"I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like to have them around, particularly not those of persons I know and love."--Vincent van Gogh

Photo Forums & Critique Sites (return to top) "And there is something about that piece of equipment--a camera--that's kind of cool. It sort of instantly makes you the coolest person in the room."--Julia Roberts, American Photo Jan/Feb 2005 photo.net (and sign in)--a collaborative photography community Amanda Garage Glamour (and login) WebModels Forum for the Modeling Industry Midwest Models & Photographers Forum Amateur Indiana forums for Midwest Models & Photographers Southern Models and Photographers Forum Western New York Models Forum at wnymodels.com Forums at The Talent Alliance: Fashion Only--gone Midwest Regional Modeling Forum--gone? Sensual Arts Forum Event Photographer--"a place for semi-professional photographers to meet and exchange ideas" Forums for Models and Photographers, a listing Blackwood-Steele--forum for modeling industry professionals The 28th Floor Photo Critique--Qiang Li's Photo Critique Forum

Photography Magazines (return to top) John Fisher's (Splash!) Glossary of Photography Terms: GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAPHY -- pictures of women with no clothes on FIGURE STUDIES -- pictures of women with no clothes on PERSONAL WORK -- pictures of women with no clothes on ART PHOTOGRAPHY -- pictures of women with no clothes on, in black and white FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY -- pictures of women with no clothes on, in black and white, shot with a view camera EDITORIAL FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY -- pictures of underage women with no clothes on Photo--en français Photofocus -- "The Online Magazine for Serious Image Makers" American Photo Magazine Popular Photography Inside Straight: Like a Leica by Herbert Keppler, December 05, 2007 Inside Straight: Battery Blues by Herbert Keppler, Octoebr 01, 2007 Inside Straight: Digital for Duffers by Herbert Keppler, September 06, 2007 Inside Straight: Film Festival by Herbert Keppler, July 26, 2007 Inside Straight: Manual Labor by Herbert Keppler, June 28, 2007 Inside Straight: Hot Heir by Herbert Keppler, May 14, 2007 Inside Straight: Optical Miracle by Herbert Keppler, April 20, 2007 Inside Straight: Picture Progress by Herbert Keppler, February 22, 2007 Inside Straight: Shoe Fetish by Herbert Keppler, January 10, 2007 Inside Straight: The Name Game by Herbert Keppler, December 12, 2006 Inside Straight: It's Elemental by Herbert Keppler, November 29, 2006 From the Keppler Files: November, 1966 From the Keppler Files: May, 1970 From the Keppler Files: November, 1966 From the Keppler Files: April, 1991 From the Keppler Files: February, 1995 (black & white) May, 2006 From the Keppler Files: On Camera Buying April, 2006 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: World-Class Glass (Pentax fisheye zooms) August, 2006 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Here's to Film March, 2006 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Calling the Shots January, 2006 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Cruise Control May, 2005 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Hang On! April, 2005 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Shooting Small on a Budget December, 2004 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Double-Duty Case September, 2004 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: The Subline Convenience August, 2004 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: We Celbrated with Goulash July, 2004 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Make Do or Splurge? June, 2004 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Shootout on the Strip May, 2004 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Survivor's Choice January, 2004 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Bottom Feeder SLRs December, 2003 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Defeated by the Foot October, 2003 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: The CAT Did It August, 2003 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: My 28-200mm Guilt Trips July, 2003 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Jumping from Film to Digital? May, 2003 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Mixed Bag March, 2003 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Just Fix It! February, 2003 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Setting Standards? December, 2002 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Why a Digital SLR Might Be in Your Future... or Not October, 2002 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: The Minimalist Photo Bag September, 2002 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Questions to Which You Often Don't Get Straight Answers August, 2002 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: How to Find Your Way out of the Lens Test Jungle June, 2002 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Waiter, There's a Seagull in my Minolta! April, 2002 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: When the Weather Gods Look Favorably on You... March, 2002 