Which Magazine to Subscribe to ??

Videography--Has a lot of information for and from indie filmmakers, Hollywood, and the technical sector. A good comprehensive magazine, kind of like Videomaker on steroids. They are definitely on the professional side. I'll never afford (or need probably) some of the high-end things they review, but it is fun to dream about.

DV--Another really good magazine that has probably less artistic stuff than Videography, but gets into the technical stuff pretty deep and flows over from pure video into some of the animation, modeling, and compositing stuff.

eMEDIA--This is probably my favorite. Full of reviews and technical stuff. It has a section called EventDV (a magazine within the magazine) that focuses on things that event Videographers (which describes me) are interested in. Jan Ozer (an excellent author and product reviewer) did a pretty comprehensive look at LE 6 in the December 2004 issue. You will also find good reviews on mics, DV recorders, cameras, lights, and etc.

The best thing of all--They are all free to qualified individuals. I don't know what the criteria for being qualified is, but my business is registered and licensed. Additionally, my full time job is in training which involves many levels of media production.

Hope this helps.  - Fred Moore