For the past couple of years I’ve been a moderator on Pro Photo Forum. Over the past few months PPF has been on a decline and one of the other moderators and I decided that we should start our own photography forum. Sure, there are hundreds of photography sites out there, but we feel that with the moderators we’ve brought on board we’ll be able to start something special. With the 4 moderators we’re starting with we have a good mix of opinions and skills and our goal is to make the Photo Arts Forum a first stop to discuss anything photographic.

I did most of the design work and am the resident geek of the project. That is, I set up Etomite for the static photography article section and Simple Machines for the photography discussion forum.

As is normal with most new sites, especially forums, the main site and forums are both fairly empty right now but we’re convinced that once the ball gets rolling it will be hard to stop.

The main site is at http://www.photoartsforum.com and the forums are at http://forums.photoartsforum.com

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