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I'm interested in answering questions that relate to "how do I achieve this effect?", but I don't see a tag for that type of question. Is there one?

Well, not necessarily brand new, but we're seeing a spate of it. Spammers are creating questions copied from Reddit, DPReview, and other sites, and then coming back a few days later to edit spam links ...

This is actually the second meta question about Looking for feedback! Am I ready to take photography to the next level?. The other meta question focuses on the "starting a business" aspect. But, I ...

I'm really scratching my head trying to understand how upgrading to full frame with just one lens is a duplicate of Is there ever a right time to upgrade to full frame camera body? Sure, on the ...

Question...in question? As it stood, I think it wasn't quite the best question. But, I think there is the making there for a good-subjective question by going down one of two roads. Path 1: We set ...

This site's charter claims that the following are on topic: photography photographic processing or retouching using photographic equipment techniques and best practices history of photography ...

We sure are good at getting questions on what camera is better than what other camera, and we're perfectly great at answering questions about optics and mechanics and how buttons and dials work. We're ...

This question, Photoshop CC converting image layers to video clip, was nominated to be closed as off topic because it is about video. The issue addressed has absolutely no application to the capture ...

We have enabled the new site theme for testing on your site. How do I enable it? Click here and check the "Beta test new themes". This will turn on the new theme for any site, including this one, ...

Can we get rid of the image tag? It's way too broad - any question on the site could be tagged this with no value added. It has no tag wiki or usage description. It only has 44 questions, none of ...

The banner at the top of the page that says Join us in building a kind, collaborative learning community via our updated Code of Conduct » Is making the unanswered and ask question links ...

I just came across something I've not noticed before. A question asked on July 28 (nine days ago as of now) has three active votes to "close as duplicate." Does time lapse of the sun damage the auto-...

If even the original author should not change their original question materially after the fact, why does it seem to be OK to allow another, relatively new, user to go on a rampage of editing dozens ...

Scientists in many fields use still photography in their research. However, the exact camera specifications and details of their needs are often quite different than those of photographers whose ...

I saw this question here and people are recommending OP to throw it away because repairs will probably cost more than a new item. OP seems to say that is indeed the case in one of the comments. But ...

The Stack Overflow guidelines under Help center > Our Model specifically state the following: The community tends to vote down overt self-promotion and flag it as spam. Post good, relevant answers, ...

For example, can we ask: Why did Kai W leave DigitalRev TV?

As mentioned on meta.stackexchange.com several months ago, all network sites will be getting updated themes. Photography is one of the first sites that will be updated. As such, I'm posting the design ...

I have a terminology question I'd love to get other users answers to, mainly to see if it changes from country to country. I know the answer to it, but don't immediatly (if at all) want to answer it ...

I've seen several instances where two or three answers are very similar (though having materially identical content) but receive a different amount of votes. Ignoring the advantage that goes to ...

This question on How to achieve this retro elegant look? has been met with the typical response for re-creation questions. However, I think that OP gives enough body in the question to let us ...

How to take a picture by looking to the display of the Nikon D5100 instead of looking through the viewfinder eyepiece? for example. This is extremely easy to find in the manual, which is itself ...

I'm having a problem with photoshop 19.1 and scaling in Windows. Photoshop is a photographers tool but the question isn't necessarily just relevant to photography. Is it on topic here?

I flagged this answer, which consists primarily of a large screenshot of a Wikipedia page, for moderator attention, and that flag was rejected as invalid. I'd like to appeal this rejection, and get ...

I recently asked this question: 24-200MM lens for Nikon D850? I neglected to include my research effort evidence originally, however after being questioned, I first added research evidence via ...

We all know we get a lot of these - some ought to be immediately consigned to the "It's an Instagram filter" bucket & quietly left to rot by the wayside. Others, however - even though the OP ...

I was reading up on the network wide SE changes: Ch-ch-ch-changes: Left nav, responsive design, & themes. Two things caught my eye: Photo.SE is currently getting the "Cadillac treatment" when it ...

This question. Yes, the question needed clarification. This suggested edit attempted to provide clarification. Yes it made a calculated presumption. But that presumption was by far the most likely ...

Must we insist on criticizing questions by new users without even attempting to point them in the right direction where they might find what they need? I'm speaking primarily of the first comment, ...

Shouldn't a link to chat be the first thing we would offer a new user who asks something like this? At times it seems like we want to run new people off! We obviously have no trouble telling a new ...

It's been established that "how do I do this with photoshop" Questions are Ok so long as they pertain to particular photographic goal. It's also been established that Photo Editing, Manipulation, and ...

This question is most likely going to be marked as a dupe of this question. While I agree that the two are very similar, the answer of the older Q doesn't involve any advice for film shooters when ...

I've just answered this question: First paid gig as an amateur; do I need insurance? which is obviously UK specific, where as there's another similar question: Recommendations for insuring camera ...

I see that the main site has an Apple Aperture tag, but this macOS software is obsolete. Apple has replaced it with the newer Photos app. Is there a reason that there is not an Apple Photos tag yet? ...

It's almost February in 2018, which isn't supposed to be the proper time to cycle these, but for this year it'll be once again, so we'll be refreshing the Community Promotion Ads for this year now! ...

Acronyms are well known to those in a community, and not so known to those outside of it. For this reason, new photographers may find new and old questions and answers hard to decipher. As a general ...

You may know that https://photo.stackexchange.com/ (this site's parent :) has a "Photo of the week" contest. Here are all the images featured on the homepage from the beginning of the current year in ...

While exploring SE-Photography (hitting https://photo.stackexchange.com first time) I found the ask question link over-floats the menu and makes it therefore less visible. Same happens on the Meta ...

I've noticed a trend on Photo.SE where people rarely upvote posts even though they're keen to spend their time on a detailed answer. As an example, this post has 5 answers with only 3 upvotes and this ...

We have this question about earplugs What kind of earplugs are best for concert photography?, which has remained open by consensus despite some interest in closing it as off-topic. There's also this ...

Case in point, Inspiring biographies of photographers, which asks: Just asking, also for future reference: Have you read any inspiring biographies on photographers? Which ones do you recommend?...

A comment that Michael made in this question got me thinking. The question itself has been answered and was actually hyper-focused on the terminology. The answer extrapolates out a little and gets ...

On the main page I came across this question from 2013 which has recently been classed as 'active' (someone modified their original 2013 answer). Which is the better lens: Canon 28-105 or 28-135? If ...

We have previously discussed that we don't want comments to be used for answers, but we also seem to not want under-developed answers either. This leads to a problem where we need a reasonably ...

This question is regarding this post: https://photo.stackexchange.com/revisions/94624/1 and in part, this one as well: Are homework questions on or off topic? I'm looking at this from the ...

There's a question that's just been added to the main stack which reads very much like a homework question with three combinations of: I have this focal length, ISO, aperture and shutter speed on a ...

I'm fairly new to the SE community as a whole, but really enjoy the site's functioning and the way it goes about things. After being here a short time - it seems obvious that there are a relatively ...

When I was visiting the photo.SE yesterday, I noticed the following: In case these links go broken again, these SE files for banners etc. should not be kept on imgur IMO. Update: I can't seem to ...

Before Stack Exchange redesigned the top header bar (mostly for the better, IMO), there was a prominent link to the Help Center. Now, after the redesign, there is no easily discoverable link to any ...

This question was moderator closed as off topic. The help center does not state that computer vision and industrial imaging are off topic. If in addition the question had included a statement about ...