PictPicture

"PictPicture is a place for photographers to upload their work to be voted on by the community. Once an image receives enough votes it graduates from the upcoming page to the front page of the site. It's a great way for photographers to get their work seen and their sites exposure. Photographers just have to register and create a profile to start submitting images."

Basically, it's a photo centric reddit. Not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just not that innovative, at least at first glance. When you think deeper about what it is, it's really a different way to do critiques, but will it work? Obviously more people are going to vote on images that are popular, because they're put right in front of them. I'd love to see PictPicture, focus their attention on creating a great photo browser that changes the way we view online pictures. Something where, PictPicture becomes the definitive way to do community driven critiques.

Tagmee

Ok, so real quick Tagmee is a new photo sharing platform (in the spirit of Flickr), which judging by the few blog entries I read has some great ideas. One, is the Active Footer, which helps you discover new photos and photographers by providing something new on every page load. Check it out and don't get scared—it's alright to try other sharing sites besides the mainstream ones. Who knows you might just like them better. (Disclaimer: Ok, Ok, I'm not yet practicing what I preach. My time is still being occupied by numerous other things.. I will try Tagmee out though, and maybe give it an actual review at some later date)

ePHOTOzine

ePHOTOzine, apparently the UK's largest and friendliest on-line photography magazine, looks like a hit. There are tons of articles, tips, reviews and techniques. Check it out, even if you live in France—they won't mind.

JPG Mag Happenings

With issue 11 on newstands and issue 12 set to drop soon, JPG Mag keeps going at full throttle. Two new themes are up for issue 13 submissions: Passport (travel photography off the beaten path) and Gravity Powered (capturing the action of extreme sports). Both themes should provide amazing submissions because they are both things that lots of people photograph. I can't wait to get some time to look through them, and of course to see issue 13's actual selections when it comes in the mail.

Not only do they seem to constantly be working on gathering new content and slicing and dicing it up to lay it out in a magazine, they've also been busy making changes to the website. It wouldn't be a community site if you couldn't add comments to other people's images, but now you can track your activity as well. From a post entitled See Who Said What Where:

"Last night we launched some new features to help keep track of your contacts and activity on your photos. On the front page, you can now see the latest photos and stories from your contacts. This replaces the strip of your photos that have recently been made favorites, but don't fret. The new Activity page shows you not only that, but people who have recently made you a contact, and comments you've recently received on your photos and made on the photos of others."

It makes me wonder if JPG Mag is trying to become the next Flickr. I don't see how this could happen with the one photo per theme, but if you think of themes as moderated groups on Flickr... Anyway, I'm glad to see that JPG Mag keeps growing, and I can't wait to see what more the future brings.