them.
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5. FSTOPPERS.COM

• Fstoppers is a great website for new and advanced
  photographers. This website keeps up-to-date with
  the latest photography story out there from the
  most recently released camera to the newest tip
  on the block.

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5. FSTOPPERS.COM

• The tips and how-tos they offer are very broad
  and enlightening. They have thousands of articles
  available for you to read your day away or you
  can stop by their store to check out their
  photography tutorials and accessories. They also
  have a huge community of photographers for those
  who are interested in becoming involved and share
  their photos. Your photo can also be featured on
  the front page if its that good.

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5. FSTOPPERS.COM

• One of the things you could also do on this
  website is to join groups. If you are new and you
  are somehow already interested in focusing on
  just one aspect/specialty in photography, then
  you could join one or multiple groups here that
  peak your interests.  Like me, I am interested in
  macro photography so it led me to join the macro
  group.

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Screengrab from Fstoppers.coms home page.
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5 Great Websites for New Photographers

• Ive read many articles and a handful of books
  and not all of them have the same concept. There
  are thousands of resources out there in the web
  and in your public library even about digital
  photography but its up for you to decide
  whichever suits your needs best. One can help you
  out greatly or others may just waste your time
  selling their products to you.

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5 Great Websites for New Photographers

• Always think of what theyre saying in their
  articles and books and dont just believe in only
  one of them. You have to broaden your horizon and
  resources. One example of why this is what you
  should do is this One of the photographers I
  was following said that you can change your DSLR
  lens without turning of the camera while the
  other said to turn it off while changing lens.
  The correct and safe way to do it is to turn the
  camera off when changing lenses because while the
  camera is on, static can affect camera sensor
  which in turn will attract dust or other
  particles.

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5 Great Websites for New Photographers

• Whether youre new to photography or an amateur
  user, I hope these 5 Great Websites for New
  Photographers post helped you out.

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