Useful Links
Suppliers & Retailers
Cambrian Photography
Knowledgeable, well stocked, well priced and based in Colwyn Bay
Wex (Warehouse Express)
Highly regarded on-line photographic retailer
7DAYSHOP
Good source of cheap consumables (inkjet cartridges, memory cards, batteries, etc.)
Amazon
Often the cheapest prices available from inkjet cartridges, software, printers, cameras etc.!
Camera Price Buster
Photographic equipment price comparison site
Native Digital
Wide range of high end monitors and colour management equipment and guidance
Wessex Pictures
Mount board suppliers with a Liverpool branch who deliver
Cotswold Mounts
Mount board and pre-cut mount suppliers
Kinmel Paper Supplies
180 Wellington Rd, Rhyl LL18 1LL
Tel: 01745 354589
Local mount board supplier
Fotospeed
Suppliers of excellent quality darkroom and digital printing consumables - Margaret Salisbury is a Fotospeed lecturer
Permajet
Another supplier of excellent digital printing consumables - Tom Dodd is a Permajet lecturer
DS Colour Labs
Well regarded online professional printing and processing lab
ProAm Imaging
Professional photo lab.
Loxley Colour
Higher end professional printing and processing lab.
Paper Spectrum
Photographic, fine art paper and mount board supplies.
The Pixel Printer
Anglesey based photographic printer run by club member Julian Wynne “We started 'thepixelprinter.com' to help photographers and artists at whatever level, achieve professional, gallery standard prints and reproductions from their images, while keeping the cost affordable.”
Software
Adobe
Industry standard image processing software including: Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Lightroom
Apple Aperture
Apple’s images processing software
Nik Software
Now part of Google, excellent Photoshop and Lightroom plug-ins including: Silver Efex Pro & HDR Efex Pro
Topaz Labs
Exciting range of Photoshop and Lightroom plug-ins
Matworks!
Excellent free software aid for mount cutting - No longer supported. See DOWNLOADS page
PicturesToExe
Once of the best AV programmes
Helicon Soft
Recommended, paid-for Focus Stacking software
Zerene Systems
Zerene Stacker, paid-for Focus Stacking software
Combine ZP
Combine ZP, free Focus Stacking software
The Photographer’s Ephemeris
The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) helps you plan outdoor photography shoots in natural light, particularly landscape and urban scenes.
Startrails
Free star trails software
StarStax
Another free star trails application
Photographic Associations & SocietiesPhotographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB)
The organisation that co-ordinates specific activities for photographic clubs in England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland.
North Wales Photographic Association (NWPA)
Our local federation of the PAGB that BMBCC is affiliated to.
North Wales & Wirral Audio Visual Group
Founded by John Rowell and Marion Waine with the aim to help and encourage the growing interest in Digital Audio Visual locally. Meeting at the Capel Curig Community Centre.
North Wales Monochrome Group
Informal group of monochrome workers who meet roughly every 6 weeks at Capel Curig Community Centre to show their work, disseminate information, and generally share all aspects of their craft.
The Royal Photographic Society
The oldest photographic society in the world
Photographic Sites
BMBCC flickr Group
You can view other member’s images, share your own and join in our Discussion threads.
ePHOTOzine
Extensive and highly active on-line photographic forums and members image galleries
DPREVIEW
Superb source of In-depth digital camera reviews, up to date photographic news and specialised photographic forums
PetaPixel
Lots of quirky and unusual daily photographic related news items.
Chasing the Light Photography
John Rowell and Marion Waine’s website
Adobe TV
Official Adobe site with lots of excellent free training videos
Useful Information
Cambridge in Colour
“A learning community for photographers” with wealth of information and tutorials including Colour Management, Macro photography and Focus Stacking.
Tide Times
Tide time tables
Star Circle Academy
Tutorials, tips and information on night and low light photography
Solar Ham
Very detailed information on solar activity
Doug’s Actions
Luminosity Masks
Creating 1400 x 1050 PDI’s
YouTube video by Pete Roberts of Chapel Camera Club on how to prepare 1400 x 1050 pixel PDI images using Photoshop
Cambrian Photography
Knowledgeable, well stocked, well priced and based in Colwyn Bay
Wex (Warehouse Express)
Highly regarded on-line photographic retailer
7DAYSHOP
Good source of cheap consumables (inkjet cartridges, memory cards, batteries, etc.)
