Photo Equipment, Film Processing, and other services
Mike’s Camera (303)443-1715 – mikescamera.com
Mike’s Camera operates imaging superstores in Colorado and Northern California that have become the regional favorites for photography industry professionals and amateur camera buffs alike. They offer photo and video gear, photofinishing services, classes, rentals and repairs, and much more.
Englewood Camera (303)797-0700 – englewoodcamera.com
Englewood Camera, at 5855 S. Broadway, is a family-owned and operated business, dedicated to providing quality service in a friendly and knowledgeable atmosphere. They offer photofinishing, repair, and many other services in addition to new and used photo equipment sales.
MPB helps you buy, sell or trade used camera gear at the perfect price.
By recirculating over half a million items annually, MPB promotes a brighter photographic future for visual storytellers of all experience levels.
Donʼt wait to change gear with MPB. The planet (and your pocket) will thank you.
Preparing your images for printing.
In order to achieve excellent looking prints you need to make sure your image file has enough pixels to print clearly, and you’ve been meticulous about your final image editing, fixing any imperfections in the image.
Fine-Tuning Your Images: Preparing for Perfect Prints
and the associated post about print resolution are helpful resources.
Denver Digital Imaging (303) 698-2962 – theslideprinter.com
Get slides made from your digital files, along with a full line of E6 processing and printing services. Chromira and Giclee fine art prints, Fuji Frontier prints, and matting and framing are among the many services provided by a company with over 30 years of serving local photographers.
Duraplaq (970) 381-3421 – duraplaq.com
DuraPlaq has been providing professional photographers and artisans with the highest quality prints, finishes, paper selections and mounting options for over 10 years. We offer the largest range of standard sizes, and are well-known for offering custom dimensions—so you don’t have to crop! Our press rooms offer a limitless variety of textures, coatings, and substrates to enhance the appearance of your artwork.
The DuraPlaq brand continues to dominate the industry in producing superior, leading-edge works of art for some of the world’s largest brand names, artists, photographers and venues.
CPAC – Colorado Photographic Arts Center cpacphoto.org
CPAC Is Dedicated To Fostering The Understanding And Appreciation Of Photography In All Forms And Concepts Through Exhibitions, Education And Community Outreach. Workshops, darkroom classes, and photo exhibitions are all part of CPAC.
Equipment, Software Review Sites, Photo Help and Forums
Strobist Blog – strobist.blogspot.com
Strobist is a world-class blog site the has all sorts of hints, how-tos, and other resources to help all photographers create better photos using all sorts of creative strobe lighting techniques.
DP Review – www.dpreview.com
DP Review is a site that allows members (membership is free) to ask questions on forums for all sorts of photo equipment, printers and printing, lenses, etc. In addition there are lots of camera reviews, galleries and other worthwhile features.
Facebook Groups
We have a private Facebook group for club members to share images, connect to go shoot together, or discuss gear. Once you join you will be informed of the URL for the group.
Need to learn about using your Speedlight (flash) and Off Camera Flash? Join Speedlight and Strobe Fundamentals. A beginner’s guide to learning OCF today. Hit the Files section for a great primer on OCF techniques. Or connect with locals at one of the many Denver based FB groups like Denver Street Photography or SW Photo Club or others.
Photo Hosting, Printing, Sharing and Display Sites
PBase – www.pbase.com
PBase is a great place to view the work of photographers from all over the world. Galleries are searchable by country, topic, photographer and other ways. Visitors can leave comments and vote on images. Includes a quarterly downloadable magazine.
Photo.net – www.photo.net
Photo.net combines great galleries along with forums on equipment and many other useful features. One really cool feature is that members can submit their photos for critique. These are sorted by topic which makes it really easy to look at pictures that represent your favorite subjects.
Flikr – www.flickr.com
Flickr is perhaps the biggest photo sharing/hosting site that features an interesting link on their home page to browse photos submitted in the previous 7 days in a random manner. It has numerous other methods of finding and viewing pictures on all subjects, camera types, etc.
Shutterfly – www.shutterfly.com
One of the oldest online services for prints, photo books, cards, and many other products.
Tiny Prints – www.tinyprints.com
Producer of photo cards, invitations, announcements, stationery, and many more products. They are one of the few companies with Eco-friendly (recycled) paper products.
Other Local Photo Clubs
Colorado Urban Wildlife Photo Club – www.couwpc.com
Englewood Camera Club – www.englewoodcameraclub.net
Lone Tree Photography Club – www.lonetreephotoclub.com
Mile High Wildlife Photography Club – www.mhwpc.org
Southwest Photography club – www.swphotoclub.com