Michael A. Schwarz Photography
Resources For Digital Photographers
Hands-on Digital Photography Workshops at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Registration is limited, dates to be announced. Click for more information.  

These resources are provided as a courtesy by
Michael A. Schwarz Photography. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the sponsors of any of his workshops.

Michael is an Atlanta-based freelance photojournalist and digital photography consultant. He is a three-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize and a recipient of the Dag Hammarskjöld Award for Human Rights Advocacy Journalism, and he was chosen by Life magazine as one of the country's outstanding young photographers. A frequent exhibitor and lecturer on photojournalism, Michael has completed more than 2,700 assignments for major national publications.

This is a private page for attendees of workshops taught by Michael. Please use the email address below if you have any questions.

You might also want to check colleague Nick Didlick's page of digital resources.
Be sure to look at
Nick's excellent page of camera and flash settings.

If you have comments or questions about a workshop taught by Michael Schwarz, you may contact him via email digital7@michaelschwarz.com

Click here for more workshop information.

Cool Tools:

Joby Gorillapod

Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 (has the screen magnifying effect good for presentations)

Razer ProSolutions Mouse (better mouse if you don't need the magnifying effect)

MacBook Pro 15"

Epson Stylus Pro 3800

Epson Stylus R2400

Epson P-5000 Image Viewer

Gitzo Series 5 Tele Studex 6X Tripod

Acratech Ultimate Ballhead

Lowepro Compurover AW Camera Bag

Lowepro CompuDaypack

Lensbaby 3G

Nikon Capture NX

Photoshop CS3 

Photoshop Elements 5 (Windows)

Adobe Lightroom

iView MediaPro 3

Photo Mechanic

Monitor Calibrating:

Pantone Huey

Eye-One Display 2

The following 5 items and a shoe mount flash like the Nikon SB800 make a great portable lighting kit.

Bogen 3373 Lightstand

Westcott 43" Collapsible Umbrella

Manfrotto Umbrella Adapter

Stroboframe Bracket Shoe Mount

Bogen Clamp with Flash Shoe

Links provided for your convenience.  We recommend purchase from a good local photo retailer.

On the iPod this month:

Randall Bramblett, "Rich Someday"

Rosanne Cash. "Black Cadillac"

Lucinda Williams, "West"

Holmes Brothers, "State of Grace"

Madeleine Peyroux, "Half the Perfect World"

James Brown, "Live at the Apollo, Vol II"

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, "All the Road Running"

Some Restaurants We Like Vancouver, British Columbia (Nick's home)
Vij's
Staranise
L'Emotion

Atlanta (Michael's home)
Rathbun's 
Sotto Sotto 
Bacchanalia 
Manuel's Tavern (Atlanta's most important cultural landmark. Be sure to toast to the memory of Manuel.)


Camera Settings

D70 Settings

D2X Settings

D200 Settings

D40 Settings

D80 Settings

D300 Settings (new!)


Misc.

Nikkor Lens Compatibility

Michael's Gear

A Digital Workflow



Manufacturer Links

Nikon Tech
Nikon View
Nikon Capture
Nikon Scan
Nikon Cameras

Nikon USA

Nikon Digital

Nikon Mall

Nikon Phone #s

800-Nikon US (for film products)
800-Nikon UX (for digital products)
800-Nikon SV (for service inquiries)

 
Epson

Epson Print Permanence

Epson Ink Compatibility

Lexar Media

Ott-Lite

Solux

GretagMacbeth

GretagMacbeth's Eye-One


Software Links

Arcsoft
VideoImpression
Panorama Maker
PhotoStudio
PhotoImpression

iPhoto

Extensis

iView MediaPro

Photo Mechanic

Nik Multimedia

Roxio Toast


Color Management

Monaco Systems

www.creativepro.com/story/feature/14331.html

www.creativepro.com/story/feature/15310.html

www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/tips/profiles.htm

Apple's Intro to ColorSync

Adobe Info on Color management

Bruce Lindbloom

 

