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Digital Photography - General

• Links to the Best Sites on Digital Photography

Cameras

• A Short Course in Using Your Digital Camera
• A Short Course in Digital Photography Equipment
• A Short Course in Displaying and Sharing Your Digital Photos
• A Short Course in Pixels and Image Sizes

Tools

• Cataloging Software
  • iView Media - This software allows you to catalog, sort, annotate and perform a quite a few other functions on your media. It will catalog not only photos but also movies and audio clips. With the free iView Catalog Reader, you can burn your catalogs to CD or DVD, or send via email. It also includes a slide show function. (Windows and Macintosh)
  • JAlbum - this is free software that allows you to create a web page with thumbnails of your photos. It runs on Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
  • Galerie - for those Macintosh users who use iPhoto, Graphic Converter, or iView Media Pro, this free software is another web page album generator.
  • Gallery Monger - another free web page photo gallery generator.
• Adding Fun things to Photos
  • ImageWell - ImageWell, which is free, allows you to add bubbles and other aspects to images.
    • Online Manual
  • Comic Life - This software, which is for the Macintosh, can be used to create comicbooks.
• Editing Photos
  • Adobe Photoshop Express - This free service allows you to edit your photos.
  • BeFunky - This free service allows you to create special effects with your photos, such as making them look like comic book characters.

Techniques

• A Short Course in Editing Digital Photographs
• Flickr - With this free service, you can post your photos online as well as have the animation below on your own web site. You can also create hotspots that when clicked will display information.
• Dumpr.net - create some very unusual effects with your photos. Here's an example - My kids.
  

Uses of Photos in Education

• Smile! Digital Cameras Can Make Your Day
• Examples of Creative Uses of Digital Photos - by David Warlick
• Digital Cameras Enhance Education
  
• Find Free Images - This article contains a large number of links to places where you can obtain free photos.
• Flickr Photos available through the Creative Commons license
• VoiceThread - With this Web service, you can post images and have students discuss it with audio comments. You can also doodle on the picture so as to point out various aspects of the image. At VoiceThread, you can also upload movies, Powerpoint files, and PDF files.