Learning Links
A variety of links to gear, tutorials, blogs and great photo info… bookmark this page. (The internet is known for “here today gone tomorrow”, so if you come across a broken link, let us know or go on to the next one.)HDRPC LINKS
- Facebook info group
- Facebook Photo sharing
- HRDPC on Google +
- HRDPC on 500px
- HRDPC on Twitter
- Group Flickr Page
- Photographers Rights
- Photography Terms & Definitions
- Mark Warren’s Youtube video learning channel
SHOOTING LOCATIONS / Photo OPs / Walks
- List of Events & Photo Ops in Virginia
- Events in Hampton Roads
- Local events via the Daily Press
- Local Events Norfolk
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Virginia State Parks
- also Google your local city parks!
- Accurate Local Foliage information
- Accurate New England Foliage Information
- Also google “walking tours” and the location you would like to visit..many have maps!
- Walking tour of Smithfield
- Walking tours Yorktown
- Walking tours Colonial Williamsburg
EVENTS:
- World Wide Photowalk 2010
- Photo Expo in NYC
- Shoot for good
- Help-Portrait
- Photoshop World
- Holiday Lights Norfolk
- Holiday Lights Virginia Beach
- HRDPC WWPhotowalk Flickr page
SOFTWARE
- Adobe
- Nik software- Viveza
- Nik software- Silver Efex pro
- Nik software- Color efex pro
- Nik software- capture nx
- Software- Noiseware Professional
- Software- reviews: Noise Ninja review
- Software: reviews: Noise reduction software
- Software: The Academic superstore
- Carbonite on line storage
HDR
- HDR software- Photomatix
- HDR software- Nik HDR Efex Pro
- HDR Techniques
- Trey Radcliffe HDR tutorial
- Trey Radcliff (HDR) Stuck in Customs
- HDR- 19 HDR tutorials
- HDR- 5 tutorials, 45 photos
- HDR- All the hdr sofware comparisons-reviews/links
Gadgets, Gear, reviews
- Canon
- Nikon
- DP Equipment Reviews
- Lens Rentals . Com
- Honl Photo Light Modifiers
- How to choose the right lens
- Radio Poppers
- The Lens depot rentals
- Lightning Trigger
- Nikon Lens Simulator
- B&H Photo
- Rent Glass
- Adorama
- Canon- Using the 7D Video’s
- Extension Tubes
- Gear: Alien bees
- Gear: Black rapid camera straps
- Gear: Crop Line focusing screens
- Gear: Custom focusing screens
- Gear: Digital Calibration Targets
- Gear: Expo Disc Gear: Flash Zebra
- Gear: Gary Fong diffusers
- Gear: Grey Card
- Gear: how to buy a video/graphics card
- Gear: Lastolite Soft Box
- Gear: Make your own camera strap
- Gear: Really Right stuff (tripods/support)
- Gear: Seamless background paper
Filters
- Filters- creating your own & special effects
- Filters- What different filters do
- Filters: All about filters
- Filters: B+W Filters
- Filters: Cokin Filter system
- Filters: How to use a polarizing filter for creative photos
- Filters: how to use them and why
- Filters: Hoya Filters
- Filters: special effects and more
- Filters: Star Filters
- Filters: Star filters special effects
- Filters: Tiffen star filters
- Filters:An overview of different filters
- Filters:Creative camera filters
- Filters:Lee filter system
- Filters:Singh ray filters
Education
Printing
- MPIX Printing
- Printing: Framing online
- Printing: PPI and Print size
- Printing: Starmark imaging
- Printing- Spyder line by Data color
- Printing: Monitor Calibration
Camera instructions & Techniques
- 7 websites for free photography lessons
- Basic Tips of Aperture, ISO, shutter speed
- Exposure Basics
- Tamron Learning Center tutorials on shooting
- Back button focusing explained
- Understanding Depth of Field
- Tutorial: Camera- A visual rule of 1/3’s explaination
- Tutorial: Camera- All about ISO
- Tutorial: Camera- Aperture and shutter speed
- tutorial: Camera- Camera Metering & exposure
- Tutorial: Camera- Canon Digital learning center
- Tutorial: Camera- Easy Histogram Info
- Tutorial: Camera- Flash Photography (Canon)
- Tutorial: Camera- Fstop numbers
- Tutorial: Camera- how to shoot using the zoom effect
- Tutorial: Camera- In camera metering explained
- Tutorial: Camera- Metering
- Tutorial: Camera- Metering Modes
- Tutorial: Camera- Painting with light
- Tutorial: Camera- Tethering a Nikon
- Tutorial: Camera- The basics of color theory
- Tutorial: Camera- The rule of thirds
- Tutorial: Camera: stopping action
- Tutorial: Camera: Understanding Kelvin temperature
- Tutorial: Camera-Aperture tutorial
- Tutorial: Camera-Intro to Aperture
- Tutorial: Camera-What is aperture?
