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19.Nov
2009

Find Your Photo Family: 20 Niche Photography Forums

Whether you are a beginner photographer or a pro, very often you need a professional advice or something to draw inspiration from . There are lots of photography forums on the Web today where you can find fellow photographers to discuss urgent problems and share experience with. Along with giant universal photo forums, there are some more narrow-purpose resources covering particular photography niches. In this post we will overview 20 various photography forums that might be a good source of knowledge and inspiration for your professional experience. The list includes both multi-category forums and niche photography communities.

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1. Photo.net

Website: http://photo.net
Photo.net is a comprehensive online photographer community that offers a wide range of various forum categories. Besides numerous discussions sorted by photography genre, photo gear brands and level of photographer skills, you can find equipment guides, photo galleries, tutorials, blog and lots of other useful photography related info.

2. deviantART Forum

Website: http://forum.deviantart.com/
deviantART is one of the most popular online communities for creatives. On DA forum you can discuss both network related questions and general topics, such as Software, Employment Opportunities, Hardware, Entertainment, etc.

3. Pro Photo Business Forum

Website: http://prophotobusinessforum.com/
This is a private professional photography forum for those who look for support in their wedding and portrait photography business. It works on a paid membership basis.

4. Digital Wedding Forum

Website: http://www.digitalweddingforum.com/
This photography forum covers all aspects and issues of wedding photography. It works on a paid membership basis, you can how it works during free trial period. Digital Wedding Forum gets a lot of positive feedback and looks like an informative and helpful resource for wedding photographers.

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5. Picasa forum

Website: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Picasa?hl=en
Picasa is one of the world’s most popular free photo editing software from Google. On this help forum you can find all necessary info about this software and also chat with fellow Picasa users.

6. Flickr help forum

Website: http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/
Flickr Help Forum is the right place to start with if you need any help with Flickr.

7. NatureScapes.net

Website: http://www.naturescapes.net
NatureScapes.net is a free forum for nature photographers. Among the discussions topics you can find Photography Equipment, Digital Photography, Printing and Photfinishing, Business topics, Envirentment and Conservation questions. You can also browse and discuss image galleries presenting various categories of nature photography, such as Wildlife, Birds, Landscapes, Flora and Macro, etc. Events and announcements in the world of nature photography are regularly updated here as well.

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8. Digital Photography Review Forums

Website: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/
This photography forum is more techi-oriented. DPR forum talks are mostly filtered by photography equipment brands and particular gear models. You can also find some general digital photography discussions here, as well as beginner questions and image galleries.

9. Analog Photography Users Group

Website: http://www.apug.org/forums/forum13/
APUG.org is an international community of photographer devoted to non-digital photo processes.

10. Sports Shooter

Website: http://www.sportsshooter.com/
This is an online community and information source for sports photographers and photojournalists. It started as an e-mail newsletter created by USA Today photographer Robert Hanashiro. Today this specialized photographer forum includes more than 7K subscribers and numerous editorial contributions from pro sports photographers. Quite a valuable and interesting to read site.

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11. Fashion Photography Blog: Forums

Website: http://fashionphotographyblog.com/forum/
If you shoot fashion, this forum will be interesting to you. It covers everything related to fashion photography, including technical questions, marketing and promotion and critiques. The forums statistics says it’s visited by 200 active members so far, but it’s expanding gradually getting more and more regular members, contributors and visitors.

12. Wetpixel.com

Website: http://wetpixel.com/
Wetpixel Forum is dedicated to the underwater photography. Techniques and tips, beginner questions, dive destinations and crazy stories, surf photography and video gear - all this you can find here.

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13. PhotoshopForums.com

Website: http://www.photoshopforums.com/
Photoshop plays a huge role in photographer professional activity. This recourse is a comprehensive unofficial forum covering various Photoshop topics.

14. Streetphoto

Website: http://www.streetphoto.info/forum/
This forum covers street photography niche. It’s not very big, still it might be useful for photographers working in this genre.

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15. 3D Photography

Website: http://www.3dphoto.net/forum/
Here you can join a community of 3D photography fans, learn and share techniques and photos.

16. f295

Website: http://www.f295.org/Pinholeforum/forum/Blah.pl
f295 is an organization dedicated to the discussion, practice, and advancement of 21st Century Photography - a vision driven form of photography which freely combines historic methods, alternative processes, and adaptive techniques to create something new. There are nearly 2,000 people, located around the world, registered to participate in the online discussion forum. Here you can find such talk topics as lensless photography, conventional dark room photography, hand crafted, historic process photography, etc.

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