Mission and policies

Our Policies and Mission are set out on this page. Through these policies we aim to provide a free, simple, and fun resource. We want to help you learn new skills and improve your photography. The site is designed with you in mind. Our aim is to improve the site and your experience. So, we welcome feedback to help.

Our Policies

• Commitment:

  We are committed to providing a free and open resource on photography aimed at those who want to learn. So, we are setting examples and helping learners. That aim entails a responsibility. So,  we will work honestly, responsibly and within the policies below.

  The Editor is prepared to review content. However,  we have to make decisions. So, we will happily make changes or to improve the site. However, our editorial decisions are final.

  The policies below aim to provide a reasonable approach in our work.

  Our emphasis on honesty and responsibility is a serious editorial commitment. So, we also look forward to your feedback and constructive comments.

  Please feel free to Contact us… regarding these policies or our mission

  Please click on the links below to read our other policies…

• Feedback:

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  We welcome any positive and negative feedback.Please let us know how you feel. We will always follow up on feedback and let you know how our review turns out.

  Feedback on any of the site content, and these policies, is encouraged.

  Please Contact us… with your comments, ideas and suggestions.

• Publication:

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  The Editor aims to provide good quality, understandable content. Our content is aimed at the needs of our users. We welcome contributions from anyone interested in submitting new content.

  Where possible we will be pleased to publish work from contributors.

  We are unable to specify when any content may be published or how long it may remain on the site.

  Submission of content does not guarantee publication.

  Please Contact us with contributions, ideas, articles or tips. We would be pleased to discuss possible contributions from you.

• Language:

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  We aim to use simple and plain language through the site. We publish in English and look for simple presentation of ideas. To that end, we ask contributors to try to express themselves simply and clearly. You do not need to have a good standard of English to submit content. However, be as clear and to the point as possible.

  Our Editor is happy to help with any content you want to submit. We are also happy to revise existing content if readers ask us.

  Please contact us to discuss writing standards or language matters.

• Editorial:

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  Any written material sent in may be subject to editing. Please do not be offended by this. We are trying to ensure the articles are easy to read.

  To ensure quality we take responsibility for publication. Therefore,  our editorial decisions are final. However, we are prepared to consider making changes if users ask.

  Please contact us to discuss editorial matters.

• Artistic expression:

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  This site promotes the arts. We encourage all forms of artistic expression. However, some artistic material enters a grey area. We do not tolerate offensive or illegal material. Our aim is to keep content tasteful and respectable. Of course, we recognise that opinions differ. So, we are cautious on these points. The judgement of artistic material is subjective. However, fair consideration will be given to feedback relating to artistic boundaries.

  Please contact us to discuss writing standards or language matters.

• Moderation:

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  We try to ensure the material on this site is of the highest quality. Hopefully, you will have a pleasant and acceptable experience.

  We do not tolerate offensive, abusive, pornographic, illegal or  inappropriate material. The Editor will moderate to prevent offense, abuse or violation of site policies. The Editor will remove offending content, posts or comments.

  Please contact us to discuss site moderation or the related policies.

• Respect:

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  The team are strong and committed believers in equality of opportunity, human rights, respect and dignity for all. We rejoice in diversity and enjoy the benefit of a range of opinion.

  It is our hope that our users and contributors also celebrate these ideas. So, we expect contributors and users to behave within these principles too.

  Discrimination, bullying or lack of respect will not be tolerated by our team. Where appropriate we will take legal action to protect ourselves and others who suffer abuse or violation of their rights.

  Please contact us to discuss discrimination, disrespect, bullying, flaming or other matters under these policies.

• Copyright policies:

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  Photokonnexion takes copyright infringement or abuse very seriously. We work to ensure we only display material within copyright law. However, if you think copyright has been infringed, please contact us immediately. We will review the case.

  Original material copyright on this site

  The editorial team carefully prepare the content posts and articles. It is all original material written and produced by us and named contributors. However, there is nothing new under the sun! So you will find some ideas, concepts, and information published elsewhere.

  The work and ideas we publish are in words, media or formats that created by us and contributors. We try to produce all our work in our own unique way. Please let us know if you would like to discuss the origin of our source material.

  You are free to read and enjoy our work for as long as we can sustain this site. We believe in free information sharing on the internet. However, we retain full copyright and other publishing rights. Furthermore, we also maintain artistic control over our content and photographs.

  Feel free to link to the content on this site. However, please respect our work and do not pass off any of it as your own, steal any of it to put on other websites, re-purpose the works for your own return or abuse the material we produce. We respect the right of authors and artists to preserve their work and get the credit for it. We would like the same respect in return.

  Original material submitted for publication

  We expect contributors and users to respect copyright laws and the rights of copyright holders. Breaking the law by users and contributors will not be tolerated. Everyone is encouraged to report copyright theft abuse of any kind.

  If you submit original work to this website for publication (or other purposes) you retain the copyright for your work. However, submission to the site for publication grants us permission to edit and reproduce your work. We will ensure that your work is acknowledged. However, we cannot accept liability for any theft of your work from our website.

