The exchange of the art and technology of an image is as old as the photography itself. In the past years, the Internet has developed into an all-encompassing presentation platform for pictures, almost exclusively in photo-clubs, exhibitions and magazines. ColorPhoto has also taken this development into account more than four years ago, and ColorFoto was creatively founded, the competition community for dedicated photographers. Significantly bigger and slightly different is the fotocommunity.de
20 million photos
Already since 2001, fotocommunity.de has been collecting photoprojects of dedicated amateur photographers under a uniform interface. Photographers can upload their pictures into sections and subsections and make them available for discussion. In the last decade istfotocommunity.de has always been partnerships with many well-known providers of photoscenees, in time also with ColorFoto. Today fotocommunity.de with more than 1.3 million members is the largest internet community for hobby photographers in Europe. Since then, more than 20 million photos have been uploaded and 200 million image criticisms have been compiled. The IVW counted around 6.7 million visits and around 137 million pageviews in May 2012.
Fc in new layout
The eight channels "Motive", "Special", "People", "Act", "Nature", "Digiart", "Youth" and "Reise" are subdivided into many special areas. Private messages, photo-mails and a chat are available as well as a calendar for regular tables, photo expeditions, workshops or exhibitions. Over 100 of these user meetings take place every month throughout the United States. Ten forums (including SLRs, compact cameras and accessories, but also analogue photography) complete the information offer. In fact, the exchange of photographers among themselves is as intense as in any other community of their kind.
Picture gallery
Successful media must also develop further in order to stay in line with the times and the needs of the users. And so fotocommunity.de now appears step by step up to photokina in a new guise. The core points of the new service are based on user surveys and reflect the wishes and ideas of fotocommunity.de members.
The users think of fotocommmunity.de
Comparison test: Five perspective corrections
The design has been refreshed and minimized, the menu is simplified and the images are even bigger. Especially large images are of course a decisive point for photographers, and the permanently "growing" monitors also allow for completely new image dimensions. Beyond the already visible innovations, the users of the beta version are available to try out. "Anyone who moves in the new fotocommunity.de will find that the networking with like-minded people is easier than ever before," says fotocommunity.de CEO Dr. Axel Flasbarth. "The fotocommunity has become not only more intuitive but also more accessible.
As of July 1, 2012, the WEKA group of companies from Kissing, whose Munich subsidiary ColorFoto belongs to, took over fotocommunity.de. Both media belong to the same family, but this does not change the independence of fotocommunity.de. The free exchange of users, but also the team and the location Cologne remain unchanged. This is a great opportunity for all photographers, whether it is tests, photography or image discussions - our very different, yet very well-complementary media actually opens up the whole range of photography.
Raffaele Horstmann, Cologne
Member since 2005: "As a young photographer, I was able to help develop my photography, and I get direct feedback on the pictures I'm taking in the fotocommunity for discussion Fotocommunity is the fact that photographers and photographers are here, and this exchange takes place not only in the net, but also in real life: through fotocommunity, I have been able to get to know many inspiring photographers personally and to make new contacts.The fotocommunity is not only fun - She also helped me to make my name known as a photographer. "
Alexander Heinrichs, Aschaffenburg
Member since 2003: "As a youngster, I began photographing, with black - and - white development in the lab, later on, of course, digitally, then I registered in the fotocommunity, which has brought me clearly in this time I started studying my own studio in 2005, and I began working on smaller assignments for local businesses, and I am now working as an author for trade magazines and publishers, fotocommunity has followed my own photographic development And to get in contact with companies and institutions that I would not have otherwise expected. "
The core and origin of fotocommunity.de is the joint discussion about images: show their own photographs, view the pictures of others and discuss them together. At the same time, fotocommunity.de systematically extended this core to include additional offers. This includes an internal model index and an online encyclopaedia for photography, which is written and expanded by the members on the basis of Wikipedia software.
Comparison test: 11 Card reader in the test
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In addition, the members can publish individual photos for sale in a separate area. Only prints are sold - the image rights of all photos posted in fotocommunity.de are with the respective photographer and remain untouched. In the "Gallery" section you will find the best photos of fotocommunity.de - chosen by their users.
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