Cameras & Gadgets & Gizmos, Oh My!
Wish List Central for Photographers will offer products and reviews, plus links to my favorite photography sites, galleries, and more. Learn what's hot, and what's attracting the attention of photographers who are choosy about where they spend their hard-earned cash these days. This space will include include popular items that are standard for busy photographers, as well as new gadgets and gizmos that don't take up much room in a camera bag.
Think like a photographer, and you'll come up with something perfectly suited to the photographer in your life.
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Yosemite Valley - March 2007
Passion & Photography
If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry. -Ruth Bernhard
Ansel Adams - A Legend in Nature Photography
In March, 2007, I spent a week exploring Yosemite. One of the highlights of my trip was a visit to Ansel Adams' Gallery in Yosemite Valley.
I admit to never being Ansel's biggest fan. I used to think, it's just a bunch of black and white nature photos. Why all the fuss? Well, now I know better. Ansel Adams had an unusual eye for composition and knew when and where to show up. He understood timing and contrast, shadow and light.
When we arrived at his gallery, serious Ansel Adams aficionados were thoughtfully browsing his collection. The gallery was small, and the selections were both framed and unframed, matted or plain prints. But there wasn't anything plain about the price. Adams' life's work still opens wallets and receives a whopping amount per print.
This charming gift shop/gallery combo features Adams' prints, as well as videos, Native American crafts, and books about photography and more specifically, Yosemite Valley. Admission is free.

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For the Valentine with a passion for photography, what do you get? A tripod? Hmmm. Probably already has one. A new lens? Maybe. A magazine subscription? Might be nice, and it's a gift that keeps on giving for a full year.
I've selected some favorites below.
Books for Photographers

Aging Gracefully
Magazines for Photographers

Tiny Tree Hugger
Speak Up!
What type camera do you use primarily?

I'm sold on Canon products, but still have my trusty Nikon. Once I got my hands on a Canon SLR, I fell in love with its capability. I like experimenting and putting my lenses through their paces. There's always more to learn - always.
This Plexo features Canon, but I welcome your favorite suggestions in any brand camera. Leave a comment as to why you prefer that camera, too. Thanks!
Recommend Your Favorite Camera & Lenses
Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black)
For stunning photography with point-and-shoot ease more...1 point
Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
The CANON EF 100-400mm f/4.5- 5.6L IS USM lens is more...1 point
Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens
Welcome to the next generation of digital SLR phot more...1 point
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras
The compact and affordable EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 I more...0 points
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Autofocus lens more...0 points
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS SLR Lens
Canon's latest optical Image Stabilizer (IS) techn more...0 points
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Digital SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLR Cameras
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens with 35mm equivalen more...0 points
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
f/4-5.6 III EF telephoto lens with 35mm equivalent more...0 points
Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Standard Zoom Lens
Canon's new EOS 50D bridges the gap between the no more...0 points
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens for Canon EOS SLR Cameras
EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM telephoto zoom lens * I more...0 points
Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III 21.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
The Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III is an engineering tour more...0 points
Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
The new Canon EOS 5D offers advanced photographers more...0 points


♥If the photography in your life consists mostly of casual photos with family--pictures of the kids, family trips, special events, Photoshop Elements 6 is a fantastic photo editing software. It's appealing because it delivers a generous set of tools for common fixes, and has been called a pared-down version of Photoshop for users who don't need to get into a lot of technical photo editing.
Quick Edit and Guided Edit are quick fixes for family photos or simple graphics, but for more technical needs, I'd certainly stick to Full Edit. Quick Edit is suitable for a photo-editing novice, but unfortunately, it doesn't offer much in the way of explaining the names of various tools, or the reasoning behind their use. Transitioning from PS Elements 6 to Photoshop would be difficult unless you spent time working in a meatier mode.
What's not to love about the Create mode? Choose between Projects and Artistic, which will launch you in entirely different directions. Under the Projects tab, you can design a photo book with step-by-step instructions, or an attractive Web Gallery. Create your own greeting cards, CD jacket, Photo Collage, and much more!
♥Adobe Lightroom 2 is a good choice for intermediate and professionals, especially those of us who work exclusively in RAW format. Read the review.
Photographers, graphic artists, and Web designers have long considered Photoshop to be the industry standard for creative projects. Its array of amazing tools adds wings to an idea from the first spark to the final pre-press specs.
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Photoshop CS3 Extended has been called a huge breakthrough, as it throws the door wide open for the creative pursuits of professionals who work in manufacturing, television production, architecture, engineering, and certain medical fields in which specialized images are needed. Don't be scared off by all that; it's still the Photoshop you've grown to love, with added features to streamline your workflow. Read the review.
More Photo-Editing Software
Perseverance & Photography
The world is going to pieces and people like Adams and Weston are photographing rocks! -Henri Cartier-Bresson (during the Great Depression)
Bring On the Fun!
Specialty photo-editing software
Give a person a digital camera and watch what happens. Half the fun begins long after the shutter is pressed.
Here's a good variety of specialty softwares to please the adventurous side of the photographer in your life. Check them over, vote on your favorites, and please add to the list. The more the merrier.
Broderbund Print Shop 21 Pro Photo
The fast, intuitive, photo management system! Mana more...0 points
Wild Photo Effects (Jewel Case)
Turn an ordinary photo into a funny caricature! Wi more...0 points
Corel Snapfire Plus [Ignite Photo Fun]
Snapfire Plus picks up right where Snapfire leaves more...0 points
200 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY BACKDROPS - URBAN BACKGROUND TEMPLATES - USE WITH PHOTOSHOP & COREL IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE f
This is a collection of 200 "Urban" digi more...0 points
Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0
Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Digital Camera Utility S more...0 points
Studioline Photo 2
Please Note All Software cannot be returned or e more...0 points
THE PHOTO COACH - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY BACKDROPS - IMAGE EDITING BACKGROUND TEMPLATES FOR SENIORS - USE WITH ADOBE PHOTOSHOP & COREL SOFTWARE w
This new series of image backgrounds and templates more...0 points
Vision & Photography
The two most engaging powers of a photographer are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. - W. Thackeray
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- Yosemite Valley - March 2007
- Passion & Photography
- Ansel Adams - A Legend in Nature Photography
- Books for Photographers
- Aging Gracefully
- Magazines for Photographers
- Tiny Tree Hugger
- Speak Up!
- Seedplanter's Photo Art Prints @Zazzle
- Recommend Your Favorite Camera & Lenses
- More Photo-Editing Software
- Perseverance & Photography
- Bring On the Fun!
- Vision & Photography
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A quick Index to help you return to your favorite sections of this lens
- Yosemite Valley - March 2007
- Passion & Photography
- Ansel Adams - A Legend in Nature Photography
- Books for Photographers
- Aging Gracefully
- Magazines for Photographers
- Tiny Tree Hugger
- Speak Up!
- Seedplanter's Photo Art Prints @Zazzle
- Recommend Your Favorite Camera & Lenses
- More Photo-Editing Software
- Perseverance & Photography
- Bring On the Fun!
- Vision & Photography
- Grab Seedplanter's RSS Feed
- Leave a Footprint
- Twitter Me!
- My "Backstories column at SquidLog
- Daydreams of Summer
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