Benfleet Camera Club - Useful links and information

Below are some links to other websites: (see disclaimer at foot of page).

Photo organisations

Other local camera clubs

Local Photographic Studios

Benfleet Camera Club members websites

Image Chasers - workshops and outings to learn more
Ursula and Mike Fuller
Keith Payne
Chris Woodman

Other individuals websites

On-line Forums and Video Training

Mike Fuller's Photoshop tutorials.
EOS Magazine Forum
Gavtrain, Gavin Hoey tutorials
Ken Payne
Nature TTL (through the lens) created for nature photographers (both landscape & wildlife).
Tea Break Tog Photography for beginners, podcasts by Julie Christie.
Nikon School in London will give 10% discount to Benfleet Camera Club members on any of their London Courses.
Canon produce a weekly updated "tips and tricks" area for Canon users at cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/tipsandtricks.do?filter=reset.   They also produce a newsletter you can subscribe to at cps.canon-europe.com/Public/SubscribeToNewsletter. extreme-macro.co.uk

Local classes

Commercial discounts

Camera World Chelmsford will give discount on some accessories to Benfleet Camera Club Members.   In the past the club was given cards to hand out to members to prove membership but Camera World are currently changing this system and will provide us with details once their new system is up and running.

Free software

www.wpanorama.com/ software to display panoramas made with Photoshop etc.
www.irfanview.com/ simple editor, resizer and convertor
www.tucows.com/ download Irfanview, do not download from Cnet, they include junkware.
www.faststone.org/ FastStone Photo Resizer version 3.3, free for home use.
www.redmondpie.com intructions on how to download Adobe CS2 for free from Adobe.com.
www.getpaint.net/ Paint.net, better alternative to Photoshop than Gimp.
picasa.google.co.uk An offline stand alone editor and a free web based online photo album, with sychronisation between the two.

Paid software

This software is used by some club members and links are therefore provided for those who want to know more.   None of this software is endorsed by the club, if you are interested in using it then you should evaluate it for yourself and talk to those in the club who do use it.

www.google.com/nikcollection/ Photoshop plugins compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Lightroom
www.on1.com/products/effects9/ Perfect Effects Photoshop plugins and standalone
elementsplus.net extends adjustment layer masks and other Photoshop CS capabilities to Photoshop Elements (From version 9 Elements includes basic masking).

Photographic News

www.absolutephoto.com/ Photography News

Photographic Portals

www.photostartsheet.com General Photography Links


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