Welcome to the Illustrated Photography forum.

Our aim is to provide a place where photographers from across the world get together to indulge in their favorite hobby.

There are certainly bigger forums on the internet, there are also busier ones focusing on photography, but our goal is not to attract the largest number of hits, but rather to foster a small, tightly knit community, where users get to know and trust one another.

Far from being an anonymous space, where users communicate with faceless others, we encourage our users to post as much about themselves as they wish. By this we do not mean home addresses and bank details, but rather specific interests in photography, such as what type of equipment they use, how long they have been taking pictures, and whether they are keen amateurs or distinguished professionals.

But on the question of professional vs. amateur, we are not a snobbish bunch. Our editor, a professional photojournalist who works in the challenging British press, will readily admit that there has been many occasions when he was out gunned by a young amateur with a bit of skill with a lens and a half-decent eye.

In the world of photography, everyone is a student, and everyone can improve on their skills.

We hope to facilitate this learning process by providing a path that we can all take in our journey towards better pictures.

As regular visitors to the site will be aware, Illustrated Photography is in a constant state of flux, with new features becoming available and new articles being written on a daily and weekly basis. There should always be something to come back to, and always something new to see or do when you click on us. So whether you can spare a minute a month, or whether you pop back every day, we love to have you here. The only thing we want from you is a hunger to take better pictures.

But most of all, Illustrated Photography is about you, the user, and we would like you to find your visit as fulfilling, entertaining and instructive as possible. If there is anyway in which we can enhance the experience, please contact the administrator.

We trust that you will become one of our dearest friends.

Happy snapping,

The Illustrated Photography team.

Thank you for joining Illustrated Photography?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢s forums.

But before you start posting, let?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢s go through the rules:

1) Be courteous and friendly.
The forum is a great place to meet friends and to share your love of photography with others, but one or two boorish posters can ruin the experience for everyone. If someone is annoying you, ignore them. If they are intentionally provoking you, ignore them and send a message to the administrator. The administrator will assess the situation, and users who abuse the system may be banned.

2) Use common sense.
Sometimes people think they can hide behind the anonymity of the internet and use the lack of clear identities to do things they won?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢t do offline. This includes slandering people or companies, breaking laws and generally being stupid. The message is simple, don?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢t do anything you won?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢t do offline.

3) Don?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢t spam.
We like to hear about your website, honestly, we do. When you first join, place a post in the welcome section, telling everybody who you are, a little about the type of photography you like, and what type of equipment you use. You may also place a link to your own website here. This serves as both a declaration of interest and an introduction. But please, please, do not spam our site with repeated links in all the forums. You are welcome to refer someone to a specific page that may be of relevance to the discussion, but there is a fine line between being helpful and self promotion. Do not cross it. Viagra ads are welcome though. (Just kidding, although, if you are the type of person who sells Viagra on the internet, you will probably ignore this anyway.)

4) You need to register.
To post in the forums, you must be registered. The registration process only takes a couple of seconds, and all you need to give us is an email address so that we can confirm that you are indeed human, and not just here to break rule three.

5) Try to post in the correct forum.
The forum is divided into sections. Please try to keep your posts in the correct section. If it is about cameras, put it in the cameras section. If it is about an article on the magazine?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢s website, post it in the articles section etc. This is as much for your benefit as it is for everyone else?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢s. It makes it easier to find answers which may have been posted earlier, and makes it more likely that you will get a relevant and quick reply.

6) English is preferred.
The internet is an international playground, and that means that there are a thousand and one languages spoken, but if you keep your posts in English, that makes it easier for the world to understand, so keep post in English, s?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢il vous plait.

7) No adult content.
No links to adult sites and no pornographic images. Artistic, tasteful nudes are okay, but if your posts contain adult content, put a warning in the title.

8) This is not a wall of shame.
Please do not use the forum to wage a hate campaign against individuals who may have offended you in the real world. If a company has mistreated you, take it up with them, but libeling people on our site could get both us and you in trouble, so don?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?ɬ??¢ÀÜ?°?É‚Äò?¢ÀÜ?°?¢ÀÜ‚Äö??¢ÀÜ?°?ɬ´?????¢ÀÜ?°?Ǭ¥??Ǭ¨?Ǭ®?¢‚Ǩ?°?É‚Äû?Ǭ¢t do it.

9) This forum is focused on photography.
The forum is all about photography, but we do like to have fun and talk about other stuff once in a while, do so in the Out of Focus section.

10) See rules one and two.
Think of them as the ground rules for a happy forum experience, and indeed for a happy life.