Links to other websites and other camera clubs, photographic web sites, etc.
The Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs
The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
The Royal Photographic Society
Some links to sites with information on equipment, Photoshop, colour management, etc.:
A good source of hints and tips on all aspects of imaging can be found on Earthbound Light
More tutorials on photography, printing and colour management at Norman Koren Photography
A good description of colour management is given on Dry Creek Photo
There are many sites with free tutorials on Photoshop and Elements (tip: to find these, do a search
for Photoshop tutorials, or Elements tutorials). The following are some that we've looked at:
Photoshop Basics at About.com Elements at About.com
Photoshop at Photoshopsupport.com Elements at Photoshopsupport.com
For Elements users who would like more of the functionality of Photoshop, there are a couple
of plug-ins which are very useful. First, a proper Curves tool can be added using SmartCurve
and layer masks can be added with the free Hidden Power Tools for Elements, together with
a range of other tools.
Free plug-ins and actions for Photoshop and Elements can be found at the following sites,
(some of which also include commercial products):
If you've recently bought a new camera and find that your version of Photoshop doesn't open
the RAW files, try the free RawTherapee converter, for Windows and Linux.
Alternatively, Adobe's DNG Converter will convert the RAW file into Adobe's Digital Negative format,
which will then open in Photoshop. Click here for Windows, and here for Macintosh.
A useful free program called ExposurePlot can be found here, which analyzes the images in a
folder and provides histograms of shutter speeds, apertures, focal lengths and ISO speeds.
Equipment reviews can be found on the following sites:
Some very useful information on CompactFlash and SD/SDHC memory cards can be found here
Descriptions on how to clean the camera sensor can be found at Copper Hill Images,
Cleaning Digital Cameras and CameraClean.
Note: these links are provided for information only, and do not indicate any particular endorsement.
If you know of any other useful sites which should be included here, please let us know.
