Photography - Weblinks

Camera manufacturing companies

Canon UK manufacturer of cameras and related products
Nikon UK manufacturer of cameras and related products
Olympus manufacturer of cameras and optical equipment
Panasonic Lumix cameras
Sony UK cameras
Leica cameras UK

Camera repairers and Photographic equipment hire

Camera Museum - Museum and camera shop
Fixation UK - repairers of most makes of camera
Wex Rental combining Wex and Calumet - cameras, lenses, studio equipment etcetera

Lightroom masking techniques

Adobe Lightroom Masking Help page
How to Separate an Object from the Background in Lightroom! (3 Easy Steps) - Mark McGee
Goodbye Photoshop? - using the Intersect feature in the masks panel - Glyn Dewis
A Lightroom Color Masking Trick - Anthony Morganti
Deep dive into the new masking in Lightroom - Portrait masks with Anthony Morganti
How To Use 19 DIFFERENT MASKS in Lightroom - Anthony Morganti

Photographic companies

AJ's Studio and Camera Supplies in Bruton, Somerset, is a local firm offering top notch equipment for photographers
Camelot Photographic, Wincanton - local photographic business offering printing, mounting, framing and many other photographic services
Click Props Backdrops - Pro Photography Backdrops
Cotswold Mounts offer very reasonable photo mounts, backing boards
Fotospeed Company specialising in photo papers, inks and printing systems
Frith and Company mounts and frames, 2b The Business Centre, Netherhampton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 8PU
Lacock Photography courses and tuition
Lee Filters
Timeline Events - a company providing photography experiences with a focus on history and heritage
Studio H Photography - Wincanton Professional photographers Graham and Trixie Hiscock and their Wincanton studio

Photography Advice

Cambridge in Colour - lots of technical advice
Luminous Landscape - blog with lots of helpful advice on different photography topics
Strobist blogspot - lots of advice on lighting for photography
NUJ Freelance Fees guide - advice on pricing photographic work from the National Union of Journalists
Copyright and Licensing advice PDF file from the German branch of the RPS - in English
Photo usage rights and how to license images correctly - advice from CopyTrack

Photography Applications

Adobe Color - Colour wheel application
Adobe Lightroom online On-line version of Adobe Lightroom
CaptureOne software - image processing software alternative to Lightroom
Depth of Field Master helps you calculate the depth of field for various distances, focal lengths and apertures.
MagicLantern software available to download for Camera Clubs to create and run Projected Digital Image (PDI) competitions.
Photographers' Ephemeris Web App
PhotoPills helps plan your location photo shoot
PhotoPills Depth of Field calculator
PhotoPills Hyperfocal Table
Set a light - by Elixxier Software. VR software for setting up Studio Lights
Sun Calc -Free app for planning sun position
Virtual Lighting Studio - helps set up virtual lights and see their effects
WeTransfer.com - a web based application for transferring up to 2GB of files at a time to any e-mail address for free

Photography Federations

The International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP)
The Photographic Association of Great Britain
North and East Midlands Photographic Federation
Northern Counties Photographic Federation
Midland Counties Photographic Federation
Southern Counties Photographic Federation
Western Counties Photographic Federation
Western Counties Photographic Federation (WCPF) video explaining their role
Yorkshire Photographic Union

Photography News

British Journal of Photography
Photography News - free newspaper (online edition)

Photographic Organisations

Association of Photographers
British Institute of Professional Photographers
British Photographic Exhibitions (BPE)
FIAP collections archive
Martin Parr Foundation, Paintworks, Bristol
The Master Photographers Association
Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB)
PAGB Competition Archives - virtual galleries
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS)
The Societies of Photographers
Photographic Collectors' Club of Great Britain
Photographic Society of America (PSA)

Photographic Printing companies

Chau Digital London based printing service
Digitalab.co.uk - North Shields, UK
DS Colour Labs UK based pro lab
GraphiStudio - Italian company producing top quality albums, books, wall art and prints
Loxley Colour based in the UK and the Netherlands
nPhoto.com for prints, albums, books, wallart - based in Poland
One Vision Imaging - Coventry, UK
Simlab.co.uk - Hatfield, UK
Whitewall photolab - based in Germany

