Photography: Reference & Fundamentals

Photography knowledge directly applicable to 3D lighting and composition.

• /r/FOSSPhotography. Reddit community on free open-source software for photography.
• B&H Explora Photography. Deep technical articles on lighting modifiers and color temperature.
• Cambridge in Colour. Photography tutorials on exposure, color, and composition.
• Femto-Photography: Visualizing Photons in Motion at a Trillion Frames Per Second. Raskar et al., SIGGRAPH 2012.
• Fstoppers Education. Studio lighting, portrait ratios, product photography.
• Gavin Hoey (Adorama). Studio lighting tutorials with setup diagrams.
• Open Source Photography Community on Google+. Open-source photography community on Google+.
• PIXLS.US. Community for tutorials and workflows on high-quality photography with free-software tools.
• Strobist Lighting 101. Definitive free course on shaping light (directly applicable to 3D lighting).
• Workphlo. Studio product photography lighting breakdowns with placement diagrams.