Photography Links
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Links that lead to off-site pages about photography. For links for hosting/storing photos online, see Communicating Links.
- Digital Photography
- Photography Equipment
- Stock Photography and Images
- Wikipedia on Photography
- Miscellany
Digital Photography
- Amazon's Digital Camera Buying Guide
- Digital Photography Tutorials [CambridgeInColour.com/tutorials.htm]
- Glossary of Common Digital Photography Terms
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Image Resolution, size, and compression: What does it really mean?
- Pixels to Pictures
- Steves-DigiCams.com. "The consumer's best source of digital camera information and news".
Photography Equipment
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CalumetPhoto.com. "Serving Photographers for Over 60 Years". An excellent international photographer's resource. They even have a store in Chicago:
- 1111 N Cherry St., Chicago, IL 60622, M-F 8:30-5:30, 312-440-4920
- BHPhotoVideo.com
- Fletch.com. 'Film and video equipment. Sales and rental catalog'
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HelixCamera.com. Chicago based! Here are some of the stores:
- 310 S. Racine, M-F 8:30-5, Sa 9-5. Their main store.
- 1205 W. Jackson, M-F 8-5:30, Sa 9-2:30
- 233 N. Michigan, M-F 8-5
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WolfCamera.com. Aka Ritz Camera. 9 locations in Chicago alone. Here are some of their stores.
- 2830 N. Broadway, 773-248-4308.
- 1919 N. Clybourn, M-F 9-7, Sa 10-5, Su 11-5, 773-528-5585.
- 2368 N. Clark (& Fullerton), 773-348-5482. They can develop with borders and matt finishes.
Stock Photography and Images
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Free
- AarinFreePhoto.com
- AnimatedGIF.net
- Awesome Clip Art. Free clip art.
- ArtSIG.com. By amateur enthusiasts.
- BigPhoto.com
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Blog-style buttons
- GTMcKnight.com/Buttons. Steal These Buttons!
- Kalsey.com/Tools/ButtonMaker.
- CoolArchive.com. Free fonts, icons, etc.
- Creativity 103 [http://westwood.fortunecity.com/creativity/103/]
- FreeFoto.com
- FreeImages.co.uk. Free stock photos but you do have to register.
- FreeStockPhotos.com
- Free-Stock-Photos.com
- GeekPhilosopher.com/MainPage/photos.htm
- http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Tech/desktop-images.html. 2560x1024 images, esp. NASA and space shots.
- IconsPlus.com.
- ImageAfter.com
- MacDesktops.com.
- MorgueFile.com.
- OpenPhoto.net
- PhotoSIG.com. By amateur enthusiasts.
- PiotrPix.PiotrDesign.com
- PixelGirlPresents.com. Icons and desktop images.
- PixelPerfectDigital.com.
- Public Domain Pictures.
- StockVault.net
- SXC.hu.
- TextureWarehouse.com
- Web2C.com. Primitive & annoying but it has free wallpapers.
- Web Graphics Archive.
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Commercial
- ArtToday.com. over 150 GB of graphics.
- Corbis.com. High quality commercial.
- FotoSearch.com. 'Royalty Free Stock Photos, Images, Illustrations'
- GettyImages.com. Licensed and royalty-free images from multiple vendors including the Bridgeman Art Library, Eyewire, and PhotoDisc.
- IStockPro.com. Stock photography, about $1 each. They have a nice feature where you can browse the photos by color and other means.
- MagnumPhotos.com. More artsy.
- PhotoSpin.com. Fluffier.
- WorkbookStock.com. Artsier.
Wikipedia on Photography
Miscellany
- "5 Things You Need to Know About SLR Lenses" [http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/379/]
- "Some Basic Elements of Photography" by Chuck Doswell. Formulas!
- About.com
- AMASci.com/miscon/lens1.html. 'A Lens Misconception'
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BobAtkins.com
- Brand Wars - choosing a system. An important issue because you need to buy lenses compatible with the system you choose. In brief the best systems by rank are: Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Pentax.
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Beginner's Guide to equipment purchasing. In brief:
- All together buy a $1000 system.
- AF (Auto Focus) 35 mm film camera. $300-500
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Lens
- Wide angle zoom lens. 28 mm to 70 or 105 mm. 3.5-4.5. $200-300
- Telephoto zoom lens. 70 or 100 mm to 300 mm. 4-5.6.$200-300
- [I would suggest throwing in a fixed 24 mm lens for landscapes $100-200]
- Lens hoods for each lens.
- Tripod. 3-4 lbs. Use Bogen or Gitzo brands. $100-200
- 2 element, close-up diopter to fit the telephoto zoom for macro work
- A remote release
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Filters. Use Tiffen or Hoya brands. (@$15):
- A circular polarizer. $35
- A warmer. 81A, 81B or 812. $15
- A UV filter
- A bag
- Canon EOS FAQ
- CTLow.ca/Photo. 'Photography by Charles T. Low'
- DigitalArtForm.com/lenses.htm. Very good.
- Digital Photography Composition Tips
- Digital Photography Review [dpreview.com].
- DonaldMcKay.com/mainSections/big-question.htm. 'What, exactly, is the meaning of the term "f-stop"?'
- ePhotozine.com
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FotoLog.net.
- 'Fotolog.net is a website that lets you easily put your digital photos on the web in a daily log format. If friends/family have their own Fotologs, you can see everyone's latest photos on one page and link back and forth to each other. And, you can comment in each other's guest books.'
- Even if you don't use FotoLog.net to make a photo log, it still has a lot of potentially interesting images.
- Hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/MiriamJanove.shtml. "Focal Length of a Camera Lens"
- largeformatphotography.info. 'Non-commercial community of large format photographers, includes a repository of primers, how-to articles, user's reviews of equipment, and an active discussion forum.'
- LibArts.ucok.edu/journalism/Basicphoto.html
- Luminous-Landscape.com/tutorials/index.shtml. Lots of tutorials.
- Norman Karen Photography [NormanKaren.com]. Including a tutorial.
- Photo.net. Info on photography and gear, photo sharing, tutorials, forums, etc.
- PDNOnline.com. 'Photo District News (PDN), the award-winning monthly magazine for the professional photographer, has been covering the professional photographic industry for over two decades [ref 2004]. Every month, PDN delivers unbiased news and analysis, interviews, and portfolios of the latest photographic work. PDN delivers the information photographers need to survive in a competitive business - from marketing and business advice to legal issues, photographic techniques, new technologies, and more.'
- PhotographersIndex.com. Photographers can list themselves here.
- PhotoSIG.com. Photo Special Interest Group is 'a community of photographers and photography enthusiasts, ranging from amateurs to working professionals. photoSIG members may critique photos that have been submitted by other users and may also submit their own photos for review by the community.'
- SCPhoto.com. A nice course at Santa Cruz High School
- TimeBanditPhoto.com/photography.htm. Simple but concise.
- Vanwalree.com/optics.html. 'Here is a collection of illustrated articles on the chief causes of image degradation in photography. Currently available pages can be accessed via hyperlinks. The reader should keep in mind that the articles are more about principles of photographic optics rather than tests of specific lenses. '
- Visual-Media.be. 'A History Of Visual Media'
- worth1000.com. Mostly Photshop hacked images.
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