Amazon
Often the cheapest prices available from inkjet cartridges, software, printers, cameras etc.!
Camera Price Buster
Photographic equipment price comparison site
Native Digital
Wide range of high end monitors and colour management equipment and guidance
Wessex Pictures
Mount board suppliers with a Liverpool branch who deliver
Cotswold Mounts
Mount board and pre-cut mount suppliers
Kinmel Paper Supplies
180 Wellington Rd, Rhyl LL18 1LL
Tel: 01745 354589
Local mount board supplier
Fotospeed
Suppliers of excellent quality darkroom and digital printing consumables - Margaret Salisbury is a Fotospeed lecturer
Permajet
Another supplier of excellent digital printing consumables - Tom Dodd is a Permajet lecturer
DS Colour Labs
Well regarded online professional printing and processing lab
ProAm Imaging
Professional photo lab.
Loxley Colour
Higher end professional printing and processing lab.
Paper Spectrum
Photographic, fine art paper and mount board supplies.
The Pixel Printer
Anglesey based photographic printer run by club member Julian Wynne “We started 'thepixelprinter.com' to help photographers and artists at whatever level, achieve professional, gallery standard prints and reproductions from their images, while keeping the cost affordable.”
Software
Adobe
Industry standard image processing software including: Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Lightroom
Apple Aperture
Apple’s images processing software
Nik Software
Now part of Google, excellent Photoshop and Lightroom plug-ins including: Silver Efex Pro & HDR Efex Pro
Topaz Labs
Exciting range of Photoshop and Lightroom plug-ins
Matworks!
Excellent free software aid for mount cutting - No longer supported. See DOWNLOADS page
PicturesToExe
Once of the best AV programmes
Helicon Soft
Recommended, paid-for Focus Stacking software
Zerene Systems
Zerene Stacker, paid-for Focus Stacking software
Combine ZP
Combine ZP, free Focus Stacking software
The Photographer’s Ephemeris
The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) helps you plan outdoor photography shoots in natural light, particularly landscape and urban scenes.
Startrails
Free star trails software
StarStax
Another free star trails application
Photographic Associations & SocietiesPhotographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB)
The organisation that co-ordinates specific activities for photographic clubs in England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland.
North Wales Photographic Association (NWPA)
Our local federation of the PAGB that BMBCC is affiliated to.
North Wales & Wirral Audio Visual Group
Founded by John Rowell and Marion Waine with the aim to help and encourage the growing interest in Digital Audio Visual locally. Meeting at the Capel Curig Community Centre.
North Wales Monochrome Group
Informal group of monochrome workers who meet roughly every 6 weeks at Capel Curig Community Centre to show their work, disseminate information, and generally share all aspects of their craft.
The Royal Photographic Society
The oldest photographic society in the world
Photographic Sites
BMBCC flickr Group
You can view other member’s images, share your own and join in our Discussion threads.
ePHOTOzine
Extensive and highly active on-line photographic forums and members image galleries
DPREVIEW
Superb source of In-depth digital camera reviews, up to date photographic news and specialised photographic forums
PetaPixel
Lots of quirky and unusual daily photographic related news items.
Chasing the Light Photography
John Rowell and Marion Waine’s website
Adobe TV
Official Adobe site with lots of excellent free training videos
Useful Information
Cambridge in Colour
“A learning community for photographers” with wealth of information and tutorials including Colour Management, Macro photography and Focus Stacking.
Tide Times
Tide time tables
Star Circle Academy
Tutorials, tips and information on night and low light photography
Solar Ham
Very detailed information on solar activity
Doug’s Actions
Luminosity Masks
Creating 1400 x 1050 PDI’s
YouTube video by Pete Roberts of Chapel Camera Club on how to prepare 1400 x 1050 pixel PDI images using Photoshop