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some handy photography links to other websites
see also:
looking for photos on the web or a place to host your photos, then check these links out:
online digital photo storage for travellers
freelance photographic models, photographers, and stylists online databases, galleries,etc:
online photography forums:
- sportsshooter.com - sports photographers - mainly using Canon
- photography-on-the.net - Canon digital photography forum
- Total Image - Australian forum
- Yahoo groups:
- MyOlympus - Olympus prosumer digital camera forum
- Digital-astro - astrophotography using digital SLR cameras
photography information, tips or tutorial blogs:
- http://blogs.photopreneur.com/ - tips on how to make money from your photography
- http://strobist.blogspot.com/ - novel solutions and tips for flash photography
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- a humorous blog here demonstrating the farcical nature of photography criticism
- http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/07/87-great-photography-blogs-and-feeds/ - list of blogs and feeds
film photography blogs
online photography tutorials:
- camera and accessories manuals:
- Stephen Eastwood - fashion lighting tips
- Nigel Holme's online tutorials - must pay $US25 to become a member - have not tried it personally.
- photography basics:
- photographic composition:
- Phil Douglis - expressive travel photography tutorial
- butterflies:
- flowers:
- jewelry:
- water droplets:
- fireworks:
- Fun with sparklers - try f/5.6, ISO 100, 8 secs and rear curtain flash.
- lightning:
- lightning safety:
- do NOT attempt to shoot lightning unless you are inside a house with walls, plumbing and wiring, or inside a hard topped car not touching anything metal connected to the car or house - all other situations are potentially lethal within 8 miles of a storm.
- time lapse photography:
- abstract smoke photos:
- cross-polarisation photography:
- moonlight photography:
- real estate photography:
- concert photography:
- general advice:
- don't be annoying
- lens hood to avoid excessive flare
- wide aperture lenses such as 50mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.8, 135mm f/2.0, 70-200mm f/2.8 for full frame cameras
- camera with spot metering and good performance at high ISO
- image stabiliser if possible as often using shutter speeds of 1/125th sec.
- timing is important, watch for patterns/sequences of lighting, moving away from an obscuring microphone, etc
- no flash allowed:
- use ISO 800-3200 if gives reasonable noise results - usually 1600 but lower if you want some movement with longer shutter speeds such as 1/15th sec (with image stabiliser).
- manual exposure and focus (lock AF) as light levels may be too low for timely AF
- tungsten WB usually
- flash allowed:
- use of Slow Sync - 1st sync to capture face in light vs 2nd sync to capture movement across a stage;
- relatively wide aperture for narrow DOF thus low ISO 100-400 at ~1/8th sec;
- use it sparingly to avoid distracting performer and audience; consider Stofen diffuser / bounce flash;
- change the shape of your bokeh:
- how to make lenticular images:
- how to photograph birds in flight:
- food photography:
- Phase One magazine:
- cleaning your camera sensor:
- creating a 100% crop for display on the web:
- wedding photography:
- making your own passport photos:
- Australian Govt passport photo guidelines - Note : Australian passport photo head size is smaller than the UK
- using Photoshop to resize your photos:
online photography / design schools:
- design-training.com - online photography and interior, fashion & graphic design schools
photography calculators:
- f/calc - calculator for Win/Mac/PalmOS
- calculator links:
online camera reviews:
- Digital Photography Review and photography forums - has up to date news for the photography world & detailed reviews
- DxOMark - camera sensor testing - dynamic range, etc.
- Pixel-Peeper - finds full res. images by lens on Flickr, also has an historical Ebay price charting facility.
- Imaging resource - compare images from different cameras
manufacturers websites:
- Olympus:
- MyOlympus.org - Olympus users galleries, tips, forums, etc
- MyFourThirds - digital SLR's based on four thirds sensor format (eg. Olympus E series) - users galleries, tips, forums, etc
- Canon:
- Nikon:
- Fujifilm - data sheets for Fuji films
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- Gitzo tripods - new 6x carbon fibre Imm -17% lighter than 1.5mm
- Camera Armor - rubber protectors for your Canon or Nikon dSLRs
- reallyrightstuff.com - tripod heads, panorama tools, etc
camera clubs and networks:
- Australian Commercial & Media Photographers (ACMP) - est. 1991; if > 2yrs fulltime professional career;
- Australian Photographic Society - est. 1962; magazines: Image and Australian Photography included in $80/yr membership
- Victorian Association of Photographic Societies - has details of all camera clubs in Vic.
- Corio Bay Camera Club - north Geelong
- Geelong camera club - south Geelong
- Kommune photography/art school - workshops and studio hire
- Western Region Arts Network (WRAN) - western suburban network for artists & photographers in Melbourne. est. 2006.
- photographers.com.au - voluntary listing of Australian photographers with a brief portfolio
photography book stores:
- The Printed Image Bookshop - thousands of photo books including rare ones. 232 Chapel St, Prahran, Vic.
- Bay Park Photos - online store (Sydney) - cameras, books (good prices), accessories
- CameraBooks.com - online camera book store based in Canada ship internationally
- Photographic Instruction Book Service - PO Box 17, Brighton Middle, 3186. ph: 9592-5577; fax: 9592-5566;
- Great Photo Books - Indiana based website of photography books
photography workshops:
- Richard White, Mansfield
- Centre for Contemporary Photography - 404 George St, Fitzroy. Gallery, resource & education centre. Weekend photo workshops $220.
