My other sites
www.f22.org.uk - has more of my photography including landscapes not included on this site (both from the Northern UK and from other areas), wildlife and other subjects. It also includes the two subsites below;
is the site for my "Lakes Project, an exercise to photograph all the
named stretches of water in the Lake District
is the site about my collection of Olympus Pen half-frame cameras, lenses
& accessories from the late-1950s to the mid-1980s.
Other Sites (quick jump links)
Photographer's
sites
Forum & Info sites
Equipment & Software Suppliers
Dealers & Printers
Locations & Other Info
Photographers'
sites
Southampton
Camera Club is my local club, meeting just outside Southampton every
Monday.
- Tony Parkinson is an ex-member of SCC, who is my host when I visit Northern
England.
Lakeland Landscape - Michael Sayles' Lake District photography website
Oaktree Photographic - Ewan Stephenson's Landscape & Floral photography website
Peter Madeley Photography - Evocative images from Africa and the UK, by Peter Madeley
Travelscapeimages - Colin Garthwaite's landscape website
Johnboy Photography - more landscape images, by John Hill
Visions of Nature UK Wildlife Photography - a fine collection of nature photography by Steve Hooper-Lawrie
John Edwards Photography - yet more landscape and wildlife images from John Edwards
David Lewins Portfolio - yes, more landscape & wildlife, this time from Davd Lewins
Actual-Images
- the site of Carol Saunders, under development but has a good range of
great photos already
Pembrokeshire
Photos - Frank Whittle's website depicting the beautiful Pembrokeshire
area of South Wales
Don Cohen's
excellent digital wildlife & landscape photography site
Tony Spadaro
is an online acquaintance from the USA, who's website is well worth a look.
Stephen
Butterworth has a fine set of images of classic British cars in Switzerland,
along with a large number of useful links.
Darren
White's digital photos - amongst his many landscape photos, Darren has
some smashing photos of the Dorset coast.
George Standen Photography - Landscape Photography, Digital Photography, Colour, Black and White, and Abstract Photography
Mansaards.co.uk - the wildlife & nature photography website of Val Saxby, a fellow member of several photo forums I frequent.
ephotos
- the site of Elaine Whitby, a fellow member of the Focal Planet.
Forum
& Info sites
a Forum and Gallery discussion/community for photographers, by photographers.
Enjoying
Photography - a friendly site with forums, tutorials, members' photo
galleries, etc.
Fred
Miranda's digital photography site, includes forums on many subjects.
Pekka Saarinen's
site is specific to Canon digital and also has popular message boards.
Rob
Galbraith's website is aimed at professional digital photographers but
does have useful tips and helpful users in the message boards.
DPReview.com has
many useful articles on digital photography and a flourishing set of message
fora. Signal/noise ratio can be somewhat low though, especially just before
trade shows when the rumour mills are working overtime.
Digitalphotgraphynow
- another forum site that I visit occasionally.
Canonians is a website
for Canon digital users, with a lot of useful information.
Macrophotgraphy.org
is a site specifically for close-up and macro photographers, or those who
(like me) would like to learn more about the art.
Panoguide.com is
a good site for learning about making panorama photos.
Eosseries
is a good French website about Canon EOS gear, with an English version,
thank heavens ;-)
the EOS Documentation Project
is worth a look - it's a collection of manuals and articles to help people
get the best out of their Canon gear, often covering stuff that the Canon
manuals don't.
Accurate Image Manipulation
has useful information about post-processing digital images, whether digitally
captured or scanned.
Scantips.com is a
useful site for information about scanning images.
Computer Darkroom.com
is another hints & tips site, well worth a look if you're keen to get
the best you can out of your images.
Luminous Landscape
is Michael Reichmann's excellent photography site, with reviews and tutorials.
There is an excellent article about Canon EOS flash photgraphy at Photonotes.org.
Equipment
& Software Suppliers
Canon UK website - I've got to include this as most of my gear is made by them ;-)
Canon
Camera Museum - the history of and information about Canon gear
Breezebrowser is
one of the best third-party RAW decoders for Canon digital cameras.
Capture One DSLR
is another - I actually own and use both these, depending on what I want
to achieve from any given image.
NeatImage is one
of the best, inexpensive digital noise filtration programs and works very
nicely with D30 high-ISO images.
QImage
is the best printing software I've found, giving almost limitless control
over your printed output.
Dealers
& Printers
Pro-Am
Imaging - an excellent printing service, with excellent value for money
- e.g. 18"x12" prints for £1.00 plus p/p
Photobox - an excellent online printing service, with a wide range of
products
Snappy Snaps
is a processing/printing franchise - I can't speak for all branches, but
the Southampton one does excellent work.
I don't use film much now, but when I did I had excellent processing service
from Peak Imaging
- reports I hear indicate that they are still one of the best.
Park Cameras is
a dealer in Sussex, often offering very good prices and excellent service.
Speedgraphic
in Alton offer very good service, and reasonable prices. Their range of
stock is very good.
Warehouse Express
- first-class range, prices and service
Bristol
Cameras - another dealer offering a wide range with keen prices and
good service
Selectafont
are suppliers of inkjet inks and cartridges - excellent prices and service.
For producing slides from digital images, I have had excellent service from
Microquiz
XLShop are also good
suppliers of inkjet materials.
For cheap supplies, then 7dayshop,
MX2 and Photoglossy
on the Channel Islands offer keen prices. Delivery is usually longer than
mainland suppliers and some people have had problems with one or other of
them. Personally I haven't had any problems and would just advise that they
are not to be recommended for items that are needed quickly. If time is
not critical, then the prices are worth the wait.
UK Camera
Shops - a useful directory of ... well, you can guess, can't you?
Ffordes - great for
second-hand cameras and other gear
MW Classic Cameras
- another regular that I keep an eye on for any classics that I'm after.
Locations
& Other Info
BBC
Weather Centre - always worth checking before venturing out!
NetWeather - for
more detailed weather forecasts
Ordnance
Survey Get-a-Map - useful for checking a location if you haven't bought
the map - yet ;-)
Southampton Port
Information Network - much of the site requires membership, but the
Passenger Liner schedules and tide tables are publically accessible.
UK
Hydrographic Office - has tide tables for up to six days ahead.
Universe
Now - calculates sunrise and sunset times and positions for almost anywhere
in the world - very useful.
Original Light - another sunrise/set calculator.
USNO
- calculates sunrise/set times for anywhere in the world for any year
Hampshire
Wildlife Trust operates several nature reserves around (yep, you guessed
it) Hampshre and the Isle of Wight, as does the Hampshire
Ornithological Society.
The New
Forest Reptile Centre can be worth a visit - if you don't choose a day
when the reptiles are hibernating or hiding from the cold!
The Wildfowl & Wetlands
Trust operates several reserves around the UK, includuing the original
Slimbridge site founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1946.
Wildwood
in Kent is a reserve well worth a visit, as is Marwell
Zoo, near Southampton
Dean Birders is a website providing Birdwatching information, gallery, and daily photo reports from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England maintained by and for disabled and housebound birdwatchers.