Useful Web Sites, Tutorials, Tours, Workshops and Apps

MPC Member Web Sites

• Thomas Knoop – www.SilentKPhoto.com
• Sergio Burani – www.PhotosBySergio.com
• Rachel Ellentuck – ellentuck.smugmug.com
• Arik Gorban – www.agphotoworks.com
• Marc Shoenholz – www.marcschoenholz.com

Organizations

• New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs – An association of camera clubs throughout the state. Dedicated to making photography more interesting and rewarding by bringing together those who share a common interest.
• Photographic Society of America – The largest organization of its kind in the world, bringing together amateur and professionals in all the varied fields of photography, including digital imagery, nature, pictorial prints, stereo (3-D), electronic photography, video/motion pictures, photojournalism, travel photography. Join PSA!

Excellent Photography Web Sites

• Photography Life – www.photographylife.com
• 500px – www.500px.com – free to join and submit photos.  A fee for higher level membership.  Excellent easily searchable collection.

Classes, Workshops, and Tours

• • Sergio Burani – www.PhotosBySergio.com
  • Roman Kurywczak – www.roaminwithroman.com
  • Jack & Ellen Moskowitz – jemphoto8890.zenfolio.com/
  • Nancy Ori – www.nancyoriworkshops.com
  • Meetup groups (select the “create” tab) – www.meetup.com/find
    • Adventures in Photography – New Jersey – meetup.com/North-NJ-Photography-Club
    • Somerset Photography – meetup.com/somerset_photography
  • Princeton  Photo Workshop – princetondigitalphotoworkshop.com
  • Ron Wyatt – photoadventureswithron.com
  • Unique University / Unique Photo, Fairfield, NJ – uniquephoto.com/university/

 

Online Tutorials

• Tony Northrup – http://www.northrupphotography.com/  and https://www.youtube.com/TonyNorthrup
• Matt Granger – http://www.mattgranger.com/
• Joshua Cripps – www.professionalphototips.com/
• Johan J Ingles-Le Nobel – extreme-macro.co.uk
• Steve Perry – http://www.backcountrygallery.com/
• Serge Ramelli – www.photoserge.com
• Anthony Morganti – http://www.anthonymorganti.com/
• Nick Page – http://www.nickpagephotography.com/tutorials/
• Thomas Heaton – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfhW84xfA6gEc4hDK90rR1Q
• SLR Lounge – https://www.slrlounge.com/
• Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/tutorials.html
• Adobe Lightroom Tutorials – https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/tutorials.html
• Marc Levoy – marclevoylectures  Also has great free applets!
• Canva – https://www.canva.com/learn/photography/  – primarily a design site, but good articles.
• Creative Live Online Classes – creativelive.com/photography
• Great Tips for Digital Photography – bestreviewslist.com/digital-photography-tips/

Aggregation Websites for News, Tutorials and Techniques

• PictureCorrect
• Digital Photography School
• PetaPixel
• Fstoppers
• PhotoStartSheet.com  excellent aggregation of photography websites by John Newell

• Photography Guide for Sightseeing: New York City and Beyond

• Nature TTL – an excellent blog that teaches about wildlife, landscape, and macro photography.  Many free tutorials – naturettl.com/

Photography Magazines

• Outdoor Photographer
• Popular Photography

Equipment and Software Reviews

• Photo Editing Software Reviews and Comparisons
• Dpreview
• dxomark

Photo Equipment Stores

• B&H Photo and Video also offers many online video tutorials
• Adorama and also offers an online learning center with tutorials, news, features, …
• Hunt’s Photo and Video
• Unique Photo also offers in-store tutorials
• Madison Photo Plus
• Borrow Lenses
• Lens Rentals

Camera and Lens Manufacturers

• Canon
• Nikon
• Sony
• Fujifilm USA
• Olympus America
• Tamron
• Sigma

Equipment Rumor Sites

• Nikon Rumors
• Canon Rumors
• Flash Havoc
• Sigma Rumors
• Tamron Rumors

iOS Photographic Apps (some available in Android too)

• The Photographer’s Ephemeris  – Determine sunrise/set and moon rise/set times and angles and much more.  Also free for PCs
• PhotoPills – Personal assistant for photography
• Simple DoF Calculator
• Light Meter
• DSLR Bible
• Lightroom for iPad – free
• Photoshop Express – free
• FunPicks Photo – free composition skill learning game
• Really Good Photo Spot (RGPS) –  great search database for spots that other photographers have tagged

iOS Apps Useful for Night Sky Photography

• Star Walk 2
• Sky Guide
• Planets

Online Printing

• Bay Photo
• Snapfish
• Shutterfly
• mpix

Drone Aerial Photography

• My Dear Drone – mydeardrone.com
• Droney Bee – www.droneybee.com
• How to take great photos from a drone – fpvfrenzy.com/drone-photography/
• Excellent tutorials for drone photography, and more, by dronegenuity –  dronegenuity.com/drone-video-tutorials/

Car Photography

• Creative Car Photography – tips and tutorials – titlemax.com/articles/car-spotting-and-photography

Fashion Photography

• A very useful guide, lots of tips and links to the history of fashion photography and to many of the great fashion photographers – Fashion Photography

Macro Photography

• A very useful set of articles with lots of tips go to – Macro Photography

Software Tools for Photographers

A great list of Essential Software for Photographers – anysoftwaretools.com

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