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Photography and Film Career Descriptions

3D Renderer/Designer
Acting and Performing Arts

Animator

Art Careers

Art, Design and Media Careers

Audio and Video Recording Technicians

Audio and Visual Equipment Technicians

Audio Visual Technician

Boom Operator

Broadcast Media Careers

Broadcast Technicians

Broadcast Engineer

Business Managers for Artists

Camera Equipment Repairers

Camera Operator

Camera Operators

Camera Operators

Careers in Media and Arts

Careers in Photography

Cinema Projectionist

Cinematographers

Cinematographers

Director - TV

Directors - Stage, Film, TV, Radio

Editorial Photographer

Entrepreneur - Start Your Own Business

Film and TV Director

Film and TV Producer's Assistant

Film and Video Editors
Film / Video Camera Operators

Film Editing

Film Editor

Film Editor

Film Laboratory Technicians

Film Star

Film Studies - What can I do with

Gaffer

Graphic Design Careers

Graphic Designers and Illustrators

Grip

Grips

Media,/ Print  Careers

Medical Photographer

Medical Photographer

Motion Picture and Sound Industry

Motion Picture and Video Industry

Motion Picture Photographers

Movie Projectionist

Multimedia Artists and Animators

Multimedia Developer

Performing Arts Careers

Photoengravers

Photoengravers

Photo Imaging Careers

Photogrammetry Career

Photographer

Photographers

Photographers

Photographers

Photographers and Graphic Artists

Photographic Technicians

Photographic  Specialists - Military
Photographic Process Workers

Photographic Processor

Photographic Restorers

Photographic Technician

Photographic Stylist

Photojournalism Career

Photojournalism

Photojournalist

Professional Photographers

Professional Photographers

Program Directors

Producers

Producers and Directors

Producers and Directors

Producers, Directors, Actors

Producers FAQ

Production Assistant

Production Coordinator

Production Manager

Public Relations Specialist

Scientific Photographers

Scientific Photographer

Stage Technicians

Teleprompter Operator

TV/Film Production Assistant

TV/Film Runner

Video Tape Operator

Video Producer

Visual Arts Career Overview

Visual Arts Careers

Photography and Film Related Sites

Photography Directories

Art Links & Resources

Art & Photography

Crime Scene and Evidence Photography

Camera Works - Washington Post

Focus on Photography - Fodors

Graphic Arts Links and Resources

Industrial Light and Magic

Photo District News Online

Photography - LII

Photography -
Voice of the Shuttle
Photography in the Digital Era - Online Book
Photography Directory - Yahoo

Photography Magazines

Photography - Wikipedia

Pinhole Photography



Cameras

Ariflex Digital Camera

Digital Cinema Camera Comparisons  PDF

Camera Basics

Camera Brands

Camera Calculators -
Martindale's Reference Desk
Camera Manufacturers

Camera Overview - Wikipedia

Hasselblad

How Cameras Work

How Long a Lens Do You Need

Kodak

Leica Camera

On Line Depth of Field Calculator

Panavision

Ricoh

Sony



Digital Photography

Creating Digital Images

Creating Digital Resources for the Visual Arts

Digital Animation

Digital Camera and Photography Reviews

Digital Camera Resource Page

Digital Camera Reviews - CNet

Digital Cameras and Photography -
A Complete Guide
Digital Cameras HQ

Digital Cameras, Imaging and Photography

Digital Cameras Introduction

Digital Image Glossary and Acronyms

Digital Images -
Creating, Using, Delivering, Managing
Digital Learning Center - Kodak

Digital Photography as Legal Evidence

Digital Photography Photocourse -
Online Textbook
Digital Photography Resources -
Say Cheese
Digital Photography Short Courses

Digital Tools for Artists

Dolby Laboratories

How Digital Cameras Work

Kodak Digital Camera How To

Learn Digital Photography

Selecting Image File Formats



Photographers

Documentary Educational Resources

Edward S. Curtis -
North American Indian
National Geographic Photography

National Press Photographers Association

Photographer Legends
 
Photojournalism -
A Record of War Web Lesson
Pictures of the Year
 
Professional Photographic Procedures

Pulitzer Prize Winners

Starting Your Own Business

Time Magazine - The Year in Pictures



Photography and Film Tutorials

Animation 101 - ThinkQuest

Basic Photography Tutorials - Silverlight

Aspect Ratio Overview

CAD - Introductory Guide Guide

Camera Calculators

Camera Project- Make a Pinhole

Camera Types

Caring for Your Collections -
Books, Photos, Videos
Camera System Encyclopedia -
Digital Photography Review
Caring for Your Photographs

