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The Ultimate Photography Resource Thread

Collection of websites for any camera user! :smile:

Camera Reviews

DPReview -“ comprehensive site with good reviews of compacts, DSLRs and lenses.

Cameras.co.uk -“ Another general review site.

SLR Gear - Specialist SLR website, numerous reviews for lenses, bodies and accessories.

Fredmiranda.com - Comprehensive guide to all things photography, good user reviews and thriving photography forum.

Lens reviews

Texas Photo Forum - Wide range of test shots from many lens and body combinations. All manufacturers.

Photography on the net - lens sample shots. Canon cameras and lenses only forum.

Photozone - Another good review site with news from the industry and guides for techniques.

Free Image Processing Software

GIMP -“ Highly regarded with many tools similar to Photoshop with none of the cost! Downloadable.

Photoshop Express -“ Photoshop online! Limited features but still offers enough tools for basic image manipulation. Online only.

Paint.net -“ Similar to GIMP but less comprehensive. Downloadable.

Photoshop Plugins - Site for Photoshop plugins!

Tutorials

Strobist - Blog about flashes, hints and tips for general flash use and off camera flash setups.

Geoff Lawrence - Site full of comprehensive tutorials and shooting tips. Also has a camera guide and post processing hints.

Depth of Field Calculator - Site with DOF equations and online calculator.

HDR Tutorial - Mainly aimed at Photomatix (includes a discount code!) but very good tutorial.

Photoshop Tutorial - To download - right click and save-as, do not left click.

Shopping

Warehouse Express -“ First port of call for all photography kit. Not the cheapest but the most comprehensive and with a very good reputation for top notch customer service.

Grays of Westminster -“ Extensive range of new and second hand Nikon gear.

Digitalrev -“ China based company, often with cheap prices but be aware of paying duty.

Camera Price Buster - Compare camera prices all over the net!

Photosharing sites

Flickr -“ The daddy of photosharing, sign up for free with 100MB upload limit per month.

TSR Flickr Page - For fun and frolics on Flickr. :biggrin:

Pbase -“ A more customiseable site than Flickr, only a trial version available for free but pro version is worth considering.

DeviantArt -“ A more arty site than Flickr, massive memberbase and access to numerous tutorials.

Photoprinting sites

In general photo printing sites are pretty similar, here are three of note which normally have offers on. Not just bog standard photo prints are offered either.

Truprint

Photobox

Snapfish

Other sites of note

Photojojo -“ Biweekly photography newsletter with fun things to do with your camera. Aimed at everyone whether you have a Kodak single use camera or a Nikon D3.

Ken Rockwell -“ Nikon guru; love him or hate him has a comprehensive selection of reviews of pretty much all Nikon products. Also contains general photography tips for anyone with a camera!

National Geographic Photography -“ Amazing range of photos from our natural world. Great to browse for inspiration or holiday destinations. :p:

Thanks for reading, hope you find it useful!

If anyone has any other good sites PM a Link and a description and I'll add them to the list. :^_^:

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Reply 1

omicronlyrae

does deviantART not get a mention? :puppyeyes:

Reply 2

inferiormadbeing

olileauk

does deviantART not get a mention? :puppyeyes:

Only if you sticky this. :p:

I don't know much about it to be honest. :redface:

PM me a link and a description and I shall whack it in. :^_^:

Reply 3

omicronlyrae

you don't know about deviantART?!

have a browse through mine and see how you would describe it - http://olileauk.deviantart.com

Reply 4

Stray_talk

Very snazzy and just what I need at this present time. Ta :biggrin:

Reply 5

floralpulp

Thank you! This shall come in handy one day. :smile:

Reply 6

inferiormadbeing

olileauk

you don't know about deviantART?!

have a browse through mine and see how you would describe it - http://olileauk.deviantart.com

I've heard of it but associate it more with art stuff than photography. I use Flickr and am considering a Pbase account.

Ill get it described and put in. :smile:

Reply 7

Stray_talk

This will be a sticky, right Oli? :p:

Reply 8

brak3n

To me DeviantArt has a higher standard and better community aspect than Flickr, but slower to navigate.
I have accounts on everything and maintain none of them :p:

Reply 9

inferiormadbeing

brak3n

To me DeviantArt has a higher standard and better community aspect than Flickr, but slower to navigate.
I have accounts on everything and maintain none of them :p:

When I looked at it it was very confusing to navigate. I preferred Flickr but then again that's what I am used to. :redface:

Reply 10

omicronlyrae

Stray_talk

This will be a sticky, right Oli? :p:

Yup.

Reply 11

inferiormadbeing

Yay. My first sticky. :proud:

Update. Added DeviantART last night and SLR Gear and Texas Photo Forum this morning.

Reply 12

snmichaels

Whoa, TPF is not a new site. That was a new feature on an old site. I would suggest that, as a lens sample gallery, it should be replaced by http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=141406, from Rob801.

Reply 13

Rob801

snmichaels

Might want to note that photography-on-the.net is a canon forum, so that thread only have lenses available in a canon mount (ie. no nikons).

Another site you should add is http://strobist.com, great resource for off-camera flash hints/tips.

Reply 14

inferiormadbeing

Rob801

Kk, I did look at that one but because it was only Canon decided it wasn't a good idea to put it in. However I did include Ken Rockwell so shall humbly add this one.