Here is my full collection of photography bookmarks. Trying to keep them organized has proved an obsessive-compulsive nightmare. Is a site an on-line journal because that’s what it calls itself? Is a blog that’s all photos in a different category from a blog that’s mostly words? Should a review site be in its own “Review Site” category or mixed in with a more general “Learning Resources” category? What if reviews are only one component of the site, but the only part I find worthwhile? Are hosting sites part of a larger category of online services or their own category? To understand the complexities, take look at controlledvocabulary a group for figuring out keywording taxonomies (listed under “Learning & Other Resources,” below).
Then there are the quality issues. Some sites served me earlier in my immersion into digital photography but I would now consider more geared to people who want to improve their cat pictures, which is not my interest. Should they be included? What about review sites where the content is from few “unqualified” users, or sites that sometimes take a really long time to load or that haven’t been updated in a couple of years? – The best that can be said of some is that when I first came upon them I thought I’d bookmark them for later. That said, I have culled defunct sites and those I think were really trash. Some are geared very much for professionals, some for serious amateurs and a few even for casual snappers.
Additional Caveats:
I make no excuse for the fact that as a Minolta shooter for over 35 years, a Nikon shooter for the last year, and the owner of an HP B9180 these products probably figure more in the list than others. The choice of links below do not represent any type of endorsement by me of particular equipment, services or companies. Nor have I focused on ensuring international appeal – I live in New York and that’s where I see things from, so my apologies if many of these sites are US-oriented.
Recommended
Entries marked with ♦ are well worth a look, are recommended as excellent resources or are judged (by me) reliable.
Adam Isler
- Adam Isler Photography (http://islerphoto.zenfolio.com)
- The Nature of Cities, a book of my photographs available from Lulu
- my Flickr! photostream
Contests
- The Center for Fine Art Photography
- New York Photo Awards
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- Outdoor Photographer Photo Contest
- society for photographic education – Calls for Entries
- The Photo Review Competition
Events, Shows
Text Blogs
- 5B4: Photography and Books
- A Photo Editor – National Magazine Photo Editor
- Auspicious Dragon
- Black Star Rising
- Heading East
- John Nack on Adobe
- Light Description
- Nutopia Forum Blog
- Pentax K10D blog
- Photo Business News & Forum
- Photoblogs.org
- Shutterfinger
- ♦ The Online Photographer – Mike Johnston’s blog – required daily reading ♦
eZines and Journals Online
- 28MM a photography magazine (the magazine is no more, but you can buy the book)
- After Capture Magazine
- Amateur Photographer UK Magazine
- American-Journal
- Aperture Foundation Magazine
- B&W Magazine
- Camera Arts
- Digital Photo Pro Magazine
- ePhotozine
- Flak Photo
- ImagingInfo.com
- LensCulture
- LensWork
- LetsGoDigital
- Nature Photographers Online Magazine
- Nutopia Forum
- Outdoor Photographer
- pbase.com magazine
- PDN – Photo District News
- Petteri’s Pontifications
- Photo Techniques Magazine
- photograph
- PhotographyBLOG
- PhotoInsider
- Professional Photographer Magazine
- R A N G E F I N D E R M A G A Z I N E
- Shutterbug
- The Photo Review
- ZoneZero
Learning & Other Resources
- 50 Photoshop Tutorials Smashing Magazine– these are not really aimed at photographers
- ABetterBounceCard.com
- Ron Bigelow Photography– a series of articles on composition, post-processing, etc.
