Best sites for Camera Reviews & Digital Imaging Reference

Photography Resources for - Analog Photography (wet baised)

Photo Stores & Labs

Photographer sites to visit

The Lens Deconstructed

Foundation for California Community Colleges – a source for discount Software
Foundation for Community Colleges Photo Contest - June 2009

Metadata and file management:

• UPDIG: universal photographic digital imaging guidelines
• about metadata: blog from UC Davis
• controlledvocabulary.com

photoshopnews.com – a portal for digital photographers

Carbonite: Backup Solution

pinhole resource

Infrared:

• Information for converting camera 
• Slideshow - carl Schofield
• Potential Cameras 
• Infrared Conversion Supplies

HDR:

• HDR (examples)
• HDR - Photomatix software
• HDR - Technique on YouTube

How to Shoot Fireworks - pdf

Portraiture:

• Hanson Fong - wedding / portraits
• Chris Macke - portraits / nice examples
• Joanna Kustra - Portraits with cool costumes
• Clothing suggestions for portraits
• Environmental Portraits 
• Posing Hand in Portraits
• Framing a Portrait
• Film Noir set up with multiple flash attachments

organizations:

• NAPP - national association of photoshop professionals
• ASMP - american society of media photographers san diego

lighting tips and techniques:

• Basics of Flash: Canon Digital Photography Forums
• On-camera flash modifiers: Shutterbug
• strobist - lighting tutorials, video and other info 
• Fill-Flash use with Canon EOS cameras and speedlites
• DIYPhotogrpahy.net - Beauty Dish
• Fill-Flash - Canon Site  
• A Community of Photographers - forums and info 

photoshop / photo techniques training:

• lynda.com
• Ben Wilmore
• photoshop tutorials @ photoshopsupport.com
• Techniques & tutorials with Photoshop
• 7 Photography Questions - Podcast#33
• Movie Tutorials: CMS, CMS Defined, Photoshop Color Set-up, Profile Mismatch
  

photo galleries & museums and resources:

• MOPA - museum of photographic arts, san diego
• CMP - california museum of photography, riverside
• George Eastman House
• Oswald Gallery
• Online listing of California Galleries
• Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
• Ordover Gallery - classic landscapes
• viiphoto - photojournalist's agency 

Digital Photography Directory - resources and career info

practical / useful:

how to clean your sensor (use caution)