This past week saw the first birthday of my Digital Photo Forum.

I set the forum up to be a free place for like minded photographers (both professionals and hobbyists) to discuss photography related issues. I added a photo gallery so that photos could be shared as well as comments.

The forum and gallery was announced on the 8th September, 2005, and at the end of our first year, I thought it would be fitting to do a ‘year that was’.

In the past year, over 4,700 members have registered for the forum and created over 9,000 posts. The image gallery has a whopping 38,000 images (over 16Gb disk space) with about 100 new images being added every DAY! (You can see the latest images here)

Images can be commented on, and in the last 12 months, we’ve had over 130,000 comments!

The forum consistently receives about 10,000 page views from about 1,000 visitors per day.

We’ve had some great moments, with a number of forum members entering their images in competitions - and winning!

The forum hasn’t been without it’s trials and tribulations. We had a very lively discussion recently when I announced some new rules about explicit photos on the forum. I added this rule to promote a family friendly site, but I know I ruffled a few feathers.

When I first started the forum, I had no idea how successful it would be. Thankfully - due mainly to the very generous contributors of the members over the past year - I think I can say that the forum is a big success.

If you want a free place to hang out, discuss photography with others, and show off your pictures, I suggest you take a look, register and start contributing and uploading! I can’t tell you how many comments I’ve had from members who have been really pleased by the comments others have made on their images.

Finally, I thought it was worth singling out a number of members who have helped make the forum what it is. These members signed up in the first few days, and are still active now. Their photos and photographic advice has been excellent, and I thank you all very much.

aeny (profile, images),
ajkoenig (profile, images),
AlexO (profile, images),
anglefire (profile, images),
Barbara (profile, images),
brian (profile, images),
Bumper (profile, images),
burmese001 (profile, images),
camilo (profile, images),
cdobson (profile, images),
centauri (profile, images),
Chris (profile, images),
Cory (profile, images),
Cristina (profile, images),
DarkoG (profile, images),
Davenport (profile, images),
Debby (profile, images),
DeeSpee (profile, images),
eddiemac (profile, images),
Ejla (profile, images),
ela (profile, images),
fishboneyu (profile, images),
girdnerg (profile, images),
harduf2 (profile, images),
IanC (profile, images),
InPortAnt (profile, images),
jakezellmer (profile, images),
jbx (profile, images),
jbzonda (profile, images),
jhbolt (profile, images),
Jiffy (profile, images),
Joe (profile, images),
Junhao (profile, images),
Kabzamalov (profile, images),
lee (profile, images),
leoven (profile, images),
mornimeena (profile, images),
msfarm2 (profile, images),
Mzee (profile, images),
nlange (profile, images),
Patto (profile, images),
Renny (profile, images),
RoyKillen (profile, images),
ruxi (profile, images),
searay (profile, images),
shutterbug (profile, images),
Stephanie (profile, images),
sylmac (profile, images),
Tessa (profile, images),
virgil (profile, images),
xeroid (profile, images),

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