Photographic Printer Papers

Canon Printer Papers
Canson Photographic Printer Papers
Epson Printer Papers
Fotospeed Printer Papers
hahnemuehle.co.uk Printer Papers
Ilford Photo - be careful as this company produces paper for darkroom printers
Ilford Galerie printer paper from Online Paper
Permajet Printer Papers

Photo Sharing websites

500px website
Flickr website
YouPic website
Pixieset - Web gallery and sales facility

Photography Speakers at Wincanton

Huw Alban - Dorset based photographer, judge and tour leader
Mike Barnard
Andrew Dibben of AJ's Studio and Camera Supplies in Bruton, Somerset.
Charles Gervais - Both Hemispheres Photography
Will Goodlet and South African Wildlife
Robert Harvey and the Natural World
James Mann How to photograph Cars
Ross McKelvey - President of Catchlight Camera Club, Belfast, and prolific Salon competitor
Paul Mitchell Photography
Mark Pickthall - Bruton based professional photographer
Polina Plotnikova - Still life and Flowers photographer
John and Di Tilsley - past president of WCPF, Member of Dorchester Camera Club and Fotospeed Photographer
Elke Vogelsang Photography - Commercial Pet Photographer
Charlie Waite - landscape photographer
Tony Worobiec - Fine Art Photography

Photographic Studio Hire

Rod Warren's RawPics Studio, on the A303 near Ilminster

Photographic Salons & Competitions

FIAP approved salons

Astronomy Photographer of the Year - the shortlisted images from the 2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. There were 4,500 plus entries from 75 countries worldwide. The awards ceremony will be on September 16th 2021. An exhibition of the winning and shortlisted images will be held at the National Maritime Museum.
Basingstoke Salon
Bird Photographer of the Year
Bird Photographer of the Year
BRISTOL SALON - Bristol Photographic Society
British Photography Awards - view various category winners' photos
Cheltenham International Salon
Cotswold Monochrome Salon
Frome Wessex Salon 2018 - Frome Wessex Camera Club
International Garden Photographer of the Year
Hoylake Photographic Society - International Digital Exhibition
Landscape Photographer of the Year - Take a View (soon to be replaced by new site
Landscape Photographer of they Year LPOTY new site launches soon replacing the old site.
The Midland Salon
Newton Abbot Photographic Club - Salon 2017
Northern Counties Salon
Photocrowd.com
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Scottish International Salon
Smethwick International Photographic Salon
Southampton International Exhibition of Photography
Southport Photographic Society Salon
Watford Photographic Salon
West Cumbria Photo Group
Winchester Photographic Society
Wyvern Photo Salon
Yorkshire International Salon
Yorkshire Salon

Photographic Printer companies

Canon photo printers
Epson photo printers

YouTube Vloggers

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Adorama TV - video vlogs from a range of photographers on different topics
Adorama TV - Play list - List of all the Adorama presenters and their channels
Huw Alban Photography - Photographer, Speaker and YouTube Vlogger
Zack Arias
Zack Arias and DEDPXL - educational and inspirational source for photographers

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Julian Baird Photography - landscape photographer based in Devon, UK
Simon Baxter landscape photographer specialising in Woodland
Greg Benz - image processing expert using luminosity masking and other techniques
Ask David Bergman on Adorama TV - video playlist
Rachel Bigsby - a winner of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023
B&H Photography Store videos - lots of quality videos on all sorts of topics including lectures
Mike Browne - West Country based photographer and educator

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Nev Cartledge Photographic vlogger from a campervan - great videos and very amusing!
Nick Church replacing Headshot or Portrait backgrounds in Photoshop - Bristol base photographer and educator.
Keith Cooper Commercial photographer producing excellent videos on printers, cameras and lenses.
Joe Cornish - Acclaimed British Landscape photographer
Joe Cornish and Colin Prior - Behind the Lens (Sigma UK) A series of programmes with two top notch landscape photographers
Hannah Couzens - Sony and Profoto Ambassador - YouTube site Hannah Couzens - Profoto Ambassador - website. Hannah runs courses. Based at St. Albans, Hertfordshire

