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Calling ALL TP Members, we need your thoughts, ideas and input to help make the tutorial section of the forum an extensive and invaluable resource for the whole forum. As mentioned before Christmas, the point of this thread is twofold - to find out what sort of guides, tutorials and articles people would like to see in the section and also find people that would be willing to write them. The old threads have been sifted through, sorted and all moved to the TUTORIAL SECTION - you can see the link to it in the darker menu bar at the top of the page.
What you need to know
1 - How it works. Anyone can write an article for the section and submit it. Each article creates two things - a full article in that section, plus an attached discussion thread which will automatically be assigned to the relevant forum area in most cases. However, where appropriate, certain discussions will be moved to more specific areas, particularly those that default to Talk Photography discussion forum from the Photography Technique Tutorial category, as they may be better in Talk Landscapes, Talk Film, or what ever it is. If you do submit a tutorial and you think a move is required, just contact us in the usual ways and it shall be done.
2 - What is the point of this thread? In here you can add thoughts and ideas on the sort of things you would like to see in there, whether it is answers to often repeated questions, a guide to something you struggle to understand, etc. Please have a look first though and make sure such an article doesn't already exist. We know lots of people like to post reviews of equipment, books, etc and we are hoping to add a further section later in the year specifically for these, but for now, this is about asking for, and offering your knowledge and expertise for everyone on the forum to read and hopefully find useful.
3 - a few things to note
There are already a lot of guides/articles in there, so do have a good look through and check what you are looking for, or thinking of writing, doesn't already exist.
All good information contains graphic as well as written content, so please consider this if you are going to write something and any images should be loaded initially to your TP gallery space, so they can be backed up and maintained.
For the avoidance of any doubt, authors retain the copyright on any submitted articles, but by submitting an article you are granting TalkPhotography a non exclusive right to use that article & associated graphics/photos as part of the forum for as long as the administrators see fit. No articles will be sold or used for commercial gain without the authors express permission, however extracts may be used to promote the Talk Photography forum on other media.
4 - So what is needed?
Below is a starter list of thoughts and ideas, under the relevant Section headings, and we are looking to add to the list and find people willing to volunteer their services to provide the articles [this can be done either by posting here in the thread, or contacting the staff team, just to make sure the same thing hasn't already been volunteered and in progress]. As good as the TP staff are, they cannot do all of it and a forum should involve all members in making it a great resource for everyone. Ideas will be added to the list as they are discussed.
Jargon - the photography world is full of jargon, acronyms and general technical waffle. If you are writing an article, remember the level you are aiming at [beginner, intermediate, advanced] and never assume someone will understand what you mean, always give a brief explanation of a technical word or phrase, especially for beginners.
The List
Photography Technique
Pet/Captive Animal portraits/action shots
Lighting from built in flash up to octabox, through all the various modifiers - volunteered, PhilV
Photography Equipment
Prime and zoom lenses, what are they and pros/cons of each
Processing & Editing
How to resize a photo - various editing programs
Computer Specs for modern editing, Mac and PC - updatable as required
Computer Monitors for editing, understand the numbers and fancy words
Comprehensive list of editing programs available, both free and paid for.
Business & Commercial
List of printers, pro-labs, album suppliers, etc
List of insurance companies and what to insure
Advice on portfolio building for various genre
Taking credit/debit card payments
Others
List of data rescue programs, for PC and Mac
Forum How To's
How to start/send a private message [conversation]
What you need to know
1 - How it works. Anyone can write an article for the section and submit it. Each article creates two things - a full article in that section, plus an attached discussion thread which will automatically be assigned to the relevant forum area in most cases. However, where appropriate, certain discussions will be moved to more specific areas, particularly those that default to Talk Photography discussion forum from the Photography Technique Tutorial category, as they may be better in Talk Landscapes, Talk Film, or what ever it is. If you do submit a tutorial and you think a move is required, just contact us in the usual ways and it shall be done.
2 - What is the point of this thread? In here you can add thoughts and ideas on the sort of things you would like to see in there, whether it is answers to often repeated questions, a guide to something you struggle to understand, etc. Please have a look first though and make sure such an article doesn't already exist. We know lots of people like to post reviews of equipment, books, etc and we are hoping to add a further section later in the year specifically for these, but for now, this is about asking for, and offering your knowledge and expertise for everyone on the forum to read and hopefully find useful.
3 - a few things to note
There are already a lot of guides/articles in there, so do have a good look through and check what you are looking for, or thinking of writing, doesn't already exist.
All good information contains graphic as well as written content, so please consider this if you are going to write something and any images should be loaded initially to your TP gallery space, so they can be backed up and maintained.
For the avoidance of any doubt, authors retain the copyright on any submitted articles, but by submitting an article you are granting TalkPhotography a non exclusive right to use that article & associated graphics/photos as part of the forum for as long as the administrators see fit. No articles will be sold or used for commercial gain without the authors express permission, however extracts may be used to promote the Talk Photography forum on other media.
4 - So what is needed?
Below is a starter list of thoughts and ideas, under the relevant Section headings, and we are looking to add to the list and find people willing to volunteer their services to provide the articles [this can be done either by posting here in the thread, or contacting the staff team, just to make sure the same thing hasn't already been volunteered and in progress]. As good as the TP staff are, they cannot do all of it and a forum should involve all members in making it a great resource for everyone. Ideas will be added to the list as they are discussed.
Jargon - the photography world is full of jargon, acronyms and general technical waffle. If you are writing an article, remember the level you are aiming at [beginner, intermediate, advanced] and never assume someone will understand what you mean, always give a brief explanation of a technical word or phrase, especially for beginners.
The List
Photography Technique
Pet/Captive Animal portraits/action shots
Lighting from built in flash up to octabox, through all the various modifiers - volunteered, PhilV
Photography Equipment
Prime and zoom lenses, what are they and pros/cons of each
Processing & Editing
How to resize a photo - various editing programs
Computer Specs for modern editing, Mac and PC - updatable as required
Computer Monitors for editing, understand the numbers and fancy words
Comprehensive list of editing programs available, both free and paid for.
Business & Commercial
List of printers, pro-labs, album suppliers, etc
List of insurance companies and what to insure
Advice on portfolio building for various genre
Taking credit/debit card payments
Others
List of data rescue programs, for PC and Mac
Forum How To's
How to start/send a private message [conversation]
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