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Don’t Forget: Members Get a Free Mystery Box of Presets

Chris Gampat
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Last updated on 07/01/2026
07/03/2026
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One of the latest benefits that we’re giving our members are a mystery box of presets for Lightroom or Capture One. Yup, and we worked hard on them too! We’re one of the only publications working to help you make images that AI can’t really create. In 2025, I started to do things that otherwise would seem crazy for a publisher of a niche photography online magazine to do. For starters, this year, the Phoblographer may actually make a printed magazine again. But in addition to that, we didn’t sell any ads to the big camera manufacturers. It really showed me that if everyone even gave $1 to read FOR THE YEAR, we’d make enough money to be able to grow and sustain the site for a very, very long time. But that’s really tough to ask. Eventually, I’d like to site to move away from needing and relying on banner-ads. Instead, I want the site to go fully super-affordable subscription eventually.

Let’s quickly talk about the economics of running Phoblographer. Real talk: if everyone who came to the site was charged $1, I’d have enough money in under a week to fund the website for the entire year without banner ads. Trust me, if I could get rid of banner ads, I would. But the truth is that they help the staff get paid, the server bill get settled, etc. And with the current state of the economy, things are tougher for publications than ever. But the Phoblographer’s annual banner-ad-free subscription is only $25/year. That’s kind of like you’re only paying a bit over $2 a month. With that said, if everyone who came to the site in the period of a month bought a year-long subscription, we’d have enough money to fund the website and grow it for several years to come.

The Phoblographer Subscription Membership Perks Include:

  • 20% off Capture One: Which is a huge discount and perhaps our most popular membership perk.
  • 20% off Herbs and Kettle Chai: For anyone wanting to keep their caffeine supply higher with a completely unique and different experience.
  • 30% off Imalume Photo Theft Prevention: Track down anyone who’s stealing and using your images and then go after them for money.
  • Banner-ad free Phoblographer: The ultimate experience in reading our website. Our eBooks: All for free
  • Access to all our eBooks: We’ll be making more in the future
  • A Free Mystery Box of Presets: We give this away to every one who subscribes.
  • 20% off MPIX Prints: Photographers who have a need to make prints for galleries or sales can enjoy 20% off when you contact us.
  • 10% off Viltrox Products: Viltrox makes several flashes, lenses, and other accessories.
  • More benefits are coming soon!
  • For membership support inquiries and instructions on how you use your benefits, please send an email to admins(at)thephoblographer(dot)com

We’ve been working incredibly hard behind the scenes to get all this done. And we’re working with other vendors to try to bring our members even more benefits.

How to Sign Up

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The Phoblographer on the iPad is one of the best ways to read us with a membership.

Here’s the info on how to become a member

  • On your device, head to our Purchase page. Please make a purchase of a year-long membership. $25/year gets you our website banner ad-free, and more perks are being worked to be delivered in the future.
  • Once you’ve made a purchase head to our Member Login Page. Enter your login information.
  • When you want to use your member benefits, email admins(at)thephoblographer(dot)com and we’ll get you ready.

We hate banner ads too. We know folks complain about them, but we also need to pay our staff a fair and living wage. Beyond that, we’re also one of the few outlets making and publishing original articles every single day.

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  • An ad-free experience
  • A free mystery box for Lightroom or Capture One
  • All the books in our store
  • 20% discount on Capture One
  • 30% discount on Imalume Photo Theft Protection
  • 20% off Herbs and Kettle Tea Company.
  • 20% off your order from MPIX printing services.
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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.
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