Links
to other Pro Photographers
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PhotoLinks.net is a vast network of professional photographers and related
organizations. IF you are looking for a specialist. A visit
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Photo Workshops
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Blue Ridge Work Shops
http://blueridgeworkshops.com/
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I have known Elliot Stern the owner of Blue Ridge workshops for
about 11 years
and he has been involved with photography for over 50 years. He is
a friend, a superb
teacher, and his company features some of the best lecturers in the
business.
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Photo Equipment Links
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Canon
www.canonusa.com |
These days I am a Canon Shooter. My bag includes 3 EOS film
and 3 EOS Digital SLR cameras, plus numerous flashes and lenses. It is
the number one choice for sports and aviation photographers every
where.
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Nikon
www.nikonusa.com |
If I didn't own a Canon,
I would very happily own a Nikon. Ever notice how many
wedding and
portrait
photographer's shoot Nikon? Ever wonder why? Quite
simply
Nikon's Speed Light flash system is the most accurate ever produced.
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Tamron Lenses
www.tamron.com
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I have owned several of their lenses over the years. Today their
17-50 2.8 lens
has become my first choice for a general purpose lens D/SLR Lens. It's light,
fast and covers
a very useable range. I also rather like their new 70-200 2.8 lens.
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Epson
www.epson.com
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My first choice for photo quality inkjet printers and scanners, and they have
been for the past 14 years. Presently four of their printers are hooked
up to my PC and a fifth is attached to my Mac. Additionally I also have two
of their scanners hooked up.
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LowePro Camera Bags
www.lowepro.com |
Most of my bags these days are LowePro. They are well designed and
extremely hard to to kill. I have had their bags buried
in soft sloppy
mud, doused and melted with jet fuel, and on one occasion even
dropped in
2 feet of water at the beach. Yet every time my gear made it
home safely.
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Tamrac Camera Bags
www.tamrac.com
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I am huge fan of the Tamrac roller bags. Unlike many other
camera bag
manufactures, their rollers are designed to be a rolling camera
bag. In addition
to their bags I am especially fond of the their N-45 and N-5059 leather
padded camera straps. These straps are on all my cameras, they
are light and very hard wearing.
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Think Tank Photo Bags
www.thinktankphoto.com
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Extremely well made with lots of refinements. Think Tank bags are
some of the
most innovative camera bags ever designed. I am big fan of their
Urban Disguise
series and they have with out a doubt the best Lap Top bag I have
every owned.
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SanDisk
www.sandisk.com
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The brand of compact
memory cards and card readers I use
most often. I prefer the Extreme III series myself. |
Bogen Photo Supports
www.bogenimaging.us/Jahia
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The Gitzo and Manfrotto lines are easily the most popular and well
made
Pro Tripods and lighting stands available today. Bogen also
distributes
several other very interesting lines of products.
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Nik Software
www.niksoftware.com
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Contrary to the popular belief they are not a part of Nikon.
However they did
write Nikon's Capture NX software. As well as quite a few Adobe
Photoshop plug
ins. I am especially fond of the new Viveza software. The also
feature many trial
versions of their titles.
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Adobe
www.adobe.com
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I presently use Adobe CS3, Elements 7 and Lightroom. However Adobe is the
parent company
that is responsible for a vast number of software titles that you may or
may not
even know that you use. I just wish I had the time and money
to learn Flash and Dreamweaver, both of which seem to offer so much
potential for my world.
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Online Photo Resources
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DP Review
www.dpreview.com
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Though it's not quite as exciting as it was a few years ago; DPReview is
still
considered by many to the single best online Digital Camera Resource.
Almost
always the first with the news on new announcements. It is
also one of the
few websites that I check on a daily basis.
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Steve's DigiCams
www.steves-digicams.com
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Another excellent on line resource for the latest reviews and
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Rob Galbraith.com
www.robgalbraith.com/
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This is a big Canon site but also features lot's of news
covering the latest developments in digital photography. |
Photo.net
http://photo.net
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Photo.net is an amazing resource featuring anything
from camera reviews to
image critiques, and just about anything
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Camera Clubs in Northern Virginia
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Loudoun
Photography Club
www.loudounphoto.com.
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I am not a member of any of these camera
clubs. However
every year they do a joint nature photo show at Meadow Lark
Gardens in Vienna Virginia. Which is a must see if you
like nature photography. If you live in the Northern
Virginia -Washington
DC Area and are
interested associating with like minded photogs, a visit to one
these camera clubs maybe for you.
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McLean
Photography Club
www.mcleanphoto.org
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Northern Virginia
Photographic Society
www.nvps.org
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Reston
Photographic Society
www.leagueofrestonartists.org
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Vienna
Photographic Society
www.safeport.com/vps/
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Manassas
Warrenton Camera Club
www.mwcc-photo.org
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Web Site
Hosting
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Crosswinds
www.crosswind.net
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Jenn and the team over at Crosswinds have always provided me with
sterling service. I really can't say enough about these guys and have
tried several hosting services.
Speaking for myself I will forever be indebted to her both for her
kindness and her extraordinary patience.
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E-Blogger
www.bloggger.com
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This where I host my blog. Surprisingly simple to set up, and
use it is part of the Yahoo network. |
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Online Photo
Exhibition
Sites
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flickr
www.flickr.com/
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Flickr is a free image sharing resource aimed at both amateurs,
hobbyists
and pros alike. Here you can study other peoples images and interact
with
photographers with interests similar to your own. If you
decide you like it (or can
get a sponsor) there is a fee based pro service that has expanded
capabilities.
It's also part of the yahoo network. If you search for me under the
name
Photogshangar you can see some other images that I created.
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PBASE
www.pbase.com
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PBase doesn't cost anything to view, but it is a pay service if
you contribute. In
many ways it is very similar to Flickr, however the over all image
quality tends to
be higher. Over there you will find for example a lot more fine
artist, and
professional photographers images.
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Photo Sharing
and Print Services
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Penn Prints
www.penncamera.com
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Penn Camera is my local photo retailer that also features a photo
sharing
and printing service; Penn Prints. Their lab techs produce high
quality images that
can be picked up in anyone of their locations. Turn around time is
usually the same or next business day. Best of all they also offer
a free 2 gigabyte online storage capability.
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Kodak Gallery
www.kodakgallery.com
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I have never used this service, however I know several people who have.
One of them showed me quite recently a 20x30 print that was absolutely
stunning. To say I was amazed was something of an understatement.
The colours where bright and clear with none of the usually flattening
of the image that I often associate with lab prints. I actually
has got me thinking about submitting one or two images myself just to
see what they could do for me.
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Professional
Photo Organizations
Coming Soon!!!
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