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Top 20 Photography Pinterest Boards

I know that some people don’t really get Pinterest, or don’t really want another social network, but it’s one of my favourite websites because of the way that you can browse the content you find. Rather than having to read masses of text, you simply glance over images to find photos, tutorials, etc. that you find interesting. These 20 photography pinterest boards are excellent, and they range from tutorials, to gear, photos, and some little extras.

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Tutorials

DP School - Lighting Basics

Class is in session for Digital Photography School. Lessons are organized sequentially: DSLR settings, lighting, portraits and composition.

Digital Photography School is a very popular tutorial website, which has been listed twice in my Top 20 Photography Websites, and they have a truly excellent selection of Pinterest boards. Tons of tutorials divided up into almost 100 different boards, there’s something for everyone, from DSLR basics to astrophotography.

Cici Absolutely White - Photography Tips

Cici is a very active pinner, with over 200,000 followers, and over 600 photography related pins on this board alone. The board is popular for a reason, and that’s because the content is good, and comes from a wide variety of sources. She also has a few other boards covering different aspects of photography such as the business side, and weddings.

PhotoJosh – Photography Tips, Trick, and Tutorials

If you’re looking to improve your photography with the very best photography tips, tricks, and tutorials, then this is the board you need to be following. I only pin the very best photography related content on the internet, so hit follow!

Is it wrong to link to my own board here? I hope not. I’m not crazy about self promotion, but I happen to think that my main Pinterest board is actually pretty good. I find some really cool content, and I have a little help from my group board too. Check it out if you’re looking to learn photography.

ImprovePhotography.com Community

PLEASE only post photography tips here, or truly amazing photos. Posting ads or your own pictures may result in your being banned from the board. Spam spoils everything.

Finding content good enough to share isn’t the easiest thing to do (I should know), which is why it’s a great idea to involve hundreds more people to help you find the best links to pin. When you have that many people only pinning the best links on the internet, you end up with some really cool shared content.

Zoi M - Photography-Photoshop Tutorials

This is another really good board, collecting the very best tutorials into one place. A lot of the pins are very familiar to me, as I’ve seem them across Pinterest before, which is actually a good thing really, as they’re tried and tested. Warning though, make sure you don’t have plans when you start wandering through these boards as your afternoon can just disappear.

Photography Gear

Jeremy Cowart - My Gear

Photographer. Artist. Humanitarian. App Creator. Teacher.

Jeremy Cowart is a professional photographer who’s had a mention on this website before, and his Pinterest account is one of the best I’ve seen. You’ll find everything from examples of his work and inspiration, to videos and gear. Great selection to work through, I wish more photographers would do this for their fans, because it’s great to see how other photographers think and work.

Chad Syme - Photography Equipment

Designer, Photographer & KEXP’er | http://chadsyme.me

Chad is a designer and photographer with a very strong following on Pinterest, and although I’m linking to his equipment board, a lot of his other boards are really worth checking out, as design is very closely related to photography. This board is full of gear porn, and lot of exciting new photography technology.

Photography & Inspiration

Trey Ratcliff - Travel Exhibition: Cropped for Pinterest

A warm-hearted, old-school gentleman explorer with really cool toys. I run a travel photography website at StuckInCustoms.com

You may know Trey from his website StuckInCustoms, which is a travel photography website, and a great resource for anyone who loves HDR photography. There’s plenty of inspiration and photography pinned to Trey’s boards, ranging from his personal travel photography, to design ideas and photography gear. His travel exhibition board is one of the coolest boards I’ve seen.

Best of Pinterest Photographers

Go to bit.ly/fp-pntpgs to join this board. Only pin your own very best photos please!

This is a really cool concept, where photographers across Pinterest can all pin their best photography onto a group board, so that other photographers can see their work. It’s a great idea, and although the photos aren’t always that amazing, it’s a great way to find feedback, and discover new photographers.

