| Information Resources | |
| Luminous Landscape | My primary site to follow advances in the digital darkroom especially with respect to papers and printers. This is also a fantastic site for photographic techniques as well as thoughts on photography. |
| Julieanne Kost | A great source of with tutorials on Lightroom. |
| The Strobist Blog | David Hobby's blog and tutorials on lighting have really helped in how I light portraits and think about photography. |
| Joe McNally | Joe McNally's books, blog and YouTube videos on lighting have also really helped in how I light portraits and think about photography even though I will never have access to some of the tools he uses in his work. |
| Mac Performance Guide | This is the site I go to when looking for reviews of the now rare introductions of new Mac computers. I have used Lloyd Chambers ideas in setting up my own Macs especially the extra storage I now require. |
| Diglloyd | I also visit Lloyd Chambers photography website for his thoughts on new cameras and lenses. |
| Luminous Landscape Videos | These videos are a great value. I have both the Lightroom and Camera to Print series, and I refer back to them from time to time. |
| Supplies | |
| itSupplies.com | Where I buy almost all the ink for my printers and some of the paper. They also offer generic color profiles and a custom profiling service. |
| Shades of Paper | Another great source of paper and source of information as well |
| Red River Paper | I use their Ultra Pro Satin for a lot of my general prints, and I occasionally use their Auroa paper for matte surfaced prints. I use their stock for most of my note and larger cards. |
| Clear Bags | The best source I've found for protective envelopes that I use on loose and matted prints as well as for my individual note and greeting cards. I also use their boxes for my card sets. |
| Picture Frames Destination | A really good source for high quality framing components when I do the framing myself instead of relying upon Design Frames or Art & Frame here in Falls Church. |
| Argonaut Displays | I've purchased my card spinners from them. |
| Graphic Display Systems | I purchased my portable display racks from them. The system makes it easy to set up multiple configurations based upon the available space. |
| Tools | |
| Photographer's Ephemeris |
This is the ap that I use on my phone and iPad to keep track of moon rise and moon set times, angles and elevations for planing my moon photos. It's a lot easier than using the compass and the Naval Observatory data that used to guide me. |
| PhotoPills |
This is another ap that I use on my phone and iPad to keep track of moon rise and moon set times, moon or sun angles and elevations, and the timing of blue and golden hours. I think that the PhotoPills Augmented Reality feature is easier to use than TPE's, so I am using PhotoPills in the field more than TPE, while TPE remains my favorite for planning shots. |
| LR/Transporter |
Timothy Armes' LR/Transporter is the tool I use to export picture meta-data from Lightroom
into a form that I can load into this web site's database.
I have also played around with his LR/Enfuse and LR/Morgify plug-ins, but don't use them as an everyday part of my toolset. |
| Local Resources | |
| Art and Frame of Falls Church | Tom Gittens of Art and Frame is a great source of custom framing work, and Tom gets the majority of my business these days. Remember to ask Tom for a discount when you take in one of my prints for a custom framing job. |
| Design Frames | Mark Klostermyer at Design Frames has done a lot of custom framing work for me using some hardwood frame stock that Art & Frame doesn't normally carry. Remember to ask Mark for a discount when you take in one of my prints for a custom framing job. |
| Ace Photo | The folks at Ace Photo have done a fantastic job with rejuvenating the Dominion Photo store on West Broad Street. Their prices match Amazon, B&H Photo and other online retailers, and they are very well stocked in most things that I need. |
| Falls Church Arts | A local arts group in which I participate. |
| Other Web Sites | |
| The Mount Washington Observatory | Great pictures in their photo gallery, and great views, when it's not in whiteout, from and of the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. |
Last Updated: 02/20/2019