Welcome to the DIYP forums!

After years of publishing articles, reviews, news, tutorials, opinion pieces, and maybe the occasional rant on DIYPhotography.net, it felt like it was about time we gave everybody a proper place to talk to each other, too. Somewhere away from the flood of AI-generated content on the Internet today.

That’s what this is.

The DIYP Forums are here for photography chat, gear talk, questions, answers, showing off your work, asking for feedback, sharing tips, swapping ideas, and generally hanging out with other people who are just as obsessed with cameras, lighting, lenses, editing, printing, filmmaking, and all the other expensive little rabbit holes this industry keeps throwing at us.

You don’t need to be a working professional. You don’t need a studio. You don’t need a $6,000 camera body and a shelf full of fast primes. You just need an interest in making images and a willingness to join in.

That said, a few things should be pretty obvious.

Don’t be a dick – sorry to put it so bluntly.

Disagree with people, absolutely. Argue about brands, formats, autofocus systems, AI, film versus digital, whether full frame still matters, whether micro four thirds is dead for the seventeenth time this year… fine. That’s half the fun. But keep it civil. There’s a difference between spirited discussion and just being a troll for sport. We have a banhammer, and we know how to use it.

This place should be useful, welcoming, and interesting. That only works if people actually want to come back.

So, whether you’re here to ask for help, offer help, talk gear, post photos, moan about firmware updates, or just lurk quietly in the background while reading everything, welcome. We’re glad you’re here.

Go start a thread. Introduce yourself. Ask a question. Post some work. Get involved..