Color Glossary - International Color Consortium

Color Management Resources - ICC

Colorimetry - Intro to Color Analysis

Crime Scene Photography

Dreamworks Studio - How We Make Films

Depth of Field Tables

Digital Camera Learning Center - Cannon

Digital Film Movie Maker

Digital Image

Digital Photography/Video 101 - Sony Learning

Digital Photography Tutorials

DOF/FOV/AOV Calculator - Pannovision

Exploring the Color Image

F-Stops Tables

Film Making -
So You Wanna Make a Low Budget Film
Fundamental Principle of Photography Explained

Gobo Lighting

How Movie Distribution Works -
How Stuff Works
How to Make and Use a Pin Hole Camera
How Video Electronics Work

Interactive Multimedia Production

Learn Equipment, Guides & How To's

Lens Calculator - Angle of View, Depth of Field
Licensing Still Images

Multimedia Story Telling Tutorial

National Geographic Photo Tips

Nikon Learning Center

Photo Tips - International Center of Photography

Photographic Encyclopedia - Cannon

Photographic Processes

Photographic Sensitometry - PDF

Photography 101

Photography Tutorials - Silverlight

PopPhoto How To's

Preservation of Archival Materials

Professional Photographers Curriculum

Quality Criteria for Lenses - Schneider

Registering Your Copyright Guide

Science of Photography

Science of Photography

Studio Lighting Tutorials

Tips for Better Pictures
NY Institute of Photography
Tips for Better Photos - Fujifilm
Tutorial Directories and Links

