If you could subscribe to only one photography magazine..

[craig]

Photo mags are boring. And yes (sadly) mags are falling by the way side. Check out Magazine Death Pool for an update. I am more of a Vogue, Harpers, VF guy. Those are the mags photographers need to be looking at.

Love & Bass

 

[Dubious Drewski]

Photo Pro Magazine is my pick. It's got great informative articles on shooting tips and photoshop tips, it's got great imagery throughout the whole thing, monthly competitions, and just a touch of gear pornography in case you're into that kind of thing.

Some magazines that I've seen have terrible advice or have terrible photography, and that doesn't instill much confidence in me when listening to their opinions.

 

[THORHAMMER]

I have to agree with Craig, most are too boring,.

I sift through them in Barnes and Noble/Starbucks once a week while trying not to heave my grandetelestisto soy decafe udder latte all over the floor. I end up walking away disturbed and wanting to punch babies.

They are almost all either 100% advertisements, crappy quality, or crappy subject nobody wants to read about the rise and fall of the African swallow and its unladen coconut weight, or its migratory flight routes over and over.

If I could mix jpgs quality of printing and eccletic subject range with shutterbugs equipment and tech advice, and add work that doesnt suck which would mean adding work from aperature, jpg, and lenswork but without all the endless ADS for 50 pounds of muslin with that picture of that blonde wearing the 80's elastic pants and the fanny pack thats on the back pages of all those mags. uuggg

Wont someone make one thats got more then 4 pages of interestingness inside it ? JPG was cool, I actually liked it, but one month it was great the next the pictures were from accidental photographers, I wasnt sure the level of comitment.


ok im ranting....

 

[Alleh Lindquist]

PDN - Photo District News would be my first pick. There are other more prestigious photo magazines that are great for looking at creative images but PDN usually has stuff right up my ally.

 

[epp_b]

National Geographic.

Gear review magazines (who pass themselves off as photography magazines, but actually aren't) are just kiss-ups to the gear makers. Who do you think pays their salary via advertising?

Even if they were accurate and honest, it would still be silly to pay for such information when it can be more easily and quickly online...and, not to mention, for free.

Playboy.......
That counts right?

Somehow, I don't get the impression that people subscribe to that particular magazine to study photography ...or maybe they do

 

[Big Mike]

I like Digital Photo Pro...but I haven't bought an issue for at least a year.

 

[memento]

i see why everyone's mentioning Nation Geographic.
i was in the Dr's office, waiting, and they had an issue on the table.
very awesome pictures! but they don't really talk about the picture itself.
nor the gear used.

What do you mean by photography magazines?

Gear porn?

Process and tips?

Art photos?

mostly tips but gear pOrn is good too.

This is 2009...What's a magazine?

lol.

They are almost all either 100% advertisements, crappy quality, or crappy subject nobody wants to read about. .

funny you say that. i started this thread because i was in Wallmart, waiting for the wife - in the mag section, flipping through poto mags and all i saw were ads. i was hoping there was a magazine that actually talked about how to make a picture..

 

[Overread]

see that is the only downside to national geographic - its not a camera mag, but many find the work in it very inspiring and there do also run photographic articles in the mag - the other info is good as well.
It's one of the few mags out anymore that is worth getting

 

[epp_b]

i see why everyone's mentioning Nation Geographic.
i was in the Dr's office, waiting, and they had an issue on the table.
very awesome pictures! but they don't really talk about the picture itself.
nor the gear used.

Good, because I don't care. Well, OK, I do, but I'd rather think about why it's such a magnificent photo than jizz over the gear that was used.

 

[malkav41]

I'm a Pop Photo reader, heck I got a 3 year sub for the price of a 1 year sub.

 

[rubbertree]

PhotoLife!
as I was published in it this month!

 

[christopher walrath]

I will forgo my plug as we do not have 'subscriptions', per se.

My vote would be for LensWork. If that ever went down then I might have to choose between the UK's Black and White Photography and View Camera.

 

[Fox Paw]

Pop Photo. I always learn something from an issue, or get a new idea. It seems oriented more towards technique and creativity. The other magazines that I've seen seem to center around product reviews.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

B&W if I can get it, National Geographic if I can't