Reorganising the Digital Photography forums - your suggestions please

[Stuart Wright]

We are having more than a page full of posts here every day which is very encouraging.
I think it's time to reorganise.
How would you like the Digital Photography forums to be reorganised?
Would it be a good idea to have sub forums for Cameras and Accessories, How to take photos (for discussion and tips on how to be a good photographer) and Photo Editing (for discussion on how to manipulate the photos)? Is there a need for the Photo Album forum for people to share photos? Or is the forum photo album facility (in your control panel) sufficient?

[Dave]

I'll throw my hat in to the ring and say a sub forum for lenses would be a nice addition.

Possibly also camera bodies and another for editing.

[Ned Senior]

Originally Posted by Dave W

I'll throw my hat in to the ring and say a sub forum for lenses would be a nice addition.

Possibly also camera bodies and another for editing.

+1 might make it easier to navigate to the right stuff for novices like myself

[onefivenine]

Originally Posted by Stuart Wright

We are having more than a page full of posts here every day which is very encouraging.
I think it's time to reorganise.
How would you like the Digital Photography forums to be reorganised?
Would it be a good idea to have sub forums for Cameras and Accessories, How to take photos (for discussion and tips on how to be a good photographer) and Photo Editing (for discussion on how to manipulate the photos)? Is there a need for the Photo Album forum for people to share photos? Or is the forum photo album facility (in your control panel) sufficient?

I think those sub forums sound like a good idea

There is probably going to be a lot of overlap between the latter two - maybe they could be combined into one - "Photographic Technique & Post-Processing" or something.

[lightpainter]

If it means my posted photos take longer to disappear off the bottom of the page, I’m all for it! Lol

[Holowlegs]

First off can I say, thanks for all the effort in this Stuart and the whole forum.


I will most probably go against the grain here, but I like it how it is, its like one big melting pot.

I think if you start to split it up, peeps will start to miss posts.


Unless we get a Swan subforum


Cheers Holo

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Holowlegs

Unless we get a Swan subforum

Not swans Holo, we need swans, ducks, geese, gulls and all associated watery things with beaks.

[Biscuit761]

I must admit, subforums does suggest too me that we could miss bits, as it is it is brilliant how one minute you can be talking about someones holiday pictures then a minute later having an in depth discussion about editing or sports or anything.

I like it as it is

Bill

[Holowlegs]

Originally Posted by Dave W

Not swans Holo, we need swans, ducks, geese, gulls and all associated watery things with beaks.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Biscuit761

I must admit, subforums does suggest too me that we could miss bits, as it is it is brilliant how one minute you can be talking about someones holiday pictures then a minute later having an in depth discussion about editing or sports or anything.

I like it as it is

Bill

My experience in the PS3 forum is this. Before the PS3 was released there was only one forum and as it grew it evolved and had loads of different sub forums.

The advantage of this is that it's a lot easier to find threads on what you want to discuss. This goes for both newer members and more established ones. It takes a bit of getting used to but I think it's time the photography forum evolved a bit. There's so many people getting in to photography now with the price point of DSLR's it was bound to happen sooner or later.

[DaveM]

How about a section for folk new to photography like myself, basic tips etc.

[TarMoo]

In my opinion there need to be a separate photo discussion subforum - basically where photos are displayed. These wouldn't then be swamped by other threads as they are now.

Cameras, lenses and assorted hardware and photo editing discussions should be in the main photo forum.

Perhaps people could be allowed to have more than one Photo Album, each with a separate topic.

The forum photo album facility (in the control panel) is quite basic and I doubt it it will be used much if at all. The number and size of pictures small and the potential audience size is also very small compared to sites like flickr.

[T0MAT01]

Originally Posted by Biscuit761

I must admit, subforums does suggest too me that we could miss bits, as it is it is brilliant how one minute you can be talking about someones holiday pictures then a minute later having an in depth discussion about editing or sports or anything.

I like it as it is

Bill

I agree, but there are so many new threads every day that some get missed as things are now.

If it has to be split up, then I'd vote for a fairly simple split, something like [photos & editing] and [gear talk]. Having lots of sub forums to navigate makes it hard work jumping about all over the place, like on POTN.

[RobDickinson]

More catagories never seems to help IMO

[ryart]

Originally Posted by Holowlegs

First off can I say, thanks for all the effort in this Stuart and the whole forum.


I will most probably go against the grain here, but I like it how it is, its like one big melting pot.

I think if you start to split it up, peeps will start to miss posts.


Unless we get a Swan subforum


Cheers Holo

I think I agree with this, but for swans substitute pussy cats .
If it must be sub-divided then I suppose an equipment subforum, and a photographs subforum (i.e. the results) might do the trick.

I think the keener and more regular contributors prefer to link to their images on photo hosting sites without resizing. Maybe this could be sorted out as well, assuming it is possible. If you see some interesting pictures you can go and see a few more by the same author, which I think increases the value and usefulness of the forum.

Cheers, Malcolm