# Photographers - what message board do you recommend? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225 "2004-12-10T23:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/1 "2004-12-10T23:43:59Z")
I have a friend who is getting more into photography - artistic shots of “found” situations - the swirl of sediment in a puddle, the unique time-of-day geometrics of sunlight on a patch of brick - you get the idea. He is learning enough about analog SLR cameras to facilitate his work. Is there a message board you would recommend he frequent to absorb more lessons learned and tricks of the trade? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/2 "2004-12-11T01:11:07Z")
[Shutter City](http://www.shuttercity.com) isn’t really a message board, but it has free photo hosting where pros and amateurs can put their work up for comment. The comments are always constructive and helpful, and you get to see how others use different techniques with varying degrees of success. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/3 "2004-12-11T01:43:08Z")
[http://www.pbase.com/](http://www.pbase.com/) is also a good place to post your photos and garner comments. I like the way they have it set up. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/4 "2004-12-11T01:49:33Z")
> **[Photo.net - Where Photographers Inspire Each Other](https://www.photo.net/)** > > Photo.net is an online community for photographers.  Photo.net has extensive photo galleries covering over 30 categories, articles on photography and over 40 active photography forums. People use photo.net to learn through photo critiques, ask... It has great articles, a critique forum and other miscellaneous forums about all sorts of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/5 "2004-12-11T16:47:11Z")
I like [BetterPhoto.com](http://www.betterphoto.com). It’s not really a message board, but it has lots of articles, tips and discussions that may be helpful to a novice. You can also take online courses on all types of photography topics, but they are a bit pricey for me. You can also purchase an online gallery to display your photos. Here’s [mine](http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallByMember.asp?mem=11769), although I haven’t updated it with any new photos recently. My favorite part, however, is the [monthly contest](http://www.betterphoto.com/contest.asp). I have been really inspired by some of the photos I’ve seen entered, and have had a couple of my own selected as finalists. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/6 "2004-12-11T17:49:32Z")
I like [worth1000.com](http://worth1000.com), because it’s got photography contests, photoshop contests, and text. They mostly focus on photoshop, but they do do a lot of interesting contests. ~S&S (who just said ‘do do’ for the first time in his life) ---
**Author:** ![primer\_dimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@primer\_dimer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/primer_dimer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/7 "2004-12-14T22:47:51Z")
[This site](http://www.luminous-landscap.com) ([luminous-landscape.com](http://luminous-landscape.com)) has a message board, and is full of excellent articles about both technical stuff and more general photographic musings. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/8 "2004-12-14T22:55:41Z")
[This One!](http://boards.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/9 "2004-12-15T00:45:43Z")
I’m thinking about hosting something like these boards for SDMB members. Probably won’t happen for a bit, but would anyone be interested? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/10 "2004-12-15T01:57:35Z")
**MrFantsyPants** : Maybe, but wouldnt it be redundant? ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-what-message-board-do-you-recommend/279225/11 "2004-12-15T12:15:59Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > **MrFantsyPants** : Maybe, but wouldnt it be redundant? In what way do you mean? If you mean that there are already a bunch out there, yeah of course it is. But I’d rather do this within the confines of a community that I am already a part of, rather than heading off and joining another online community where I have no other connection with the rest of the members. If you mean that we can already do it here, well, this would make it easier.