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picturetaker

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I have limited funds but want to subscribe to 1 or 2 photo magazines. I shoot film with a little bit of digital and am more interested in looking at the photographs and learning from the settings used than detailed info about gear. I enjoy Popular Photography but it is becoming more digital than I need. Any suggestions? Thank you.
 

Soeren

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The British Black & White Photography?
As name suggest only about B&W
Not much tech stuff, som D***** stuff but most about pictures.
I like it a lot. Must say that it hasn't lived up to my expectations 100% lately but may come down to my interests more than the actual quality of the mag.

Oh and how abot the mag called "Emulsion"? I havn't seen it but it's made by dedicated APUG'ers so it can't be all that bad

Cheers
Søren
 

Roger Hicks

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You might want to take a look at The Photo School in www.rogerandfrances.com. A lot of it is free, though of course if you then want to subscribe to the paid-for stuff as well, I won't complain. I've been writing for the photo press for around 30 years (and have several dozen books to my credit) and I decided to do my site this way because there's less and less in the magazines and books that suits my interests and knowledge -- though I also write for Shutterbug in the United States and have a weekly column in Amateur Photographer in England, and my wife Frances Schultz writes for the same Black and White that Soeren recommended.

Cheers,

Roger
 

Ole

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I'll repeat the recommendations given here already - all of them.

I haven't paid Roger anything (yet), but if the "paid-for stuff" is as good as the free stuff, it's worth it.

And I subscibe to both of the magazines Søren suggested.
 

John Koehrer

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Lenswork is a great mag for portfolios & interviews with the artists. Not so good if you're looking for technical info.
I allowed my subscripton to lapse because they were using more digital.
 
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Thanks for the discussion. May have to stretch my budget a bit but I think it will be well worth it!
 

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Agree with all of the above-also View Camera (if you're an LFer) and Ag magazine.
 
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