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 Schoenholz – www.marcschoenholz.com
- Rick Berger – www.rickbergerphotos.com
- Alex Schmutz – alexschmutz.myportfolio.com
- David Unger – ungernz.com/
- J. Evans – jmevansart.myportfolio.com/
Organizations
MPC is a member club of:
- 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.
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
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- Sergio Burani – www.PhotosBySergio.com
- Roman Kurywczak – www.roaminwithroman.com
- Nancy Ori – www.nancyoriworkshops.com
- Meetup groups (select the “create” tab) – www.meetup.com/find
- Morris PhotoColor Meetup – meetup.com/MorrisPhotoColor
- Adventures in Photography – New Jersey – meetup.com/North-NJ-Photography-Club
- Somerset Photography – meetup.com/somerset_photography
- NJFCC – NJFCC Meetup Site
- Princeton Photo Workshop – princetondigitalphotoworkshop.com
- Unique University / Unique Photo, Fairfield, NJ – uniquephoto.com/university/
- Photo Experiences/Tours, Online Courses, Virtual Talks. Click-Trip: clik-trip.com
Online Tutorials
- Tony Northrup – http://www.northrupphotography.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/TonyNorthrup
- Matt Granger – http://www.mattgranger.com/
- PiXimperfect – Photoshop tutorials – youtube.com/channel/UCMrvLMUITAImCHMOhX88PYQ
- Greg Benz (Lumenzia) – https://gregbenzphotography.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 – https://onlinephotographytraining.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/c/AnthonyMorgantiPhotographer
- Greg Benz – https://www.youtube.com/c/gregbenzphotography
- Scott Kelby – https://www.youtube.com/c/ScottKelby
- David Kelly – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEcP2Oec0caHz23aKGGOayw
- Matt Kloskowski – https://mattk.com/tutorials/ & https://www.youtube.com/c/MattKloskowski
- 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!
- LinkedIn Learning, formerly LUNDA.com – https://www.linkedin.com/learning Excellent tutorial on postprocessing, plus many, many technology areas. Fee-based.
- Canva – https://www.canva.com/learn/photography/ – primarily a design site, but good articles.
- Creative Live Online Classes – creativelive.com/photography
- Tips to save money while pursuing photography – photographers-savings-guide
Aggregation Websites for News, Tutorials and Techniques
- PictureCorrect
- Digital Photography School
- PetaPixel
- Fstoppers
- PhotoStartSheet.com excellent aggregation of photography websites by John Newell
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Nature TTL – an excellent blog that teaches about wildlife, landscape, and macro photography. Many free tutorials – naturettl.com/
Photography Magazines
Equipment and Software Reviews
Photo Equipment and Printing Stores
- B&H Photo and Video also offers many online video tutorials
- Adorama and also offers an online learning center with tutorials, news, features, … Also, Adorama offers rentals
- Hunt’s Photo and Video
- Unique Photo also offers in-store tutorials
- Madison Photo Plus
- Borrow Lenses
- Lens Rentals
Camera and Lens Manufacturers
Equipment Rumor Sites
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
Online Printing
Architecture Photography
- An excellent compilation of all aspects of architecture photography – Architecture Photography Resources
Drone Aerial Photography
- My Dear Drone – education on Drones plus a drone blog site – 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/
- Excellent article to Improve Your Drone Photography by Joshua Carr – www.buzzdrones.com.au/improve-your-drone-photography-overnight/
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
Travel Photography
- A very complete guide that covers travel photography gear and packing checklists, how to travel safely with your equipment, destinations for photography, travel photography tips and advice and much more – Travel Photography for Hobbyists and Professionals
Software Tools for Photographers
- To get smaller photo files sizes for saving storage space, creating web pages with images that load faster and to be able to email images within size limits, check out the following site. Their algorithm reduces the file size of jpg, png, tiff and pdf photos by more than 50% without resizing them. www.wecompress.com
Advice for Starting, Managing and Growing a Photography Business
- Interested in starting a photography career? Check out these sites: Guide to Starting a Freelance Photography Career and How-to-start-a-photography-business
- Need a website? Check out this excellent site: www.websitesetup.org or this one: https://www.websiteplanet.com/
- What to sell online photography courses as either their main income or as a side hustle, as a way to start a photography business? Then check out Podia.
- This guide provides information on marketing strategies for your photography business, creating an online presence, the professional photography organizations and conferences that photographers can and should take part in: Photography branding & marketing
Beginners’ Guides to Photography
- Beginners’ Guide to Nature and Outdoor Photography: https://www.aaastateofplay.com/beginners-guide-to-outdoor-and-nature-photography/
Creating a Photography Studio
- An excellent guide to creating a photography studio at home: https://uphomes.com/blog/creating-a-home-photography-studio