True kevinb, it could turn a few people off to see empty sub-forums. However one other Canon forum I visit currently has close to 2000 users active at any moment. That forum also had humble beginnings If you don't get things organized at the start ...
I agree that the forum really needs sub categories. In addition to the ideas already mentioned a completely separate section on Speedlights would be helpful with sub-categories like "General talk about Speedlites" and "Off-camera flash".
I print through Smugmug using EZPrints. For critical stuff I softproof in PS first. Everything I've received from EZPrints so far has been an excellent match to my calibrated system. I've also used AdoramaPix for some books and they did an amazing ...