The Professional Photographers Association ~ originally formed in 1968. Its principle aim is to educate and promote photography and to ensure ‘best practice’ standards are maintained.
A resource from The Association of Photographers explaining a basic guide to commissioning photography, copyright and the laws relating to it.
Set up in the early days of digital photography by some ‘pixel savvy’ members of The AoP and now a very useful source for discovering many things to do with digital image making. Full of links, a forum and a for sale/wanted section.
An international web based group of professional photographers. As an organization, they have campaigned on behalf of photographers and their rights around the world. Similar to Prodig. You have to be a full time photographer to join and have access to the forum. Most importantly, you cannot be a supplier of any Royalty Free stock images.
L F Deardorff & Sons, manufacturers of large format mahogany field cameras from Chicago used by the likes of Adams, Avedon, Donovan, Evans, Weston & myself, amongst many others. Sadly no longer in business, these cameras were, to my mind, far superior to anything offered by the competition. Equally at home in both the studio or on location and, being made of natural materials, not too bothered by the elements. There’s nothing so enjoyable as framing up and focusing on the ground glass with one of these delightful cameras whether it’s a studio portrait or a landscape halfway up a mountain. This link gives you some background & history of the company, as well as where to buy one, get it serviced and how to look after it.
The image on the left, if you’re wondering, is the base plate from my 10x8.
One of my favorite camera suppliers and the UK importer of some of the finest large format cameras available today, along with some rather special traditional B/W printing papers & chemistry. Run by the very knowledgeable Paula, who manages to be able to answer and solve most photographers questions and queries.
“Every year about 100 million sharks die a slow death because of finning. All for a bowl of tasteless soup. Finning is the inhumane practice of hacking off the shark’s fins and throwing its still living body back into the sea. Not only is the finning of sharks barbaric, but their indiscriminate slaughter at an unsustainable rate is pushing many species to the brink of extinction. Since the 1970s the populations of several species have been decimated by over 95%. If you are concerned about the plight of sharks - an animal that has been around since before the dinosaurs - there are plenty of things you can do to help. Go to our campaigns page and take action NOW!”
Sharks have a long gestation period and slow maturity rate - they do not breed like rabbits or humans. They're the apex predator and keep the oceans in balance.
About 75% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water and we need to start looking after it and its contents.
A UK based organization aimed at educating and creating awareness of the seas. Has had some great successes getting the major supermarket chains to be a bit more responsible in what they sell. They’re also running a number of campaigns to get restaurants to be equally responsible and are currently trying to educate a certain celebrity chef in Padstow, who it appears is doing his best to ensure we won’t be eating fish with our chips forever.
SUCCESS - He's stopped selling shark! However, there are numerous other species we're still decimating ......
So, click the link, have a look & sign up.