Digital Photography Forum

I’m one of those people with a fancy DSLR camera but no clue how to use it. I should have a clue, as I attended a little workshop with Me Rah Koh and got lots of great advice and tips, but you know how it is when you’re a mommy – in one ear and out the other! Hence, the amazing pictures I do get are only lucky shots, because I always shoot in auto! I just took a great picture of myself and Kayley last night – I love it. You can see it in my Flickr pictures if you want to.

Today, I was at a playdate with a bunch of my mommy friends, and two of them who happen to be photographers were discussing various photo forums and the lame people who frequent them. I overheard their conversation but didn’t have much to add to it, since I don’t know an f-stop from a shortstop, but I got the very clear idea that most forums are full of people quick to criticize without offering up much support. See, I would hate that. I would hate it if I went to a forum, trying to figure something out about my camera as a total noob, and had people giving me grief. Ugh!

Here’s a site more up my alley: No Bs Photo Success Photography Forums – a Digital Photography Forum dedicated to, what else: No B.S. I don’t know how helpful they are to people who don’t know what they’re doing, but the fact that they have a picture of the site founders in their boxer shorts makes me want to check them out. I’m just weird like that.

The testimonials are pretty convincing as well. And! They have a bunch of Photoshop tutorials. I thought it was a little weird that the last newsletter posted was from January of this year (hey guys! It’s June!) but hey. Everyone gets busy.