DIGITAL DARKROOM
- 3 stage sharpening
- Workflow I
- Workflow II
- Tip Squirrel Processing Tricks Tutorials
- Exposure Blending in Photoshop
- The process of exposure blending
- Tutorial: PS- 100’s of photoshop tutorials by category
- Tutorial: PS- 28 really useful Photoshop shortcuts
- Tutorial: PS- 70 Beauty retouching Photoshop tutorials
- Tutorial: PS- Adobe Photoshop tutorials
- Tutorial: PS -How to use levels in Photoshop
- Tutorial: PS- How to use the healing brush
- Tutorial: PS- How to use the spot healing tool
- Tutorial: PS- Learning layer masks
- Tutorial: PS- Photoshop cheat sheets & shortcuts (all versions)
- Tutorial: PS- Photoshop watermark brush
- Tutorial: PS- Resizing photos in Photoshop
- Tutorial: PS-how to use the patch tool
- Tutorial: PS-Photoshop roadmap 100’s of tutorials
- Tutorial: PS-Photoshop secret shortcuts
- Tutorial: Resize your image .com
- Tutorial: Resizing photos in Photoshop elements
- Tutorial: Resizing your photos
- Tutorial: Shrink pictures .com
- Tutorial:Resize your images using picasa
- Tutorial:Resizing photos in lightroom
- Tutorial: Understanding workflow
- Tutorial: Develop and efficient workflow
- Tutorial: Digital workflow
- Tutorial: Processing: sliders in Lightroom/camera raw
VIDEO TUTORIALS
- Adorama TV video tutorials
- Video- Tamron- how to shoot different subjects (various videos)
- Video- Mark Warren- non destructive editing.
- Video- Using extension tubes
- Video- choosing a focus pt, aperture, silhouette shots
- Video- Kelby TV-many short videos Video-Photoshop User TV
SHOOTING LOCATIONS / Photo OPs / Walks
- List of Events & Photo Ops in Virginia
- Local Events
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Accurate Local Foliage information
- Accurate New England Foliage Information
NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
- Night Photography I
- Night Photography II
- Night Photography III
- Night Photography IV
- Shooting a full moon
- night- Celestial photography shots
- night- Comet Photography
- night- How to shoot light trails
- night- Whats going on in the skies at night
- night-How to photograph a comet (links)
- night-How to photograph the sky at night
- night-Night Sky photography tip sheets night-Space weather
SHOOTING TIPS FOR EVERYTHING
- Tutorial: Tutorials: Good tutorials.com 100’s of them!
- Tutorial: Tutorials: NY Web photo school mini lessons
- Tutorial: Tutorials: on everything photographic!!
- Portraits by Will King
- Shooting dramatic surfing
- How to photograph surfers
- Shoot surfers like a pro
- Holiday Lights I
- Holiday Lights II
- Holiday Lights III
- Tutorial: how to- Creating your own bokeh
- Tutorial: How to- Holiday Photos with a twist
- Tutorial: how to- Perfect beach exposures
- Tutorial: How to- photograph anything (see specific links)
- Tutorial: How to -shoot sunrises/sunsets
- Tutorial: How to-16 tips for Christmas photographs
- Tutorial: How to-Great Holiday Photos
- Tutorial: How to-More Snow tips
- Tutorial: How to-Photographing Snow
- Tutorial: How-to: Tips for shooting holiday lights
NOTEWORTHY SITES & BLOGS
- Scott Kelby (Photoshop)
- Will King (Photographer)
- Jay Maisel (Photographer)
- Joe McNally (Lighting Guru)
- The strobist Blog (Lighting)
- Moose Peterson (Wildlife Photographer)
- People: Ben Wilmore
- People: Bruce Gilden
- People: Darwin Wigget
- People: David DuChemin
- People: Fred Miranda (plug ins/forums.reviews)
- People: Henri Cartier-Bresson
- People: Joel Meyerowitz
- Rick Sammon
- People: Stephen Oachs
- People: Steve Simon
- People:Gary Winogrand
- People:Peter Lik
MAGAZINES:
- Digital Photographer Magazine
- Nature Photographers
- Outdoor Photographer
- PC Photo
- Photo Answers
- Popular Photography
- Photo Tech Mag
- DSLR User
- Digital Camera Magazine
- Digital Photographer
- Canon Photo Plus
- Magazine: Astronomy
- Magazine: Sky & Telescope
CRITIQUE
HISTORY:
GET CREATIVE
- Gav Train photography blog and videos
- 56 creative awe photos
- DIY Photo equipment on flickr
- Photography ideas
- Web Urbanist
- Coolest picture.com
- Alphabet photo gallery
- Creative street photography
- Photography ideas
- How did they do that? tutorials
- Brilliant
- Water figures
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