Useful Links

Ripon City Photographic Society would like to thank the following supporters and commercial sponsers for their support for the 2005/6 season.

www.abacusprinters.co.uk	Let the experts turn your work into print
www.rps.org	The RPS is the foremost photographic society in the world, founded when photography was in its infancy, and a leading force in its advancement ever since.
www.riponinteriors.co.uk	Bathroom of Distinction, Free Design Service, Classic, Modern and Traditional Bathroom Suites Good range of Tiles and Accessories
www.sigma-imaging-uk.com	For all your imaging requirements. From traditional 35mm SLR systems, flashguns, lenses, converters, filters and digital
Members Websites
Andrew Linscott LBIPP LRPS www.andrewlinscott.co.uk	Andrew Linscott is a Ripon Photographer and RCPS Member. Andrew Linscott is a specialist in animal photography and environmental subjects. "I have been taking pictures of animals since I was about 6 years old and now my work is used in magazines and advertising all over the world"
Malcolm Hey FRPS BPE3 www.malcolmhey.co.uk	As well as an RCPS member, Malcolm Hey is a photographer, writer and tour leader specialising in the underwater enviroment. His work has been published worldwide and he is regular contributor to British and International magazines. A British Gas Wildlife Photographer of the Year prizewinner on several occasions, he has won many national and international awards with his underwater images.
Phil Tully www.photothis.co.uk	Phil has been interested in photography for a number of years winning several photography competitions and his love of gardening has also won him a number of 1st, 2nd and third places in the Ripon In Bloom competition, See the Flower section on his website.
Shops & Businesses
Morris Repair Services	Camera Repair Services
Clubs & Societies
YPU Yorkshire Photographic Union	Formed in 1899 the Yorkshire Photographic Union is the oldest regional federation of photographic clubs and societies in the United Kingdom. The Yorkshire Photographic Union are members of the The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. The Union exists to provide an organisation of camera clubs and photographic societies throughout the region. Clubs vary from the major clubs of the towns and cities, localised clubs at the workplace or specialist clubs such as the Yorkshire Monochrome Group or the YPU Medium Format Group.
Software
http://picasa.google.com	Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organised by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organised
GIMPshop	Here's another photo editing package along the lines of Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. Its completely free and can be used on Windows or Apple computers.
Paint.Net	Paint.NET is a free image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
Magazines & Information
www.ephotozine.com	On line photomagazine - FREE!
www.pentaxuser.co.uk	Pentax User is an exclusive club for Pentax camera owners. Membership is by yearly subscription and includes a quarterly full colour Pentax User magazine that brings you the latest information about Pentax products, plus features, advice, seminar programmes, special offers, competitions, local group news, classified advertisements (free to subscribers) photographic holidays and more.
www.dprevie w.com	Digital camera reviews and news
www.pbase.com	A fantastic way to show your photos to the rest of the world. Have a go at putting up "A photo a day"
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec	A site to recover lost/damaged picture files on CD DVD and memory cards
http://www.forret.com/tools/megapixel.asp	This page helps you estimate the filesize a digital picture will be in various file formats. You just enter the resolution and it will display the filesizes.
www.photographymonthly.com	Photography Monthly Magazine
www.photoshopgurus.com/tutorials	Photoshop tutorials.
www.geograph.co.uk	Photographic mapping of the whole of the UK - Take some photos yourself and join in
The_rules_of_photography explained	What makes a picture interesting? How do you go about taking these pictures? How do you use the things you learned in the last article to your advantage when trying to take a beautiful photograph?
Other
http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/	Well... You really need to take a look for yourself!