Useful Links
Photographic
Also see Greyscale & Grey Card for other links.
Romney Marsh Photographic Club are not responisible for any of the below links. They have been suggested by club members or from other sources in good faith
but it is your responsibility whether you use them.
Kent County Photographic Association
www.kcpa.co.uk
Link for all other KCPA camera clubs plus information on all things to do with them
Tips For Beginners:
Photography on a Budget
www.bebusinessed.com
Helpful and useful tips on buying your first DSLR, accessories, alternative cheap editing resources, etc for anyone on a budget.
Lifehacker Night School Basics of Photography
www.toasterdog.com
A PDF download of the basics of understanding your camera and basic layout of a shot.
Shooting & Processing Tutorials
www.petapixel.com
Loads of ideas on all aspects of photgraphy.
Colour and Black & White Prints
www.DSColourLabs.co.uk
Superb prints delivered within 1 to 3 days.
Highly recommended by club member
Cameras & Camera Accessories
www.wexphotographic.co.uk
Exremely good value with fantastic sale prices to look out for.
Large Canvas Prints
www.canvasrus.co.uk
Great website to get canvas prints made.
20% off offer to camera club members
Photo Paper Direct
www.photopaperdirect.com
For all your printing needs. Great selection of printing surfaces with very reasonable prices as well.
Digital camera accessories,
memory cards & optics
www.picstop.co.uk
Good price for all accessories with an interesting blog in their News section
Camera Accessories
www.crookedimaging.co.uk
Loads of accessories for your camera and photography. Including rain protection, lens pouches, filters, darkroom equipment, second hand cameras plus all the usual.
Protective Cases & Rain Covers
www.cpcases.com
Professional, hard-wearing protective travelling cases and rain covers, this is a link sent in by the company.
Technical
Camera Repairs
www.camerarepairdirect.co.uk
Friendly, helpful and reasonable for all camera makes, based near Guildford.
Highly recommended by club member
FREE Recovery Tool - for damaged or corrupt memory cards
www.art-plus-digital-photo-recovery.en.softonic.com/.co.uk
Don’t despair if you discover you find you can’t download your lovely photos, this is a free recovery tool that is very easy to use and has very good reviews.
SUPER Recovery Tool - for VERY damaged or corrupt memory cards
www.lc-tech.com
If the above free tool doesn’t work, then give this a go. Recommended to me (Bennie) personally by SanDisk, there is a choice of programmes and you use the free downloads to first check which programme will
work best for you before you buy anything.
For help, call 0115 9597904.
The one that retreived all my files from a card that actually rattled, cost £22 and is called PhotoRecovery.
How to fix memory card errors
www.softwarehow.com
A link sent in by the author of this article. If you have a card error and need help in understanding what it means and how to solve it, this article is full of information
and other links to help you.
Sharpening & Picture Improving Plug-Ins
www.TopazLabs.com
Excellent plug-ins to improve your workings when photo-editing.
These you have to pay for but sign up first for their emails and wait for the cheaper offers to come along.
FREE Sharpening & Picture Improving Plug-Ins
www.google.com/NikCollection
Different effects to Topaz but why not download and get for free!
28 Best FREE Photoshop Plugins
www.artofblog.com
A recent list of what the compilers believe are the best FREE Photoshop plugins. Thousands of plugins haven’t been updated for years, even decades, and many of these would enhance your photos.
Wilbur Imaging & Digital Software
www.wilburimaging.com
DiCentra Software for Digital Projection Competitions
Beckham Digital
www.beckhamdigital.co.uk
Photoshop, Elements, Digital Audio Visual Music and Tutorials etc, some are free others are to buy.
Miscellaneous
Photographic Studio for Hire in Ashford
www.galileosolutions.co.uk/studio-hire
Small studio with all lighting included. All prices reduced by 20% for club members on the website prices.
Photography & Photoshop Training in Ashford
www.galileosolutions.co.uk/photo-tuition
Same company as above also runs photography and Photoshop packages (not discounted).
One-to-one tuition or group bookings.
Contact Sue Chapman on sue@galileosolutions.co.uk
or phone on work no: 01233 646263.
Canon & Nikon Lens Hire
www.lensesforhire.co.uk
For that special occasion you can hire a Canon or Nikon lens from these people.
Graphic & Website Design
www.BXDesign.co.uk
Bennie Jane Cross, living in New Romney with over 30 years experience working in the West End. She is a member of this camera club and webmaster.
The Portal to Romney Marsh
www.theromneymarsh.net
Information on all aspects of the Marsh
The Local Website
www.stmarysbay.net
Information on St Mary’s Bay and St Mary In The Marsh.