| Information Resources | |
| Hudson Henry | I primarily follow Hudson's YouTube channel, but his web site also contains a lot of good information, some great photos, and links to his workshops and videos. |
| Alyn Wallace | I primarily follow Alyn's YouTube channel for his informative videos on astrophotography techniques, gear and events, but his web site also contains a lot of good information, some great photos, and links to his great book. |
| 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. |
| Tools | |
| PhotoPills |
This is now the primary application that I use on my phone and iPad to plan photos,
keep track of moon rise and moon set times, moon or sun angles and elevations,
the azimuth and elevation of the Milky Way core,
and the timing of blue and golden hours. I also use the PhotoPills Augmented Reality feature in the field to fine tune positioning. |
| Photographer's Ephemeris | This is an ap that I still use on my phone and iPad for some planning especially to look back at previous efforts. |
| Photographer's Ephemeris | This is an ap that I still use on my phone and iPad for some planning especially to look back at previous efforts. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Shades of Paper | Another great source of paper and source of information as well |
| 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. |
| Frames Destination | A really good source for high quality framing components when I do the framing myself instead of relying upon Art & Farme or Design Frames here in Falls Church. |
| 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. |
| 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: 04/21/2023