A Pretoria teenager has launched an online forum for local photography enthusiasts.
Eighteen-year-old Louis Fourie, a self-taught Web designer, has launched www.photocentral.co.za as an online forum for photographers who are eager to share their photographs and photography tips.
Fourie stumbled upon the idea while going through a message board on a gaming forum.
"It became evident that there were some avid hobby photographers who were eager to share photographs and tips about photography," he says.
So Fourie built a central hub for discussion between photographers. The project is self-financed, because Fourie has so far failed to find sponsorship.
He notes that this is a popular concept overseas, with sites like www.photographycorner.com and www.webshot.com leading the category. "They`re very professionally set up, with monthly prizes for the best photographs, interesting articles and camera reviews," says Fourie. He hopes to see similar developments at Photocentral in future.
The fledgling site has only 11 members so far, but Fourie has not marketed it yet. "I am looking to triple the current member base by the end of February," he adds.
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