E-newsletter / video guides to photography equipment

Both Elinchrom and Lasolite offer video guides on how to get the most out of their products. They will send out an e-newsletter on new products and video instructions on how to get the most out of thm them.

http://www.elinchrom.com/gallery.php?tab=videos

http://www.lastoliteschoolofphotography.com/

Continous power fo Canon 600s/700s

The AC Adapter Kit ACK-E8 enables Canon 600s/700s to draw power directly from an AC power source. It is designed to supply uninterrupted power for your camera. Kit includes the AC adapter, DC coupler and power cord.

http://www.connscameras.ie/p/canon-ack-e8-ac-adapter-kit/4960999670799

Teaching Art

An interesting website about teaching art.
"This website has been created to help high school Art students excel. It contains ideas, help and guidance from students and teachers around the world."

http://www.studentartguide.com/

The content for I AM AN ARTIST has been created in consultation with Irish teachers. I AM AN ARTIST will support teachers and students in the adoption and delivery of the revised primary visual arts curriculum recently introduced in Ireland.
http://www.iamanartist.ie/index.aspx

Successful Soaking & Stretching of Paper

Two guides to stretching paper to prevent cockling.

http://www.stcuthbertsmill.com/advice-centre/?id=3

http://www.winsornewton.com/main.aspx?PageID=434

Mounting, Framing photographs

Two links to guidelines for framing/mounting your photographs.

http://www.reframingphotography.com/content/mounting-matting-and-framing

http://www.ilfordphoto.com/aboutus/page.asp?n=157

British Library release a million images

A million first steps

We have released over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books digitised by Microsoft who then generously gifted the scanned images to us, allowing us to release them back into the Public Domain.

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html


The images themselves are available at the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary

A million first steps

We have released over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books digitised by Microsoft who then generously gifted the scanned images to us, allowing us to release them back into the Public Domain.

- See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html#sthash.49UiZCbO.dpuf

Going Getty: How Much do Photographers Actually Make?

An interesting article from http://www.photographyblog.com/ about the possibilities of earning money from Getty Images, a stock photography agency.

Going Getty: How Much do Photographers Actually Make?

http://www.photographyblog.com/articles/going_getty_how_much_do_photographers_actually_make/

Stock Photography Earnings

http://www.all-things-photography.com/stock-photography-earnings.html  

Art in other institutions

Many institutions other than galleries and museums use art as a way to engage with the public. The Science Museum and The Freud Museum, both in London are examples of such institutions. Art is about the world we live in and the world in us: don't limit where you look for inspiration.

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/smap.aspx

http://www.freud.org.uk/exhibitions/archive/

https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/

Tom Keating On Painters - E01 - Turner

Tom Keating was a famous forger and art restorer. This is one of a series of programmes that were made in 1986/87 and released on VHS, but unfortunately not on DVD. It is wonderful to see someone so comfortable with their technique and so knowledgeable about the materials they are working with. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Keating

Lomokino

The Lomokino, shoots video on ordinary rolls of 35mm film with a little crank of a handle. Product details at the Lomo shop and samples at lomokino on tumblr. Links to both below.

http://shop.lomography.com/gb/lomokino

http://lomokino.tumblr.com/

Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom is a British filmmaker known for his DSLR filmmaking, blog and workshops. He has worked as a cinematographer for Lucasfilm,^[1] Sky and the BBC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Bloom_%28filmmaker%29

His website has very useful equipment reviews, video tutorials, and a forum for film makers.

http://philipbloom.net/

Free technical guides for artists

Both Winsor&Newton and Reeves have free downloadable pdf guides to various materials and techniques. These are available at the links below. Obviously these heavily emphasize their products but the information is still useful and can be applied to other brands.

http://www.winsornewton.com/resource-centre/the-oil-colour-book

http://www.reeves-art.com/guides-and-tips


This is a guide to historical painting techniques, materials and studio practice from The Getty Conservation Institute, http://www.getty.edu/conservation/index.html.  Although the guide is done through the prism of conservation, that requires a considerable understanding of the original process involved, which is well explained. They have many other documents available.
 
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/historical_paintings.html

Basic principles of oil painting

An excellent video from Winsor and Newton explaining some of the basic principles of oil painting. The original can be found on their website along with other useful information at the link below.

http://www.winsornewton.com/resource-centre/videos/techniques/