DGorinstein

I would like to back-up my entire gallery to my downloads or any other folder to my computer. I know I can go one-by-one, but is there a way to "automize" and (e.g.) select my complete gallery and make a full backup? Your help will be most appreciated.

Hello and thank you beforehand for your help. I have been a member for over 10 years. These new changes to the web site are a bit hard for me to navigate......he he he, I am old fashioned. Some people (non members) want to see my work. I need to find an EASY way to get to my WHOLE PORTFOLIO & GALLERIES, in just a few clicks. I myself would like also to find a one-sete to see my work, or two-step, but what I would like is a CLEAR PATH, EASY, to go DIRECTLY to my COMPLETE WORK UPLOADED in PN. Thanks again. Truly, Thanks a million for your help. Daniel Gorinstein

Has anoyne elsw noticed the absolute abscence of the ELEVER / EDITORS. Can someone please explain? DG

Have you noticed that the Elves have disappeared from the site? Can you visualize "ANYTHING· in "Editor's Picks"???? We are on our own..... And I would guess that in the long term, better for all of us PN users. We qualify each other with our choices to post and/or comment. It will be then to the discerning public to evaluate our work.

I posted a photograph in February 2013, titled "UNTITLED". I want to search its "metadata" or date when I took the photo to find it in my files since I need to enlarge it but I cannot find it after days of doing all sorting and searches in my files. I would only need some piece of data to try to find it. Any help on how to obtain metadata from the image posted in Photo Net. I will greatly appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you. Daniel Gorinstein.

P.S. For the ELVES: My sincere recognition and professional appreciation for you have: a) managed to maintain the top status in a serious photographic forum, b) regained your activity, c) admirable you look through soooooo many photographs, and still, make conscientiously evaluated the merits of the chosen photograph. IMHO. your philosophy remains well within your boundaries in following class, good taste, diversity. But heading the sheep well-aimed and with a steady keel. My hat is off to the Elves.

Thank you sincerely for your answers. They make sense and I will take precautions accordingly.

how do I block a user from viewing my photos

As there are apparently several of us who "would like that privilege of not only being members, but that should be stemming from the most basic notions of RIGHT TO PRIVACY. This is a general business practice in ADVANCED countries. I believe we members should receive some kind of positive answer, reply, or comment as to how to more "easily and friendlier" managing personal accounts should be. I strongly suggest the MANAGERS AND DIRECTORS OF PN can move in the correct direction of this matter, which is quite important these days in trustworthy well established businesses.

How do I block a member of PN from viewing / accessing my photos

This SHOULD be the best organized, automatic, immediate, user-friendly page.....that is, IF PN WHISES TO CONTINUE HAVING MEMBERS. I have repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to renew my membership, with no success.....only frustration on the "RENEWAL PAGE". In essence, it implies PN does not want members to continue being members????????????????

Oh, sorry, I forgot something...I am NOT against advertising in the site. I guess that advertising DEFINITELY HAS A PLACE IN PN, such as some pages, as it used to do before the "seismic change of recent". I DO NOT MIND, NOR DO I OBJECT advertising in the site, as long as it is placed in a "logical" (i.e strategic) place, on the side bar of forums, contests, etc. but NOT in the middle of the "EXPLORE / EDITOR'S CHOISE" sections. Why? because you are making a very intrusive add to occupy the very same place of a paying member's image, conceived, thought of and executed with the only intent to share it "objectively", unobtrusively, freely, side-by-side with another photograph, not aggressively interrupted by "other content", sooooo very different in essence as the flow of photo after photo. It is an intrusion totally contrarian and against the grain of being immersed in a natural flow of images, evaluating each one, reveling on some, considering a comment to be made.....only to be abruptly distracted by a totally unrelated content to the above-mentioned pleasant visual flow of images, pure images, where one can compare, juxtapose, relate, identify, twelve, meditate on how to interact with a certain thumbnail, and next to it, an irrespecutful intrusion of a cheap ad, breaking the mood, the inspiration, the concentration and lured to a totally different environment, that of a "connived, ill-intended, unrefined, forceful invitation to buy....something you recently searched for or something you do not want to consider at that moment. In my particular case, I go into PN to truly relax. To enjoy my hobby and that of others. I immerse myself in the vast world of PHOTOGRAPHY, of images other people around the globe want to share with me, to start a productive conversation, to get to know me, my work, to learn something new, techniques, POV, post-processing, but then the vulgar intrusion of advertising produces a sense of "coitus interrupts". The proper use and placing of advertising is just a matter of intelligence.....and good taste.

