Member's Review

Jacqu T (Scottish Highlands) Photos-of-the-Year.com - Digital Photography Contest - I joined photos-of-the-year a few months ago and am now addicted. If you love photography I recommend this excellent user friendly site. Photographers submit photos from all over the world from novice, amateur and more professional and the site is free. Making it a fun and inspiring site for EVERYONE! Photography is enhanced by advice and encouragement from a wide range of photographers, the encouragement I have received has prompted me to recently upgrade to a digital SLR. POTY is no.1 in my favorites. Many thanks to GoldenHammer the webmaster for this excellent site and learning curve. Best wishes. Suemack (New Zealand) Photos-of-the-Year - As a beginner to digital photography I joined POTY. I received advice on how to improve my pictures, gentle critique, encouragement. As I got more confident it also gave me a chance to enter my photos into competitions, to see them in a gallery among the other images. It wasn't just the photography, there was also the editing advice, what settings on the camera work the best ... all the stuff that can be so frustrating when you're starting out. POTY is an awesome, friendly community, a place to come share your latest pics, to compete against some great photographers, to talk 'photo'. And for me, POTY helped me to take the beginning steps in a hobby I love, made those first steps easy, exciting, and fun. Juan Franco (Tulsa - OK - USA) Cross section of the world - POTY provides an excellent virtual cross-roads for photographers and artists to view a significant variety of skills and images from around the world. The overall quality of the content, along with the easy navigation and clear presentation of the site make this one of the premier photo / art sites on the web today. Don't miss the opportunity to spend time going around the globe. Clement Cheah "Yes is the answer!" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Photos-of-the-Year.com ... my pick for Website-of-the-Year! - This site is just fab. It provides photographers from all over the world a chance to share tips and learn from each other, as well as spur each other on. I learned a lot just by visiting this site and asking questions, which helpful members gave useful advice to. I would encourage every photographer who wants to learn to join as a member. Thanks GoldenHammer, you're the best! Photos-of-the-Year.com rocks! Holly Oake (Oxford, UK) Exciting photographic forum and competition web site - I have no regrets joining Goldenhammer's "Photos-of-the-year.com" website, for it has sharpened up my photographic skills. It is a chance to view and comment on digital photographs from all around the world. There is is something for everyone from the novice to the professional photographer, due to the numerous categories and competitions available on this site. It is expanding all the time. One can learn a lot by looking at other members photos and exchanging comments, advise and critiques as it is all about the producing better quality photos, either for pleasure or professionally. A good group to join if you are just beginning to take photos as advise is friendly and supportive, not too intimidating. I definitely recomend this web site as a must. Mark Plonsky (Stevens Point, WI United States) Photo sharing & competition forum - The site has numerous competitions for photos of the month and year. The rating systems and interface are good and are continually being improved. The folks at the site are friendly and helpful. There are forums for discussion in addition to the photo sharing areas. If you enjoy photography, especially digital, you will enjoy the site. Colin Jones (Portland, OR United States) The perfect place for photographer - Well, if you want the perfect place for photographers look no further than Photos-Of-The-Year (http://www.photos-of-the-year.com).This website is the perfect place to post images, have them commented on by your peers and even enter challenge contests. The quality of images runs the whole gamut from snapshots to professional images. Therefore no matter what skill level you are you will find a home here. Unlike certain sites that have strict quality requirements to be able to post. The members are all very friendly and will offer good advice on ways to improve your photography. The webmaster, GoldenHammer has made some great additions to the site in the past few months and he is always open to feedback and suggestions. Try getting your ideas implemented on other sites!!! A sign of a good site is how often you wish to visit. It is pretty much the first thing I do everyday. I cannot recommend this site highly enough. Paul Blute (United States) Photos-of-the-year an invaluable resource/ contest site - Hi , I recently took up photography again with the advent of high quality SLR like digital cameras. I was introduced to photos-of-the-year.com by my neighbor who at the time was taking breathtaking shots on her fuji s304. She showed me this site where her photographs were entered in monthly competitions in various categories, the people there encouraged her and gave excellent constructive criticism which helped her photography come on in leaps and bounds. By this time my interest had definitely been aroused, as I owned old slr cameras when I was a