Northscape Recommend

The following companies and services are those which we use ourselves. We do not recommend any product or company who we have not been extremely impressed with and/or whose services we do not use on a regular basis.
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Digital Camera accessories at the right price with a service second to none. Most items are kept in stock, so delivery is fast, plus they are easy to contact and a pleasure to deal with.

In the these days of shoddy internet service, and let's be right, who hasn't come across it, Picstop are a great find for anyone into photography.

Visit their website here www.picstop.co.uk



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Lee's name is linked with some of the worlds leading photographers as makers of the best filter system on the market today. Precision made in Andover they have the feel of a high quality 'Made in the UK' product that harks back to a distant time of British Engineering in it's heyday. Both of us use their Graduated Neutral Density and Circular Polarisers in our landscape work, while Keith uses their lighting filters in the studio and Andy utilises the same on film locations.
You can visit Lee at www.leefilters.com


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One of the most fascinating and rewarding areas of digital photography lies in creating panoramic images. With the right software amazing results can be achieved and the industry leading product is Realviz Stitcher.

Realviz provide three products with the photographer in mind. Unlimited the all encompassing industry standard with fish-eye stitching - Pro with full time useage in mind and Express 2 with everything anybody needs to create panoramics and at an affordable price.

Visit the Realviz website for more information and to buy.
Save money with our 15% discount - enter code:KWW2006 when prompted.

Realviz software is featured on the Northscape Workshops with in depth use on the Masterclass Weekends


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As a photographer do you want to spend time on your website or your photography? - faced with the same dilema we were over the moon to find Photium and within a couple of hours had a ready to run site.



Photium websites are easy to use, fast, efficient and the all important customer service is the best we've experienced in any business. With custom pages, batch uploads, online payment, guestbooks, visitor statistics and so much more, there's enough to build a fully operable web presence with ease.

There are packages to suit everybody and you can have a THIRTY DAY FREE trial right now by visiting photium.com.


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One of the major changes with the advent of digital photography is that the everyday photographer is capable of following his own photographs right through to the print stage. Along with the right printer and inks you need a media that you can trust in to use time and time again to produce consistent colour, detail and clarity.
One of the papers we are very excited about here at Northscape is Paper Mill Direct's 1.3mm Pearl Board.

Under the experience of JAMES CROPPER PLC and their lakeland paper mill, Paper Mill Direct produce a range of beautiful inkjet papers, boards and canvas to suit everybody from the Professional to the serious amateur.
Buy online from www.papermilldirect.co.uk


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There comes a time in every photographers lifetime when, having ventured into digital, they SET their camera to RAW capture and open up a whole new can of workflow, processing and file management worms. For us there is only one software package on the market that deals with the processing of RAW camera files in an integrated and efficient manner whilst achieving the very best final image that your camera's sensor is capable of capturing.

Phase One's Capture One is the market leader with good reason and used by professionals around the world.
Try it free for 30 days at www.phaseone.com and see for yourself.


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It doesn't make any sense to have invested in expensive equipment only to carry it around in cheap camera bags, so it's worth investing in a well made, weatherproof and sturdy bag or rucsac We've been trialling Tamrac's Expedition and Adventure series and using the Expedition 8 extensively over the past few weeks.




Comfortable with bags of space and well thought out features the 8 will take two cameras and five lenses with ease, plus all the extras on top of that. The modular system allows for even more storage to be attached as needed and a full ruscac can be carried without problems due to the quickly altered straps and well padded back.
Find out more at Intro2020



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No photographer and particularly one who enjoys capturing landscapes should be without a good sure footed tripod. I use an 055 Mag Fibre attached to a 229 3D Super Pro three way head.
Really it comes down to what suits you and your pocket, but at www.manfrotto.com you'll find all the information you need and much more besides to help you make that choice.


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