I very much appreciate your comments and understand your arguments. The thing is, I am so totally against advertising, not per se, but because of its invasiveness and omnipresence. I consider PN a "private club", where one pays a yearly fee that should, in philosophical principle, do without sponsorship, other than the members fees. To be honest, I think the annual fee is relatively low, and could easily be raised. I, for one, would be more than happy to see the fee increased to make it more "exclusive". That is, in general,"quality costs more". If some people who don't want to pay more (or can not), should not belong to a high-quality photographer's forum. PLEASE don't get me wrong, I am not trying to offend anyone, only because I am not talking about raising fees to crazy levels, just a few percentage points. I do not suggest to make it "elitist", but in essence, be being a member of PN you have very valuable insight by professionals and by seasoned photographers. That in and by itself is a GREAT added value. I honestly believe that a large majority of PN members would prefer to pay a bit more for their membership, and see more "exclusivity" which is naturally accompanied by quality, refinement and real, true, genuine interest in posting work in a serious, respectable venue. My complaint here is the same I have voiced in social networks: Free TV is not really free, and to watch it, you have to "withstand" the advertisers. Netflix, for example, does not show any commercials. I loathe going to the movie theater where I pay for watching a movie, and having to watch advertising before the movie starts. That shows profound disrespect for movie-goers, it is offensive and ethically abusive. PN is truly a great site. It started many years ago and I joined late in it's cycle, but did so BECAUSE it had CHARACTER, PERSONALITY, and strong ethical principles. I have always enjoyed the quality of members who, for the most part, are honest and constructive in helping beginners to improve their photographic skills. Finally, what would you think of a University, a serious gathering of minds wanting to improve and become better, that before each class, the professor said: "this class is sponsored by x, y", so please watch these commercials before we begin....an then, 30-40 minutes into the lecture, said....ehemmmm please let me pause for a word of our sponsors"...I hope you catch my drift. Respectfully, DG.

If PN now "has", or "must" resort to advertising, I guess our membership is no longer relevant to sustain the operating costs of PN. IF advertising continues, I will most definitely NOT RENEW my subscription. I am truly, deeply sorry for this decision I am taking, but it is a matter of principle. I am so disappointed, so let down by the gyration PN has decided to take, I do not understand it. It is contrarian to the original philosophy that made me join it.

 

The changes, I realize in all honesty, are fine. The new layout is fine and I am comping to get a grip on it. So are many other members. But the inclusion of "advertising"....??? This is, in my humble and personal opinion, denigrating. I loathe advertising, and again, IMHO, it does not "fit! with PN. So in conclusion, since advertising does not "fit" ME, I, solely I, will withdraw from a site which principles are not aligned with mine. DG

This is a recent post (today) I made on a good photograph, from a devoted photographer. PN is a wonderful site! It gathers both professional and amateur photographers. It invites spontaneous critique and conversations. Up until recently, it "seemed" to have sufficient financing and funding to sustain a wonderful platform for exchanging photographic experience.

 

Then, PN suddenly made a drastic change....one that startled most of its long-time users....Fine, no problem... But now, the inclusion of cheap advertising from third parties, has corrupted, polluted, prostituted it's original purpose.

 

Here is a copy-paste of a comment made on a fellow photographer:

 

"" Such amazing photograph. So interesting a collection of fine photography in your portfolio. Too bad it is next to distracting, cheap, vane and superfluous advertising. So sad to see PN recurring to haphazard stupid, shallow adds distorting the true essence of thumbnails to show the work of artists. It sends the wrong message: You see "absolute trash" side-by-side with artistic endeavors of professional and amateur photographers, robbing the attention, deviating the focus of hard-earned labor towards vane, beggarly, unrefined advertising. This is sad, to say the least. It is denigrating....to place side-by-side a promiscuous and prostituted marketing add next to a striving photograph - and photographer - to make an impression....only to be distracted and robbed of the attention by the vulgar, trait, unrefined....... ""

Hello Leslie: I hope you are well. I have been "re-practicing" navigation under this new format, trying to get acquainted with it. This just happened to me, and maybe you can shed some light into the matter..... I was going through the "Tranding" images....I saw two that I wanted to comment on, and they were just side-by-side. I clicked on the first one to post my comment. When I clicked the "return" "<" icon to go back to the "page" where the second image I wanted to comment on was, it took me to a TOTALLY DIFFERENT location, thus, unable to find the image I was looking for to post my comment.

 

In this sense, navigation seems to be totally allegory, without being able to "pick up" where one left. I hope this helps with the new format, and making navigation a bit easier. The new platform, IMHO has become much less "logical". Kind regards. Daniel.

Hello Leslie:

First and foremost, I want to fully recognize the work and involvement you have to make PN a top site/forum for photographers. My hat is off to you, with all due respect.

