Learning and information sites

Flash Helpers: Flash X-Tender, Calumet Shoe Mount Flash Slave, Lumiquest Mini Softbox

PhotonHead - an excellent site for beginners and advanced photographers

Everything you wanted to know about Digital Photography
http://www.basic-digital-photography.com/

Good photography with a point and shoot camera
http://www.photo.net/learn/

Learn how to master your digital camera
http://www.dcviews.com/tutors.htm

Each digital photography tutorial is short, can be read in one sitting, and is immensely practical
http://www.photoxels.com/digital-photography-tutorials.html

Something here for virtually everyone!
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Photography/Techniques_and_Styles/FAQs,_Help,_and_Tutorials/

Composition tips
http://www.livingroom.org.au/photolog/tips/digital_photography_composition_tips.php

More on composition
http://photoinf.com/

One of the VERY best sites with thousands of images, tutorials and contests:
www.dpchallenge.com (go to "Learn" on the menu bar)

for information on digital cameras:
www.dpreview.com

Miscellaneous Items for the Photographer

Various Portable Hard Drive Storage Devices: Shooting a lot of pictures in RAW format on a vacation can be made easier if you download your full cards to a USB portable hard drive. Many contain slots for the various type of cards for all types of digital cameras.

Op/Tech Bino/Cam Harness - The web harness which makes carrying your camera much easier is available from this web site. Other sites can be found by searching for that name. It runs about $13 + tax and shipping. Another source online is Camera Shop

Basic Photo Editing Programs - This page contains numerous sources for free or almost free programs for photo editing.

Photo(File) Recovery Program - Photo Recovery from the web site http://www.recover98.com/ There may be less expensive options - this software was forty-some dollars - but the usual file restore software I had was not able to recover the jpeg files. This software also works with many other types of files. (Submitted by Ken Goff)

www.dickblick.com sells double mats for $3.99 each and single mats for $1.99. Use the key word "mats" and go to 'Blick Ready Mat Singles or doubles'

Other web sites with useful information on taking photos:
http://www.betterphoto.com/allAbout.asp - Covers both enhanced and unenhanced photography - This page has a column for film photography and one for digital.

http://www.photozone.de/active/news/index.jsp - Good basic information about all aspects of taking pictures with whatever camera you are using. Check out the composition area as well as depth of field, metering, etc.

http://www.psa-photo.org/page2.htm - Galleries of pictures from all over the world. Some of them have been altered with a graphic program while others are more realistic.

http://www.minnesotavalleyphotoclub.org/ Another photo club with competitions and a website

www.kodak.com (go to bottom of page and click on "Tips and Techniques")

http://www.nyip.com/ - New York Institute of Photography - offers courses and tips for all photographers

http://h30015.www3.hp.com/hp_dpc/learn/learn.asp - HPs page for digital photographers

http://www.saugus.net/Photos/photography_tips.shtml Digital Photography Tips on this page cover photography in general, both film and digital, but some will only pertain to 35MM SLR (single lens reflex) camera. Hints on photos after dark, closeup etc. quite interesting.
http://www.photoeducation.com/ offers book, VHS tapes to help educate yourself.

http://www.photographytips.com/ A website with the same aims as the club.

http://photography.lifetips.com/ Great page with tips about all kinds of photography challenges.