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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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How are you sharing your photography these days? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Stelljanin@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I'm a hobbyist who enjoys street and landscape photography, and after getting diminishing returns and burn out by posting on Instagram, my photos started amassing in my lightroom library - never to be seen by anyone! I have a website (Adobe Portfolio), but I rarely use it, and it doesn't bring me that much joy.

I recently came across Substack, which is a newsletter/blog type website where you can create long form content, and in my case, photo essays and commentary. This has been a really satisfying alternative to posting on social media - I enjoy writing and it feels like I'm putting more intention behind my work. I think Substack will take off, and I enjoy the niche community of photographers on it.

How are you sharing your photos these days? And, if you're not, why not? What do you think the future is for sharing photography?

And if you're a Substacker already - I'd love to follow you! If this subreddit allows it, drop your Substack below :)

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

In order of priority: My personal website -> Threads -> Instagram -> Flickr -> Reddit.

Instagram is by far the worst for sharing actual photography, but one of the better ones for networking. Reddit is probably the most toxic community in the world due to the relative anonymity.

Threads honestly has a better photography community than any of the others right now. But I've been thinking about trying out Glass once my Flickr membership runs out. I've had a Flickr pro account for more than a decade and maybe it's time to try something else.