PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO PROCEED, YOU MUST READ, AGREE and ABIDE by the rules.
Forum Rules
Registration to this forum is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed
below. If you agree to the terms, please check the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Complete Registration' button below.
If you would like to cancel the registration, click here
to return to the forums index.
Untitled 2
OWNERSHIP
LEGALESE
When you REGISTER, You MUST register with your FIRST and LAST name as your username. You MUST add your CITY & STATE to your PROFILE.
PROPhotogs aka ProPs is owned and operated by Cristy and John Nielsen.
Neither Cristy or John Nielsen nor any part of ProPs will be responsible
or held liable for any information posted, written, typed,
uploaded, or expressed on this site. Nor will we be held
liable for any use or misuse of its contents by members or
otherwise.
1a. This forum is a discussion forum about photography,
photos, gear and techniques, marketing, resources, etc.
2a. By registering and making posts on PROPhotogs
Photography Forums, you agree to abide by the Forum Rules of
Use, both stated and unstated.
3a. By posting messages to the PROPhotogs Photography Forums
you give forum owner and maintainers permission to
permanently store all message content, present it for public
viewing, backup to any location and media, present it in
other form, modify *, delete, or make any use whatsoever in
the Forums.
4a. All images posted are copyrighted to their respective
owners. Using another members images in any way shape
or form without written permission is cause for termination.
5a. You agree to post only content that you have copyright
for, or with written permission from the copyright owner.
6a. Content copied in it's entirety from other websites,
Forums or other media must be accompanied by a link or
reference to the material, along with credit given to the
original author.
7a. PROPhotogs Photography Forums is not responsible for the
content of any uploaded files, nor is it in affiliation with
any entities that may be represented in the uploaded files.
8a. All messages express the views of the author, and
neither the owners of PROPhotogs Photography Forums, nor
Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be
held responsible for the content of any message.
Although the administrators and moderators of
ProPhotogs.com, aka: ProPs, will attempt to keep all
objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for
us to review all messages.
9a. Posts can be edited or deleted within 7 days by the
poster. After that only mods can edit or delete them.
10a. Content is, of course, not touched if it does not
violate rules. By clicking on 'Agree', and/or
continuing to use this forum, you are acknowledging you have
read the Terms and Conditions and agree to abide by them.
Violation of any term or condition may result in immediate
termination of membership and \ or legal action.
MEMBERSHIP:
1. Registration to this website is FREE, PREMIUM Membership is through paid access only!
Your PREMIUM membership is valid for a period of one year after you purchase it.
Because
of the nature of this forum, we will not issue refunds
including pro-rated refunds will not be allowed.
Please also note that we have the right to not accept a
persons membership to PROPhotogs.
2. Your membership to this forum maybe terminated if you
violate the terms of your membership. If your membership is
terminated for any reason, no refund will be given.
3. The owners and moderators of ProPs reserve the right to remove, edit,
move, or close any thread for any reason.
We also have the right to refuse
membership to anyone for any reason.
4. All Content included on this website is the property of
PROPhotogs, its content providers, its members, and is
protected by U.S. and International copyright laws.
Reproduction, distribution or display of the content on this
website is strictly prohibited and is cause for termination
of membership.
5. You agree that ProPs may email (2 - 4 times a month) you
about exclusive offers from our sponsors, news and updates
about the website or other important matters. If you
choose to NOT receive these emails, you must uncheck the box
in your control panel/profile area that says receive email
from admins. Be aware that if this is done, you will
not be in the know of what's going on here at ProPs and we
can not take responsibility for you missing out on something
important.
6. Mentioning of other forums and boards, photography
related or otherwise, is to be kept at a minimum. No
discussions about other boards or promotion of other boards
are allowed.
7. You may not use this site to host images or content. All
files uploaded to this site are for members ONLY.
8. Any issues or business not directly related to
photography are not to be discussed in threads or posts.
These matters do not involve this forum and should be
handled outside of this site.
9. No posting any messages that are obscene, vulgar,
sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise
volatile of any laws.
10. We are not a DRAMA forum, we are a LEARNING forum.
ALL drama will be halted immediate and if continued on by
the same members, they will be suspended from their account
for a period of time that will be determined at the time of
offense. NO EXCEPTIONS!
CRITIQUING IMAGES
* What do you like about the image? What draws you in or
makes the image interesting to you? Saying what worked in an
image is just as important as saying what didn't work - it
gives the photographer a chance to identify what techniques
work for the future.
* What parts of the image do you not like? Be specific - Be
professional.
* If you were there taking the photo, what would you do
instead? Of course, not everyone can answer this, so don't
feel too proud to say "I'm not sure what I would do".
Remember that the photographer has asked for critique, not
off the cuff remarks. Being vague is not always helpful.
Remember that you are critiquing an artwork that someone has
spent time and energy (and possibly some money) on. When
offering your opinion, bare in mind that, even if you are
only speaking of the image, people can still take your words
personally. Nobody is forcing you to like an image - you can
say that you don't, but be prepared to say why as well as
offer some comments on how the photograph could be improved.
ADVERTISING:
1. Advertising & Promoting a company and/or product may only
be conducted by those whom have paid advertising. You may
not promote your own business products \ services on this
site without obtaining one of our paid advertising
subscriptions in conjunction with your Premium Membership.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE "ADVERTISE WITH PROPS" link in the top
navigation bar on our forum homepage for info and pricing.
GROUP BUYS:
" Group Buys will be organized and structured. If you are a
premium member AND an advertiser of ProPs you may start your
own group buy thread in the appropriate forum.
" If you are NOT an advertiser, you may not post group buys
of individuals selling templates, borders, business items,
etc.
" You MAY however, post about group buys from major
photographic companies. (software programs, backdrops, labs,
etc)
" We encourage you to invite individuals you may know to
join ProPs and become a paid advertiser so that they may
post their own group buys. This would be the GOLD
option up to the Platinum option.
SIGNATURE LINE POLICY
3 lines of text only.
If you do not pay to advertise, do not put your business URL
or BLOG in your signature.
NO IMAGES in your signature UNLESS you are a paid
advertiser. Please REMOVE images from your signature line
UNLESS you are a paid advertiser. Please update your
signature accordingly. Any signatures not in accordance will
be deleted.
These rules/guidelines are subject to
change without notice.
