Now that smartphones have high-quality cameras on them and professional-level DSLRs are dropping in price, everyone is a photographer. People who want to learn more and develop their photographic skills are turning to online tutorials, tips, and camera reviews to choose their equipment and hone their craft. The competition is stiff for professional photographers as well. Anyone with a photography business should have a polished and beautiful website to exhibit their good taste and aesthetic sensibility to potential customers. In the list below, we’ve compiled the best of the best photography sites in a number of different categories. We’ve got everything from Tips and Tutorials to Wedding & Lifestyle photography sites. These sites represent the epitome of what image based communication and art is all about, and whether you’re looking to learn a specific technique or just want to drool over gorgeous photographs, all these sites are worth exploring. These sites are not listed in order of quality, but are indexed by category for reference purposes.

UPDATE: There are so many amazing photography sites out there that we decided to add a couple more to this list. Check out the new Honorable Mentions section.

Photography Tips & Tutorials

Photography tutorials are all the rage these days. Now that so many people carry powerful point & shoot cameras with them, either in their cell phone or as a separate gadget altogether, the competition to make more impact with your images is hot.

1. Pixiq

   

2. PopPhoto

   

3. Cameras.co.UK

   

4. Greg Folkins Photo Blog

   

5. Improve Photography

   

6. Scott Kelby | Photoshop Insider

   

7. 121 clicks

   

8. Geoff Lawrence

   

9. Photo Tuts +

   

10. Digital Pro Talk

    

11. Photo Technique

    

12. Harold Davis’ Digital Field Guide

    

13. Glyn Dewis’ Blog

    

14. Beginner’s Photography Blog

    

15. Photigy

    

Back to Top

Wedding & Lifestyle

Wedding photography, event photography, and lifestyle photography are all popular specialties for professional photographers to get into and make some money to support their more experimental art photography projects. Having a good website is crucial for freelance photographers looking for regular paid gigs, and the sites below are shining examples of how to do a photographer’s website right.

1. MomandCamera

   

2. BD Photography Inc

   

3. Ed Taylor Photography

   

4. Lifestyle Photography

   

5. Mochatini

   

6. Peekaboo Photography

   

7. Lauren Brooks Photography

   

8. The Man Repeller

   

9. Fashion Photography Blog

   

10. The Cherry Blossom Girl

    

11. My Tartelette

    

12. What’s for Lunch Honey

    

13. Matt Bites

    

14. Mowielicious

    

15. Adeline & Grace

    

16. Jennifer Kathryn Photography

    

Back to Top

Outdoor

Even before Ansel Adams revolutionized outdoor photography with his stunning images of Yellowstone and other national parks and natural landscapes, people loved looking at photos of nature. Now that more than half of humanity lives in cities, photographs of the wilderness are more popular than ever, and some of the photographers featured below have an amazing knack for capturing intentse moments in the wild.

1. Jon Whittle Macrophotography

   

2. Up Close with Nature

   

3. Ed Vatza Photography

   

4. Heather of the Hills

   

5. MYRMECOS

   

6. Skolai Images

   

7. Nature Photography Blog

   

8. Photography on the Run

   

9. Ethan Meleg Outdoor Photography

   

10. Moose Peterson Wildlife Photography

    

11. Xenogere

    

12. Wilkinson’s World

    

13. Biodiversity in Focus

    

14. Wild Light

    

Back to Top

Urban & Travel

Photographs can show us a completely different world than the one we’re used to, and the photographers featured in this section capture everything from gritty street scenes to international travel destinations and even fabulous architecture and luscious interiors.

1. Scott Hargis Photography

   

2. This Photographer’s Life

   

3. Chad Jackson Photo Blog

   

4. Paris Daily Photo

   

5. New York Street Photography Blog

   

6. Verve Photo

   

7. Lens Culture

   

8. Black Star Rising

   

9. Tom Robinson

   

10. The Best Travel Photos

    

11. Just-in-Time Travels

    

Back to Top

Miscellaneous

There are too many styles of photography and ways of sharing photos online to adequately categorize them all, but the sites below, from photo-sharing communities and apps to experimentally themed photo blogs and image series are all worth much more than a glance if you’re looking to be inspired by the power of still images.

1. Photodoto

   

2. 500 Photographers

   

3. Eye Poetry
   

   

4. Southern Photography

   

5. Feature Shoot
   

   

6. Reflections by Roni

   

7. Unless You Will

   

8. Iconic Photos

   

9. The Photo Argus

   

10. Dan Routh Photography

    

11. Tao of Photography

    

12. Amelia Lyon Photography

    

13. Clothes, Cameras and Coffee

    

14. David Campbell

    

15. Elements Photography & Frame Co
    

    

16. DLK Collection

    

17. Lightstalking

    

18. The Leica Camera Blog

    

19. Flash Flavor

    

20. Light-Traces

    

21. Peonies and Polaroids

    

22. John Nack on Adobe

    

23. Brian Cooney’s Photography Blog

    

24. Kodak: A Thousand Words

    

25. Craig Photography by John

    

26. I Love Photo Blogs

    

27. Visual Culture Blog

    

28. Photography Blog

    

29. The Online Photographer

    

30. A Photo Editor

    

31. Rob’s Blog

    

32. The Photographer’s Life

    

33. Instagram

    

34. Photographer in Tokyo

    

35. Joshua Bickel Photography

    

36. Zoriah Photojournalist

    

37. The Big Picture

    

38. The Visual Student

    

39. 500px

    

40. Street Reverb

    

41. Photo Daily News: Photo of the Day

    

42. DIY Photography

    

43. iPhoneography

    

Honorable Mentions

1. Ashley’s Events

   

2. Shuvarahim

   

Back to Top