  We consider the submission of material for publication (in any format or media) as the granting of a license for our use. This license will include freedom for us to edit written material. See below for the policies about artwork or photographs.

  We reserve the right to keep content posted on our site for as long as we deem necessary. We also reserve the right to remove it at any time.

  All content will be acknowledged and credited to you, the originator of the work. Where possible a URL will be provided to an agreed website or internet property elected by you.

  Please contact us to discuss copyright issues of any sort and the policies that apply.

• Exclusivity:

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  This website is committed to bringing our readers high quality, exclusive material.

  We commit to publishing only material that has not been published elsewhere before. We also try to ensure that this exclusivity will be maintained once an article is published here.

  As part of this policy we check for the reproduction of content elsewhere on the Internet. That includes periodic checks to ensure continued exclusivity for our content. This policy applies to contributors, as well as our own material.

• Privacy:

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  We take matters of personal privacy very seriously. We have a dedicated page to explain our policies for the protection of personal privacy. Please see our Privacy Statement.

  Please contact us to discuss matters of privacy or our policies relating to privacy.

• Cookies:

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  The Photokonnexion site generates cookies to make this site easier to use. Information may also be collected by other websites. A full statement about cookies and privacy is available on Privacy Policy page.

  Please contact us to discuss cookies.

• Images:

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  The inclusion or publication of images on this site is subject to the same policies as other forms of content. However, we recognise that the quality of an image is a subjective and artistic judgement.

  Image quality may also reflect the current skill and development of the photographer. We encourage the submission of images for publication from all skill levels. We especially like to see the images you are proud to have produced.

  Please feel free to submit your images to us for publication. Also bear in mind the other polices written here.

  We will not normally edit images that have been submitted for publication. However, images may be edited in certain circumstances for educational or tutorial reasons. Information to that effect will be given where appropriate.
  Professional photographers and contributing authors are expected to maintain image quality appropriate to the article they submit. We may under certain circumstances resize images for the purposes of correct display within the design of the site.Please contact us regarding images of any kind.

• Opinions:

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  We value your opinion. We also encourage everyone to express sensible, respectful opinions. Any opinions expressed are those of individuals making them. The Editor wishes to remind readers that we do not endorse or support any specific opinion except where stated.

  Opinions differ and people will disagree. If you are offended or object to ANY content on this site we want to know about it. We will be pleased to discuss your views. However, we will not remove published opinions unless they go beyond sensible alternative views and are likely to cause harm or offense.

  If you have reason to contact us about offensive opinion or material, please provide full details. We will need to find where such information is published on the website.

  Please contact us to discuss issues regarding opinions.

• Linking:

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  We welcome information about, and links to, other sites and may publish them for the benefit of everyone.

  We welcome contact with other web sites and appropriate reciprocal links. If you want to link to our content please feel free to do that. We would be grateful if you could let us know about links you make to our site too. Thank you.

  Please contact us to discuss our links or external links to other websites.

• Commercial Endorsement, traffic generators & sponsorship:

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  Photokonnexion.com does not support commercial endorsement in articles. In the same spirit, we do not accept sponsored articles. This policy aims to help users make up their own minds about products or services. Consequently, we seek to prevent readers feeling under pressure to buy any product or service. In addition, we urge readers to research your purchase options before buying.

  We allow advertising on the site. However, advertised products are not endorsed or sponsored. You are encouraged to read reviews from varied perspectives – including other websites. Make up your own mind about any product or service written about or advertised on this site.

  None of the products reviewed, discussed or written about on the site are under commercial endorsement by Photokonnexion. However, contributors are free to express opinion in their work. That is true even if that includes praise for specific products or services.

  Remember, third party opinions are not necessarily the opinion of the editorial staff and are not endorsements from Photokonnexion.

  As a result of this Commercial Endorsement policy we reserve the right to use “no-follow” links.

  The editorial team lookout for false product endorsements in submitted articles. So, if you are thinking of a product-based article, our policy is clear. We do not accept product write-ups, or traffic generating copy, used solely for generating advert traffic.

  Also excluded from publication are articles contrived solely to develop link juice . Our editorial policy is to ensure that our readers see quality information and interesting articles. Therefore, we aim to publish material that carries authority and interest. It is those qualities that promote genuine link effectiveness.

  Sponsored articles, or product endorsements from third parties, are not accepted either. As part of our responsibility to our readers we take care to make the reading easy and informative. Sponsorship and endorsements can put pressure on readers to buy. We resist that pressure where possible. Where we allow advertising is it outside of the articles context.

  In the spirit of good Search Engine Optimisation our editor will carefully vet submitted articles. The aim is to ensure articles are written with an independent viewpoint. Contributors are encouraged to express positive and negative aspects of any product or service.

  Please contact us to discuss Commercial Endorsement if you would like to know more.

Please contact us and express your opinions about our site, our content and our policies.

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We would like to remind everyone that Photokonnexion.com is keen to support learning and development of our users. However, we are a business and have to protect ourselves against criminal or malicious activity.

Please respect these policies. They reflect our need to make all decisions final. However, we will attempt to stay within the law   where applicable and insofar as it is possible.

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