Links to useful websites

This is a short list of web links to sites that may be of interest (especially to photographers). It's not intended to be comprehensive, but maybe you'll find something here of interest.

Photography-related sites:

• The Luminous Landscape by Michael Reichmann.
• Rob Galbraith's Digital Photography Insights.
   
• The Online Photographer.
• The Printed Image - a very useful bookstore in Windsor.

Photography communities:

• The Australian Photographic Society.
• DSLRusers is a very active community, with most members located in Australia.
• Digitalslr is another new community.
• Passion for Pixels is the online digital arm of the Melbourne Camera Club.
• The Knox Photographic Society has the meetings in Boronia several times a month: it's a very active group of photography enthusiasts.
• Australian Institute of Professional Photography.
• Australian Commercial and Media Photographers.

Australian nature resources:

• The Australian Natural Heritage Trust's Endangered Species Program.
• Birds Australia, BOCA
• Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers (NSW)
• Parks Victoria, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife
• DSE - the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment
• CFA - the Victorian Country Fire Authority, a useful resource in summer!

Podcasts:

Podcasts are audio content available via the web (almost exclusively for free). You can listen to them using your computer, and if you have a portable music player such as an ipod you can configure it to automatically download the latest episodes of your favourite podcast for you to listen to at your leisure. Here are some of the podcasts I'm listening to at the moment:

• Jeff Curto's Camera Position, which talks about the creative side of photography. RSS podcast
• LensWork magazine has a podcast with short segments by the magazine's editor Brooks Jensen talking about various photography topics. RSS podcast
• The Candid Frame, a series of interviews with photographers by Ibarionex Perello. RSS podcast
• The Radiant Vista talks about a variety of photography topics. It's usually thought-provoking, even if it seems a bit metaphysical at times! RSS podcast
• Tips from the Top Floor, an amusing and educational podcast about digital photography by Chris Marquardht. RSS podcast

Other links:

• OzImages, a busy online stock photography library.
• Era Publications, who have published some of my work.
• War Child Australia, a charity that works to help children in war-affected areas.