Frequently Asked Questions

We are just a group of friends who loves to shoot photos on our free time. We are also a part of a bigger group of like-minded photographers. The site name itself suggests we are an obscure sub-group of a larger group. This is where we meet and share our photos and views about photography. Every pinoy photographer who belong to any groups or organizations are welcome.

1. Check your username. Usually, your username is the "Firstname Lastname" you provided during the registration process.
2. Use your email address in this site.
3. Check your password is correct.
4. If all else fail, use the Request New Password form. Don't forget to change your password once logged-in.

Yes. you can post your announcement on the Photoshoot EB thread and invite other members to join.

On the How to's thread there is a step by step explanation on how you can post you photo.

Photography is not how big or how latest you camera is. Its how you capture the photo copomsition wise and the ability to show how great the photo is whether its from a pinhole camera or DIY camera. What important is the photo can speak by itself and you enjoy taking it.

Yes, anyone can join pinoyobscura even if our are in a different part of the globe, Europe, America, Southeast Asia, anywhere as long as you have an access to the internet and can log in to the site.

Yes, from beginners, hobbyist, amateur to professional can join pinoyobscura.

You came to the right forum, here in Pinoyobscura as much as possible we try to help all new member who has a dilema of using a camera speacially DSLR, just post your question and for sure others member will answer.

Yes. But we suggest to have atleast a point and shoot camera or even camera phone will do.

We will dare break the rules of photography. We will not hinder your use of imagination. Our view of photography as an art dictates how we shoot or post process our photos, hence a special forum Fine Arts is provided. We tend not to comment technically on any posting to encourage the member to post with confidence we treat every posting as "for sharing only" and instead provide encouraging comments. But if the member wanted to have a technical comment on their images for them to learn, we provided a dedicated thread on this see Heavy Critique thread. We also have thread for member who uses point and shoot camera, camera phone etc. . where they can share their images using those kind of system. And lastl the Film thread for all film camera lovers.

Apart from your avatar, we don't allow uploading of photos at the moment. Members of this forum tend to use high quality images and our servers do not have enough disk space to serve all their needs. We suggest you create an account in dedicated photo-sharing sites like flickr, zooomr or photobucket and embed them here for sharing.