Popular Photography Magazine

Pros: Informative articles, nice photographs.
Cons: Too many advertisements!

As a subscriber to Popular Photography Magazine for several years, I'm sitting here now wondering why I have continued this subscription for so long. It has it's pro's and con's. Read on and I'll fill you in! Popular Photography ...

Pros: The buying guides; The tips sections; The prize- winning photos.
Cons: Not aimed at those who already have vast photography knowledge

Photography is a popular hobby and profession that seems to be growing more and more popular by the day. A good part of the reason for this is the improvements in photography and the advent of digital cameras. One magazine that discusses digital cameras ...

Pros: Regular features, tips, new product info/product reviews.
Cons: Too many ads. False advertisements at back of the magazine.

Popular Photography is a magazine that I must admit to subscribing to. I have done so for several years and will, in all likelihood continue to do so. I will qualify that statement, however, because this magazine, like so many that deals with subjects ...

Pros: Well Written, Great Photos, How-To Articles, Honest Reviews, inexpensive
Cons: 1/2 of Magazine ads (a + for some)

Are you looking for a magazine that gives you a good cross section of the photographic world – from film to digital and from point and shoot to professional? Popular Photography and Imaging (which was until the recent past, just Popular Photography ...

Pros: Detailed articles with photos illustrating techniques, product information, beautiful photo ideas
Cons: Technical, lots of advertisements

Americans love pictures. Everywhere you turn there are cameras for sale, photo developing outfits, studios, and all the paraphernalia that goes with photography. Photography has been an important part of our family for many generations. Recently, I ...

Pros: well written, well laid out, great pictures!
Cons: advertisements without prices!

I love to read magazines. For under $5.00, I can take a peek into almost any subject. Unlike going to the movies, I can take the magazine almost anywhere I want to go, reading and rereading it as often as I wish.

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Pros: Varied review subjects, $1 per issue, 200 pages
Cons: Too many ads, too many detours

Being an amateur photographer, one of the best and popular resources for information are photography magazines. Peterson’s Photographic and Popular Photography are the two most popular photography publications, and hence some of the best places to start...

Pros: Great features, tips & tricks, consumer buying information.
Cons: Far too many ads, articles tend to be way too short.

As an amateur photographer with designs on greater things I've been subscribing to Popular Photography magazine for two years. Popular Photography is printed by Hachette Filipacchi New Media. Located in New York, Hachette Filipacchi New Media ...

Pros: Great articles, up to date reviews on equipment
Cons: Lots of ads

I've been a shutterbug all my life, since I was old enough to hold a camera and keep a steady hand to take the picture with. When I got into high school and wanted to get a professional level camera set with hopes of getting a job at a newspaper, I...

Pros: Everything a photo magazine should be.
Cons: Really gives competition to other photo magazines.

I've been reading Popular Photography for over 15 years plus I presently have it renewed until September 2005. That, alone should tell you my opinion of this magazine.

In the December 2000, Volume 64, Number 12 issue, Popular Photography...

Pros: A bit of something for everyone
Cons: Only a bit; ads make photography seem like a business, instead of a personal interest

After subscribing to this magazine for two years, I decided that this decent and professional-looking magazine just wasn't for me. For a beginning photographer, the cover articles are usually the most helpful-- with titles such as "How to Shoot...

Pros: Lots of advice and nice photos
Cons: too many ads

I received Popular Photography through some promotion that gave me a free subscription. For a free magazine, it isn't bad, but I don't know that I would pay the cover price for it.

I am an amateur photographer. I've been interested in...

Pros: Occasionally has a good article you can use; Your Best Shot contest
Cons: Ignores film photography; recycles content; kind of superficial in content

Every so often, you come across a magazine that's good for that one occasional article, but not worth it enough to subscribe to or regularly keep purchasing copies of. Popular Photography is one of those magazines. So what's wrong about it? Basically, ...

Pros: Cutting edge, weeds out phony advertisements, Neat reviews and tips
Cons: Lots of ads

Popular Photography magazine has been around for years. That being said, it is easy for any publication to rest on its laurels and keep writing the same hogwash. But it is refreshing, innovative and great that a magazine tries not only to keep reader's...

Pros: good ressource for prices
Cons: poor articles

I don't consider popular photography to be a good magazine. It's contents is too poor.

I habitually buy PP when I have new stock to buy and want to see how are the prices in New-York stores. N-Y based stores buy a lot of pages in PP to...