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     Digital Photography Basics
 
     Film vs. Digital
 
     Underwater Photography
 
     Underwater Housings
 
     Underwater Strobes
 
     Lenses
 
     50/50 Photography
 
     Tips and Tricks
 
     Care & Maintenance
 
     Suggested Reading
 
     Recommended Software
 
     My Equipment
 
     Useful Links
 
 

Computers and Monitors:
I use two dual-core HP computers, a laptop and a desktop with 3 gigabytes of RAM.  I use the desktop primarily for graphics work so the extra RAM comes in
handy for such intensive programs like Photoshop. For a desktop monitor, I use the HP w2207h.  I find the new line of wide-screen HP monitors to be the perfect compromise between quality, utility and affordability.
 

2. Software:
For digital photographers there's no substitute for Photoshop.  It's the industry standard. Since I also do graphics and web design, it's absolutely essential.  Currently I'm using CS2, along with Lightroom, another essential piece of software for today's digital photographer.

For presentation of the finished product, nothing I've ever used comes close to Photodex's ProShow software. Creating the right presentation is often as important as image selection when showing your work to prospective clients. These programs are covered in more detail in the Recommended Software section.
 

3. What's on my wish list...
One of my pet peeves (in addition to the one about people who own camera equipment I drool over but don't know how to use) is the apparent tendency of some manufacturers to design equipment more suited to engineers than the actual end user. Sometimes the feature-rich options and menu choices are more of a hindrance than a help. For underwater photographers,

 
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