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General Photography Forums
- Business of Photography 219 New
Business of Photography
219 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Issues related to running a photography business
- Beginner Photography Questions 307 New
Beginner Photography Questions
307 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 636 New
Casual Photo Conversations
636 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Photography discussions that do not fit anywhere else. Think of this forum as a buffet of photographic topics.
- Photography Education 16 New
Photography Education
16 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
For questions about formal photography education, such as college degree courses and workshops (also book reviews).
- Photography News 10 New
Photography News
10 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
(user/staff-contributed) - Share and read photo industry news & events.
- Philosophy of Photography 226 New
Philosophy of Photography
226 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Discussion encompassing ethical, aesthetic and sociological aspects of photography.
Image Related Forums
- No Words Forum 1316 New
No Words Forum
1316 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Post a photo with a theme; responses come in the form of photos, without words.
- Photo Critique Forum 3323 New
Photo Critique Forum
3323 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Request critiques of uploaded images. Contribute critiques to the works of other photographers.
- Photo of the Week Discussion 64 New
Photo of the Week Discussion
64 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 156 New
B&W Photo - Film & Processing
156 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Anything having to do with black and white film processing. Includes alternative processes.
- B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing 73 New
B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing
73 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The black and white darkroom and anything related to its use. Printing, toning, dodging, burning, chemicals, etc.
- Digital Darkroom 693 New
Digital Darkroom
693 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Editing, manipulating, scanning, printing, Photoshop, batch processing, RAW conversion, etc.
- Film and Processing 261 New
Film and Processing
261 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 38 New
Nature Photography
38 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Equipment, technique, locations and ethics relating to nature photography.
- Portraits and Fashion 85 New
Portraits and Fashion
85 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Fashion photography & general portraiture questions.
- Sports Photography 82 New
Sports Photography
82 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 196 New
Street & Documentary
196 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Documentary photography and reportage, urban landscapes and candid portraiture.
- Travel Photography 63 New
Travel Photography
63 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 516 New
Wedding and Event Photography
516 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 12 New
Alternative Cameras
12 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Cell-phone, pinhole, zone-plate, home-made, disposables, toy cameras such as Holgas, Dianas, and Lomos.
- Canon EOS 909 New
Canon EOS
909 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The Canon EOS system (film and digital) lenses, accessories, etc.
- Canon FD 109 New
Canon FD
109 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Canon's manual focus camera system from the 80's and 90's.
- Classic Manual Cameras 361 New
Classic Manual Cameras
361 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 15 New
Deals and Discounts
15 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.
- Digital Cameras 202 New
Digital Cameras
202 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 135 New
Filter, Bags, Tripods and Accessories
135 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 94 New
Large Format
94 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
4x5, 5x7, 8x10 sheet film and digital backs for view cameras.
- Leica and Rangefinders 266 New
Leica and Rangefinders
266 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 234 New
Lighting Equipment and Techniques
234 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Studio and on-location lighting with hot lights, monolights, packlights and other flashes.
- Medium Format 514 New
Medium Format
514 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
For 645, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9, 6x12, 6x17 roll film plus digital backs.
- Minox 3 New
Minox
3 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Tiny spy cameras for the very sneaky. Also Minox 35mm cameras.
- Nikon 1522 New
Nikon
1522 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Nikon SLR (digital and film) lenses, accessories, etc.
- Olympus and Four-Thirds 125 New
Olympus and Four-Thirds
125 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The Four-Thirds and micro Four-Thirds systems plus the older film Olympus OM SLR system.
- Pentax 469 New
Pentax
469 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
35mm film and digital; Pentax medium format is in Medium Format.
- Sony/Minolta SLR System 55 New
Sony/Minolta SLR System
55 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Newer Sony DSLRs and older Minolta DSLRs and film SLRs,lenses, and accessories.
Other
- Off-Topic 382 New
Off-Topic
382 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 7 New
Video
7 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 64 New
Website Creation
64 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A forum for help, critique and discussion regarding the creation of
photography websites.
- Active General Photography Forum Threads
- defending response to photo estimate | by Ginny Emery | 22 Responses
- wimmen Tanyth Berkeley | by John Kelly

| 17 Responses - Source for smoke / dust? | by Ben Goren

| 13 Responses
- Active Image Related Forum Threads
- Leafs | by Alex Elias

| 26 Responses - Taken on a cloudy day | by Mike Gammill
| 25 Responses - taken last weekend... | by Richard Abston

| 19 Responses
- Active Practice & Technique Forum Threads
- Kodak product line, Please keep the variety! | by Brian Quinn | 14 Responses
- Suggestions on what laptop computer to use for photo editing using photoshop? | by Pam Miller | 11 Responses
- Why are "grades" used to measure contrast? | by Jim Gardner | 9 Responses
- Active Photography Equipment Forum Threads
- A lesson of buying on ebay | by David Zheng | 29 Responses
- What's the better upgrade -- new camera or new lens? | by Mark Mottel | 20 Responses
- Its time to enter the 21st Century - Move from 35mm to DSLR | by Michael Klapp | 18 Responses
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