I launched the brand spankin new Mamarazzi Forum this afternoon and we already have 40 new members! WHOOOO HOO! I'm SO excited!!!

http://www.mamarazziforum.com

Big thanks to all the great emails I've gotten from OSPers! Our first workshop was this past weekend and it ROCKED. I couldn't have done it without everyone's love and support!

I'd love to have all you great family photogs around on the forum! I know all the mamas over there would be excited to hear feedback from you all, too! Let me know if you're up for being a moderator or just sign up and say hello

XOXO, Sarah Q

I joined! You rock Sarah!

sarah,
you are so cute, and i think what you are doing is great.

good job with the forum, too!

Thanks Chelo and Lindsey!!!

We're up to 50 members now. Yayyyy!

XOXO, Sarah Q

Yay, I signed up. Let me know if you need mods. I'd be happy to help, and I've done that in years past.

Nice forum Mamarazzi Mama! Congrats!

I just signed up too. The forum looks great and it will be a big hit with moms all over.

Congrats on a great start!

I joined!

YAY! I joined. I would love to be a mod...

i just signed up...

awesome!

I'm member #101!!

Hey sarah although I think it is great that you are ambitious enough to create a forum my question for you is... what was your motivation? with all of the photography forums out there, do we really need another one? what sets yours apart?

Hey!! Thanks everyone for joining! We've got over a hundred members now in less than two days! YAYYYY!!!

Sarah - great question! The Mamarazzi Forum isn't a place for "pros" really (even though pros are LOVED and WELCOME!) - it's a place for moms who want to share photos, get advice and learn how to be better at documenting their kiddos lives. The only other forum that's similar is ILP - but ILP is for women who want to become pros. Most of the moms on the Mamarazzi Forum don't want to become pros - they just want to take better snapshots! All of them love photography and even if they never want to make a career out of it, they do want to become good enough to get capture all those fleeting moments that "real" photogs aren't usually around for. Make sense?? I think moms like that are intimidated by forums like OSP because they still have sooooo much to learn that they're afraid to ask questions for fear of looking dumb!

XOXO, Sarah Q

Awesome explanation Sarah.... I joined and hopefully will get to play in there tonight : ) Im still a newbie and that forum is going to be great!!!!

Thanks Amy!!! It's going GREAT so far! Now if I could just figure out how to keep up with all this stuff (bring on the assistants!)

just joined - thanks!!!

congrats sarah!

that's really great ~ i'm on my way over to check it out.