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| Retail Photographic Equipment and Supplies |
B&H Photo
and / or
Adorama |
Two great New York stores with low prices, useful websites, reliable service, phone orders and consultation.
B&H also has massive printed catalogs and stocking status available instantly on-line. |
| Photographic Equipment Manufacturers |
| Kirk Enterprises |
Machined parts including precision ball heads and gimbal heads (for tripods), lens and camera quick-release plates, clamps, lens collar upgrades, and more. |
| Lowepro |
First-rate camera bags, backpacks, accessories. |
| Really Right Stuff |
Machined parts including lens and camera quick-release plates. |
| Singh-Ray Filters |
Probably the best optical filters for photography, including custom and specialty. |
| Photographic General Information Web Sites |
| photo.net | Perhaps the largest and oldest on-line photographic resource,
with thousands of pages and a million visitors per month.
Enjoy getting lost in this site. |
| Luminous Landscape | Another huge web site with 1500 pages and daily updates.
“The web's most comprehensive site devoted to the art of landscape, nature and documentary photography using digital as well as traditional image processing techniques.” |
| PhotoDo |
Lens performance test data and related articles |
| Photography Clubs |
| North Bethesda Camera Club |
Roy Sewall and Tom Field are members.
NBCC was awarded the first ever Nature's Best International Photography Competition Camera Club Award (2002).
Good camera clubs like NBCC emphasize continued learning and exploration of photography. |
| Northern Virginia Photographic Society |
Another highly-respected camera club in the Washington D.C. area, also winners of the Nature's Best International Photography Competition Camera Club Award (2003). |
| Fellow Photographers Web Sites |
| Tony Sweet | "The Art of Observation" (buy his excellent DVD and books!) |
| Kent Mason | "West Virginia Photographs" (buy prints to support Nature Conservancy) |
| Chuck Veatch | "The Nature of Reston" (buy his excellent book!) |
| Carl Root | "Rhythm Images" with a lovely gallery and list of exhibits |
| Jake McGuire | "Home of the finest photos of our nation's capital" |
| Cezary Raczko Photography | Rapidly growing exhibit of beautiful images by our friend Cezary |
| Parallax Photography | Fine art and portraiture by our friend Ross Pierce |
| Norman Koren Photography | Excellent tutorials and articles, including digital imaging and printing |
| Other Related Sites |
| Potomac Conservancy | "Protects lands vital to the health, beauty,
and enjoyment of the Potomac River and its tributaries." |
| Foto Search | Search more than 50 stock and royalty-free photo and video vendors |
| Photographic Tips and Tools Web Sites |
| Astronomical Data Services | U.S. Naval Observatory provides complete calculations of moon and sun for your location.
A must-visit before each important photo outing, to learn the sun and moon rise and set times and azimuth (direction), as well as the phase of the moon. |
| Photography Review | Reviews of photography equipment and supplies written by users of all levels. |
| Guide to Fall Foliage | STORMFAX® Guide to Fall Foliage by region. |
| David Middleton | Need some ideas? David lists good places and things to photograph for each week of the year. |
| Field of View Calculator | Rui Salgueiro's field-of-view calculator for 135, 220, large format and even APS. |
| U.S. Geological Survey | A great site for advance research of your U.S. photographic destination.
State-by-state information on environment, geography, wildlife identification. |
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