Ben Stovold - Art and Photography

This board is a really good collection of different art and photography from across the internet. The general style seems to be quite dark, a little bit mysterious, and abstract. That’s right up my street, and if it’s up yours too, then I would recommend following this board.

Lara Jade - Inspiration: Photography

Lara Jade started her own photography career at the age of 17, originally taking on small clients in England, before becoming a fully fledged Fashion, Portrait & Advertising Photographer in New York City. She’s in her early 20′s, and listed at number 2 in my Top 20 Young Photographers post. This is her inspiration board, and it’s full of fashion photography, so if that’s your thing, check it out.

Ccil G. - Vivian Maier discovered work

Here are my favorites of Vivian Maier, all from http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/, if you don’t know this blog go run to, you’ll find a precious story.

This is another Pinterest user who posts some really amazing photography, and this board is dedicated to Vivian Maier, and if you haven’t heard about her, look her up. She was a nanny for many years in New York, and when she died, someone bought her old film and photos. Photos she’d never shared with anyone. The story isn’t that interesting until you realise just how much of an amazing photographer she is.

Sha Hwang - Black and White Photography

This is a very popular board, packed full of some of the best black and white photography around. If, like me, you love black and white photography, I would suggest following this board to use as inspiration. Black and white photography is shot with a very different set of eyes to colour photography, so it’s good to pay attention to how black and white photography is captured.

Gabriel Li – Abstractions

phenomenea and stretching realities

I really enjoy abstract photography (even though I’m pretty useless at it), so it’s nice to see that someone has taken the time to group a bunch of abstract photos together in one place, on this Pinterest board. Maybe if I look at it enough, I will find inspiration for myself.

Jane Wang - Patterns And Proportions

As soon as I discovered this board, it immediately jumped out at me, reminding me of old photography books that I used to read. Patterns and proportions are a really important part of photography composition, so I thoroughly recommend looking through this board, and paying it the attention it deserves.

Klaus Herrmann – Pinterest Discoveries

On this board I share my daily photography discoveries on Pinterest – great photos from great photographers.

I really like the idea behind this board, because it takes out a lot of the leg work for us. I love discovering new photography, but for every good photo I find, I usually have to look through 100 average photos first. Klaus helps us to skip this step, because he’s saved all of his favourite onto a board for us.

Joy Cho / Oh Joy! – Photography

This board is a collection of photography, which currently has over 485,000 followers, and shows no sign of slowing down. The photos seem to mostly be focused around people, but there’s some nice abstract examples in there too. Altogether some really interesting concepts.

Siriah – Black and White Photography

This board is called black and white photography, but in actuality, it should be called black and white street photography, because that’s what it seems to be. I really enjoy street photography, especially in black and white, so this is an interesting board for me.

Photography Misc

Perfect Pallette

{The Perfect Palette}: Colorful ideas for weddings, events and life! A wedding blog dedicated to helping brides find their perfect color palette! Find us here ☛ @ ThePerfectPalette.com

As photographers, we’re constantly dealing with different colours, and trying the find the best way to use them effectively. This Pinterest board offers lots of really good examples for using colours together, effectively. A great place for inspiration too.

Richard LaRue - Design Thinking

typography, illustration, layouts, package design, advertising & marketing

You might be wondering why a design board is on a list of boards for photographers, but there’s actually a lot you can learn from design, as a photographer. Design has as much to do with composition as photography does, and I for one learn a lot by looking at good design, and that influences my photography. Try it out.

100 Photography Tips [Infographic]

Welcome to ExpertPhotography’s top 100 photography tips, picked from the best tutorials of 2011, and brought together in one place, for your ease. These tips are extracts from a variety of to the tutorials, where you’ll find much more information, to help you improve your photography. Here are the tutorials that the tips came from:

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10 Amazing Videos to Inspire Your Photography

The iPhone Fashion Shoot – FStoppers

This gained a lot of notoriety in the past year as it proved a point – it's not all about the camera. Ok, so they used a load of expensive lighting, a beautiful model and some professional retouching, but the camera was still an iPhone 3GS for the whole shoot. It's really cool to see what can be done with even the most basic cameras, and FStoppers style of videos are really easy to watch and relax – you're not spending your whole time playing on your phone in boredom.

