Photo communities.
Apr. 4th, 2013 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kv0925I had a flash (ha! flash!) of inspiration to start my first community here on LJ, with a photography theme. Mainly because I don't like the big photo communities--they're mostly mediocre snapshots, and mainly populated with Russian users, and basically just photo dumps without much insight or interaction. I would like a community more dedicated to technique, tips, and challenges. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
photo_palette is/was a nice step in that direction, but it seems pretty dead and I'm not even sure if it's being maintained anymore--I submitted a post yesterday or the day before and it hasn't made it out of the moderation queue yet. I took a quick look at the list of communities with photography as an interest, and didn't see any (with recent updates, anyway) along the lines of what I have in mind.
I'm just envisioning a community for all levels of photographer (but definitely people with a keen interest in the art and in improving their skills) where people can post photos they're proud of, but with the expectation that they'll also share a bit about what they did to get that particular image--their thoughts when composing the image, any tips or tricks they used or learned, the gear and settings they chose, the post-processing they did, all of it. And even some non-photo posts just to discuss techniques and gear. And regular challenges or themes, photo association games, that sort of thing.
Creating the community is the easy part, I imagine--getting an active membership and keeping it fun and engaged would be something else. What say you, flist, any of you photographers game to join a community like that and pimp it out too? :) Maybe LJ isn't the place for it, I dunno--obviously there are Flickr Groups and a million other websites and forums dedicated to photography. But I still like LJ, darnit!
Anyway, just a thought.
photo_palette is/was a nice step in that direction, but it seems pretty dead and I'm not even sure if it's being maintained anymore--I submitted a post yesterday or the day before and it hasn't made it out of the moderation queue yet. I took a quick look at the list of communities with photography as an interest, and didn't see any (with recent updates, anyway) along the lines of what I have in mind.I'm just envisioning a community for all levels of photographer (but definitely people with a keen interest in the art and in improving their skills) where people can post photos they're proud of, but with the expectation that they'll also share a bit about what they did to get that particular image--their thoughts when composing the image, any tips or tricks they used or learned, the gear and settings they chose, the post-processing they did, all of it. And even some non-photo posts just to discuss techniques and gear. And regular challenges or themes, photo association games, that sort of thing.
Creating the community is the easy part, I imagine--getting an active membership and keeping it fun and engaged would be something else. What say you, flist, any of you photographers game to join a community like that and pimp it out too? :) Maybe LJ isn't the place for it, I dunno--obviously there are Flickr Groups and a million other websites and forums dedicated to photography. But I still like LJ, darnit!
Anyway, just a thought.
