I recommend the following sites wholeheartedly. Click the URL link to open a particular site in a new window.
CAMERA REPAIR
- Society of Photo-Technologists International, www.spt.info
A professional association for technicians, businesses and manufacturers; serving the Camera Repair Industry since 1958. Camera repair technicians cannot be successful without utilizing this organization.
- C & C Associates, www.spt.info/CandC/index.php/
The leading educators and technical writers in the field of camera repair. Their correspondence course for camera repair is outstanding. They provide camera repair guides, workshops and camera repair manuals favored by professional technicians and businesses.
PHOTOGRAPHY
- Artist Presentations, www.artistpresentations.com/homepage
An artists' social network helping artists succeed in a connected world. They will help you get discovered, expand your audience and present and sell your work. You can view many more of my photographs there at www.artistpresentations.com/henrypaine.
- Gladding McBean Photography Workshops, www.genekennedy.com/content/upcoming-workshops
Since 1996, the Gladding, McBean Clay Plant has hosted one of the country’s most popular photographic workshop series. Designed for the non-beginner photographer, the Gladding McBean Photography Workshop provides, more than anything else, access to one of the most visually interesting and historically rich buildings in the entire West. From its massive beehive kilns, in which huge sewer pipes are fired, to the small clay figures in the old modeling studio, the pottery provides a never-ending supply of compelling subjects and extraordinary light.
- Tidewater Art Center and Gallery, www.tidewaterartgallery.org
I am a member of this cooperative art gallery, for several years voted as the Best Gallery in San Joaquin County. Its goal is to encourage awareness of and an appreciation for the arts and to sponsor education of the arts and facilitate creation, instruction and display of the arts. It is located in downtown Stockton.
- Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, www.viewpointphotographicartcenter.com
The heart of a thriving, energetic and supportive photographic community in midtown Sacramento, CA. This organization promotes the art of photography through (but not limited to) the following: exhibits of original photography, both contemporary and historic; lectures, discussion, workshops, field trips and educational programs. Hosts receptions monthly as part of Sacramento's phenomenal Second Saturday Art Walk.
