Some Of My Favorite Photography Stuff

Bayou City Farmers Market, Houston, March 2009

Had a long talk yesterday with a friend who is interested in taking the plunge and buying a digital SLR. I put together some notes for her about links and products I've found useful which I figured I'd share with all of you as well. As I said to her, I love talking and sharing photography, so let me know if you have any questions.

Photography blogs:
www.kenrockwell.com (I don't love his tone all the time, but he tends to zero in on what's really worth paying for. There's a Nikon link on his home page which will show you all his Nikon stuff.
Photoshop Insider
www.bythom.com (particularly good for Nikon stuff)
http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/ (check out his video work - particularly a short movie called Requiem - as an example of what can be done with a digital slr with video capabilities
B & H Photo - my favorite NYC camera store. Very good and very reliable - be sure you look for products with a USA warranty
Digital Photography Review (encyclopedic collection of camera reviews)
Digital Camera Resource Page (another encyclopedic collection of reviews)
Flickr - great for photo sharing (you can see some of my pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/aweber9/)
Picasa - google's free and very good photo editor; integrates automatically (automagically) with picasa web albums; both picasa web albums and flickr have excellent blogging integration

And some product links of interest:
The Digital Photography Book (less about buying a camera and more about how to get the most out of it; very good and very practical)
Nikon D90 (midrange Nikon with HD video capabilities)
Nikon 18-200 VR lens (this is one lots of people like as an everyday lens)
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (terrific editing program, somewhat expensive but very good for managing a large library of photos)