Professional photographers: What blogs, resources, sites do you use/recommend for keeping up to date, trends, reviews, techniques, experiences with vendors, etc? posted by pmaxwell to media & arts (12 comments total)
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What kind of photography do you do? Good recommendations would depend on if you are talking about wedding photography, personal portraiture, fashion, tabletop, photojournalism, etc. posted by i_love_squirrels at 7:20 AM on June 9, 2008
PDN has remained one of the most respected pro photography magazines/websites since almost forever. It covers everything and has a great online presence. posted by JJ86 at 7:35 AM on June 9, 2008
DPReview is something of a standard for equipment reviews. The forums are occasionally useful but mostly full of senseless bickering. posted by echo target at 7:54 AM on June 9, 2008
I am a big fan of SportsShooter.com. Some of the biggest names in photojournalism are members. It is obviously focused on sports but the overall focus is on good journalism no matter what the subject matter. Their message boards are a great resource but like any message board can sometimes be cluttered with chatter. You have to apply and have your portfolio reviewed to join oh and pay. But it usually pays for itself because there are a lot of editors that use the site to find photographers.
I second Shoot the Blog. Pretty decent with lots of updates from different aspects of photography.
But honestly without knowing what you shoot, those two sites could be pretty useless to you. posted by WickedPissah at 9:41 AM on June 9, 2008
Rob Galbraith is very good, and often links to some very interesting photography.
theonlinephotographer.com posted by sully75 at 12:34 PM on June 9, 2008
I'm a Canadian photojournalism student so I use NPAC as a resource, and my school pays for the membership. Strobist is an obvious one, but I always find neat stuff there. DIYphotography.com is one I like just because I'm a poor student. And, http://fotogenetic.dearingfilm.com/ has some good articles. posted by riane at 1:17 PM on June 9, 2008
Some of these have already been mentioned, but think of them as more votes in their favor. I read a lot of blogs that link to the work of other photographers, and more often than not it is from more of an art standpoint than a commercial one. BradBane's response named the most commercially themed blogs I know of.
I use these to find inspiration for my own work. The internet is great for that. For more technical stuff I second the tips on dpreview and recommend the strobist (linked below).
If you're thinking about shooting weddings, www.digitalweddingforum.com.
They're a little persnickety (sp?) about membership. You have to hang out in the noob forums called "...Start", and then once you shoot a few weddings, the mod' will bump you up to pro forums and have their hand out. Their forums are worth it, though, if you really want to get serious about shooting weddings. Lots of serious pros on there sharing lots of valuable information.
www.dpreview.com is decent for camera reviews but stay out of their forums, they're overcrowded and polluted by poor moderation (IMO).
RobGalbraith's site had great forums, but they got sold, and now the owners have their hand out, as well.
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