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A collection of information about photography organized by questions. This is a living document and is constantly being edited. If you find a link that does not work, please post and I will fix it with a new article.

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Didn't I already start this? Its a sticky, too.

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John,

I don't know if I am abusing the board or not, but I am really putting this thread together for my class I am teaching, following the points that I am making in that order. I can't see making a power point presentation for them when all of this information is online. By putting together a list of sites that are accessible in the order in which I am presenting them in my beginner photography class, it will be helpful. I suppose I could just do this on my own website, but I also want them to get used to accessing the Camel.
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As a forum, this topic is going to drop off the first page and eventually go altogether depending on the archive settings here. Wouldn't you be better off creating a special page on your website and linking back to PC from there?
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I'm in Kelly's (is that a boys name) class and this has been very usefull for us I would hope ya'll would let this post run untill the end of next week. thanks, also I might add that the photography on this site is outstanding!!
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Brian, I am going to put a page on my website, but for now, it is kind of nice to promote the Camel.
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Thanks Gator! I am afraid that some of the things we talked about were too deep and I was losing a few people, but we got back on track when we started talking white space and composition.
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Class is today, which means I will have ten more folks signing up for the Camel, and I also just wanted to push this thread to the top so they could find it more easily. Thank you for your continued understanding.
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Kelly,

This is awesome!! It's great to have all this info so well organized in 1 location

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Throwing this up to the top of the thread so we can use it tonight.
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I have not yet read all of the articles but Im already finding this primer handy and I have book marked it for future reference. This should be a must-read for novices - including myself. Thanks to whomever started this post!
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Thanks Dixie! I am glad to know that it has come in handy.
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It's great to have all this info so well organized in one location . I'v book marked it for future reference.

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Very happy you found the post!
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Nice of you to post all of this. Thanks. Dan F.
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Thanks a lot, this is going to be a nice tutorial for your our photography related questions.
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You are welcome. I am glad you found it helpful. Thanks for the Karma!
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Thanks for this. Very helpful
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Glad you found it helpful Joel. I use it for my photography class. Easy to organize. They have access to it at home, and it promotes visiting the Camel.


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