Dads And Grads Digital Camera And Photo Gift Guide

 
Camera Accessories, Digital Photo Software and Photo Learning
If your dad or grad already has a great digital camera, the right camera accessory can help them get more out of it. Waterproof camera housings (check the camera manufacturer’s website), carbon fiber tripods, the uniquely bendable Joby Gorillapod, high-capacity memory cards and flash drives (look for 2GB and above) and camera bags all make great additions to any photographer’s kit.

Recommended Tripods & Memory Cards
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Joby Gorillapod Price: $25

The Pod Price: $15

Manfrotto 055 Carbon Fiber Tripod Price: $338

Mass retailers and your local camera store are good places to browse for camera accessories in person. If you already know what you want, you can probably buy it from one of the online camera dealers in the reviews section here on PhotographyREVIEW.com.

Digital photography software is also a great gift for photographer dads and grads. How about the unchallenged king of (and most expensive) photo-editing software, Adobe Photoshop CS5, for your aspiring artist? Or if that’s too rich or sophisticated for your photographer, its slimmed-down and relatively inexpensive sibling, Photoshop Elements, is a great alternative. There’s also Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom workflow and editing software. Less expensive, more intuitive than Photoshop and plenty powerful, Lightroom is complimenting or even replacing Photoshop for many photographers.

Recommended Digital Photography Software
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 Price: $699

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Price: $99

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Price: $299

Perhaps your dad or grad would like to continue their education with a photography workshop or online training. For ideas, check our Photography Schools & Workshops links page or the photo technique lessons from Web Photo School. For more ideas, search “photography training” or “photography workshop” to find numerous possibilities. One, the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, offers dozens of intensive training seminars in photogenic locations across the country. Or, give a membership to an online learning library like Lynda.com. For $25 a month or $250 a year, Lynda.com offers online video tutorials on many software titles and subjects like “Digital Photography Principles: The Camera” and “Secrets to Selling and Publishing Photography.” The New York Institute of Photography is another popular online photographic learning resource.

Whether informative or inspirational, books make great gifts. Try one by master wilderness photographer Galen Rowell, such as his acclaimed “Mountain Light.” Other popular titles include “Understanding Exposure” by Bryan Peterson, “The Moment It Clicks” by Joe McNally, or “Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies” by David D. Busch.

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