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Adorama Gets Mono November, 2001 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Don't Let it be your Albatross! September, 2001 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Comparing New Zooms June, 2001 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Wide-to-Tele Lenses Now Zoom Down to 24mm June, 2001 Herbert Keppler -- SLR: Looks Good on Paper, But... December, 2001 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: Image Stabilization -- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? April, 2007 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: Making Contact March, 2007 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: Rangefinder Revival January, 2007 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: Film Forever! October, 2006 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: Did Polaroid Kill the Perfect Digital Instant Camera? July, 2006 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: From Leitz Sublime to Leica Splitsville June, 2006 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: Is My Linear Mind Colliding with the Digital Era? May, 2007 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: The Contrary Mind of Hirofumi Kobayashi April, 2006 Herbert Keppler -- Speaking Frankly: What's in a Name? Reputation. But Whose? March, 2006 The Real Cartier-Bresson by Herbet Keppler, September, 2004 LEDs Instead of Flash? Ridiculous! by Herbert Keppler, March, 2004 13 Key SLR Choice Factor by Herbert Keppler, February, 2004 Camera-Bag-or-Mania by Herbert Keppler, November, 2003 Caviar at Borscht Prices? by Herbert Keppler, July, 2003 Shootout! Film vs Digital by Herbert Keppler, July, 2003 Spira Returns Triumphant by Herbert Keppler, March, 2002 Budget SLRs Come into their Own by Herbert Keppler, February, 2002 5 Reasons to Shoot Film by Russell Hart, December, 2006 Portraits Made Easy by Rick Sammom & Herbert Keppler, June, 2003 Sometime You've Just Gotta Shoot Your Friends, by Herbert Keppler, April, 2003 To Infinity... and Beyond? by Herbert Keppler, April, 2003 Mastering Your Camera by Herbert Keppler, October, 2001 Traveling Steady with your SLR by Herbert Keppler, September, 2001 How To... Take Auto-Focused SLR Shots by Herbert Keppler, October, 1998 How to... Clean SLR Finder Systems by Herbert Keppler, Octber, 1998 How to Clean Lenses How to Use Fill Flash Shoot Candids Polarizers, articles 1 and 2 (PDF) Six Basic Filters Battery Care, articles 1 and 2 Using Long Shutter Speeds Studio Flash for Absolute Light Control Depth of Field Mastering Digital Color How to Lower Contrast Point-and-Shoot for Serious Photographers Review: Voigtländer Bessa R3A by Herbert Keppler, May, 2005 Review: Lecia M7 Review: Pentax ZX-5N in PDF format Review: Pentax MZ-S (and two in PDF format 1 | 2) Review: Contax G2 (PDF format) Review: Konica Hexar RF (PDF format) Review: Konica Hexar Silver (PDF format) Review: Olympus Stylus Epic (PDF format) Review: Leica M6 TTL Review: Leica M6 TTL (PDF format) Review: Leica M6 ICC Profile Downloads and Readme Peterson PHOTOgraphic Online Easy Portrait Tips Classic Portraiture Ten Portrait Tips Seeing the Light Filters and Filters for Better Color Low-Contrast Techniques Photographing Civil War History User Report: Kodak Portra 800 User Report: Photoshop Elements User Report: Kokak Professional Portra 400BW The Sharper Image Sharpen Your Skills Eight Great Black & White Tips Flash, article 1 and 2 Choosing and Using Lenses How to Photograph Exotic Animals Point & Shoot: Dramatic Photos after Dark Point & Shoot: Great Travel Photos Point & Shoot: Photographing Cities Great Window Photos Shoot Stunning Cityscapes Great Photos of Bad Weather Time-Life Magazine Life Magazine Time-Life Photo Site Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards Great Photographers World of Alfred Eisenstaedt The Digital Journalist by Dirck Halstead--not all digital; excellent galleries Luminous Landscape--landscape, nature, & documentary photography DoubleTake Magazine--"The Web's best source on the latest documentary work..." BJP Online--British Journal of Photography Studio Photography & Design photoResource Magazine @Photo at Photocourses.com Apogee Photo Magazine--"America's Premier Online Photography Magazine" National Geographic Photography and the Masters of Photography Lecture Series Sight--"Fine Photography Online" PDN--Photo District News Rangefinder Network DPI Digital Photography & Imaging Photo Shopper Shutterbug Magazine Web Edition Industry Magazine Online PhotoHighway.com PhotoPro Black & White World with Photographer's Tool Kit Blind Spot Focus Online--"The net's leading film and digital photography magazine" Picture Perfect Reportage Photography Online--British AsiaPhoto.com--online magazine iTiS "Le guide internet des photographes et de la photographie en france"--en français

Copyright and Forms (return to top) Model Limited Consent and Release Form at DCC Sample Model Release Forms by The Law Office of Don Mollick Sample Model Release by Doug Lester Head Off Legal Hassles--forms at Popular Photography The Photographer's Right -- A Downloadable Flyer by Bert P.Krages II, Attorney at Law (See also Web Authoring Links for other links pertaining to copyright.)

