Here at Joyful Pictures we will be trying to make you feel better about the world we live in. We want to celebrate life by highlighting those parts of it that make us happy

And we’ll need your help to do it

Of course, we know that it's not possible to be happy all the time, but there is strong evidence now to show that positive emotion can broaden our attention and thinking, whereas negative emotion tends to narrow our outlook and close down creativity and the generation of ideas. Positive emotions also help us to build durable personal resources, which can be valuable even during and after crisis.

To make this a great site we need your photographs - amateur or professional.  We are looking for photographs that are life-affirming and smile-inducing!  We need the kind of pictures that speak to something deep-down inside us and capture the true emotions of everyday life when we feel optimistic and things go well.  We all have photographs like this - so why not share them on joyfulpictures.com

We aim to upload 1000 uplifting images to make this site take flight.  Our collection grows daily but there is still plenty of opportunity for you to become part of this unique photo site.  And with so much happiness in one place we intend to use the site to generate income for a selection of carefully chosen charities – putting a little happiness back into the world.