This group is for all of us self taught photographers who did not learn how to photograph through any formal classes. It is ok if you have taken one since, but this is more for those of us who just jumped on in. Here is a list of our main threads Special Threads Charitable Photographic project General resource index Lighting resources index Professional Interest Starting up your own business Pricing and valuing your work More pricing debate Shopping Online and how to stay safe A word of warning for prospective startups Turning pro as a second career Marketing and Publicity Skills and technique A rather interesting article on composition How to use colour with impact A Crash Course on Portait lighting Lighting like Avedon Book recommendations Tricks and cheats Approaching people on the street What I learned while shooting a wedding Technology and how to use it Image cataloging and workflow Screen Calibration Rescuing images from card Storage, backups General discussions and debate The Flickr community, a guide for new users Will technology kill the photographer? Creativity can it be learnt? Has digital devaluated photography? Photoshop: Use vs. Abuse We're photographers, why don't we... Does fitness/health matter? How do you know if you have an eye for photography? The Studio Disease Is Flickr Really For Photographers? Can you spend too much time thinking about photography? Quotes by or about photographers The educated Do you really think you know the result beforehand? Do you have to explain why you're carrying a camera?