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What is 12-a-year.net?
12-a-year is a photo sharing platform for both amateur and professional photographers, passionate about their work and great photographs - inspired by Ansel Adams' quote: Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.We are not another Instagram or Flickr - and don't want to be. learn more...
What makes us different?
It's all about quality photographs. One way we assure that, is by limiting the number of photos each member can upload. Everyone starts out with an initial quota of 72 photos.Yes, you just have a 6 year head start with 12 photos per year!
But don't worry, your quota will be raised regularly by 12 additional photographs or upon recommandations of other members.
Who is curating my work?
12-a-year.net is a photographer community. One core element is the evaluation system. Members are encouraged to curate and review each others work in detail.You can follow your favourite photographers, ask them to review your photos, mark their critique as helpful, propose to raise others upload quota, collaborate on exhibitions etc.
By the way...
This site is NEW and under active development. Many functions are constantly being expanded, revised or newly added. I am very grateful for any constructive feedback. Write me! Share your opinions and ideas with me and help make 12-a-year.net the experience you want it to be!
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By the way...
This site is NEW and under active development. Many functions are constantly being expanded, revised or newly added. I am very grateful for any constructive feedback. Write me! Share your opinions and ideas with me and help make 12-a-year.net the experience you want it to be!
Frequently asked questions
What is 12-a-year.net?
12-a-year is a photo sharing platform for both amateur and professional photographers, passionate about their work and great photographs - inspired by Ansel Adams' quote: Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.We are not another Instagram or Flickr - and don't want to be. If you plan to show the 200+ images from yesterdays children's birthday party - 12-a-year.net is probably not the place for you!
What makes us different?
It's all about quality photographs. One way we assure that, is by limiting the number of photos each member can upload. Everyone starts out with an initial quota of 72 photos.Yes, you just have a 6 year head start with 12 photos per year!
But don't worry, your quota will be raised regularly by 12 additional photographs or upon recommandations of other members.
Who is curating my work?
12-a-year.net is a photographer community. One core element is the evaluation system. Members are encouraged to curate and review each others work in detail.You can follow your favourite photographers, ask them to review your photos, mark their critique as helpful, propose to raise others upload quota, collaborate on exhibitions etc.
What happens when my quota is full?
If you want to publish more than your current quota allows, you have first to delete some other of your images.Being forced to decide what to keep, what to delete, will help you in how you see and review your own work. It's part of the creative process at which end only your very best photos will be seen by others. And why not ask the 12-a-year community in those decisions?
What are albums and exhibitions?
You can organise your photos in albums and exhibitions. In both you can curate the order of appearance, chose a cover photo etc.While albums are a more permanent form of organising, exhibitions are published for a limited time only, offer more options of styling and even collaboration with other photographers.
How is 12-a-year.net financed?
12-a-year started as the idea of three brothers, all amateur photographers and one being a developer.It is run by enthousiasts and intended to be and remain free! Unfortunately, hosting does not come cheap. If you want to support this unique project, you are welcome, may we propose... 12 a year?
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Submission guidelines
Photographers
You must be the photographer of any photograph that you submit to 12-a-year.net. Your personal profile must be registered under your real name.
Photographic Genres
12-a-year.net uses photographic genres (like street photography, portrait photography etc.) to categorize images.
In your personal user profile, you can specify genres of interest. Photos of these genres are prioritized whenever 12-a-year.net proposes you a selection of photos.
When submitting a photo to 12-a-year.net, please make sure to choose the most appropriate genre. You can select up to 2 genres per photo.
Image size and quality
Before submitting a photo, please ensure that its dimensions are at least 2000 px in either width or height. The file size should not exceed 20 MB.
All photos posted on 12-a-year.net undergo resizing and compression. Images with either a width or length of more than 2500 px are reduced to a maximum of 2500 px in width or height.
The original image, as uploaded by the user, will not be stored.
Keywords
Keywords are another useful tool for searching and finding photos on 12-a-year.net. Keywords are optional.
Caption / Subtitle
A caption should be a poignant short title, which could be published together with the photo in an exhibition. The caption/subtitle is optional.
Photo Editing / AI
Only actual photographs are permitted. Do not submit computer graphics or AI generated images.
Editing of the photographs must be limited to basic enhancements. All photographs must be accurate representations of the photographed scene at the time of capture. Please do not replace for example the sky or larger objects in your photos. Cloning or object removal should be limited to the removal of distracting minor parts and not alter the motif itself. Nothing should be added to the photograph.
Composites are only allowed when using techniques like HDR, panorama stitching or focus stacking.
Added frames, borders, watermarks, texts, logos, overlay images, montages or collages are not permitted.
Nudity or violence
Don't post photos that show brutality and violence, demean people or violate basic human rights. The depiction of the naked human body must be strictly limited to artistic forms of expression (boudoir photography). Pornographic photos are not permitted.
Users can and should report photos that violate these rules. Repeated violations will result in the removal of the images and/or in blocking of the offenders profile.
Ratings, evaluations, commentaries
Be constructive, polite and helpful in your criticism of other photographs. If you appreciate another user’s helpful review, please mark it as such.
Personal messaging
Please be polite and courteous in all your personal messaging! If you feel offended or harassed by another user, feel free to report any such incident.
