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About PhotoNotes.
PhotoNotes.org is a free public information resource for the Internet photographic community, created and maintained by NK Guy.
The PhotoNotes project was begun in Vancouver, Canada, mainly written in Seattle, USA, and is currently served out from a computer located in London, England. For a while the server was operating on a barge on the Grand Union Canal, but is now on dry land.
Here's how I described PhotoNotes in the 30 April 2002 news release.
"Why the articles and reviews? Well, over the years I’ve found that some of the most useful information on camera gear tends to be from actual users who post information online.
Camera owners may be misinformed or blindly fond of one brand over another. But at least you know they’ve probably used the gear they’re reviewing. By contrast, camera salespeople hungrily want you to buy something, books are usually out of date and photo magazines have both tight deadlines and the imperative to keep advertisers happy. Users have no such agendas.
On top of this, most camera manuals tell you how - but don’t tell you why. They briefly describe the operational basics without explaining any of the underlying reasons why things work the way they do.
So. Here’s my Internet contribution to addressing the two points above. Big parts of it are primarily oriented towards the Canon EOS system, though much material here is still of benefit to users of other camera systems. And with the exception of the two Canon articles, the writing, design, photography and programming of this site is wholly original content by me."
As for the PhotoNotes.org Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography, I have a separate about page for that.
- NK Guy
Donations.
If you’d like to support this site, please go to the Donations page. It costs a lot of time and resources to build and maintain this site, so donations are very much appreciated. PhotoNotes.org has two sources of funding - my own pocket and reader donations.
Announcement mailing list.
If you’d like to subscribe to or unsubscribe from an announce-only mailing list for PhotoNotes.org you can do so right here.
The privacy policy for this list is very simple: PhotoNotes.org will not knowingly give or sell your email address to any other party without prior confirmation from you. Spam sucks.
Remember that this is an announce-only mailing list - it isn’t a discussion list. And it’s also going to be very low-volume. I’ll probably just send out a note every few months with anything new of note.
Contact.
Please use my feedback form if you'd like to contact me about the PhotoNotes project. General questions and requests for advice or help are best directed to the forum, however.
Hosting and Software.
The site is run mainly from open source code, including the fine packages listed here.
Web server - Apache.
Scripting language - perl.
Database - MySQL.
Search engine - SWISH++.
Discussion software - phpBB.
Thanks to all these unsung developers for creating such high-quality freely available software!
Disclaimer and copyright:
This site is copyright © 2000-2007 NK Guy, PhotoNotes.org. This information is provided with neither warranties nor claims of accuracy or completeness of any sort. Use this information at your own risk. All trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.
I wrote this material in the hope that others in the Internet community might find it useful or interesting. However, I don’t think it’s reasonable for anyone else to earn money from - or take credit for - my work.
Therefore you may copy and print this document for your own personal use. You may not, however, reprint or republish this work, in whole or in part, without prior permission from me, the author. Such republication includes inclusion of this work in other Web sites, Web pages, FTP archives, books, magazines or other periodicals, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM compilations or any other form of publication or distribution. Please do not frame this site within another.
Please send feedback if you find this work to be of interest or value or if you have any comments, corrections or suggestions. Thanks!