This week I want to share what is quickly becoming one of my favourite photographic sites, PetaPixel. When I check through my Google Reader for the RSS feeds I follow, particularly the ones I mark with a Star, I quickly find that a great deal of them come from PetaPixel. A great website with fantastic articles, an example of which is a recent on a photographer whose captured the windows, doors and televisions of Ponte City, see it even has stuff close to home.

Doing this Photo Website of the Week feature is a great deal of fun. Sometimes I will come across a website and know in an instant that I want to share it with you and other weeks I am still trying to find a website that grabs me on a Saturday morning.

This week is one of those search till the last minute weeks but I have found a great site that I am adding to my Google Reader, The Phoblographer. Great reviews and content it is a great read and well worth checking out.

Today I thought to share two photographically orientated websites with you. The first is the the Encyclopedia Britannica Blog’s post “2010 in Pictures” which takes a handful of the international stories that made headlines in 2010 and shares an image for each.

The other website to check out is the BBC with their “2011 Around the World: Your Pictures” gallery that brings the images of the new year coming in from all over the globe. Again, its just a handful.

We hope you had a great New Year celebration and look forward to sharing in a great 2011 with you. Don’t be shy to share your favourite websites with us too.

This week I came across another fantastic resource site as our Photo Website for the week. The site, cameradojo.com. The sites slogan is a fund one and works as a great description of what they aim to do ‘GET YOUR BLACKBELT IN PHOTOGRAPHY.’

Of particular interest on the site are the tutorials where you will find a lot of information particularly around Photoshop. There is also a specific section dedicated to shooting and lighting tips. Be sure to check it out and perhaps even subscribe to the podcast.

This weeks photo website is Camera Club, a South African online photography or camera club. We have had a few of their members featured as portfolios in some issues of PhotoComment Magazine. With regular competitions, a classifieds section and galleries with inspirational images this is a great place to be.

This weeks photographic website is a fantastic project, ‘Help Portrait‘. Having spent 2 years in East Africa myself, I can relate to the value a photograph has for those who struggle to take their own photograph yet alone pay a professional for a portrait session. The power of a portrait in lifting the self esteem of those so frequently forgotten of by the greater majority of society is almost indescribable.

On 4 Dec 2010 is Help Portrait day for this year. We will be sure to bring you more details of how you can get involved but in the mean time you can also check out their site for South African events here. You can also follow on Twitter at https://twitter.com/help_portrait

Following Photokina we have been honoured to receive several mentions and referals from other fantastic websites. We would like to show our appreciation to at least two of these website by making them our Photo Websites for this week.

Sony Alpha Rumors.

There is a lot of talk on photography forums at the lack of conversation on brands other than Canon and Nikon, in particular a fair amount of noise comes from what appears to be a rapidly growing number of Sony users. So, if you are a Sony user and you are looking for a great Sony Alpha orientated website (and you don’t know about it already) then SonyAlphaRumors.com is the place to be.

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