Retailers (return to top) B&H Photo (and the link that supports photo.net) KEH Camera Brokers--purveyors of fine used photographic equipment Golden Photo--used equipment CollectibleCameras.com--used equipment Porter's Camera Store--good selection of neat stuff Tallyn's Professional Photographic Supply Hunt's Photo and Video Robert's Imaging Cord Camera Midwest Photo Exchange--used equipment in Columbus Columbus Camera Group Freestyle Photographic Supplies -- emphasizing film & darkroom supplies, with Sunprint kits

Manufacturers (return to top) "The absence of colour can give photographs ranging from those with a wide flowing spectrum of soft grey tones to those with dramatic extremes of light and dark. This gives the photographer an almost unlimited range of artistic interpretation and control that is just not available with colour photography." -- Ilford Photo Film Kodak Fuji Agfa Ilford Photo (Harman Technology Ltd) -- "Best in Black & White" Cameras Canon Contax Konica Leica--English Minolta Nikon Olympus Pentax Lighting Sunpak--flashes and accessories Vivitar--flashes and lenses JTL--studio lighting and backgrounds LumiQuest--flash accessories Photoflex--lights and modifiers Photogenic and StudioMax--studio lights AlienBees--studio lights Shoes and Crystal by William McFadden Lensbabies--shiftable lenses for SLRs a review at photo.net a review at PhotoFocus LowePro--camera bags Backdrop Outlet (and article at HMPC) Affordable Muslin Backdrops by Roel Daves--gone?

Professional Photo Processing (return to top) MPix by Miller's--offers Kodak's metallic paper Discreet and Confidential Color by Jack Cutler, in Wyomissing PA (and article at HMPC) Allied Photo in Wyoming MI Crest Photo Labs in RI Proex in MN -- new URL Wolf Camera in GA Labs with no web pages: Garrett & Lane PO Box 5608 Columbus GA 31955 800-452-6567 Metro Photo in Hershey PA Eclipse in MD

Canon Equipment (return to top) Canonette QL17: Q17 GIII at by Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest QL17 by Kyle Cassidy Canonnette FAQ by Alvin Shih The Manual at Favorite Classics Canonette QL17 GIII by D. Scott Young

Olympus Equipment (return to top) Olympus Stylus Epic: "The Stylus Epic may be the best $100 camera anywhere in the galaxy..."--Popular Photography The Olympus Infinity Stylus and Stylus Epic by J. Andrzej Wrotniak--new URL Olympus Stylus Epic (Mju-II) Camera Report by Jim Tardio Review of the Olympus Stylus Epic by Patrick Hudepohl at Photo.net Review of Olympus Infinity Stylus Epic from October, 1997, Popular Photography Review of Olympus Infinity Stylus Epic from April, 2003, Popular Photography mini-review: Olympus Stylus Epic in PDF format at Popular Photography Olympus 35 rangefinders: Olympus 35 RC and Olympus 35 RD at CameraQuest Olympus 35 ECR by Mike Graham Olympus 35 RC by D. Scott Young Olympus Classic Viewfinders by Claus Marin Olympus Rangefinders by Andrew Yue, with instructions Olympus 35 RC Olympus 35 RD Olympus 35 SP Threads at photo.net of interest to Olympus 35 rangefinder owners: 43.5mm Filters for Olympus 35 RC Replacing Light Seals Cleaning Olympus 35 RC 70's Rangefinders versus 90's Point-and-Shoot Servicing Olympus 35RC by Rick Oleson Manuals for various Olympus 35 rangefinders

Rangefinder & Vintage Equipment (return to top) CameraQuest's Classic Camera Profiles by Stephen Gandy--descriptions of classic cameras sells ME-Super shutters for $30 + $5 shipping Leica: The Leica FAQ by Andrew Nemeth Leica M6 -- a review by Kirk Tuck at photo.net Leica CL and Minolta CLE by Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest J'Accuse Leica by Paul Ross The Truth about Leica Cameras by Kyle Cassidy Revisiting a Classic: The Legendary Leica M6 at washingtonpost.com by Frank Van Riper Voigtländer: The Voigtländer Bessa-R -- a review by Mike Elek Bessa R by Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest Bessa R2 by Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest Bessa R2a & R3a by Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest Konica Hexar (AF): A Review by Richard Caruana at photo.net A Review by Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest The Konica Hexar by Frank van de Wiel Konica Hexar by Dante Stella a mini-review in PDF format at Popular Photography Konica Hexar RF: A Review by Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest a mini-review in PDF format at Popular Photography Contax G2: A Review by Tom Shea at photo.net a mini-review in PDF format at Popular Photography Rangefinders by Mike Graham Yashica Rangefinder Tech Support Guide by "Yashica Guy" Joe Marcel Wolff Favorite Classics at KY Photo by Kar Yan Mak, with repair tips and manuals. Matt's Classic Cameras: Rangefinders & Compacts by Matt Denton Classic '70s Compact 35mm Rangefinder Cameras by Scott Young PhotoBattery.com; hard-to-find batteries for vintage photo equipment Weston Resource--Weston meters; including manuals