 

After my recent posts, I just wanted to let you know that I could not resist posting some of my recent work... it is a...habit? Maybe....

 

I was browsing PN and found some very worthwhile images, truly great work by some members. I enjoyed my late evenings browsing PN, and working in my "darkroom".

 

So, just wanted to let you know that, despite my misgivings, I still find PN an adequate vehicle....I feel better now...I have been....restricting? depriving, chastising? repressing my outlet of expressive energy.

 

Enough! I don't want to take more of your valuable time. I am starting to fully and thoroughly enjoy PN.....as always....Valuable work is found herein. My sincere apologies for my previous comments that may have come across as harsh an overly critical. I'm happy, reconciled. Thanks again for your hard work.

Honestly, really, and sincerely, I want to help. THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT NOR A CRITICISM. All I want is to understand and to make sense.

 

I constantly receive e-mail messages saying "your photo" has received a comment: COPY PASTE OF MESSAGE... .ADDRESSED TO ME!

 

 

Your photo received the following comment: Beautiful composition, Gail, so delicate and yet so powerful. Brava!

 

Keep the conversation going and reply here http://www.photo.net/photo/18335310

 

When I click on the hyperlink, it takes me to Gail's image, where some time ago, I posted a comment. So every time THIS IMAGE OF GAIL'S receives a comment, I am notified WRONGLY. It says that MY photo received a comment. It is obviously wrong and misleading.

 

I have previously voice my confusion. I do hope PN can fix these flaws soon.....

I could not agree more. You have literally voices my frustration. The site has become cumbersome, much less user friendly, and has lost it's "club"-like, cozy neighborhood. And yes... no one seems to be paying any attention. To me it appears as if PN sold out to 500 px.....I have become totally disillusioned with the site. I am not "invited" to post, as I don't know who is looking at my image, nor the comment they are making. PN has made a total mess.... I guess it will be to costly and burdensome to un-do all the new "improvements" (???????????????) and go back to the good old, proven much better format. Fed up! Frustrated!!!!!

I have been a PN subscriber for 10 years, although the new site only credits me with nine, I suggest you listen to the frustration of your membership with this clumsy and difficult to negotiate site. The old site was user friendly. It was easy to communicate with PN peers. This site seems to be all glitz and no practical functionality. I have waited a while to complain, giving the site a chance with no avail. I have asked a few times for help in how to create new gallery folders and never got a response. I requested feed back for my comments, but not feedback for each of my PN colleagues that I follow. You clutter up my inbox. This site appears to have been set up for the PN administration to sell images, not with adequate attention and respect for the needs of your subscribers who keep the site in business. For now, I am sticking with PN because I value the connections I have made and expand with other photographers. To me PN is a learning and sharing opportunity. Unless you take measures to make the site user friendly as it was before, you will lose many of us. I suggest you read and heed the other negative responses from subscribers also. I'd like to know what you are planning to do to make the site more usable. Thanks.

I find that it is totally user UNFRIENDLY.... also, it appears that PN sold out to 500px, same format, only less efficient. When one tries to fix an excellent thing, it so happens that one ends up turning back to a lower stage of evolution. I find it cumbersome to find comments to my photos, ..... I could go on and on.....I just cannot cope with this new format.... what a pity... I constantly get messages that "seem" to be regarding a comment on "my" photo, only to find out that it refers to someone else's photo where I had previously posted a comment. A waste of time, no feedback whatsoever.....I am about to give up altogether from PN.... The saying goes "if you do not undersatand it, you don't like it" - well.,....I do not UNDERSTAND it, thus, I DON'T LIKE IT.

IMHO PN has lost it's "personal" exchange. The site is cumbersome. It is one of those instances when you try to make something that is already excellent, even better.....The result is a "turn back", a "U" turn to a lower stage, a previous, less developed stage. The site has become practically unmanageable. I don't know who is watching my images, or what they are telling about them.

 

It appears that the "rating" system has been eradicated.....good and bad.....

 

The whole affair is too cumbersome.....less user friendly.....it gives me the impression that PN was sold to 500PX.....same format only less effective. From a nice cozy club into an impersonal vast universe of unknowns.... Too bad.... Too sad...

I have been receiving e-mails (most welcome and useful at that) from PN informing me that some fellow member has posted a comment on my photo. However, I do not know "specifically" to which photo of mine the comment was posted to. Can someone help me find the section where I can see it? Thanks in advance for any help you can share.

<p>So sorry, my apologies. The previous was not the correct file. Here is the "actual" right page of said book.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is the second photo not attached in the previous thread.</p><div></div>