kid, but processing costs stopped a lot of experimentation. Anyway i was really getting hooked on the idea now as my neighbor got a 300d/rebel for her birthday and lent me the fuji, I really decided I needed a camera then and after much research got a fuji s602z pro which seemed to offer all the facilities I needed. Now I am taking pictures and trying to improve and have recently joined photos-of -the-year.com myself and entered my first pic. I cant wait for the voting to start so I can learn more from peoples comments, and I also get a lot of fun voting on other peoples photos. This site is very enjoyable and I think anyone can learn a lot from taking an active role in it. I would recommend it to all, beginners and seasoned photographers alike. Big thanks to GoldenHammer the man behind the original concept, and all those who help to make the site a success. Rosa Maria (Raleigh, North Carolina) The greatest photography site around!!! - Well, not much more to say really, other than to assure you that this site is really great, a lot of fun, and an excellent environment to learn all sort of photography techniques and photo editing tips. The people are very nice and there are many excellent photographers that post beautiful photos. The site's webmaster is very welcoming and efficient as well as down to earth, and the overall experience will be one that will make you addictive to posting and rating photos. So what are you waiting for? Come and join us in the fun! Linda Steven (Sydney, NSW Australia) Fastest Growing Photography Community on the Web - I first stumbled across Photos of the Year in January 2004. I was immediately impressed by the immense effort the webmaster 'GoldenHammer' contributes to create a great on-line community. The site is helpful to beginners and professional photographers alike, hosting many competitions. All users can critique all the photographs posted, giving the photographer real unbiased feedback. The site encourages users to interact via it's Forum and there is a wealth of technical information for those thirsty for knowledge. This site contains a wealth of photographic art, some of the contributors whether professional or amateur rank among the best in the world. Check it out today, and if you have an active interest in photography - join in, we look forward to seeing you. Yusuf Hashim (Malaysia) The Website to Improve your Photography - I'm an Amateur Digital Photographer. I shoot Digital Pictures for Fun and Pleasure. Its just a hobby. I've been an ultra active member of Photos-Of-The-Year.com almost from a few weeks since it was opened to the public by its genial host "GoldenHammer". Its a great site for everything photographic - from free web space to store & display your digital images, to photo competitions, to reading photography related reviews, to getting answers to all your photography related questions, to giving and receiving friendly critiques on pictures, to making new friends worldwide, and even a platform for selling your pictures via the internet. The advantages of joining in are simply beyond words. Its a great site for interacting with friendly like minded people, a FUN place to share your interest in digital photography and simply a site that I never fail to visit each time I am online. Its FREE, its a GREAT site and its a FRIENDLY site where there are lots of helpful people to help you along in your digital photography adventures. You have simply to hop over to the site, browse around, and if you like what you see, you can join in immediately to enjoy the benefits - GRATIS!!! Robert O (USA) Fantastic Photo Site - I am a amateur photographer and I find "Photos-of-the-year.com" to be very helpful it allows me to submit photos for critiquing that in turn helps me to improve my work. If you are interested in photography on any level this site is for you. I like the fact that the site is easy to use and there is always a contest to take part in. People from all over the world come together to view and comment on the photos, so you get a wide degree of tastes. It is very important to note that there is no cost for this site. The users are there because they love what they do and want to help others to improve their work. You would be welcome to join. Kev Batchelor (England) Top Quality - A very helpful and supportive community that are welcoming. The site is innovative and gives helpful and constructive critiques to improve your photography. The opportunity also to show and compete against others for regular competitions. There are also informative forums about all sorts of photography areas. The biggest bonus is that it is FREE. Give it a try. Ellery Samuels (United States) Enjoy this Site - As an amateur photographer I find this site very helpful as it allows me to submit photos for critiquing in a very positive (mostly) fashion...most of the contributors give feedback that is informative and helpful...the moderators keep the site in good shape and provide expert and excellent guidance...If you are interested in photography on "any" level this is the site for you...Take Advantage of it!!! Ronald L. Cox (USA) Photos-of-the-year.com for novice and pro alike - Photos-of-the-year.com is a web site which benefits photographers no matter what their skill level. It is a not for profit international community of like minded people for the