Comments on: It takes a community http://www.davidreddingphoto.com/it-takes-a-community/ London, Ontario wedding photographer and portraits Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:16:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: davidredding http://www.davidreddingphoto.com/it-takes-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-94 davidredding Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:28:37 +0000 http://www.davidreddingphoto.com/?p=565#comment-94 Thanks Christine, you are right about the SoCal, but also in Texas and Seattle. I am completely astonished by things like the Seattle Strobist community. When everyone works together you just raise the over all wellness of the community and everyone wins in the end. Thanks Christine, you are right about the SoCal, but also in Texas and Seattle. I am completely astonished by things like the Seattle Strobist community. When everyone works together you just raise the over all wellness of the community and everyone wins in the end.

]]> By: Christine http://www.davidreddingphoto.com/it-takes-a-community/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Christine Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:25:45 +0000 http://www.davidreddingphoto.com/?p=565#comment-85 You know what is so fascinating about this to me? While what works for someone else might not work for you ... sharing what you do might spark someone else to come up with something totally unique for them, and in turn might spark something for you ... and it goes on and on and on. I think it is part of why I love the online community so much. We *all* have something to share.<br><br>Another observation in the photography community parallels what you mentioned about these authors. The ones who support each other and talk about each other, appear on each other's books, etc are the ones that rise to the top. Look at how if you walk into a photography community and ask people to name the "best" in the industry they will most likely name a lot of SoCal people that know one another and talk about and to each other? It is the same thing.<br><br>Thanks to the internet, that type of community can happen over and over and over again. Amazing.<br><br>Thanks for sharing! You know what is so fascinating about this to me? While what works for someone else might not work for you … sharing what you do might spark someone else to come up with something totally unique for them, and in turn might spark something for you … and it goes on and on and on. I think it is part of why I love the online community so much. We *all* have something to share.

Another observation in the photography community parallels what you mentioned about these authors. The ones who support each other and talk about each other, appear on each other's books, etc are the ones that rise to the top. Look at how if you walk into a photography community and ask people to name the “best” in the industry they will most likely name a lot of SoCal people that know one another and talk about and to each other? It is the same thing.

Thanks to the internet, that type of community can happen over and over and over again. Amazing.

Thanks for sharing!

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