Underwater Photography Guide

What is Light - Canon Science Lab



Media Directories

Images - Digital Librarian

Internet Movie Database

Major Media in the USA

Media Studies - Voice of the Shuttle

Motion Picture, TV and Theater Directory

MPEG.org

Movies Directory - Digital Librarian

Movies - Ref Desk

Movie, Arts, Photography Magazines
Radio and Television Stations and Networks

Who Owns the Media



Copyright and Intellectual Property

Basic Facts about Trademarks

Copyright and Intellectual Property

Copyright Basics

Copyright Basics

Copyright Legislation

Copyright Resources - NPPA

Creative Commons

Digital Millennium Copyright Act - PDF

Licensing and the Value of Copyright

Fair Use

Registration of Photographs

Registration of Visual Arts

US Copyright Office



Industry Overview and News

Arriflex Camera News

Arts and Entertainment Magazines

Graphic Arts Information Network

In Pursuit of the Ideal Leans - New Technology

Media and Marketing News and Analysis

Photo District News

Science and Technical Awards - Oscars

Technicolor in the News

Television and Radio Related Magazines

Videotape Technology Milestones

Who Owns What- What the Media Companies Own



Safety

Arts Crafts and Theater Safety

Electric and Magnetic Fields Health Risks
Chemical and Darkroom Safety

Chemicals in the Lab Safety

Occupational and Industrial Safety Resources

Occupational Dermatoses

Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

Recycling Electronics - PDF

Safety Zone Newsletter



Certification


Certified Professional Photographer

Certified Photogrammetrist

PPA Certification

Sport and Event Photography Certification

Film and Film Making Tutorials

Animato - Animated Films
Breaking into Film

Cinema Production Tools

Classification and Film Ratings Rules

Entertainment Ratings
 
Film and Television - Infosurf

Film and Video Glossary

Film and Video Tutorials - Ron Dexter

Film Glossaries

Film Making 101 - Filmmaking Steps

Film Making General Resources

Filmmaker's Bill of Rights -
Legal Safeguards
Filmmaker's FAQ

Film Preservation Basics

Film Sound Theory

Film Sound.org

Fundamentals of Screen Literacy

How Films are Made

How Movies Work

How Televisions Work

How Video Electronics Work

Industrial Light  - How Stuff Works
 
Movie Genres

No Budget Film Making Guide

Online Film Production Guide - PA

Pixar - How We Make a Movie

Post Production

Reference Guide for filmmakers

Screenwriting - Breaking  into

Shooting on Film - Why Film

Teaching Action Photography

Technical Manuals for Cinematographers

Television Glossaries
Television Production Manual

Tutorial Directories and Links

Voluntary Movie Rating System



Film Festivals

Cannes Film Festival

Documentary Film Festivals

Film Festivals.com

Independent Film Market

Locate a Film Commission and Production Guides

State Film Offices - US

Sundance Film Festival

Tribecca Film Festival

USA Film Festivals



Photography and Film History

100 Years of Film Sizes
A Primer on Processes

Adventures in Cybersound

Albumen Photography

American Film Institute - Winners

AIC - Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

American Museum of the Moving Image

American Museum of Photography

Animated Films Origins - Library of Congress

Camera History - Images of Old Camera

Cameras Before 1900

Cannon Camera's History

Classic Movie Theaters -
Cinema Treasures
Color Television Camera Development

Daguerreotype

Daguerreotype Portraits - Library of Congress

Director's Guild Of America

Discovery of Cinematography History

Early Cinema

Early Cinema Pioneers

Early Color Picture Processes

Eastman Legacy

Edison Motion Picture & Sound Recordings

Film History by Decade
 
Film Sound History

Great Photographs Online

History of Film

History of Film- Wikipedia

History of Kodak

History of Photography

History of Photography and Photographers

History of Photography Timeline

History of Printing Processes

History of the American West in Photographs -
LOC
Inventing Entertainment -
LOC Motion Pictures and Sound
Invention of Photography

Inventors and Inventions

Japanese Photo History

Library of American Broadcasting

Panoramic Photographs -1851- 1991
Library of Congress
Photo Technology Collection - Antique Cameras

Photography Timeline

Prints and Photography - History

Types of Cameras - History

Vintage Film, Cameras & Projectors -
Collecting
UCLA Film and Television Archive



Organizations, Guilds, Associations

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Academy of Television Arts

American Cinema Editors

American Society of Cinematographers

American Film Institute

American Society of Media Photographers

American Society of Picture Professionals

Association of Electronic Journalists

Association of Film Commissioners International

British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies

Dauguerreian Society

Digital Cinema Society

Director's Guild of America

Electronic Journalists Association

Film Foundation -
Protection and Preservation of Film Industry
Film in PA

International Image Association

Motion Picture Association

Moving Image Society

National Film Preservation Society

National Media Museum

National Press Photographers Association

Picture Archive Council of America

Professional Photographers of America

Radio Television News Directors Association

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

Society of Camera Operators

Society of Sport and Event Photography

Short Film Group

Technical Advisory Service for Images

The Film Foundation

The Producer's Guild of America

Unions - IATSE
Visual Arts Data Center

Visual Effects Society

Visual Resource Association



Lesson Plans and Activities

A Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

Adobe Digital Kids

Arts Edge

Cameras and Careers

Captions - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Cinematography Lessons

CyberMuse - Integrating Art into Your Lessons

Digital Photography Workshop

EDSITEment - Art and Culture Lesson Plans

Education at the Getty - Art Lesson Plans

Effective Photojournalism

Film Editing Lessons

GIMP - Free Photo Imaging Software

High School Journalism Lesson Plans

Imaging Software - Free

Incredible Art Department - Photography

Internet Photo Essay Project

Introducing the Camera

Optics for Kids

Photography and Graphic Arts
Curriculum / Learning Modules
Photography History Lesson

Photography Lesson Plans - Kodak

Photography Project

Photojournalism -
A Record of War Web Lesson
Photojournalism - Creating Layout

Pinhole Inquiry Activity

Professional Photographers Curriculum

Screen Writing Lessons

Student Curriculum in Photography

Vocational and Career Related Lesson Plans

Web English Teacher - Photography

You Oughta Be in Pictures - Making Videos

Young Minds Inspired - Academy of Motion Pictures

Youth Media Teacher's Guide



Images and Photographs

Best of Photojournalism Winners

Classroom Clip Art

Digital Camera Image Galleries

Finding Images Online

Getty Images

Image Collections

Image Site Search - TASI

Images - Digital Librarian

Image Searcher - Virtual Learning Resource

Internet Movie Archive

Life Magazine Classic Pictures

Links to Image Search Engines and Images
 
Museum of Photographic Arts

National Geographic Photography

Pic4Learning

Pictures and Photography

Scientific Photography

Smithsonian Images

Visual Effects Headquarters



Photography, Film and Design Schools

Film and Media Studies - Canada

Photography and Film Schools and Programs

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