The Association of Photographers: The UK's Professional Photographers Association ~ originally formed in 1968, with the principle aim to educate and promote photography and to ensure ‘best practice’ standards are maintained.
Copyright 4 Clients: A resource from The Association of Photographers explaining a basic guide to commissioning photography, copyright and the laws relating to it.
Pro-Dig: 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.
Pro - Imaging: An international web based group of professional photographers. As an organization, they have campaigned on behalf of photographers and their rights around the world. 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 and Sons: Manufacturers of large format mahogany field cameras from Chicago used by the likes of Adams, Avedon, Donovan, Evans, Penn, Weston, and 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 to the company, where to buy one, get it serviced and how to look after it once you've got one.
Linhof and Studio: 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.
Stop Shark Finning: “Every year about 100 million sharks die a slow death because of finning.That's about 2 every minute of the day, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - with no time off for Bank Holidays!! Finning is the inhumane practice of hacking off the shark’s fins and throwing its still living body back into the sea - All for a bowl of tasteless soup. 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%". Sharks have a long gestation period and do not breed like rabbits or humans. They're THE apex predators and, as such, keep the World's Oceans and reefs in balance. About 75% of this planet is covered by water and our future depends on these (our?) oceans being kept in check and healthy.
Sea Shepherd: A non - profit making organisation founded by Captain Paul Watson, with the aim of marine mammal protection and conservation. This has now extened to include all marine wildlife. I really like these guys as they get on with the job and make people aware ~ wheher it’s petitioning outside restaurants, giving lectures or attempting to stop the whaling fleets. (Checkout some of their videos).