Since launching this forum a few days ago, we have already had over 200 posts! This has been our fastest growing forum ever and that means that there is a lot of interest in the topic of becoming better photographers. That makes sense because ATP is such a photo-heavy site and we all want to take the best photos we can take.
So, I want to have a little bit of clarity on why this forum exists, and how we want to use it.
This forum is to help people understand the technical aspects of photography. If you have a point and shoot camera (or treat your camera as one!) and you're happy with it, then this forum probably won't do much for you.
his forum will be used to provide education and give answers to people who want to understand all the various controls that their cameras offer. That means aperture, shutter speed, ISO, external flashes, lens types (macro, prime, zoom, etc.) Again, if you are happy to just point and shoot on auto mode then this forum isn't going to be much help for you. But if you want to know what the A, S, and M modes do, and you want to know how to get that blurry background with a perfectly focused subject, and so forth, then this is the place to be.
@greene suggested, and I agree, that if you post example photos, that it would be helpful to include some information about the photo. (Which camera you used, what lens, and if on manual mode, what were the settings.)
Due to the technical nature of the discussions, it's going to be important that we stay on topic. Off-topic posts that aren't about the subject being discussed will be deleted by me. I don't expect that we'll have any problems with that, though.
I'm really enjoying this forum and look forward to much more great threads in the future! I've already learned some new things myself, and am enjoying sharing some things that I know. Thank you to everyone who has already joined the discussion and made this forum such an early success.
