p.2 #1 · What happened to Digital Wedding Forum (DWF)?
RKTodd wrote:
Kirk Voclain's Pro4um is still a vibrant place to visit, and I know he works hard to keep his membership active. Problem is, there's not much in the way of wedding posting; it's mostly seniors and portraits. Still, it's worth it to me.
Not much in the way of weddings and it is very clikish there.
p.2 #2 · What happened to Digital Wedding Forum (DWF)?
Bartlett Pair wrotewould be interested in any local Philly ones. Could be fun for stuff like discussing pro's/con's of venues/places without worrying about getting Googled.
This could be a great idea. This way one could just brown-bag a deli sandwich for the places where a vendor meal = a club sandwich w/ cold freedom fries 30 seconds before the toasts begin.
p.2 #7 · What happened to Digital Wedding Forum (DWF)?
jamesmorophoto wrote:
did Jeff caplan leave dwf?
Jeff sold the DWF in November of 2012 to a group of investors that have never been revealed to the public.
In late April of 2013 rumors started circulating that the DWF had been sold.
I was personally told by the then and current "manager" that the sale wasn't a secret despite the fact the "about us" section still listed Jeff Chaplin as the owner and founder of the DWF,
AND any posts that mentioned the sale by Jeff were being furiously deleted from the board.
It wasn't a secret, just nobody knew, and they were trying to keep it that way.
Then even a month after the April disclosure of the sale members still didn't know, as there was no official announcement by the DWF.
That truly was what will be final chapter for the DWF.
You just can't treat the people that made the DWF like shit and expect them to continue on.
p.2 #15 · What happened to Digital Wedding Forum (DWF)?
In the early years the forum was an excellent resource with the participating members being people who were full time professional photographers who talked about extending the craft and building the business. Over time the percentage of pro photographers dropped and more shoot and burn types signed up and then the website when from free to an annual fee and this rate kept increasing.
I reached a point of diminishing returns where I felt like I was having to pay and spend time providing input to keep newbies from getting derailed by the opinions of people with little technical skill and even less experience.
There is no other place that had the quality of content which was due to the people that participated who had decades of experience. When the DWF was going strong I got 95% of what I found of value on the internet on its forums. Sites like this one are not even organized efficiently for wedding photographers with every conceivable topic all dumped into a single forum.
