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General Photography Forums
- Business of Photography 16 New
Business of Photography
16 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Issues related to running a photography business
- Beginner Photography Questions 184 New
Beginner Photography Questions
184 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A forum for all those beginner photography questions that you have been afraid to ask. This forum is strictly moderated to allow beginners to feel comfortable, so you will not see any rudeness or jokes at your expense. Equipment specific questions should be asked in the respective forums. The Beginner forum is not intended to be a "what should I buy" forum.
- Casual Photo Conversations 424 New
Casual Photo Conversations
424 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Photography discussions that do not fit anywhere else. Think of this forum as a buffet of photographic topics.
- Photography Education 3 New
Photography Education
3 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
For questions about formal photography education, such as college degree courses and workshops (also book reviews).
- Photography News 8 New
Photography News
8 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
(user/staff-contributed) - Share and read photo industry news & events.
- Philosophy of Photography 56 New
Philosophy of Photography
56 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Discussion encompassing ethical, aesthetic and sociological aspects of photography.
Image Related Forums
- No Words Forum 570 New
No Words Forum
570 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Post a photo with a theme; responses come in the form of photos, without words.
- Photo Critique Forum 1335 New
Photo Critique Forum
1335 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Request critiques of uploaded images. Contribute critiques to the works of other photographers.
- Photo of the Week Discussion 43 New
Photo of the Week Discussion
43 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
One image is chosen weekly by the Photo.net elves for discussion and critique.
Photography Practice & Technique Forums
- B&W Photo - Film & Processing 39 New
B&W Photo - Film & Processing
39 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Anything having to do with black and white film processing. Includes alternative processes.
- B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing 46 New
B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing
46 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The black and white darkroom and anything related to its use. Printing, toning, dodging, burning, chemicals, etc.
- Digital Darkroom 243 New
Digital Darkroom
243 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Editing, manipulating, scanning, printing, Photoshop, batch processing, RAW conversion, etc.
- Film and Processing 103 New
Film and Processing
103 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Color, slide, negative, commercial and home processing. B/W questions can be asked here, but are better asked in the B/W forum and may be moved there.
- Nature Photography 14 New
Nature Photography
14 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Equipment, technique, locations and ethics relating to nature photography.
- Portraits and Fashion 6 New
Portraits and Fashion
6 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Fashion photography & general portraiture questions.
- Sports Photography 12 New
Sports Photography
12 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
If it involves a stick or ball or board or a winner & loser, this is the place to talk about it.
- Street & Documentary 81 New
Street & Documentary
81 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Documentary photography and reportage, urban landscapes and candid portraiture.
- Travel Photography 57 New
Travel Photography
57 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Taking a trip? Need to know where the best tripod holes are? The travel forum is for you.
- Wedding and Event Photography 79 New
Wedding and Event Photography
79 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Beautiful, exciting, fast pace and stressful, wedding photography has many photographic challenges in one tidy package.
Photography Equipment Forums
- Alternative Cameras 10 New
Alternative Cameras
10 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Cell-phone, pinhole, zone-plate, home-made, disposables, toy cameras such as Holgas, Dianas, and Lomos.
- Canon EOS 277 New
Canon EOS
277 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The Canon EOS system (film and digital) lenses, accessories, etc.
- Canon FD 16 New
Canon FD
16 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Canon's manual focus camera system from the 80's and 90's.
- Classic Manual Cameras 254 New
Classic Manual Cameras
254 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A place to discuss any camera made before the autofocus/electronic era. If it's manual, it has a home here.
- Deals and Discounts 1 New
Deals and Discounts
1 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
