hugh_hill2

Like Michael Chang, I first started posting pictures on photo.net I think in 1998 I eventually became a pro member and stayed so a good few years it wasn't until I started getting trolled by a couple of people (won't mention names) but it was around that time I heard from other members who were also friends telling me that they were also getting trolled. It was this that decided it for me try another site and so tried Flickr and haven't looked back I also tried 500 pix and maybe another but Flickr was by far the friendliest with least amount of trolls stomping the galleries... I still have a few pictures up here on Photo.Net although they seem to have no reach at all and almost never viewed possibly due to restrictions on non-paying members or lack of participation. This doesn't bother me though as I only pop by now and again to view friends work and see what they have added. I once recommended Photo.net to every budding photographer that I met but after the trolling experience stopped it was sad because I really liked photo.net and what it stood for. Wherever we decide to post our images we must always remember common courtesy & respect for one another without this it just becomes a clash of the egos and mating for rating. If we do not like an image then we should say so in a nature where it does little to offend the photographer but in no way should we attack the photographer for no other reason than they don't like who they photograph And for the record I am a visual anthropologist (a social worker/slash photographer.)