About

Welcome to CanPhoto.Net: The Canadian Photographers Network.

This site was started in 2001 because I thought there was a complete lack of online resources available for professional Canadian photographers. I was inspired by U.S. groups like Editorial Photographers and their willingness to openly share information and resources for the betterment of their industry.

I didn’t start this site because I’m an expert or an authority on anything. I’m just a working photographer, who knew a little bit about web design, and I was getting tired of waiting for someone else to create a Canadian community like this. There is no big company behind this site and no organization that collects thousands of dollars in fees every year from its membership. The site financing comes out of my own pocket and from donations provided by a few generous members. A few dollars of revenue is also generated when people click on some of the ads featured on our site.

The objectives of CanPhoto.Net include:

- To create an online community for the Canadian photography industry that brings members of the industry together to support and encourage one another by openly sharing information and resources in free discussion forums.

- To foster better business practices and professional development among working photographers.

- To provide current information about news and events within the Canadian photo industry, keeping our members informed and up-to-date.

- To draw attention to the work of talented Canadian photographers and image makers.

Another one of the main objectives is to keep CanPhoto.Net free to join so photographers anywhere in Canada, and from any level of the business, can benefit from the networking, mentoring, information and resources that our site offers.

If you know of any photographers who would be interested in our site, please tell them about CanPhoto.Net. And if you have any news, videos, information, images from exciting new projects, etc, that you think should be featured on our homepage, or if you would like to advertise here, please contact us.

All the best,

Andrew

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Andrew Ross
Founder and Site Administrator
arossphoto.com