Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to the Still Photography forum. I want to thank Asher for giving this new forum a home and for supporting its purpose. Still Photo is, in its way, a descendant of two forums that I've started in the past. One, that I began a number of years ago, was actually called "Still Photo". It was formed to allow a fairly small group of photographers, many of us who were actively exhibiting and publishing, to discuss each other's work. The second ancestor was a more recent forum, on another site, called "Small Sensor Cameras". In starting that second forum, what I wanted to do was to get away from discussions that are constrained by brand boundaries and instead be able to discuss photography made by small sensor cameras, no matter what brand of camera was being used to make it.
This new Still Photo forum is intended to take the idea behind "Small Sensor Cameras" one step further. Not only is it brand agnostic, it is also format agnostic. The core of the forum will be the pictures we're making, or that we want to make, using whatever cameras and lenses might suit that purpose. In order to freely discuss photography here, I needed to throw the net that wide. So any picture, any camera, any lens, etc. can and may be discussed here.
Still Photo is also an extension of Reid Reviews, the web site that I publish. And what that means is that this forum is a place where people are welcome to discuss content that originates in articles on my site. As such, some discussions here may well be based on material that was published on RR and which is not reproduced in this forum. That said, however, anyone with a serious interest in photography is welcome to participate in Still Photo, whether or not he or she is a subscriber to the RR site.
We welcome the respectful debate of ideas here but, consistent with Asher's own expectations for all the forums on OPF, we explicitly insist that discussion here be civil. Insults, rudeness or personal attacks (direct or veiled) on *any* member here will not be tolerated.
Still Photo will be moderated by Asher Kelman, myself and Mitch Alland, a Bangkok based photographer who works primarily with small sensor cameras. I'll let Mitch introduce himself and his work further in a post below.
Some members here will be working professionals with many years of experience, while others may be novice photographers who currently have more curiosity about, than experience with, photography. All are welcome and I hope that this forum comes to be a constructive and useful place for all involved.
Cheers,
Sean Reid
Moderator
http://www.reidreviews.com
Welcome! Sean, Nicolas Claris and I welcome Sean Reid and Mitch Alland as well as everyone from Reid Reviews to this exciting new home. We want you to feel this is a place where you can explore any topic related to your photography. Some of you may already know that OPF has a philosophy of no censorship and open discussion. We are not gurus. If we had a motto it would be "be nice to the others in the tour bus!" So welcome aboard.
One thing more, Nicolas, the other curators and myself are not Gurus, but but we do try to make your ride enjoyable.
Asher
P.S. Explore and post anywhere on the forum, it's equaly yours! We don't bang fingertips if topics wander somewhat, but try to stay on topic. We don't censor close or delete threads or ban photographers for disagreeing. However, demeaning others simply does not occur in OPF. We instead set an example of respect and it all works very well. For detailed TOS, see here. Feel free to contact a moderator if you have an issue that merits attention.
This new Still Photo forum is intended to take the idea behind "Small Sensor Cameras" one step further. Not only is it brand agnostic, it is also format agnostic. The core of the forum will be the pictures we're making, or that we want to make, using whatever cameras and lenses might suit that purpose. In order to freely discuss photography here, I needed to throw the net that wide. So any picture, any camera, any lens, etc. can and may be discussed here.
Still Photo is also an extension of Reid Reviews, the web site that I publish. And what that means is that this forum is a place where people are welcome to discuss content that originates in articles on my site. As such, some discussions here may well be based on material that was published on RR and which is not reproduced in this forum. That said, however, anyone with a serious interest in photography is welcome to participate in Still Photo, whether or not he or she is a subscriber to the RR site.
We welcome the respectful debate of ideas here but, consistent with Asher's own expectations for all the forums on OPF, we explicitly insist that discussion here be civil. Insults, rudeness or personal attacks (direct or veiled) on *any* member here will not be tolerated.
Still Photo will be moderated by Asher Kelman, myself and Mitch Alland, a Bangkok based photographer who works primarily with small sensor cameras. I'll let Mitch introduce himself and his work further in a post below.
Some members here will be working professionals with many years of experience, while others may be novice photographers who currently have more curiosity about, than experience with, photography. All are welcome and I hope that this forum comes to be a constructive and useful place for all involved.
Cheers,
Sean Reid
Moderator
http://www.reidreviews.com
Welcome! Sean, Nicolas Claris and I welcome Sean Reid and Mitch Alland as well as everyone from Reid Reviews to this exciting new home. We want you to feel this is a place where you can explore any topic related to your photography. Some of you may already know that OPF has a philosophy of no censorship and open discussion. We are not gurus. If we had a motto it would be "be nice to the others in the tour bus!" So welcome aboard.
One thing more, Nicolas, the other curators and myself are not Gurus, but but we do try to make your ride enjoyable.
Asher
P.S. Explore and post anywhere on the forum, it's equaly yours! We don't bang fingertips if topics wander somewhat, but try to stay on topic. We don't censor close or delete threads or ban photographers for disagreeing. However, demeaning others simply does not occur in OPF. We instead set an example of respect and it all works very well. For detailed TOS, see here. Feel free to contact a moderator if you have an issue that merits attention.
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