Useful Web Sites, Tutorials, Tours, Workshops and Apps

MPC Member Web Sites

• Thomas Knoop – www.SilentKPhoto.com

• Sergio Burani – www.PhotosBySergio.com

• Rachel Ellentuck – ellentuck.smugmug.com

• Arik Gorban – www.agphotoworks.com

• Marc Schoenholz – www.marcschoenholz.com

• Alex Schmutz – www.alexschmutz.com

• David Unger –  ungernz.com/

• J. Evans – jmevansart.myportfolio.com/

Organizations

MPC is a member club of:

• New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs – An association of camera clubs throughout the state. Dedicated to making photography more interesting and rewarding by bringing together those who share a common interest.

• Photographic Society of America – The largest organization of its kind in the world, bringing together amateur and professionals in all the varied fields of photography, including digital imagery, nature, pictorial prints, stereo (3-D), electronic photography, video/motion pictures, photojournalism, travel photography. 

Excellent Photography Web Sites

• Photography Life – www.photographylife.com

• 500px – www.500px.com – free to join and submit photos.  A fee for higher level membership.  Excellent, easily-searchable collection.

Classes, Workshops, and Tours

• Sergio Burani – www.PhotosBySergio.com

  1. Roman Kurywczak – www.roaminwithroman.com

  2. Nancy Ori – www.nancyoriworkshops.com

  3. Meetup groups (select the “create” tab) – www.meetup.com/find

     • Morris PhotoColor Meetup – meetup.com/MorrisPhotoColor

     • Adventures in Photography – New Jersey – meetup.com/North-NJ-Photography-Club

     • Somerset Photography – meetup.com/somerset_photography

     • NJFCC – NJFCC Meetup Site

  4. Princeton  Photo Workshop – princetondigitalphotoworkshop.com

  5. Unique University / Unique Photo, Fairfield, NJ – uniquephoto.com/university/

  6. Photo Experiences/Tours, Online Courses, Virtual Talks. Click-Trip: clik-trip.com

Online Tutorials

• Tony Northrup – http://www.northrupphotography.com/  and https://www.youtube.com/TonyNorthrup

• Matt Granger – http://www.mattgranger.com/

• PiXimperfect – Photoshop tutorials – youtube.com/channel/UCMrvLMUITAImCHMOhX88PYQ

• Greg Benz (Lumenzia) – https://gregbenzphotography.com/
  

• Johan J Ingles-Le Nobel – extreme-macro.co.uk

• Steve Perry – http://www.backcountrygallery.com/

• Serge Ramelli – www.photoserge.com

• Anthony Morganti – https://onlinephotographytraining.com/  & https://www.youtube.com/c/AnthonyMorgantiPhotographer

• Greg Benz – https://www.youtube.com/c/gregbenzphotography

• Scott Kelby – https://www.youtube.com/c/ScottKelby

• David Kelly – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEcP2Oec0caHz23aKGGOayw

• Matt Kloskowski – https://mattk.com/tutorials/ & https://www.youtube.com/c/MattKloskowski

• Nick Page – https://nickpage.teachable.com/

• Thomas Heaton – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfhW84xfA6gEc4hDK90rR1Q

• Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/tutorials.html

• Adobe Lightroom Tutorials – https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/tutorials.html

• Marc Levoy – marclevoylectures  Also has great free applets!

• LinkedIn Learning, formerly LUNDA.com – https://www.linkedin.com/learning Excellent tutorial on postprocessing, plus many, many technology areas.  Fee-based.  

• Canva – https://www.canva.com/learn/photography/  – primarily a design site, but good articles.

• Creative Live Online Classes – creativelive.com/photography

• Tips to save money while pursuing photography – photographers-savings-guide

Aggregation Websites for News, Tutorials and Techniques

• PictureCorrect

• Digital Photography School

• PetaPixel

• Fstoppers

• SLR Lounge

• PhotoStartSheet.com  excellent aggregation of photography websites by John Newell

• Nature TTL – an excellent blog that teaches about wildlife, landscape, and macro photography.  Many free tutorials – naturettl.com/

Photography Magazines

• Outdoor Photographer

• Popular Photography

Equipment and Software Reviews

• Photo Editing Software Reviews and Comparisons

• Dpreview

• dxomark

Photo Equipment and Printing Stores

• B&H Photo and Video also offers many online video tutorials

• Adorama and also offers an online learning center with tutorials, news, features, …  Also, Adorama offers rentals

• Hunt’s Photo and Video

• Unique Photo also offers in-store tutorials

• Madison Photo Plus

• Borrow Lenses

• Lens Rentals

• Buy & Sell used gear on mpb.com and keh.com

Camera and Lens Manufacturers

• Canon

• Nikon

• Sony

• Fujifilm USA

• OM System

• Tamron

• Sigma

Equipment Rumor Sites

• Nikon Rumors

• Canon Rumors

• Flash Havoc

• Sigma Rumors

• Tamron Rumors

iOS Photographic Apps (some available in Android too)

• The Photographer’s Ephemeris  – Determine sunrise/set and moon rise/set times and angles and much more.  Also free for PCs

• PhotoPills – Personal assistant for photography

• Simple DoF Calculator

• Light Meter

• DSLR Bible

• Lightroom for iPad – free

• Photoshop Express – free

iOS Apps Useful for Night Sky Photography

• Star Walk 2

• Sky Guide

• Planets

Online Printing

• Bay Photo

• Snapfish

• Shutterfly

• mpix

Architecture Photography

• An excellent compilation of all aspects of architecture photography – Architecture Photography Resources

Drone Aerial Photography

• My Dear Drone – education on Drones plus a drone blog site – mydeardrone.com

• Droney Bee – www.droneybee.com

• How to take great photos from a drone – fpvfrenzy.com/drone-photography/

• Excellent tutorials for drone photography, and more, by dronegenuity –  dronegenuity.com/drone-video-tutorials/

• Excellent article to Improve Your Drone Photography by Joshua Carr – www.buzzdrones.com.au/improve-your-drone-photography-overnight/

Fashion Photography

• A very useful guide, lots of tips and links to the history of fashion photography and to many of the great fashion photographers – Fashion Photography

Macro Photography

• A very useful set of articles with lots of tips go to – Macro Photography

Travel Photography

• A very complete guide that covers travel photography gear and packing checklists, how to travel safely with your equipment, destinations for photography, travel photography tips and advice and much more – Travel Photography for Hobbyists and Professionals

Software Tools for Photographers

• To get smaller photo files sizes for saving storage space, creating web pages with images that load faster and to be able to email images within size limits, check out the following site.  Their algorithm reduces the file size of jpg, png, tiff and pdf photos by more than 50% without resizing them.  www.wecompress.com

Advice for Starting, Managing and Growing a Photography Business

• Interested in starting a photography career?  Check out these sites: Guide to Starting a Freelance Photography Career

• Need a website?  Check out this excellent site: www.websitesetup.org or this one: https://www.websiteplanet.com/

• What to sell online photography courses as either their main income or as a side hustle, as a way to start a photography business?  Then check out Podia.

Beginners’ Guides to Photography

• Beginners’ Guide to Nature and Outdoor Photography: https://www.aaastateofplay.com/beginners-guide-to-outdoor-and-nature-photography/

Creating a Photography Studio

• An excellent guide to creating a photography studio at home: https://uphomes.com/blog/creating-a-home-photography-studio

Artificial Intelligence

AI and the Future of Photography:

https://www.aiprm.com/education/ai-and-the-future-of-photography/