- Brunswick Street Gallery - art nude workshops at a reasonable price
- John Mitchell photography - landscape photography half-day and full day one-on-one in NE Victoria's parks - highly recommended!
photography magazines:
- Photographic Trader - used camera trading magazine at newsagents
- McKeown's cameras & View Camera (large format cameras) at Mainline Photo (Sydney)
- Erotic and Art (European magazine)
photographic print / processing labs in Melbourne:
- online digital printing posting to Australia & Internationally:
- Digital Works - Hallam
- Moo.com - UK based company; packets of printed, laminated cards, etc.
- ink for digital printing:
- lab processing in Melbourne:
- Image Science - 14 Purcell St, Nth Melb (make an appointment before visiting ph:9348 9808):
- Lab X - St Kilda:
- Bond Imaging - Richmond - now mainly digital image printing.
- Prism Imaging - 504 Abbotsford St, Nth Melb 3051, 03 9326 6635
- comprehensive print and mounting service; 10% student discount;
- Vanbar - Nth Melb
- Fujimoto SHP5080 printer:
- up to 20“x30”, but max. jpeg size 6.5Mb
photographic galleries in Melbourne:
- see also links to art galleries
- Centre for Contemporary Photography - 404 George St, Fitzroy. Gallery, resource & education centre. Weekend photo workshops $220.
- Ballarat - Daylesford Foto Biennale - regional photography exhibition held every 2 yrs in September as from 2009.
photographic equipment and services expos:
photography album/folio suppliers and binders:
- Applied Leather Art - hand-crafted leather albums from Sydney
- Irwin & McLaren, 64 Cubitt St, Richmond ph: 9428 5829
- book binders, photo albums
- Whites Law Bindery, Caulfield South
self-publishing of photo books, calendars, etc:
- Lulu.com - online site allows you to self-publish photobooks, calendars, etc by generating a print-ready pdf
- Momento.com.au - create your own photo book using their free pdf tool & they will print, bind & deliver a book from it, and allow others to purchase it.
- Blurb - allows others to preview and purchase your book online if you wish
- My Reflections - Australian company - your book is not hosted on their website for sale to others
- PhotoBooksWA - Australian company - your book is not hosted on their website for sale to others - mainly hardback A4 books, plus calendars, posters, etc.
- AsukaBook - high end albums but must be ordered through professional photographers only
- Pikto - Canadian
- Happy Album.nl - Fotoboek
photographic digital manipulation services:
- PictureGraphs - Melbourne-based, consumer-oriented production of framed montage-type prints
photography imaging software:
general image editing software:
- ACDSee - nice image browser $US50 or $US130 for the pro version aimed at improving workflow for photographers.
- Breeze Browser Pro - $US35 - batch resizer; RAW processing;
- Faststone - freeware batch resizer, watermark insert;
Photoshop plugins:
- Optikverve Labs Virtual Photographer - a free must-have
- Harry's filters - more than 60 types of effects - free
- Xero - many free including one of my favourites - cyborg
- the Pluginsite - links to more
- Fred Miranda's:
- Stair Interpolation for creating large prints $US25
- DxO Filmpack - simulates film
noise reduction software:
- Noise Ninja - review here
- Noiseware - trial version places watermarked grids on image
sharpening software to replace USM:
- Photokit Sharpener from Pixel Genius
- see RAW files
EXIF image tag readers:
GPS data tagging software:
- see also GPS
panorama image stitching software:
- Panorama Factory - good automated stitcher, 30 day shareware.
- PanoTools - freeware but you need to do a lot of manual work. You can buy an interface for this at www.ptgui.com
- PanaVue Image Assembler - not freeware, but provides very high stitching accuracy and manual stitch point correction. Allows for vertical stitching of photo rows. Stitches individual photos with extremely size differences. Handles camera tilt in the elevation angle (deviation from the horizontal direction) - a feature most other stitchers do not have.
- PhotoVista - 30 day test version.
- http://autostitch.net/ - free demo version - fully automatic but jpegs only & not always get good results
- http://philohome.com/panorama.htm - also has robotic automated panorama heads
high dynamic range (HDR) image production and tone mapping
- Photomatrix or Photomatix - free basic version, but need pro version ($US99) to do tone mapping.
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- see tutorial here
depth of field adjustment:
- Helicon Focus - automatically stacks images taken with different focus points to generate an image with much greater DOF.
lens distortion correction:
- DxO Optics - remarkable software correction for lens aberrations for most Canon, Nikon, Fuji dSLRs - $US299
- reviews:
- PTlens:
- automatic correction for images with EXIF data of camera and lens which matches its database but RAW Shooter Essentials creates jpegs with EXIF data that is not expected by PTlens and thus such jpegs won't work unless you remove the added manufacturer name from the EXIF data of the camera.
- Photoshop
lens resolution, MTF and aberration testing:
- resolution testing charts:
- Stephen Westin's vector graphic chart - free - should be printed as large as possible (17×22 inches (A2) minimum; 24×26 inches (A1) if possible for 8+ megapixel cameras)
file recovery software for when you can't read your image files on your memory card:
batch stamping text onto images (eg. copyright, EXIF info):
- Irfanview via File>Batch Conversion>Advanved>Overlay
website photo gallery generation software:
- Through-the-lens gallery constructor - freeware, based on XML/XSL technology
- JAlbum - freeware, Java software but produces htmls for upload uses css & javascript.
- automatically creates folders and thumbnails which link to original jpgs which remain unaltered.
- various skins. Unfortunately, they now have annoying ads popup at the bottom.
- Menalto's Gallery - freeware php-based
- free php web content management systems:
- Zoomifyer - create images that user can zoom in/out
slideshow software:
printing software:
- see printing
examples of retouching model photos before and after for magazines:
software to control your camera while taking photos:
digital photo frames (LCD panels designed for displaying photos):
other photographic directories:
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