promotion of digital photography. There are a number of different challenges available for members to enter their work for comments and ratings. It allows one to monitor the improvement of their skills by entering the challenges and noting the comments and the improvement of their ratings. Members also have the ability to interact with one another provided by the forums and private message. Most of all it is a very enjoyable experience which I highly recommend to anyone with an interest in digital photography whether you use a three hundred or three thousand dollar camera, it makes no difference; there is something for everyone. Amira Raviv (Haifa, Israel) Excellent surrounding for improving your photography - Photos-of-the-year.com is an excellent surrounding for improving your photography. It's an interactive site where members from all over the world comment about each other's photographs. Amateurs as well as Professionals, all share each others constructive critiques from which everybody can learn, improve and progress.A very supportive community of photographers who share on one side the love and passion for photography and the eagerness to improve. Unbiased critiques, supportive and kind. It has a lot of different categories so all kind of photographers can find interest there, and a Challenge category which sets different challenges to the photographers. Members are frequently asked to take decisions about the site through commenting or polls, so everybody can take part and be involved to whatever level they are interested in. I would recommend this site to everybody who wants to learn and improve!. Linda Muir (Ontario, Canada) Great Place to Learn and Share your Photography - Words can't express how I really feel about this fantastic website. I was just a beginner searching for a place to be able to share my photography and to learn from my mistakes so I could better my photography skills. I found this place and joined in July 2003 and since then have learned so much. It is a great place for Professionals, beginners and everyone else in between, and its free. There are several categories for sharing photos - Photo-of-the-Month, Critiquing Gallery, Theme Contests, a Lively & helpful Forum, Private Message system and much more. All I can say is visit this site and you won't want to leave. It's a fun place and I feel I have made a lot of friends here who are very helpful. Wanda Krack (USA) The Best Learning Site - Advantages to joining this web-site: 1. It's free. 2. Reviewing other persons photos and reading the reviews by others helps one to improve their own photography skill. 3. This is an international site, photos from all over the world. There are some wonderful photos submitted for reviewing. 4. One receives honest critiques about the photos submitted from both seasoned photographers and beginners. 5. This is a protected, interactive site in which one member may contact another member without exchange of e-addresses. 6. The web-host who sponsors this site is frequently making changes to improve the site, often from suggestions from the members. 7. There are challenge contests every two weeks that are changing in topic and that give everyone an opportunity to be constantly using new skills. 8. There are open forums that persons may ask any question needing answering, and there are teaching forums or instructional essays written by members (not out of a book), that are helpful when learning new things about digital photography. These are some of the reasons I am enjoying this site. Malin (Sweden) A great site - I found photos-of-the-year.com in January 2004 and I loved it from day one. You get comments from other photographer, both experience and beginners which is very helpful. There are several competitions going and also discussion forum. There are many beautiful photos and a lot of nice people in there. If you have a burning interest you should definitely join this site. It's free and it's fun! Peter (San Diego, CA United States) Great web-site for all levels of photographers - I can't think of a better web-site to improve your photography and receive unbiased honest critiques of your work than this web-site. Sure family and friends love your images but there is nothing like an opinion from someone you don't personally know. I've been a member of this site for over a year and have used critiques to better my photography in a fun non-threatening forum. There is no cost to join and it truley is an open forum the web master or any of the moderators are always available for questions and constructive feedback. Jose VH Matutina (Las Vegas, NV USA) The Best Website for All Levels of Photographers - Whether you're a professional, expert, serious, novice or just plain beginner, this site is for you. It's the most democratic and open photography site in the web wherein wherever level of photography skills you belong, you can participate in several many activities like photo competitions, critiquing other photos, discussions or just plain social interactions among friendly people with a passion for photography. Another great thing about this site is the reward system of earning points from your participations and photo ratings all in friendly competitive fun. Why don't you join and enjoy this site. I've been having a great fun ride since I joined on March 2004. [Top]