Useful links
Photography Forums and Sites
- Talk Photography
- View Bug
- Flickr
- Extreme Macro
- The Guild of Photographers who are based in Burslem. Limited time discount offer available for members. See Glyn for details or read your emails. Suitable for professionals and non-professionals.
Advice
- Lens Hero
Type in your make of camera, lens requirements and maximum price, Lens Hero suggests the lenses - Snapsort
Not sure which camera to buy? Snap sort helps you compare and make decisions - Lens Buying Guide
Photography Courses
| Stoke on Trent College | Photography course for beginners, Photography – Intermediate Photography – Advanced |
| Newcastle College | Getting started with Digital Photography Photography A-level NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Photography |
| Leek College | Practical Photography Studio Photography |
| Going Digital | One-day Workshops in Stoke-on-Trent Close up and Macro (including Calke Abbey) |
| Great Little Picture | Photography Workshop for beginners in Lichfield, Staffordshire |
| Tez Marsden | Photography courses for beginners in Derbyshire |
| Wild Arena | Animal, macro and landscape photography courses throughout the UK |
| Photographers on Safari |
Wild animal photography in the UK and abroad |
| Wildlife and Landscape Tuition |
Guy Badham Photography |
Spread the cost with Interest-free credit – DivideBuy
Online Printing
| www.photobox.co.uk | This company is a favourite and they often have offers – you never have to pay full price! |
| www.smileyhippo.com | This company requires you to download their software which can be a good option if your internet connection is slow. You then upload the images AFTER you have created your product. |
| www.snapfish.co.uk | |
| www.photoworld.co.uk | |
| www.cewe-photobook.co.uk | |
| www.vistaprint.co.uk | Apparently you can get lots of free stuff from this site if you know what you’re doing. |
| www.tescophoto.com | |
| www.groupon.co.uk | Groupon do all sorts of offers, but regularly have offers on photobooks, wall prints and canvases – you just need to sign up with them or check their website intermittently. |