Camera and Lens Repair (return to top) Essex Camera Services, Inc. Pentax Camera Service by Eric Hendrickson

Electronic Flash (return to top) Electronic Flash Information by Toomas Tamm Build-your-own Universal Battery Pack for flash, by Al Jacobson new version of page old version of the page 4Batteries.com, source for batteries & charger a thread about battery packs for the Vivitar 283 at photo.net

Sponsors of Photo Shoots for Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana Photographers (return to top) Events at ModelMayhem Sunday "Ohio Group Gathering" Shoots: March 30, 2008 Yellow Springs April 13, 2008 Dayton May 18, 2008 Cincinnati June 15, 2008 Waynesville July 13th, 2008 Yellow Springs August 17, 2008 Springfield September 14, 2008 Waynesville October 12, 2008 Cincinnati Ohio 3rd Annual April Group Shoot April 26, 2008 Toledo Columbus Ohio Groupshoot (BOMA) May 4, 2008 Columbus Ohio/Boyd's 3rd Annual May Group Shoot May 17, 2008 Toledo 2008 House of Nightmares Group Shoot May 31, 2008 Columbus Mansfield, Ohio Prison Group Shoot? Ohio Glamour Workshop with J. Scott Second Sunday of the Month: Dayton--Jaze Group Shoots by Jason George--no longer sponsoring events? Dayton--Photo Visions by Eric Singerman (email)--gone Cincinnati--Camera Club of Cincinnati Cincinnati--Treasure Chest Photography (email)--no longer sponsoring events? Third Sunday of the Month: Cincinnati--EGO Management--no longer sponsoring events? Fourth Sunday of the Month: Northern Kentucky Model Shoots (email)--gone? Amber

Resources for Models and Photographers (return to top) "Talent is practicing what you love, long patience, and perserverance."--Gustav Flaubert MuseCube--"Portfolio Hosting & Talent Directory" LocalViewfinder.com GlamourModels.com SupermodelMe FreeLanceModels.com WebModels On-Line Model Portfolios (with Columbus-based Nicci Miller) One Model Place (with Lindsey H., & Diane H.) ModelsModeling.com by Harvey Goldberg and Israel Colon Models New Faces Photographers Fashion Planet The Fashion Directory with Classic Fashion Editorials and Classic Fashion Advertisements Faces Café--now a gallery of Kate Moss photos by famous photographers Hint Fashion Magazine

Miscellaneous (return to top) Self-Publish books at Blurb.com "Photography is a mistress that will call your heart away from other equally important aspects in your life."--Zack Arias words words words by Kyle Cassidy -- an essay that resonates strangely within me thoughts by Zack Arias essays by Dante Stella Essays by Ken Rockwell: The Seven Levels of Photography Your Camera Does Not Matter Film vs. Digital The Megapixel Myth Essays by Frank Von Ripper The Modern Camera, and Dilution of Effort, an essay by Bruce Wilson Depth of Field Calculators: in HTML print-it-yourself paper The Photography Channel--"Photographic Storytelling for the Modern Media" Still Photography and Permits on Public Lands FoundView--"Were all of the things you see in a remarkable photograph really there when the picture was taken?" Professional Photographers of America TechPhoto--"Photo News, Stuff that Matters"--Australian PhotoZone by Klaus Schroiff; with guides to equipment, lens surveys, and photo tips Camera and Photographic Equipment Reviews by Paul Butzi PhotographyReview.com Online Photo--thousands of photography links Bengt's Photo Page--lots of photography links

My Own Content (return to top) Photography Log Sheet: 8-1/2x11 36-exp | 4x6 24-exp | 4x6 36-exp Railroad Photography Log Sheet in Word95 format Model Release Form: Adult | Minor; in Word95 format Notes on Fill Flash with Non-TTL Autoflash Monitor Adjustment Chart

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