For all the dedication and effort of a small band, it seems that the pressure on ipernity which dares to be (wonderfully) different, is never ending. The (possibly temporary) suspension of the map is a real setback. Specifics notwithstanding, an increase in the price of anything from

5 years ago / 296 visits

After due consideration tinged with more than a little sadness, I have decided to stick with ipernity until the end - or its new future. The small community on here has radiated a warmth which belies its size. It has always been difficult to inspire and maintain groups but perhaps this dark threat m…

8 years ago / 413 visits

Having arrived at ipernity as a potential refugee, I am greatly disturbed at the prospect of having to embark on another journey. I am sad for the employees of ipernity, for the small band of loyal contacts and for myself. We need sites where photographs can be shared with acccompanying text and tag…

8 years ago / 400 visits / 2 comments

The journey started in 2013 in reaction to an apparent crisis elsewhere. It has not been plain sailing with a small if appreciative audience. It remains a shame that there are so few vibrant groups. But today I uploaded image number 10000 to ipernity and the relationship lives on.

8 years ago / 214 visits

Limits on uploading to groups can be restrictive if understandable in terms of the potential workload for the admin(s). They can, however, become somewhat annoying if they do not perform as expected. One group I belong to has a limit of three a day which is, indeed, restrictive in respect of what I…

8 years ago / 182 visits

Ipernity has proved to be a welcome safe haven in the face of what, at one stage, looked like the implosion of Flickr. However, it has remained impossibly dull. No-one, no refugee at least, wanted it to become what Flickr had but the migrants had at least the benefit of seeing what works and what do…

10 years ago / 499 visits / 1 comment

I have thousands of photographs on file. The ones I care to post are already on a competing but declining site. Today I have made a very small start on adding the older pictures to ipernity. It will be a long task but I hope that, in its small way, it will encourage greater interest in this site. I…

10 years ago / 404 visits / 1 comment

It is with real sadness that I prepare to retire my Panasonic FZ38. It was my first digital camera and has been wonderful. It has passed 19000 shutter activations and now has a sticky top dial. It has served me very well as have other Panasonic cameras which is why it was not difficult today to choo…

11 years ago / 416 visits

I have a concern about the very technology which brought about our digital photography revolution and continues to drive it. In the days of film photography both negatives and prints, cared for properly, could last more or less for ever. Digital files might not last as long if we are not careful. In…

11 years ago / 292 visits

I am still a little disappointed with the relative lack of groups (partly in my own hands, I suppose) on ipernity and the smallish interactions compared to Flickr. Tonight, I am embarking on a fairly large exercise compared to what I have done so far and am upoading my recent railway photographs fro…

11 years ago / 342 visits / 2 comments

It is, perhaps, not the ideal motivation to use a site because another is so awful. I have tried very hard to retain Flickr as my primary site for uploads although I am very comforted by the availability and relative simplicity of ipernity. Flickr has, of late, become beset by bugs which receive att…

11 years ago / 327 visits

A couple of months have passed. I am happy enough with ipernity though mildly irritated by its minor quirks and, as it happens, still mostly happy with Flickr - until the next attack on its UI. Inevitably, ipernity has so far been used only for new uploads although the structure in place to add to a…

11 years ago / 330 visits

Say 'Black & White" in the context of photography and you'll immediately be marshalling your views on the subject of endless debate. I used to be of the opinion that 'life is in colour, so why b&w?' I can say I have changed my view considerably to accommodate within my work a number of b&w shots wit…

11 years ago / 440 visits / 1 comment / 1 person likes

I am not sorry that I moved to ipernity although, for the time being, it is only my second home. A city boy will always be initially uncomfortable living in the country and Flickr's London still has an allure not matched in every way by the Cotswolds of ipernity. Although Flickr has its nosy neighbo…

11 years ago / 370 visits

As I get used to ipernity, it becomes easier to add content at the same time as I am using other sites but still creates quite a workload. However, one begins to notice the little quirks, lack of refinement which I think ipernity could improve without spoiling the site. When I type in keywords, I wa…

11 years ago / 326 visits