Info about CDs and DVDs

http://www.cdrinfo.com/

http://www.cdrfaq.org/

http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html

CdSleeves (white paper on CDs)

DVD formats

Fred Byers: Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs

Helpful Stuff

Ten Steps to Digital Happiness (pdf)

Make Your Own Photo Book (pdf)

How we make big prints (pdf)

Nikon SLR Learning Center

Nikon SLR

Nikon School

Blue Pixel Digtital Experts

CreativePro

Adobe Tech Help

Russell Brown

Thom Hogan

Dave Black

Wilhelm Research
(print longevity)

National Press Photographers Association
Business Practices Toolkit

ASMP Copyright Guide

Websites

RobGalbraith.com

dpreview.com

pcphotoreview.com

dcresource.com

Fred Miranda.com

imaging-resource.com

Luminous Landscape

Computer Darkroom

Digital Printing & Imaging Resource

SportsShooter

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

Outbackphoto

Best Photoshop, Capture NX and Lightroom Books 

Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers, by Martin Evening

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book, by Martin Evening

The Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers, by Scott Kelby

Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3, by Bruce Fraser and David Blatner

Adobe Photoshop Master Class, by John Paul Caponigro

Real World Capture NX by Ben Long

Photographer's Guide to Capture NX (ebook), by Jason Odell

Photoshop Elements 5:The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage

Photoshop Elements 5 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby
Equipment-specific Books


Magic Lantern Guides: Nikon D80

Nikon D80 Field Guide

A Short Course in Nikon D80; book and ebook

Nikon D200 Field Guide

Magic Lantern Guides: Nikon D200 

A Short Course in Nikon D200; book and ebook


Magic Lantern Guide: Nikon D70s/D70

Nikon D70 Digital Field Guide


Magic Lantern Guides: D2X/D2XS

Magic Lantern Guides: Nikon AF Speedlight Flash System

Nikon Creative Lighting System Digital Field Guide

Great Photo Books

An Uncertain Grace : Essays by Eduardo Galeano and Fred Ritchin by Sebastiao Salgado

Ansel Adams : Classic Images by John Szarkowski, James Alinder

Telex Iran by Gilles Peress

The Portfolios of Ansel Adams by Ansel Adams

Keith Carter Photographs : Photographs,Twenty-Five Years (Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography Series), by Keith Carter.

El Salvador, by Larry Towell

Terra : Struggle of the Landless ,by Sebastiao Salgado

A Time Not Here : The Mississippi Delta, by Norman Mauskopf

Kids at Work : Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor by Lewis Hine (Photographer), Russell Freedman

Truths & Fictions : A Journey from Documentary to Digital Photography by Joan Fontcuberta, Pedro Meyer

Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt : A Self-Portrait by Alfred Eisenstaedt

A Time We Knew : Images of Yesterday in the Basque Homeland (Basque Series) by William Albert Allard (Photographer), Robert Laxalt

Basic Digital Books:
Blue Pixel Personal Photo Coach

Real World Digital Photography/Eismann, Duggan, Grey

The Complete Guide to Digital Photography/ Freeman

Best Book on Printing:
Mastering Digital Printing/Johnson

Best Technical Book on Photography:
The Manual of Photography/ Jacobson, etc.

Books on Color Management: 
Real World Color Management/ Fraser, etc.

Color Confidence:The Digital Photorgapher's Guide to Color Management, by Tim Grey

Other Good Books on Digital Photography

Photoshop Color Correction/ Kieran

Photoshop Restoration & Retouching/ Eismann

Real World Scanning and Halftones/ Blatner, etc.

The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers by Peter Krogh

 
Other Good How-To Books on Photography

Secrets of Lighting on Location : A Photographer's Guide to Professional Lighting Techniques by Bob Krist

Truth Needs No Ally : Inside Photojournalism by Howard Chapnick

ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography

Other Books Worth Reading
When we're not shooting, we're cooking. John Folse's Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine is one of our favorite books ever.
When we're not shooting or cooking or reading Photoshop books, Cormac McCarthy is our favorite author. Start with the Border Trilogy and then read the rest.