As much as I like this forum, it's difficult to keep up with all of the topics I'm interested in due to my travel schedule. I know of Facebook, but Facebook is just too big for me and I'm afraid someone is going to post a virus on my wall. I was wondering if there were any social networks specifically dedicated for photographers? And if so, which ones are you on and what are your experiences with them?
Haven't found anything yet that fits my needs/schedule. Just about any network one sets up will be overpopulated quickly. As long as it's kept to a specific topic the membership will be exclusive. I've been an APUG member since medieval times but rarely go there - possibly once per year.
Are we truly creative, or simply too lethargic to become pedestrian?
Art,
I beleive for film (any format) the best source and logically sorted information can be found right here on this site. Just make your searches as specific as possible, and the results will be quite good.
For general photography, try the pixtus.com forum (formerly two seperate forums with concentration of members in California and Texas).
For very constructive criticism of your photos, join the bytephoto.com forum.
Like the previous post, APUG is the one I frequent the very least - it plainly sucks!
Art - can you define better what it is that you're looking for? Facebook is great for keeping up with family and friends, but not exactly a place to go to do or read anything relating to photography. Are you looking for a better way to dig up answers to your questions? Or perhaps just have interesting things to peruse in spare moments while on the road?
I'm looking for a social network designed around the wants and needs for a photographer. There are niche social networks out there, just not for photographers.
There are many photographer/Photographic forums, etc. out there. In terms of a specific "social network" designed around the wants and needs of a photographer, well, it depends on one's definition. Twitter, Flickr and others were supposed to have fulfilled that need, but ...
Theres also http://www.picturesocial.com and http://www.myshutterspace.com but then again, do they fit your definition of a "Photographer Social Network?"
Sometimes, when you can't find what you're looking for, you find that you become the one winds up filling the void
I have real friends for my photographic social networking.
Steve
Nothing beats a great piece of glass!
I leave the digital work for the urologists and proctologists.
Funny but in today's day and age, you need to get yourself out there in front of tens of thousands of people to get noticed. Everybody's attention span is limited and you need to make sure that what limited attention they do have, you are noticed. If there was a social network where galleries, collectors and photographers could all meet in one place, where photographers could sell their work, advertise it, communicate with each other from all over the world...Originally Posted by Sirius Glass
Facebook and Twitter are fine, but are too broad. I want something specifically designed for me and other photographers like myself.
I fly below the RADAR. If one were to search for my name, others would be found but not me. I like it that way.
Besides, with no footprint, prospective employers cannot find a reason not to hire me.
Steve
Nothing beats a great piece of glass!
I leave the digital work for the urologists and proctologists.
Don't be so certain of that ....
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