Photographic Associations
VAPS Victorian Association of Photographic Societies
APJA Australian Photographic Judges Association
APS Australian Photographic Society
APS YouTube some useful videos here
FIAP International Federation of Photographic Art
The FIAP Official Book Read it if you can!
PSA Photographic Society of America (IPS is a club member of PSA)
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Online Documents
Beginner to Intermediate
Practice, Practice, Practice
Photography Basics by Ed Major
Things I Need to Understand About Photography
50 tips for beginners
Advanced
The Aesthetics of Photography Emma Gillette
Quotes for Photographers PetaPixel article
Photography as Art Mark Greenland 2018
Criticising Photographs Terry Barrett
Photography David Bate
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Lightroom & Photoshop
Lightroom Tutorials from PACC
Intermediate Photoshop Geoff Shaw WCC
A Beginner’s Guide to Photoshop
Useful Add-Ons to Photoshop
Competing & Judging
Why Compete?
How to Win Photo Contests
What Judges Are Looking For Vicki Moritz WCC
Self-assessing your photographs
Critiquing photographs
Judges Manual Northern California Council of Camera Clubs
WAPJA Resources WA Photographic Judges Association
Judging Poor Pictures Chris Forster
What to Look for in a Print Competition Tim Matheisen
Resizing Your Images Roy Killen
Set-Subject Resources
Folio of a Theme Emma Gillette
Nature David Sumner WCC
Macro & Close-Up Photography Dale Murphy
Street Photography Lyn Haywood
WCC Macro Workshop
Landscape Photography Notes by Nick Jenkins
Exhibitions and Honours
Exhibitions and Honours Bronwyn Casey WCC 2017
Honours in Photography Dale Murphy
Legal
Photographer Rights Andrew Nemeth (written for NSW, but applicable in Victoria)
Street photographers rights by the Art Law Centre of Australia
Magazines
Australasian Photo-Review 1899-1954
Australian National Archives copies of this amazing
early photographic magazine.
FIAP International Federation for Photographic Art
Helpful Online Photography Links
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Colour, Printing & Displays
Videos
Using a Commercial Printer by Phlearn
Color Spaces an elegant video from Forrest Tanaka
More on Color Spaces by Sid Vasandi (he has several videos)
Articles
Buying a Computer Monitor by Dale Murphy
Colour Theory and the Colour Wheel
Monitors and the Colour Gamut by Eizo
Choosing a Monitor a very good summary
Check Your Monitor useful test images
Article on Colour Space
Websites
Cambridge in Colour excellent information and tutorials
Adam Marelli Tips & Tricks great photographic art tips
Picture.com tips
Artist Statement Guidelines
Titling an Image
20 Composition Tips
Social Media Image Sizes by Mitchell Cruickshank
r/photography interesting discussions on a range of topics
r/photocritique read critiques of images here
Online Videos
Beginner
Chris Bray’s 10 Video Photography Course
Chris is a photographer for the Australian Geographic Magazine. He has a pleasant and clear presentation style covering all you need to know to take great photos. This course is well suited to the beginner.
Composition Tips Nemanja Sekulic
The #1 Composition Rule You Cannot Break by artist
Ian Roberts
Beginning Photography Fundamentals a 6 hour training video by Tony Northrup. The Northrups have the largest following of all the photography commentators on YouTube.
Intermediate
Adam Williams: The Perfect Composition
Harvard’s Exposing Digital Photography Course Details of Harvard’s online 12 week course in digital photography with links (scroll down) to all the online videos.
Jamie Windsor Jamie is a popular commentator on YouTube who has an art background and gives wonderful insights into photography as an artform.
Sean Tucker Sean is also a UK-based commentator on the art of photography. Intellectual.
Advanced Technical
Marc LeVoy’s 18 Lectures on Photography
Course content
Mark is a Professor in Computational Photography at Stanford University and also a Principal Engineer at Google, responsible for all computational photography aspects of Google’s Pixel phones. His Stanford photography lectures delivered at Google are probably the best series of lectures on photography available anywhere. This series is quite advanced and very technical, but also covers relevant aspects of the history of art and photography.
Advanced Artistic
Bridging the Gap: Classical Art Designed for Photographers Adam Marelli
Learn the Language of Photography Through Critique
Eileen Rafferty
The Art of the Image Art Wolfe
Starting a Photography Business
https://www.simplifyllc.com/ideas/how-to-start-a-photography-business/