- Aperture Nature Photography Workshops
- Beautiful-landscape.com– Alain Briot’s site geared to landscape photography
- Photoblogs and Galleries « WordPress Codex– WordPress resources for photoblogs
- Computer Darkroom
- controlledvocabulary – user group to get on top of your keywording
- ♦ Digital Outback Photo – Uwe Steinmueller’ site ♦
- Digital Camera Database – a useful site that allows you to compare sensor characteristics of different cameras
- Digital Secrets…
- ♦dxomark.com– dXo Lab’s new beta site ♦
- f o t o b i b l i o g r a f i c a – bibliography and short bio of notable photographers
- Leaf Lookers Guides – where and when to photograph Autumn colors
- Lonestardigital.com
- ♦ Luminous Landscape – Michael Reighmann’s invaluable site ♦
- MacMerc.com Graphics Tips Articles
- ♦ Moose Peterson’s Wildlife Research Photography ♦
- Online Depth of Field Calculator
- Photoblogs.org– The Photoblogging Resource
- Photoborg.org
- Photoflex Lighting School
- ♦ Photograph America Newsletter – Robert Hitchman’s fantastic landscape travel newsletters for photographers (North America) ♦
- PhotoshopNews – an Adobe site by Jeff Schewe
- photoworkshop.com
- RAWWorkflow.com– Make better pictures from your pixels
- ♦ Strobist – the place to learn off-camera flash ♦
- The Imaging Resource!
- tips from the top floor Photoshop Corner
Online Services
- Flickr – Photo Sharing
- ADBASE – Online Custom List Service
- AutoViewer is a free, customizable Flash image viewer. AutoViewer is designed to display a linear sequence of images and captions
- BetterPhoto.com
- Blurb Book Publishing
- BooksmartStudio.com – fine art printing materials, equipment, supplies
- Bubblesnaps -add thought bubbles to your snaps
- ExposureManager
- FolioLink
- Free printable cardboard lens hoods
- PhotoStamps
- Shutterfly
- SimpleViewer
- Snapfish
- Tripod Blog Builder
- USPS Photo Postcards
- WORKBOOKAssignment, Stock, Fine Art, Photography, Illustration, Resources
Photo Business + Hosting
- BizFilings– incorporate Incorporation,LLC,Nonprofit
- clickbooq– Websites for Professional Photographers
- Exposure Manager
- Fotki
- Gallery – Your photos on your website
- ImageEvent – Share photos, videos, documents online. Create albums. Image hosting.
- liveBooks– editable websites and online marketing tools for photographers
- pBase – another popular gallery hosting site
- PhotoShelterTM– Archive, Buy, Sell Photographs
- SmugMugpopular hosting site
- Spitfire Photo Pro– Manage, share, and sell your digital images online
- ♦ Zenfolio hosting service for photo galleries (which I use for my site: http://islerphoto.zenfolio.com/) ♦
Photographers’ Galleries, Sites & Blogs
- Alan Ross Photography
- Bill Atkinson Nature Photography
- Bill Jay on Photography – Home
- ♦ Bill Sullivan – Subway Turnstiles♦
- Photographs by Charles Cramer
- ♦ Chris Jordan current work ♦
- darkshapes Jay Parkinson – Photography
- Dave Beckerman – New York Photos
- ♦ Eric Etheridge PhotoBlog ♦
- ♦ Exactitudes ♦
- Flickr photos from driki
- ♦ Family thru Time Photos (ZoneZero) ♦
- flickr Photos from Bud Green
- Howard French – A Glimpse of the World
- INFRANGIBLE
- Jay Philip Williams Photographic Design
- ♦ Jindrich Štreit ♦
- joe’s nyc
- John Lehet Photography and Design Gallery of Galleries
- Joseph Holmes Natural Light Photography
- Katinka Matson(scanned flower images)
- Mexican Pictures
- ♦ Nadav Kander ♦
- nonphotography(no rules. street photography)
- offwhite
- Photos by Ian MacEachern – photo.net
- ♦ R Wayne Parsons ♦
- Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev
- Working Pictures
Printer Profiles
- HP ICC profiles– for black & white images
- HP B9180 Booksmart Studio, Your Fine Edition Specialist!
