How did you find BPN?

[James Shadle]

How did you find BirdPhotographers.net?

Please elaborate after voting in the poll.

Information on your search strings, links and other will be appreciated.

[Roy Priest]

When I started to look around the web for help on getting better I checked out lots of sites on google but when I found BPN it felt like a real good fit for me. It had all the things I was searching for and joined up almost immediately.

[Dan Brown]

The want/need for a better beamer led me to Birds as Art which led to subscribing to Artie's newsletter which led to BPN. HURRAH!!!!!:D

[Desmond Chan]

I bought a copy of Artie's book and your reply has a link to the forum.

[Charlie VanTassel]

I found out about this website after seeing it discussed on one of the other nature photography websites.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Good question. I don't remember. My guess is that it is was mentioned in one of Artie's newsletters or that someone mentioned it in a post at dpreview.com where I used to spent most of my time. Either way, it's the best thing that ever happened to my photography. Thank you! JR

[Dave Leroy]

I had been looking around online for a better Bird/Photography site and came across John Chardine's name and some how followed him here. Best thing for me too. Dave

[Roger Clark]

Simple: Birds As Art Bulletin.

[Jay Gould]

While on a cruise from Alaska to Russia I met a photographer that raved about Artie and his BAA I and II. I wrote to Artie and the rest is history. Now I rave about Artie, BAA I and II, and BPN!!

[Phil Ertel]

I purchased one of Artie's books which lead me to his web site. His web site then pointed me to BPN. I join in Jan 2008.

[Christopher Miller]

If I remember correctly, I found BPN through Julie Kenward's blog. Don't remember how I found her blog though :).

[Daniel Cadieux]

Friend and local bird photographer/BPN member Stephen Stephen sent me an e-mail and link to BPN asking me if I had seen this then new bird photography forum. Followed the link, browsed a bit and signed up right away. I had never felt so much "at home" in an online photography forum :-)

[LouBuonomo]

Drinking cocktails with Al & Fabs at the Aligator Farm.. well not in the farm.

[Patti Edens]

Link from Artie's website.

[Gus Cobos]

I was photographing at Anhinga Trail, in the Florida Everglades with Miss Fabs and Mr. Forns, when they told me about it...the rest was history...:D:cool:

[John Chardine]

I will always remember seeing a link to BPN in a thread on the Yahoo Group site dedicated to the Canon 40D. That was sometime in January 2008. I looked and joined within a day or two!

[Kerry Perkins]

I was looking to upgrade from my Digital Rebel XTi and was considering the 50D. I went to Digital Photography Review and started reading all the articles about the camera, most of which were negative. Amid all the whining and complaining and assertions that "Canon ripped us off", I read a post that went something like this - "while you guys are telling people that this camera is useless, there are people over at BPN making some great images with it". Well, I did not know that I even wanted to be a bird photographer until that day. I looked at the images that were being posted and, well, I've been here ever since! I told my wife "omg, look at these photographs!". I've been an Audubon member for years but never thought I could learn to photograph birds at this level.

BPN is simply the best. Thanks to all of you!

[Don Lacy]

When BPN went online there was a thread about it on NSN, when I checked it out and saw who was here I signed up.

[Julie Kenward]

I think I found it while searching Google for nature photography websites. I looked at several others and when I saw the joining price of $20 I knew this was the place for me!

Now the next question should be how long did everyone surf around the BPN forums before they got the nerve to post something!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

BAA bulletin I am sure.

Julie,
I joined Jan 2, 2008 and had my first post Jan 3, 2008. No holding back. :D It's the best site there is. Period. :)

[Harshad Barve]

while surfing for best bird photographers on Gogle , I came across & joined
Harshad

[Jim Poor]

Ditto for me


When BPN went online there was a thread about it on NSN, when I checked it out and saw who was here I signed up.

[Dave Hassell]

I read about about it in a BAA Bulletin.

[Ed Cordes]

When BPN was founded Fabs invited me to join as she knew me from participation in other forums. When I saw the format (honest critiques done gently) and the people involved I joined. Glad I did. I seem to spend more and more time here.

[Richard Peters]

I was googling for some new sites to view after getting bored with my usual lot - this one appealed due to the friendly nature and high quality of work :)

[Tony Whitehead]

Have been getting BAA Bulletins for ages and first mention of BPN I followed the link. Amazing community and resource. Other forums just aren't the same.

[Eric Virkler]

I've been reading Birds as Art bulletins for years. Artie mentioned it often enough that I finally took his advice.

Eric Virkler

[Doug Brown]

I met Jim Neiger at the Bosque in November of 2007 and he told me about BPN, which had yet to go live. I joined on day 1, and am amazed at the growth we've experienced in less than 2 years. The BPN community is fantastic, and I'd be lying if I said that participating in BPN hasn't made me a better photographer.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

A friend of mine who is a professional photographer was a fan of Artie's work. I bought Artie's Book. CD's, got the bulletin and joined BPN about a year after the start up date.

[James Alexander]

BAA bulletin. BTW, a great learning forum...I hope to be more active in the near future.
Jim A.

[Paul Burgess]

Found it on NSN too!

[John Hawkins]

BAA bullentin. But I don't remember why or how I got to that site. I think I was just surfing the net for tips on Bird Photography.

[Ron Boisvert]

After moving to New Mexico, I was browsing the website for Friends of the Bosque Del Apache NWR, saw the link to Artie's website, browsed there to the BAA bulletins, and from there to BPN.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

I was in touch with Al in the developing phase and he mentioned something about a boom of something. So I was there immediately it had been announced. That is the reason I could be the paid member number one. :)

Szimi

[jimknoy]

A few years ago I was searching a Utah birding web site where the Audubon group there had an article about some guy named Arthur Morris who gave a great talk on bird photography. I searched his site, signed on to his newsletter, so knew about this site early on.

[Arthur Morris]

How did I find BPN? I helped found it!

[Sharna Lee]

A friend from another forum told me about BPN.

[edgar-junior]

A friend from another forum told me about BPN !!!

Thank's to Raul Quinonez from FL......:D

[Norman Beaulac]

Purchasing Arty's books sure did help, though I must admit google initially found it for me... ;)