Cinematography

https://ciechanow.ski/cameras-and-lenses/
Cameras and Lenses by Bartosz Ciechanowski

CGSociety Feature Tutorial Environment Concept Art: Composition – Philip Straub
Good tutorial on basic rules of composition.

The Colorscript
A quick look at colour scripts and how useful they are as a pre-production/previs tool.

Color Theory for Cinematographers
A look at a colour theory for cinematographers with a film mosaic at the end.

Cinema Redux
A nice piece of software for grabbing frames from movies at regular intervals to look at the colour script.

Light & Shadow
Words of wisdom from master cinematographers

Visions of Light (1992)
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography

“The Cinematography of “The Incredibles”
A look at the cinematography of the Pixar movie

DSLR Filmmaking – Lynda.com
Very good video tutorials covering pretty much everything you need to know as a beginner to DLSR filmmaking.

Vimeo video school
Practical video acquisition/filmmaking tutorials

VFX of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Virtual Cinematography
Behind-the-scenes look at the virtual cinematography of The Hobbit

Getting to know ACES
Good guide to the ACES colour workflow

An idiot’s guide to ACES
Good guide to the ACES colour workflow

CG Cinematography by Chris Brejon
A very comprehensive book by a CG practitioner

PIXEL CINEMATOGRAPHY A Lighting Approach for Computer Graphics
Siggraph paper by John Kahrs, Sharon Calahan, Dave Carson & Stephen Poster

Roger Deakins website

Roger Deakins podcasts

Key Texts:

Painting with Light – John Alton (Author)
Publisher: University of California Press (9 May 1995)
ISBN-10: 0520089499
ISBN-13: 978-0520089495

Light for Visual Artists: Understanding & Using Light in Art & Design – Richard Yot (Author)
Publisher: Laurence King; Reprint edition (25 April 2011)
ISBN-10: 185669660X
ISBN-13: 978-1856696609

If It’s Purple, Someone’s Gonna Die: The Power of Color in Visual Storytelling – Patti Bellantoni (Author)
Publisher: Focal Press; 1st American Pbk. Ed edition (12 July 2005)
ISBN-10: 0240806883
ISBN-13: 978-0240806884

The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV, and Digital Media Paperback
Bruce Block
Publisher: Routledge; 3rd edition (5 Aug. 2020)
ISBN-10 : 113801415X
ISBN-13 : 978-1138014152

Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Crafting Light and Shadow
Chris Knight (Author)
Publisher : Rocky Nook; Illustrated edition (17 July 2017)
ISBN-10 : 1681982145
ISBN-13 : 978-1681982144

Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics
Herbert Zettl (Author)
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc; International ed of 7th revised ed edition (31 Jan 2013)
ISBN-10: 1285081234
ISBN-13: 978-1285081236

The Five C’s of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques: Motion Pictures Filming Techniques – Joseph V. Mascelli (Author)
Publisher: Silman-James Press,U.S.; 1st Silman-James Press Ed edition (1 Oct 1998)
ISBN-10: 187950541X
ISBN-13: 978-1879505414

Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
Steve Katz (Author)
Publisher: Focal Press / Michael Wiese; 1st ed edition (1 July 1991)
ISBN-10: 0941188108
ISBN-13: 978-0941188104

Film Directing: Cinematic Motion: A Workshop for Staging Scenes
Steven D. Katz (Author)
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions; 2nd Revised edition edition (14 May 2004)
ISBN-10: 0941188906
ISBN-13: 978-0941188906

Must watch documentaries (in alphabetical order):
Cinematographer Style
Colour: The Spectrum of Science ​
Everything is a Remix
Light and Dark
Light & Shadow
The Code
Visions of Light

Must watch movies (in alphabetical order):

12 Angry Men (1957)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Baraka (1992)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Braveheart (1995)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Collateral (2004)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Dreams (1990)
Drive (I) (2011)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Fight Club (1999)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Gladiator (2000)
Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Hero (2002)
Home (I) (2009)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Inception (2010)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
La Haine (1995)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Locke (2013)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Raging Bull (1980)
RocknRolla (2008)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Sherlock (2010– ) – BBC TV Series
Sicario (2015)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Aviator (2004)
The Godfather (1972)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
The Others (2001)
The Prestige (2006)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

See the list of Academy Award for Cinematography winners and contenders here

Online forums/resources:
The American Society of Cinematographers
http://www.cinematography.net/
http://www.cinematography.com/
http://dir.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies_and_film/filmmaking/cinematography/