Updated on March 9, 2017
Students can develop their photographic skills with the help of these websites and apps. They provide lessons on composing a picture, lighting, digital editing, special effects, and black room development techniques.
From site: Paint.NET is free image and photo editing for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An…
From site: Welcome to the morguefile classroom. Do you want to learn the basics of photography or improve certain camera skills? Do you wish to contribute to a growing knowledge base for photo enthusiast. With the morguefile photography classroom you…
From site: Welcome to Digital Photography School a website with simple tips to help digital camera owners get the most out of their cameras. This School is not a formal one by any means. There are no classes, no…
From site: The SimCam is an online camera simulator designed to teach basic photographic principles. Whether you are interested in film or digital photography, the concepts are the same. Shutter and Aperture Basic f-stop and shutter – Adjust the camera…
From site: We bill ourselves as “A Museum Without Walls… For An Art Without Boundaries.” Even though we have no walls, we do have “floors,” separate areas for different activities. At the bottom of most pages, you’ll find a navigation…
From site: GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint…
From site: PHOTO OP is a two-part interactive activity that introduces you to digital photography and digital photo editing. Use the virtual camera to create snapshots and explore lighting, focus, shutter speed, and compositional effects. After you have taken some photos,…
This lesson for middle school students is designed to help them understand the principles and elements of composition – Balance. Emphasis. Movement. Unity. and Repetition – and use them in their own images. From a historic perspective, photographs help students…
Explore the basic functions of a digital camera, and learn how to slightly adjust the way you see the world to get some amazing images. Along the way, learn about lighting and composition. Free registration required.
On this site, students can create virtual photogram art. Photograms are created by placing objects on light-sensitive paper in darkrooms, exposing them to light and developing them.
The Library’s daguerreotype collection consists of more than 725 photographs dating from 1839 to 1864. Portrait daguerreotypes produced by the Mathew Brady studio make up the major portion of the collection. The collection also includes early architectural views by John…
This is a pared down free web version of Photoshop software that lets you edit, crop and add special effects to your pictures. You can create photo albums online and share them, as well as browse the albums and photos of…