30 July 2008
Scott’s Favorite Photo Websites - TWIP
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Photo by Scott Bourne
I know we list a site of the week on TWIP but I wanted to share some of my personal favorite photo websites and ask you to do the same.
If you have ANY interest in sports photography, check out SportsShooter. This is simply the best site of its kind - period. As someone who started his career shooting motorsports, I really wish this web site had existed back then. Of course that’s not possible since we barely had telephones back then 
If you want to follow the New York photo scene or are interested in media work, check out Photo District News. They are one of the most respected photo publications in America for good reason. They publish hard news about the photography world.
Every single day I take a look at Alltop - Guy Kawasaki’s photo blog aggregation site proves even the simplest of ideas can be powerful. The best photo blogs in the world (including TWIP are represented here and there is ALWAYS a wealth of information. Highly addictive. You have been warned!
Photo Books Online is pretty self-explanatory. If you want a photo book, chances are they have it here. Also check out Photo Eye.
And if you’re into landscape photography, check out Michael Riechmann’s wonderful Luminous-Landscape.
If you have a favorite photo site that I haven’t listed, be sure to tell me about it.
This post sponsored by Lensbabies.
NOTE: This is the 300th post here on TWIP - not bad for seven months work!
19 Comments so far...
Jason Hatfield Says:
30 July 2008 at 7:46 am.
http://www.nikonians.org/ is a great resource site for Nikon users.
http://hyperphocal.com/ is a up and coming blog geared towards learning for all photographers.
Trent Says:
30 July 2008 at 8:39 am.
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/blog/
Two of my favorites.
Doug Says:
30 July 2008 at 8:50 am.
Shorpy: History in HD
An interesting look back at past times through historic pictures.
Andrés Says:
30 July 2008 at 10:58 am.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum , with different forums (people,city,technical discussions,wedding,etc)
photo.net has forums and a big, big pool of great photographs
John Says:
30 July 2008 at 11:27 am.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/
This is a great place for Canon users.
Craig Says:
30 July 2008 at 12:47 pm.
Definitely DP Challenge. One of the better online photo contests out there. The photo challenges give you something to shoot for each week and you get feedback from other photographers. Its also a great online community that really helps each other out, not just with photography related things.
The site also offers a lot of good information in the way of tutorials.
Pelle Says:
30 July 2008 at 11:43 pm.
Thanks for the link to SportsShooter! Shooting track and field is my primary intrest. Why don’t you do a whole episode on shooting sports? I would love that!
Also look at Digital Photography Review:
http://www.dpreview.com/
and Frans Lanting:
http://www.lifethroughtime.com/
Royce Says:
31 July 2008 at 2:51 am.
An excellent site to view a small body of work from professional photographers. There are also illustrations and other types of art work, but the core of the site is photography.
Ashley Burton Says:
31 July 2008 at 8:25 am.
It’s a bit specialist but if anyone’s interested in using a Holga (plastic toy camera, $20 on eBay) you can get some good tips here: http://www.squarefrog.co.uk/
Nicole Says:
31 July 2008 at 1:50 pm.
Scott, you weren’t kidding when you said Alltop was addictive!!!
Dennis Cadorniga Says:
1 August 2008 at 12:43 am.
I would have to say:
Digital Photography Review
http://dpreview.com/
Nikonias.org
http://www.nikonians.org/
They also offer great classes with regards to Nikon equipment
Royce Says:
1 August 2008 at 8:29 am.
I forgot to add this one the other day. But for those of you who are interested in fashion photography, check out Ric Frazier who creates beautiful and innovative works of underwater fashion photography.
http://www.frazierproductions.com/
Renee Says:
1 August 2008 at 1:05 pm.
I have to agree with Nicole, Altop is really great. Im sure I’l be spending a fair bit of time there in future. thanks! One of my favorites is dpreview, not unlike many others.
Nicholas Says:
4 August 2008 at 12:16 am.
Great tips Scott, thank you. does anyone know if there are any sites or organization that I could join that would post job listing or classifieds in the photography field? I feel that craigslist is probably not the best way. I’m in the Los Angeles area. I’m trying to gain hands on experience.
Jeremy M Says:
16 September 2008 at 4:44 pm.
Hey, Scott, where can we see the shot that started it all for you: The Indy 500 wreck from when you were 16? I’d love to see it.
Scott Says:
16 September 2008 at 5:13 pm.
@Jeremy I wish I knew. I haven’t had that shot in my hands since the 70s. At the time, it didn’t seem all that important that I save it…