This forum is for announcing, sharing, and discussion of coupons, sales, rebates and other deals or discounts that photo.net users come across for photographic (or related) gear.
- Mirrorless Digital Cameras 90 New
Mirrorless Digital Cameras
90 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A general catch-all forum for questions about digital cameras. Posts about specific models and 'Which camera is right for me' questions are on topic.
- Filter, Bags, Tripods and Accessories 41 New
Filter, Bags, Tripods and Accessories
41 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Looking for a tripod, filter, flash bracket, backpack or any other photographic accessory? This is the place to find advice.
- Large Format 26 New
Large Format
26 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
4x5, 5x7, 8x10 sheet film and digital backs for view cameras.
- Leica and Rangefinders 225 New
Leica and Rangefinders
225 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A forum for Leica M, LTM, Voigtlander, Zeiss, Contax, FED and ALL other rangefinders, plus Leica's film and digital SLRs. Dedicated to continuing and advancing the art and practice of Leica and Rangefinder photography.
- Lighting Equipment and Techniques 60 New
Lighting Equipment and Techniques
60 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Studio and on-location lighting with hot lights, monolights, packlights and other flashes.
- Medium Format 205 New
Medium Format
205 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
For 645, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9, 6x12, 6x17 roll film plus digital backs.
- Minox 6 New
Minox
6 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Tiny spy cameras for the very sneaky. Also Minox 35mm cameras.
- Modern Film Cameras 9 New
Modern Film Cameras
9 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Any film cameras that require batteries to work.
- Nikon 626 New
Nikon
626 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Nikon SLR (digital and film) lenses, accessories, etc.
- Olympus and Four-Thirds 73 New
Olympus and Four-Thirds
73 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The Four-Thirds and micro Four-Thirds systems plus the older film Olympus OM SLR system.
- Pentax 80 New
Pentax
80 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
35mm film and digital; Pentax medium format is in Medium Format.
- Sony/Minolta SLR System 30 New
Sony/Minolta SLR System
30 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Newer Sony DSLRs and older Minolta DSLRs and film SLRs,lenses, and accessories.
Site Help and Community
- New User Introductions 13 New
New User Introductions
13 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Say hello!
- ImagePRO Help 0 New
ImagePRO Help
0 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Have problems or questions regarding your ImagePRO site? Ask here.
- Site Help 112 New
Site Help
112 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Need help with any aspect of the Photo.net site? Ask here.
- Member's Photo News 0 New
Member's Photo News
0 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Let our community know about your show, personal website, or other news about yourself.
Other
- Off-Topic 548 New
Off-Topic
548 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Photo.net's Off-Topic forum. Discuss most anything with your fellow photographers. Lightly moderated, but all photo.net rules/policies are still in effect. Keep everything clean and polite, but feel free to post about most anything.
- Video 2 New
Video
2 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
As video and still photography grow ever closer, many photographers are interested in learning about filming video with their digital cameras. Ask equipment, lighting, editing, outputting, encoding, etc questions here.
- Website Creation 8 New
Website Creation
8 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A forum for help, critique and discussion regarding the creation of
photography websites.
- Test Posting 4 New
Test Posting
4 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
If you are new to Photo.net, you can make your test postings here to familiarize yourself with how things work.
- Active General Photography Forum Threads
- Humorous ways to describe bad HDR images? | by aaron mccormick | 26 Responses
- Saving photos when out of town | by Bob R | 22 Responses
- G8 Protest Photography | by Joe Williams
| 10 Responses
- Active Image Related Forum Threads
- Textures | by Jeanne Hauschild

| 15 Responses - Drops | by Luis Triguez

| 9 Responses - Art on the Ground | by Luis Triguez

| 9 Responses
- Active Practice & Technique Forum Threads
- End of cheap film? | by Brian M. | 10 Responses
- Vacation -Photography trip to the State of Washington | by Enrique Flores | 9 Responses
- Good place to mail film for processing that won't cost an arm and a leg | by Ray Bramton | 6 Responses
- Active Photography Equipment Forum Threads
- Nikon Wednesday 2012: #20 | by Matt Laur


| 38 Responses - Chinon CE-3 Memotron. Any good? | by Christos Theofilogiannakos | 13 Responses
- macro moths lens for D90 | by Erik Thomson
| 13 Responses
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