Hi, we are Syyd and Colm Jackson, and we are the new Moderators of Rendorosity's Photography Forum. As you may or may not have known, this forum does not generate a lot of activity, and this is about to change. As of this date, there are 634 images in the Photography Gallery. This just goes to show there is a lot of activity in the photographic medium on Renderosity as a whole. At present, we would like to bring everybody interested in photography together to share and communicate their images, ideas, techniques, tips and information, from beginner to experienced professional. Here are some ideas we've been tossing around: To begin a bi-monthly photographic project, in which we all set a subject, and then go click away. We then would post our images to the forum, and to the gallery. We can then begin to interact with each other about our work, and further our photographically creative expression and knowledge. Some of the subjects we want to include are portraits, landscapes, close ups , seasonal, abstract and the strange, animals and nature, digital post-production and a whole host of others. An "Image of the Month". This would be a selection from the two bi-monthly categories. There could be a web award given for this image. Something like, "Renderosity Photo of the Month". To gather as much information on tutorials, tips, how to's, and impressive galleries and links found on the web. From surfing the web, one thing we noticed is photographic images tend to be posted in very small sizes. We want to encourage you to break down these barriers, and post your images at least 640 x 480. We want to see and enjoy your work, not have to get a magnifying glass and reading glasses to interpret the pixels, LOL. This Forum will be about all aspects of photography, not just digital, but encompassing traditional methods and more experimental methods as well. As we are working in a digital environment , this involves subjects such as software, printers, and scanners, as well as lenses, different kinds of cameras, printing paper, you name it, lets talk about it! We are not an extensive knowledge base ourselves, although Colm worked as a professional photographer for years, and we want to learn and grow ourselves, along with everyone who participates. I myself am simply a great experimenter, and have much to learn here. Lets start off with saying hello, introducing ourselves, and spreading the word about the hopes and plans we have for the forum. Hopefully in about two weeks time, we will be able to start out with our first photographic project, after we have enough people in place to make it interesting. So please introduce yourself, please please please post one of your photos on the forum with your introduction, and begin sharing. Please give us your ideas as well, after all it is your input that makes it important. The only way to learn is to share, listen, and participate. Yours, Syyd and Colm