Happy New Year all!

Thanks to you guys, our loyal readers, ii.com just keeps getting better and better. As editor of the site, in 2008 I had the opportunity to monitor what you all like, what you don’t and am happy to report our online family continues to grow and grow.

And, the more our audience grows, the more opportunities it allows us to bring you the latest in breaking photo news, the most educational photo techniques around and an even larger selection of inspirational and informational online exclusives you won’t find anywhere else.

By all means, keep commenting on our stories and in our forums. As many of you have probably discovered, whenever we can we try to answer your questions and/or change copy/add photos to reflect what you tell us may be missing. Because of your comments, I know I continue to learn new things every day.

Two of the most important items I learned from our viewer comments in 2008?

1. Always post photos with articles on photo award winners (duh)

2. Always post prices with a product review (duh ditto).

I’m going to extend the same offer as I did in January 2008. Since this is your site, tell us what you want more of, what you want less of, and inform us of any questions you may have. This goes for any section of the website and for our three newsletters. BTW, if you haven’t already, you should sign up for them. They’re free and pretty cool. A lot of thought goes into them each week.

We have alot of new ii.com greatness in store for 2009. This year we will be adding many new sections, including a photo-of-the-day item where the photos we post are submitted by you. You’ll probably be seeing a new newsletter or two. And more.

Again, my sincere thanks for making ii.com your source for photography. And I know the other editors (Diane Berkenfeld, Jen Gidman and Tara Popper) of the imaging group, which includes Studio Photography magazine and Photo Trade News, feel the same way.

Feel free to drop me a line at alysha.sideman@cygnusb2b.com with the subject line: “New Year” with any comments or just leave your comments below. We actually DO love to hear from you.

On a side note, I want to congratulate Pete Souza for being selected by President-Elect Obama as the new Chief White House Photographer. Obviously a job of a lifetime. To check out a story we did on him in late 2008 and some of his work visit http://www.imaginginfo.com/web/online/Online-Exclusives/emThe-Rise-of-Barack-Obamaem-in-Pictures/49$4504.

Here’s to a great 2009 full of photography bliss! best, Alysha

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