- Ilford
- Harman(the old Ilford B&W)
Professional Groups
Review Sites
- Camera Labs– Digital Camera, Digital SLR and Lens Reviews, Workshops, News
- Camera Review – Photography & Camera Equipment Reviews
- Canon Zoom Lens Reviews
- Digital Camera Resource Page Reviews & Info
- ♦ Digital Photography Review ♦
- ♦ Fred Miranda Reviews– Main Index♦
- Jafa Photography News & Reviews
- My Product Advisor – interesting site – a good place to send your non-photographer friends who want to buy a camera. Helps them balance which features are important to them to pick the right camera. Unfortunately the recommendations aren’t always the most up to date, but a good starting place before moving on to, say, Digital Photography Review.
- Nikon Lens Evaluations by By Bjørn Rørslett
- PCPhotoREVIEW.com
- photo-i
- Photodo
- Photographic Accessory Reviews from Nature Photographers magazine
- PhotoReview.com.au
- PhotoZone
- Popular Photography Lens Test Archive
- SLRgear.com
- Steve’s Digicams
- The Imaging Resource!
- The Rokkor Files– Minolta Lens Reviews
- Third Party Lens Review Links by Nikon users
- ♦ Thom Hogan ♦
Stock Agencies
- Alamy
- Photographers Direct
- ShutterPoint Stock Photography– Buy Photos, Sell Photos, Photo Ratings, Photo Galleries
- iStockPhoto
Stores
- Abe’s of Maine
- ♦ Adorama ♦
- ♦ B&H Photo ♦
- BuyDig.com
- BeachCamera.com
- DatabazaarPrinter Ink Cartridges, Copier Supplies, HP Epson Inkjet Discount
- DUGGAL
- ♦ KEH Camera Brokers ♦
- ♦ MidWest Photo ExchangeNew & Used Photo Equipment ♦
Vendors: Printers & Papers
- B9180 – Shadowbrush Wiki
- HARMAN PHOTO
- Hi-Ti Photo Printers dye sub printers
- ILFORD
- Inkjetart Micro Ceramic Luster Inkjetart.com
- Innova F-Surface(F-Type) GlossBooksmart Studio, The Digital Fine Edition Specialist
- Pictorico
Camera-specific Sites
- Canon Enjoy! Digital SLR camera
- Canon USA – EOS (SLR) Camera Systems
- dyxum.comThe world of the Minolta mount digital SLR
- Photoclub Alpha» Useful Resources & Links
- Nikon Imaging D300 Special Site
- Nikon USA Photography
- Nikon-sb800 tips.pdf
- PENTAX Photo Gallery HOME
- Sony Digital SLR Cameras
Vendors: Lenses
Vendors: Miscellaneous Other
- FRAMING 4 YOURSELF
- Matcutter.com
- Photoglow– Backlit frames, digital images, backlit images, lit frames, lighted frames, picture lights, image lighting
- stas bv(Picture hanging rail)
- theimagingfactory
- ♦ RawWorkflow.com– home of the WhiBalTM and a range of other useful tools ♦
Vendors: Repair
Vendors: Software
- AdobeTechnical support phone numbers
- Alien Skin Software, LLC
- ColorEyesDisplay Bundle Integrated Color Corp.
- ImageIngester– Software for professional digital photographers
- iView
- Kodak’s Austin Development Center
- Light Crafts LightZone software
Forums & Online Communities
- AmericanPhotojournalist.com
- BetterPhoto.com – appears to be kind of a combination of community, some online lessons (for sale) and they offer an online web gallery feature with a “premium” version (i.e. expensive) which allows you to sell your work
- Live Journal
- photo.net
- photoSIG
- Shuttertalk
Impressive resource list, but refurbdepot is apparently defunct, also second link I tried: Photoglow.
Sorry about that. It’s hard to keep up with the constantly changing web and I only update this list about once a year or so. RefurbDepot does, indeed, appear to be gone. Photoglow’s url has changed a bit and I’ve corrected it so that link should work now. I haven’t looked at any of the others – no doubt several others will require investigating or poking about and some will probably have perished in the undergrowth of the Internet jungle.