Imprint
Information according to § 5 TMG:
Martin PhilippsBurgstr. 24 19055 Schwerin Contact:
Phone: +49 162 7801385
Email: info@12-a-year.net
Dispute Resolution
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution.
Our e-mail address can be found above in this imprint.
We are not willing or obliged to participate in dispute resolution procedures before a consumer arbitration board.
Liability for content
As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages according to Section 7, Paragraph 1 of the German Telemedia Act (TMG). According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, however, we as a service provider are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity.
Obligations to remove or block the use of information according to general laws remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the point in time at which knowledge of a specific infringement of the law is known. As soon as we become aware of any violations of the law, we will remove this content immediately.
Liability for links
Our online service contains links to external websites over which we have no influence. Therefore we cannot assume any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking.
However, a permanent control of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement. As soon as we become aware of legal violations, we will remove such links immediately.
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Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are observed. In particular contents of third parties are marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, we ask that you inform us accordingly. As soon as we become aware of legal violations, we will remove such content immediately.
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Your contribution
What can you do?
1. Contribute your photographs The most important thing you can do, is to contribute your own photographs and to rate other users photos!
2. Feedback Please, let me know your ideas for new functions, improvements, or simply report on bugs!
3. Donate 12-a-year.net is FREE to use. But the devlopment and maintenance of this website do cost money - considerably. If you enjoy this website, please consider a donation to help me keep this running. Thank you very much!
1. Contribute your photographs The most important thing you can do, is to contribute your own photographs and to rate other users photos!
2. Feedback Please, let me know your ideas for new functions, improvements, or simply report on bugs!
3. Donate 12-a-year.net is FREE to use. But the devlopment and maintenance of this website do cost money - considerably. If you enjoy this website, please consider a donation to help me keep this running. Thank you very much!
Privacy Policy
1. Privacy Policy
General
What happens to your personal data when you visit 12-a-year.net?
Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. For more information, please refer to point 2.
Data Collection
The data processing on 12-a-year.net is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the Imprint.
How is your data collected?
Your data is mainly collected when you communicate it to us. This can be data that you enter in a contact form or when creating a user account.
Other data is automatically recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. IP address, Internet browser, operating system or date and time of the page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
How is your data used?
The automatically recorded technical data is primarily collected in order to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior. Data that you provide when creating a user account is used to personalize the website, e.g. to display it in other languages.
What are your rights regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. To do this, contact the address of the operator specified in Imprint .
Analytical and third-party tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This happens primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You will find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration.
2. General information and mandatory information
Privacy Policy
The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
If you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains which data is collected and used and for what purpose.
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
Responsible for this website
The party responsible for data processing on this website is:
Martin Philipps
Burgstr. 24
19055 Schwerin
Phone: +49 162 7801385Email: info@12-a-year.net The party responsible is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.). Revocation of your consent to data processing Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent that you have already given at any time. An informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing that took place up until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority In the event of violations of data protection law, the person concerned has the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: List of Data Protection Officers Right to data portability You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible. SSL or TLS encryption For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses an SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in the address line of your browser. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. Encrypted payment transactions on this website If, after the conclusion of a fee-based contract, there is an obligation to send us your payment data (e.g. account number for direct debit authorization), this data is required for payment processing. Payment transactions using the usual means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in the address line of your browser. With encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. Information, blocking, deletion Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time about this and other questions on the subject of personal data under the Imprint contact us. Objection to advertising mails We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The operator of the site expressly reserves the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising being sent, such as spam e-mails.
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Cookies
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Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you want (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analyzing your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this data protection declaration.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
• IP Address
• Referrer URL
• Browser type and browser version
• operating system used
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of server request
This data will not be merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. (f) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore exclusively based on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations that took place up until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Registration on this site
You can register on our website by creating a user account in order to use additional functions on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will refuse the registration.
We use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you of important changes, such as the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes.
The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO). You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. An informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Registration on this site
You can register on our website by creating a user account in order to use additional functions on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will refuse the registration.
We use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you of important changes, such as the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes.
The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO). You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. An informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on our website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Comment function on this website
For the comment functions on this page, in addition to your comment, information on the time the comment was created and the user name you have chosen will be saved.
Storage time for comments
The comments and the associated data (e.g. date, IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).
Legal basis
The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) DSGVO). You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. An informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as they are necessary for the establishment, content or change of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process and use personal data about the use of our website (usage data) only to the extent necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill them.
The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Data transmission when concluding a contract for services and digital content
We only transmit personal data to third parties if this is necessary in the context of contract processing, for example to the bank commissioned with payment processing.
Any further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. (b) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
4. Social Media
Share content on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
The content on our pages can be shared on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram in accordance with data protection regulations. Contact between these networks and the user is only established when the user actively clicks on one of the buttons.
There is no automatic transmission of user data to the operators of these platforms. If the user is logged into one of the social networks, an information window appears when using the social buttons of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, in which the user can confirm the text before sending it.
Our users can share the content of this page on social networks in compliance with data protection regulations without the network operators creating complete surfing profiles.
5. Analysis tools and advertising
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6. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter . Further data is not collected or only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. (a) DSGVO). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you have canceled the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the members area) remain unaffected.
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