IN PRINT...
The
Book Loft: Our local bookstore in Solvang has it's
own photography section!
Real World Digital Photography 2nd Edition, Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan, Tim Grey; Peachpit Press
• Recommended for those just starting out and trying to learn Digital Photography...
• While it is dated (2003) it should still help folks transition from film (or no knowledge) to digital quite well
• Rather than the $54 price, you can probably pick it up for much less used, either from amazon.com or abebooks.com ( a great resource for used books!) Recommended by Shawn Miner.
The Digital Photography Book, Scott Kelby; Peachpit Press; Aug 23, 2006
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2, Scott Kelby; Peachpit Press; Dec 27, 2007
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 3, Scott Kelby; shipping June 18, 2009
The first two books are written as if you are out shooting with the author and you ask him how to take a picture of a flower, or how to use your external flash etc.. and he tells you how to do it without all the tech stuff. They are just short little two page chapters so you do not need to read it from start to finnish, but what you want to know as you need it. The books are made to fit in your camera bag. Books are available at The Book Loft, Amazon, and PeachPit Press. Recommended by Jay Young.
Vivid
Light Photography: A web based photography magazine
covering a wide selection of topics. Published monthly.
Photoshop CS4 Reference Books:
Photoshop CS4 Workflow: the Digital Photographer’s Guide, Tim Grey; Wiley Publishing, Inc.
• Well written and easy to understand with great graphics
• Tim Grey prefers using Camera Raw to convert images and perform the processing in Photoshop
Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS4, Bruce Fraser and Jeff Schewe; Peachpit Press
• Well written and easy to understand with great graphics
• This is all about processing the image in Camera Raw
• My favorite book since I process all my stuff in Camera RAW
Adobe Photoshop CS4: Up to Speed, Ben Willmore; Peachpit Press
• This book focuses exclusively on the new features in Photoshop CS4
• Designed for the photographer that is comfortable with Photoshop CS3
• Somewhat difficult to find specific information easily
• Good graphics and each chapter follows the same structure
Recommended by Frank Swanson
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ORGANIZATIONS
Photographic
Society of America
Channel
City Camera Club
Santa Maria Camera Club
Lepp Institute of Digital Imaging
WEBSITES of INTEREST
Digital Photography Review
Reviews
from PC World.com
LuminousLandscape.com.
A good unbiased site for digital camera information and
hands on testing. This site does not accept advertisements
and thus can remain independent in reporting. It does tend
towards Canon equipment.
Photozone: Great
site for user generated quantitative feedback on the evaluation
of camera equipment.
Photonet: Good articles, and a large gallery of excellent pictures.
Covers both film and digital topics.
Michael Reichmann has a good
article on the use of RAW vs. JPG files when capturingpictures.
The URL is:
http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/
understanding-series/u-raw-files
.shtml .
PhotoBlink: a popular photographic forum and competition site.
Its purpose is to provide the simulation
of a real life competition for advanced and professional photographers
and to educate amateur enthusiasts. PhotoBlink features unique
smart Rating System, Judges Panel, forums, multiple contests,
Honor Portfolios, Messenger, member Galleries with the Paypal
support, subdomain service, member messages and links services,
interactive statistics, smart scripts, and much more.
Steve’s
Digicam: A good general site for current news, camera
evaluations and provides a lot of links to other digital
camera sites.
B&H
Photo: The largest and most ethical equipment site.
Good prices and outstanding selection of equipment.
Atlex: The
place to order low cost printing supplies such as paper
and ink. Their paper selection includes stuff that is not
available locally.
Want to be wowed and inspired by the work
of others?
Try these:
www.flickr.com
www.webshots.com
www.dotphoto.com
www.pbase.com
Paul Roark
Wildling
Art Museum
The
Elverhoj Museum of History and Art
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