About Us
Photo.net is an online community with more than 100,000 active members
and thousands more casual viewers visiting daily. We started in 1993 and strive to be the
best peer-to-peer educational system for people who wish to become
better photographers.
Audience
Our readership includes anyone interested in becoming a better
photographer, plus some folks who show up looking for great images.
Our average reader spends more than $2,000 per year on photographic
equipment.
The audience consists of photography enthusiasts ranging from
newcomers to experienced, successful professionals. With the growth
in digital photography, we have had a substantial increase in
novices visiting the site to use it as a learning resource. The
audience is 80 percent male and mostly American.
Site Statistics (as of July 2007)
- 5.4 million visits per month
- 600,000 registered members
- 65 million page views per month
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Contact Us
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Contact Us page
Who Does What (Masthead)
Editorial
- Editor in Chief: Philip Greenspun
- Managing Editor: Hannah Thiem
- Technical Editor: Bob Atkins
- Contributing Editors: Bob Atkins, Josh Root,
Hannah Thiem
- Director of Community: Josh Root
- Site Abuse Prevention: Jeremy Stein
- Digital Technology Trends EditorRajeev Surati
- Forum Moderators:
- Alternative Cameras - Bob Atkins, Josh Root
- B&W Photo - Film & Processing - Kevin Bourque,
Lex Jenkins
- B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing - Kevin Bourque,
Lex Jenkins
- Business - Jeff
Spirer
- Canon EOS - Bob
Atkins, Mark U
- Canon FD - Ben Hutcherson, Mark
Wahlster
- Casual Conversations - Bob Atkins, Patrick Hudepohl
- Classic Cameras (pre-1970) - Bob Atkins, Josh Root
- Digital Cameras, Including Point & Shoot and Shopping - Emre Safak
- Digital Darkroom - Emre Safak
- Education - Josh
Root
- Everything Else - Bob Atkins, Josh Root
- Feedback - Bob Atkins, Josh Root
- Film and Processing - James Dainis
- Large Format - Michael Briggs
- Leica and Rangefinders - Tony Rowlett, Mike Dixon
- Lighting Equipment and Techniques - Bob Atkins, Josh Root
- Medium Format - Andrew Booth
- Minox - Martin
Tai
- Nature - Bob Atkins,
Shun Cheung
- News - Bob Atkins,
Patrick Hudepohl
- Nikon - Shun Cheung,
Todd Peach,
Lex Jenkins
- No Words - James Kazan
- Olympus - Bob
Atkins
- Pentax - Douglas Stemke
- Philosophy of Photography - Jeff Spirer
- Photo Critique - Josh Root, Bob Atkins
- Photojournalism - Jeff
Spirer
- Photograph of the Week - Mary Ball, Patrick Hudepohl
- Portraits and Fashion - Jeff Spirer
- Sony/Minolta SLR System - Bob Atkins
- Sports - Jeff
Spirer
- Street & Documentary - Jeff Spirer, Josh Root
- Travel - Bob Atkins
- Wedding and social event photography - Mary Ball
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