Welcome to
Jay's Home on the Web
Photography
- B&H - The place where I buy almost all of my camera equipment.
- Jay Philip Williams Photographic Design - My personal photography site.
- New York Institute of Photography - Offers a great correspondence course in photography for anyone who is serious about improving his photographic skills.
- photo.net - An online community for photographers. Thousands of images, equipment review, travel articles, et cetera.
- StrodeMcGowan Photography - A professional photo lab in Tacoma. I get my slides (E-6) developed here. They also do custom printing, both B&W and color. Friendly and professional.
- Mpix - Mpix is the best online photofinisher I've found. Their prices are fair and the quality of prints they provide is excellent. Also, their turnaround time is very short.
Online Shopping
- Amazon - I go here mostly to find appropriate books on a subject and read the corresponding reviews. Then I go to BestBookBuys to find the best price.
- BestBookBuys - A search engine that queries many online book sellers and compares their prices. The best way to get the best price on a book.
- CD PriceCompare - Like BestBookBuys, but for music.
- eBay - Buy and sell anything.
- PriceWatch and PriceGrabber - Good places to find the best price on lots of products online.
Friends
- First Baptist Church of University Place - Our home church in Tacoma.
- Todd Barry - A good friend of the family for many years, living in L.A.
- Glenda Alley - Glenda is a music teacher who uses the Kindermusik program.
- Jill's BLOG.
Computers
- Tom's Hardware - A good place to keep up with what's going on in the world of computer hardware. Lots of benchmarks and unbiased, thorough, technical reviews.
- PC Today, ZD Net, and c|net - Good sites for general computer industry info and reviews.
- MSDN - The interesting part of Microsoft.
- Adobe - Maker of Photoshop and Premiere, and now Flash.
Miscellany
- Google - Duh!
- Yahoo!
- Dogpile - The search engine that searches search engines.
- CNN - Nice page with lots of news from around the world.
- FoxNews - Conservative news source.
- ICSB - International Christian School of Budapest, where my mom taught.
- DiscountASP.NET - Great Web host. Both my sites are hosted here.
All images copyright Jay Philip Williams