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Cathpah
20th of February 2009 (Fri), 17:50
I'm wondering if there is another forum that anyone can recommend on things related to studio photography (not so much strobist stuff, but real studio stuff). POTN is, and always will be, my favorite forum anywhere, but this forum deals with a lot more strobist/speedlite. Anyone have any recommendations for studio photography that I'm not thinking of? (fredmiranda, dpreview). Also, not sure if there is a buy/sell forum that has people selling softboxes/grip equipt/etc...

again, please don't take this as anything negative to potn in any way, I'm just not as interested in speedlight discussion anymore. Aside from a few brave knowledgeable souls (robert, wilt, skip, curtis, leo, rudi, etc.), there can be a lack of good information on studio photography....and thus a more active studio photography forum would help me shove more knowledge in my head.

Thanks!

Rudi
20th of February 2009 (Fri), 18:05
Fred Miranda has a Lighting Forum that is quite respectable...

TMR Design
20th of February 2009 (Fri), 19:17
HI Jeff,

Even though there is a lot of chatter about Speedlight's, POTN happens to be one of the better lighting forums BUT I absolutely know where you're coming from.

I'm not a member at Fred Miranda but I do read a bit over there and it's quite good. Photocamel is very good and POTN member Benji is a major contributor over there. Also, for Elinchrom users there's Frank Doorhof but that's a bit more gear oriented than it is discussion about lighting techniques.

Unfortunately there is no one place that's really great and that's what keeps me here and why I consider POTN to be my home for lighting. :D

Bumgardnern
20th of February 2009 (Fri), 22:09
I do not know of any forums other than POTN and Fred Miranda that have good lighting sections. You might try looking for a lighting group on flickr.

I think that their is a lot of good advice to be had on POTN when it comes to lighting.

jough
28th of March 2009 (Sat), 09:06
I'm wondering if there is another forum that anyone can recommend on things related to studio photography (not so much strobist stuff, but real studio stuff).

photo.net, but responses can be snippy. photocamel seems really geared to the pro, so there are sections on lighting, portraiture, business, studio, etc. miranda is just portraiture.