Help & Support

What is Aminus3?

Aminus3 is a professional photoblog hosting service that provides an excellent venue for both pro and amateur photographers to showcase their work, while encouraging them to post a new image every day.

The original concept of Aminus3 (pronounced “a minus three”) was born in a dream by Jason Kravitz where the word was associated to the photography concept of bracketing. When you shoot B&W, you take 3 pictures – 1 at the metered exposure, 1 slightly under exposed and 1 slightly over exposed – to have a better chance of achieving the correct lighting.

Translating the dream to the web, Aaron Schmidt turned Aminus3 into a photoblog community website. Originally consisting of just a few friends, the site now encourages creative photographers from around the world to connect, learn and display their photography on a daily basis.

Do you have ideas of where you want Aminus3 to go? We're listening.

What are the rules for using Aminus3?

The use of Aminus3 is subject to our terms & conditions. Beyond that, there are no "rules", per say, but we do politely ask that you respect all members of the Aminus3 community. Do not post comments or images with the intent to offend others.

Creative expression in all its forms is strongly encouraged on Aminus3. With that said, we do reserve the right to remove a comment, an image or an account if deemed to be offensive in nature.

Have fun. Play nice.

Will I have to pay to use Aminus3?

The Aminus3 photoblog service is offered completely free of charge. These services include unlimited image hosting, unlimited bandwidth and unlimited archive/history.

In the future, Aminus3 may offer a premium membership account for a monthly cost that will provide additional features on top of the base functionality. We're still working on the details but either way, it is our intention to have all existing services remain free of charge.

Does Aminus3 have a forum?

The aminus3 forum can be accessed at http://forum.aminus3.com/.

What time does my site change to the next day?

All photoblogs change to the next day at Midnight, Eastern Standard Time (EST, GMT – 5). Major cities that fall into this time zone include Toronto, New York, Havana, Bogotá and Lima.

We understand that members live in other parts of the world and may prefer the date to change at midnight in their local time however a single turnover time was required so that all domains switched at the same time and no one domain had an advantage over any other. Since both creators of Aminus3 were originally from the EST time zone, it seemed as good a choice as any.

How do I create links or bold text using the formatting buttons?

Answer coming soon. Thanks for your patience.