Wedding Resource List

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Albums, Books and other Products

http://www.graphistudio.com ~ ITALY
http://www.simplycanvas.com ~ USA
http://www.apollo-imagizing.com ~ USA
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http://www.asukabook.com ~ USA
http://www.leathercraftsmen.com ~ USA
http://www.albumsaustralia.com.au ~ Australia
http://www.photovalue.com ~ UK & Ireland
http://www.albumsinc.com ~ USA
http://www.caprialbum.com ~ USA
http://www.candid2000.com ~ USA
http://www.zookbinders.com ~ USA
http://www.queensberry.com ~ New Zeeland
http://www.forbeyon.com ~ USA
http://www.thebookalbum.com ~ USA
http://www.renaissance-art.com ~ Multiple Countries
http://www.wgbooks.com
http://www.apollo-imagizing.com
http://www.mypublisher.com
http://www.sharedink.com

Pro Image Labs - The companies below deliver AWESOME PRINTS! Come on, you've already paid for high quality images, you should definitely get high quality prints, too!

http://www.mpix.com ~ USA & Canada
http://www.whcc.com ~ USA
http://www.colorincprolab.com ~ USA
http://www.huntcolorlab.com ~ USA
http://www.buckeyecolor.com ~ USA
http://www.blossom-publishing.com ~USA
http://www.millerslab.com ~ USA
http://www.digilabs.biz ~ USA
http://www.prodpi.com ~ USA

Ed's Resources - When I want to learn, I go here

Strobist - lighting 101 (a must read, but don't take it all in one day cause it's a lot)
Flash Flavor - Get Ideas, Get Inspired
Ken Rockwell - how to get great colors
Neil Cowley - making light real
Michael Quack - DIY master
PlanetNeil - techniques for on camera flash
Dave Black - awesome awesome lighting techniques explained
DG28 - learn plenty of techniques
Canon Resource - read before you buy
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mburkephoto.blogspot.com
russellbrown
photonomics

BOOKS TO READ:

• "Art of Raw Conversion" by Juergen Gulbins
• "Secrets of Lighting on Location" by Bob Kirst
• "Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait" by Michael Grecco
• "Skin" by Lee Varis
• "Photojournalis, Fifth Edition" by Kenneth Kobre
• "Perception and Imaging" by Richard Zakia
• "Matters of Light and Depth" by Ross Lowel
• "Light Science & Magic" by Hunter and Fuqua

//ed pingol
contact me =)
edpingolphotography.com

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