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Photographers
| Nature | |
| AstroPics.com "America the Beautiful At Night" Wally Pacholka (Long Beach, CA) |
| Timescapes Timelapse Tom Lowe (American Southwest) blog |
| Tony Rowell (Berkeley, CA) "strives to show the beauty of the earth [and night sky] through photography" |
| Brandon Riza Photography Stunning stitched panoramas, mostly mountain scenes |
| Norman Koren Photography (Boulder, CO) website has several "Tutorials on Photography" |
| Cathy Gregg Photography (Santa Maria, CA) |
| Robin Lorenson Photography (Wichita, KS) |
| Luc Perrot Photographies (Reunion Island, Indian Ocean) |
| People | |
| Lissa Anglin Photography (Lubbock, TX) |
Printing
no recommendations implied
Art Quality
- Imagekind — primarily for photographers/artists to sell prints (up to 44x60) online, but you can buy your own
- Mpix.com
- Reed Photo-Imaging
Prints and Photo Books
Posters and Odd-sized Prints
- Perfect Posters — "Quality far beyond what you'd expect from a company with 'posters' in its name. Pricing just what you'd expect from a company with 'posters' in its name."
Selling Online
General Articles / Tips
Image Editing/Enhancing Software
Free 
Free 
The GIMP
- GIMP home page
- GIMP for Windows
- GIMP User Manual
- Grokking the GIMP — understand image manipulation concepts, know which GIMP tools are most effective, and learn savvy use of these tools
- GIMPguru.org — a resource for those using the GIMP to edit photographs
- GimpHelp.org — brushes, scripts and information for the GIMP
- Handy Tweaks to Make GIMP Replace Photoshop
ImageMagick
- ImageMagick home page
- Command line tools (documentation)
- Examples of ImageMagick Usage (Version 6)
- Fred's ImageMagick Tidbits
- Fred's ImageMagick Scripts
- Rubblewebs ImageMagick Section
Netpbm
Other
Free
- darktable (have not tried it)
- JPEG Pixel Interpolator — cleans up dead pixels
- UFRaw (stand-alone and GIMP plug-in for RAW image files)
Blogs / Articles about Photography on Linux
- Linux Photography (blog)
- Processing RAW image files on Linux
- Decoding RAW digital photos in Linux
- HDR and Linux • Script to make HDRs with Linux
Not Free 
I still use the 8.0 and 9.0 versions of Paint Shop Pro, which were the last two releases prior to JASC selling out to Corel.
Specific Algorithms
Color Spaces
- Color Space Conversions
- Color Science
- Blackbody Color Data File
- A Standard Default Colorspace for the Internet, sRGB
Miscellaneous
Time-lapse
Photographers
- Timescapes Timelapse awesome
Equipment / Tips
- Timescapes Digital Timelapse Discussion (forum)
- Suction Cup Camera Mount (attach a piece of thick plexiglass to dash to mount suction cup to)
- DIY Dash Camera "Mount" (using a large car wash sponge)
Software
- ChronoLapse (Windows/Linux free)
- dvd-slideshow (usable; command-line and input file only, no GUI)
- VideoMach (free version displays a 1 sec banner)
- PhotoLapse 3
- GBtimelapse & GBdeflicker (each $79)
Photo Slideshow
Free Software
- DVD Slideshow GUI
- VideoMach (free version displays a 1 sec banner)
- dvd-slideshow (usable; command-line and input file only, no GUI)
- Mistelix (have not tried it)
- 2ManDVD (have not tried it)
- ManDVD (have not tried it)
- ManSlide (have not tried it)
HDR
- HDR and Linux • Script to make HDRs with Linux
- LuminanceHDR (formerly Qtpfsgui) (Linux/Windows, free)
- Best Free HDR Software
- HDR Done Naturally (Outdoor Photographer magazine)
- Photomatix (Windows, Pro $99, Light $39)
- HDR Darkroom (Windows/Mac, $99)
Equipment
- The Lightning Trigger (~$400 w/ camera-specific cable)
DSLR Cameras I'm Considering
- Canon EOS 7D
- Canon EOS 500D (aka EOS Rebel T1i)
- Canon EOS 550D (aka EOS Rebel T2i)
- Pentax K-7
HD Video Cameras I'm Considering
- Panasonic HDC-HS700K • at B & H $1400
- Panasonic HDC-HS300K • review • another review • customer reviews • At B & H $1200 (Amazon is $1260)
- Sony HDR-XR350V at B & H $1000
- Sony HDR-XR550V at B & H $1400
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