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Nigel Danson landscape photography
Glyn Dewis - very helpful videos on Lightroom and Photoshop editing
Glyn Dewis - The Power of Point Colour - Lightroom Update (October 2023)
Unmesh Dinda - Master Photoshop Selections - Adobe Cloud Unmesh is a master of Photoshop well worth watching

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Fenna Photography - Baby and newborn photography
First Man Photography - videos by Adam Karnacz, primarily Landscape
Fotospeed helpful videos - provider of printers, printer papers, inks and lots of superb advice.

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Will Goodlett - outstanding wildlife photographer based in Africa
Gary Gough -Professional Wedding,Portrait and Commercial photographer who loves being a Landscape photographer
Matt Granger - globe trotting photographer and educator

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Thomas Heaton - Landscape Photographer
Gavin Hoey - Gavin's channel. You can also see his work on Adorama.com
Gavin Hoey - Lightbulb and sparkler

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Mads Peter Iversen - Landscape photographer from Denmark

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Pye Jirsa - Master Your Craft on Adorama TV. See also listing for SLR Lounge

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Scott Kelby - Professional photographer and Educator
Scott Kelby - Removing Purple and / or Green fringing in Lightroom
Chris Knight - Introduction To Dramatic Portraiture With Chris Knight | Chapter 1 PRO EDU Photography Tutorial
This video is 2 hours and 39 minutes long but is excellent high quality professional advice on lighting.
Matt Kozlowski for Lightroom and Photoshop advice

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Jason Lanier - Professional photographer and educator. Enthusiast for NeoLite LED lights
Emma Jane Lazenby Photography - Artist who uses photographic textures, produces equine photos and Fine Art
Adrian Lines - and links to PAGB Inter Club 2023 Competition amongst others plus some lectures
Damien Lovegrove - Lovegrove Adventures- training for photographers

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Phillip McCordall - excellent advice from a skilled professional
Sir Don McCullin - photographer famous for his war images but also his landscapes who lives near Bruton
Steve McCurry photographer
Ross McKelvey videos - judging commentary and processing comments from a very accomplished photographer
Peter McKinnon - Photography and Video teacher
Joe McNally - Internationally acclaimed photographer, the Pros' Pro. Expert in lighting and Nikon Ambassador
Seth Miranda - New York based photographer, specialist in SFX and technical gear.
Seth Miranda - How to use a C stand.
Anthony Morganti skilful editing with Lightroom, based in Buffalo, New York State
Anthony Morganti - using Levels in Photoshop

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Tony & Chelsea Northrup - American couple who provide lots of technical knowledge on cameras and photography
Daniel Norton - humorous but very knowledgeable photographer based in New York

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PAGB competition presentations provided by Adrian Lines
PixImperfect Photoshop expert tutorials by Unmesh Dinda
Photography Online - Monthly video magazine with lots of interesting features and top notch photographers.

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Serge Ramelli Photography Photography, Lightroom and Photoshop tutorials
Royal Photographic Society (RPS) videos

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Joannie Simon - The Bite Shot food photographer
SLR Lounge: Photography Tutorials - Pye Jirsa
Mark Smith - American nature photographer
Mike Smith - UK landscape photographer

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Emily Teague - Photographer and Director based in New York also appears on Adorama TV
That Tog Spot - That Photography Spot - Jess McGovern is primarily a dog photographer but does other stuff too.
The Slanted Lens - Jay P. Morgan, Commercial photographer
Tin House Studio - Professional Product / Still Life photographer - Scott Choucino
Sean Tucker Photography - quality and slightly philosophical approach to photography

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Visual Education - Karl Taylor

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Charlie Waite Landscape Photography - Founder of LPOTY who lives locally to us
Mark Wallace, Photographer, Educator and solo world traveller

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Wincanton Camera Club Home page