Photo Shoot In 180 Seconds - Chase Jarvis

I first started getting into watching Chase's videos when I saw this video on organising a workflow – he creates really interesting videos of behind the scenes footage of a real world commercial photographer. This video in particular is important as you see behind the scenes of a whole photoshoot in just 3 minutes, while at the same time, it doesn't feel rushed. Check out some more of Chase's videos if you find some time as you can tell that they're very well thought out, and made.

Photography Fundamentals – FontanaKnowledge

I like to think I set myself apart in my writing because of the way I write and explain everything simply with photos. And that's basically what Fontana does here, only except for photos, he uses a video. He's made a series of very successful videos which explains a variety of topics on photography, using simple methods and explanations. If you're a beginner photographer and you don't fancy reading too much detail, this is where you want to start, as it's a video on the fundamentals of exposure.

Night Photography - Lance Keimig Photographics

The great thing about this video is that it doesn't just tell you about night photography and teach you a thing or two, but it actually inspires you to go out and give it a go. Night photography is often not tried by many photographer as it's usually cold, and always dark out, but it's really a lot of fun and can produce some awesome results. Take these guys advice and go out with friends and bring a bunch of different light sources for the coolest photos.

Rain Photoshoot Strobist Tutorial – Adrian Vilcan

This is probably the simplest video on this list, but it's a really cool way of showing how the photographer produced his results. And the best part is that it's simple and easy to do, so anyone can try it, so long as they have a little bit of gear that's required. Lighting is a massive part of photography, and it's even more important when you're trying to come up with cool effects and creative ideas, so by watching videos like these, it gives you an idea of how it's done, and provides you with the inspiration required to produce your own.

Photography Tips, Essential Skills, Quickly Transform Your Photos – Karl Taylor

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an't recommend Karl's videos enough, he's just 1 man and his camera and knowledge, but he produces some really well made videos. This video in particular is very useful if you're just starting out as the amount of useful information he shares in just a few minutes will help you in a huge way when it comes to producing expert photography. Have a look at his other videos if you get the time, there's a lot of really cool photo ideas in there.

Steel Wool Photography Tutorial – Photo Extremist

I love creative photography like this, and the Photo Extremist makes it seem so simple and easy as he talks though everything you'll need to produce this cool photo. He has a load of other videos where he talks about how create all kinds of creative effects, in his simple and clear manner. These sorts of ideas are great to try for yourself and adapt when you're stuck for a photo idea to create.

Inside the Threadless Photo Department – Photo Shelter

I've always admired Threadless for their creativity when it comes to their T-shirts and photography, and this cool little behind the scenes video gives you a small insight into their whole operation. The thing I love about this video is where the photographer talks about the locations he uses for the shoots; he really knows how to stay creative and relevant. It's often hard to find cool locations for creative photography, but that's because most people don't look at what's around them, and try to think further afield. The photography at Threadless is all about making the most about what you've got at your disposal.

Found: Lost Pictures of New York Blizzard – Part 3

This video gives me chills when I watch it; it's the roundup of the journey 1 man goes through when he finds a roll of undeveloped film in a park in New York. Not only is the photography excellent, but it gets reunited over months of looking, thousands of miles travelled and thousands of received emails. It's a nice little look at what the power of the internet can do and that's particularly relevant here with photography.

30 Years of BAD Pictures – Bruce Dale

Some of the highlights of Bruce Dale’s 30 year career at National Geographic include 10 trips to China beginning in the late 1970′s, the hologram cover for the 100th anniversary edition, and mounting a camera on the tail of a jumbo jet for in-flight photographs. It's fascinating to see how well Bruce has done in his career and all the places he's seen and people he's met. If this doesn't inspire you to take more photos, then I don't know what will.