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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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A lot of toxic egos on photo forums? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Hector-Z@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Has anyone else noticed that most photography forums outside of Reddit have some very opinionated, bitter arsch-holes as members? I cannot find a single forum outside of Reddit that offers positive / constructive criticism, just people who are toxic beyond belief...

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[–] hey_you_too_buckaroo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I gotta always ask in this sort of complaint, where's the evidence?

I've generally found photography communities to be nice people.

[–] CharlesBrooks@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I asked a simple question about light and heat on this forum. It was immediately met with snarky and sarcastic comments... The helpful stuff came later. Eventually it moved from 'why don't you learn physics' to some properly useful and technically advanced advise on increasing luminance without increasing heat.

People also assumed I was a beginner (I'm one of the world's most published photographers).

There are some great minds here, but you have to take the good with the bad!

[–] thefugue@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like that's the whole internet, not just photography forums.

[–] Murrian@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, you're the guy who shoots inside of musical instruments, like your work, very imaginative (and I imagine difficult to light!).