A Better Bouce Card Yeah, we like our Gary Fong flash diffusers, but here is a guy that likes to do things the cheap and simple way. It likely works well, but who wants the look of an index card rubber banded to a $400 flash and multi thousand dollar camera. Still... interesting to watch. Adorama Along with B-H, Adorama is a reliable, honest photographic dealer in the New York area. Adorama TV Along with being a great place to order equipment, Adorama Camera out of New York provides some terrific videos on many aspects of photography. Very well presented, fun and easy to watch. Even an "old pro" will pick up new things here! Alien Bees Greetings Earthlings! Welcome some Aliens into your life with some of the best studio lighting available. Alternative Photography Bored with the same old prints? Check this site out for some seriously "alternative" printing processes. Artist of Life Kelly O'Neill is a true artist. If you want a painting of your photograph, she is the person to contact. There are plenty of services that will make you a faux "painting" of your photo with Corel Painter or by applying random "brush strokes" to your photo. Ms. O'Neill creates a TRUE oil painting based on your photo. Not cheap, but true artistry never is, or should be. B-H Photo THE place to order photography equipment and supplies. Beware of all the crook and scam artists in the New York area. B-H is beyond reproach as to service, price, and selection. Bandwidth Calculator Going nuts trying to figure out the file size of a photo? How many MB is that huge KB number? Here is the site that takes care of it all. Better Photo A huge site for learning and photo sharing. Also a great place to get your own domain name and website. (You're on a Better Photo site now)! Camera Obscura Not sure what "camera obscura" means? Check this out and be fascinated! Canon Flash Photography Everything you ever wanted to know about using flash with your Canon! Central Crafts Ok... here is one of my "secret" vendors. Central Crafts has the most unusual albums in existence. Hand made from bark in various colors with matching boxes. Located in the UK, shipping is fast and inexpensive. You will not see these albums around every corner. Certificate no. 000358 Robert Knoth's dark documentation of the human consequences of nuclear testing and accidents in the former Soviet Union. Photojournalism at it's most powerful and moving. Chernobyl Like motorcycle trips? How about one through the desolate and dangerous remains of the Russian Chernobyl nuclear accident. Absolutely astonishing. Chromatics World class film processing lab. (yes, there are still lots of us who use film). Located in Nashville, Tennessee, service is fast and personal. Professional finishing services also. Traditional darkroom prints available. Copper Hill Images The ins and outs of cleaning your DSLR sensor. A great kit is available here to make the job easy and effective. Craig Camera Old, hard to find camera manuals. If you can't find it here, it probably can't be had! DOF Master An online depth of field calculator. Make sense of what those aperture numbers REALLY do. E Motion Media Want a truly professional qualtiy DVD slideshow made from your photos? Forget trying to do it yourself. Amazing shows at very reasonable prices. Great to present to wedding couples. E Photo Pros A relatively new site with loads of forums, video tutorials and informative articles. E Z Zone System The mystery of the dread "zone system". It really is not black magic, just a simple, basic understanding of tonal values in a scene and the simple steps you need to take to gain correct exposure in your camera. Exposure Calculator A really cool on line exposure calculator. Too bad it is impractical to access when "out in the field", but fun to play with and learn from. FotoFest The Houston, Texas biennial portfolio review program for photographic artists worldwide. Freestyle Photographic Supplies Dedicated to the more obscure and hard to find supplies for the film photograhy world, with special emphasis on Holga. Gigapan Systems So you think your MEGA pixel camera has high resolution? Not even close! Try creating photos with GIGA pixels! The Gigapan system creates astonishing gigapixel panoramas. Infrared Photography If you are considering getting into infrared photography... spend some time on this site! Great information. Infrared Photography Films Some more good information about infrared films. KEH Used photo equipment bought and sold. I have purchased many items from here and have always been totally satisfied. In most cases, the equipment is in far better condition than described on the site. Lens Angle of View The site is specific to Canon lenses, but the focal ranges are applicable to ANY lens. A great visual depiction of the angle of views of various focal lengths. Lens Rentals Need a special lens for a one time purpose, or just want to try it out before buying one? Here is the place.

Liability Insurance When doing photograhic work for clients, yea, you need this. Light Leaks Magazine A magazine dedicated to the art of "lomography", or as it is sometimes called... the toy camera. Holga, Diana, and Polaroid lovers rejoice! LOW cost photo printing Arts Cow is hands down the lowest cost for digital prints on the net. Quality is good, though not a replacement for a top lab such as M Pix. Great for printing all those snapshots though. Located in China, you need to allow about 3 weeks to get the prints back, but worth it for the LOW prices. M Pix One of the best online photo labs for digital prints. Great quality, fast service, secure packing. Marketing Photography The bitter truth is that just taking good photos is a tiny part of being a successful photographer. MARKETING is a major key. I have many of this man's CDs and he definitely knows what he is talking about. Old Timer Camera Manuals Camera instruction manuals, test reports, and repair manuals. Online University Photographic collections from the 1800's to today. Links to modern technology also. You can get lost here for hours! P Base photo hosting A good photo hosting site to display your work. Perfection Distributing Distributor for pro albums. Great prices on the same albums used by the pro studios. Photo Books Online Manuals and hard to find camera guides. Photo Friday Each week a new topic to jog your photographic senses. Photo Net The best, most intelligent photography forums on the net. Spend time here and you WILL learn something! Photography Course Training by the best, Jeff Roush. On line photography course. Photoshop Tutorials The "Mother Lode" of Photoshop links. Photosig Outstanding photos and forums along with useful critiques on photos uploaded. Post My Image A VERY handy site for posting just one photo that you need to send or share with someone. No sign up, or gallery creation, or any other nonsense, just upload any photo you need to "get out there". Professional Photographic Repair Your camera feeling a little under the weather? Check these guys out! ReTouch Up So you have that great portrait that needs just a little help here and there? Not real good with Photoshop facial retouching? Here is the place to go! Ries Tripods Art can be found anywhere... even in a tripod! Ring Flash Adaptor You want a ring flash but not the high price? Here is an alternative. Rounded Photo Corners If you like the vintage look of rounded corners on photos, here is a site to do it for you fast and easy. Russia in Color These are not just photos of Russia, but photos taken between 1909 and 1912 in COLOR! Read the brief description of the ingenious method Sergei Gorskii used, and then view these stunning photos. Scan Cafe Do you have boxes of old film negatives or slides you would like on CDs? Here is the place to get it done. Low price and great quality. I have used them so I know from experience of the service. Sensor Cleaning It is not black magic to clean the sensor in a digital SLR. Just reasonable care and you too can have that clean, fresh sensor feeling! SIMPLE on location lighting We all like our fancy softboxes and diffusers and umbrellas, but don't overlook how effective just keeping it simple can be with outdoor lighting. Simply Canvas THE leader in canvas printing. I know from personal experience. Singh-Ray filters There are lens filters... and then there is Singh-Ray. Check out the Tony Sweet "soft ray". Spot Metering What you need to know about spot metering... and WHY you need to KNOW it! Strobe Trigger Voltages Thinking about using that old flash on your new digital camera? You might should think twice about it. Here is a list of trigger voltages of many flashes old and new. Be careful and do not use a flash over about 6 volts of trigger voltage or you can fry a digital camera. Toy Camera For those interested in the "toy" cameras such as the Holga and Diana. Zero Image Beautiful hand made pin hole cameras from Hong Kong. I use the 6 x 9 camera.