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Sites to Get Your Photos Critiqued

Chris Gampat
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01/06/2010
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Last Updated on 06/19/2011 by Chris Gampat

If you want to get your photographs critiqued, there are sites on the web to help you. Whether you are a professional, amateur, enthusiast, semi-pro, etc there are ways to find out how to improve the quality of your work. Many of them are free and great resources to help you. Here is a list of some of the best places on the web to help you get your photos critiqued.

Flickr

Flickr has certain groups that you can send your photos to for critique and constructive criticism. Similarly, you can always put in the description of your photos that you want critique. It’s a great place for photographers as we all are always commenting on each others’ photographs. Of course, you need to tag your photos correctly, submit them to groups and build up relations with other photographers for your work to get noticed. However, this really isn’t as hard as it sounds at all.

4Chan /p/ (some NSFW)

The birthplace of many of the internet’s memes and culture has a forum board called “Photography.” Photographers are very, very harsh here and rip each other apart essentially. However, they do give praise where it is due. You have to understand that lots of 4chan is centered around images, so images are looked at all day. There are specific ones that stand out though, and reading criticisms and receiving them can help you become a better photographer.

Digital Photography School

Every now and then, they come up with postings where they teach you how to shoot dog portraits or something else. Lots of photos are displayed here and within the comments, other users and readers display their photos. Lots of critique and helpful tips come here and no one is harsh to one another. DPS is where I go to often to explore new takes on photo related issues as well. It’s also a great place to read articles on tips, but so is the Phoblographer 😉

Twitter

Using the #photography hash tag works wonders once you tweet photos like crazy. If you ask for criticism on them, you’ll surely get it. Keep tweeting and people will add you as a contact overtime. The great thing about the Twitter community is its versatility. Besides using it for photo critique, you can use it for lots more.

And while the photographer community isn’t very strong right now there, it sure is growing as more photographers learn that they need to supplement their website with a Twitter presence, Facebook presence and now even blogs.

Photo.Net

Photo.Net has lots of forums for critiquing and many of the best photographers go here. The level of work here is quite excellent and the knowledge provided and shared is invaluable. Different forums handle different types of work but either way people spends lots of time on Photo.net and it’s one of the most trusted resources for photography along with DPReview.

Blind Photographers

Blind Photographers is a community for visually impaired photographers to gather together, share experiences, blog about tips, share photos, etc. You can only join if you are visually impaired. Much of it is done through its Flickr group. Either way, it’s great to know that even the visually impaired ones can receive insight and criticism from the community.

What sites do you go to for critique? Let us know in the comments down below.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.