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"Surrealism is embedded in the everyday, in the daily experience." - Katharine Conley

This week the general theme of the article is Infrared Photography. You may know it well for its vision into a dream like world where the trees appear to be fluffy candyfloss and the grass is blue or Orange...Infrared is not as far away from achievable as you might think. This week some wonderful Deviants have shared their infrared views and art to try and help us understand the technique a little better. I rather thought it was time that the infrared community on deviantART had a bit more recognition too!

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Contest!

Check out #Trees-With-character who are holding the Sky is the Limit Contest and think about entering. Why not couple Infrared with trees and make an entry?

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Community Relations News

The Community Relations Newsletter for April is out full of  lots of news and happenings in the community. Check out the link for more info.

This week we say goodbye to `ChewedKandi who has stepped down from her role as a mentor volunteer on deviantART. Drop some love  her way!

The 121st Issue of The LOL Corner is out and well worth checking out for some lulz.

00:28:06 <malevolentman> perverts of america
00:28:08 <malevolentman> UNITE
00:28:09 ** thestripperspole has joined

Once again our Daily Deviation Roundups have been nicely compiled into A blog so you can read with ease!

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Spotlight Deviant *Phostructor

There are many perfectly wonderful dreamy Infrared shots out there - many of which I will share at the end of this article. But *Phostructor explores something a little different.

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Spotlight Group #Abstract-and-Surreal

To edge away from infrared (but only a little) this week I'm spotlighting my very own group! However really the credit goes to the wonderful team over there (which has just grown incredibly) who keep things ticking over and in general make it what it is. The group has folders for traditional, digital and photographical abstract and surreal works including a folder for Infared Photography.







Check out one of our latest blogs The Surrealist written by the fantastic =AFineWar

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Deviants to Check Out This Week

*La-Vita-a-Bella


*PoLazarus2


*DimensionSeven

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Project Educate - Week Off!

#projecteducate is having a quiet week this week with no featured art form. However the schedule has been updated for future weeks bringing us right up until September so check it out Here and see if there's anything you want to get involved with. Check out the Street Week Epilogue!

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General Photography

Community Volunteer ^Kaz-D

Over at #Through-a-Lens the General Photography DD Features are up!




Black and White Stories is a new series of articles from =DianaGrigore which is already proving widely popular.




New Samples of Magic Infrared Photography is out!




Finding Beauty Vol.I is the first of many wonderful articles from *RosleinRot




Transportation Under 1,000 is out from *L0NE-W0lf

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Architecture

Community Volunteer `anmari

$codenamepanther has written an awesome article on Architecture Prints

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Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

The Street Community is having a CONTEST !!!
The "So you think you can street" Photography Contest is well worth checking out!!!

Check out the Complete Project Educate series from `StamatisGR below!
Street Photography Week Overview
"Street": The origins - Defining Street
Street Photography for dummies
Street Photography for experts
52 Street tips from the Masters
dA Street shooters share their tips
Friday night Street Specials v4.4
Deviant Street Books-Inspirational links
PE:"So you think you can Street" Contest

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Urban & Rural

Community Volunteer `fritsvandersloot

The Monthly Urban and Rural news is out! with the exciting news that Mondays will be all about Urban Exploration including features, articles and specific Urban and Rural Daily Deviations!

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#ArtHistoryProject

Community Volunteer lead ^DistortedSmile

Recently `JamminJo has written some excellent articles for #ArtHistoryProject exploring Deaf Artists. In particular it's also worth checking out The Two Sisters - Art History

`JamminJo has set a challenge for all readers to go out and take photographs whilst wearing earplugs - to establish the difference between being able to hear and create - and not. Check out the article for more info.

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Tip of the Week - How do they do it?

This week the tip comes from *MichiLauke who has been a huge asset to the world of infrared on deviantART. One of the biggest questions people have is how can I do that? Well Michael hopefully has some answers...

"If you have a Sony (or another camera model) with a "Night Shot Modus" you should buy a cheap Hongkong Infrared Filter of 950mm at eBay in the correct mm size of your lens and you can make even hand held b-w Infrared."


"If you want to make colorful Infrared Shots use a Hoya r72 filter and a good tripod and do some "quality" tests of your camera. Nikon cameras are the best for infrared shots with a Hoya r72 filter."


"Buy a converted camera for infrared shots. There are many cheap offers all around. They might not be new but are converted!  You can use these cameras like any other cameras. They just will produce Infrared Pictures. Find some IR Tutorials (see below) for color switch editing and your photos will be magic!"

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Featured Tutorials

A video tutorial from ~nxxos which walks you through how the above shot was achieved.

And `gilad has written a fantastic and very informative tutorial which you can find Right Here

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Weekly Features to keep an eye on!

There's so much going on around the community especially for Volunteers that sometimes the awesome news can be missed out. I hope to share any weekly or monthly features that are ongoing here so that you can browse them at your leisure. If you know of something that needs to be listed let me know!

Infrared

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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team -  Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Architecture `anmari

Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

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Groups to check out

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Get Involved...

You can get yourself into Photography Weekly just by sending me a note! Each week I look for:
Spotlight Deviants
Underappreciated Deviants
Spotlight Groups
Photography related news
Themes & Topics
Featured Tutorials
Next weeks theme is Architecture

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April General Photography Daily Deviations

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Want to suggest? Check out my  Guidelines! and remember that `ScENeYmE is currently on hiatus so send your DD suggestions to me or ^Pixel-Spotlight

Previous Photography Daily Deviation Roundups for 2012

Daily Deviations April 2012
Daily Deviations February 2012
Daily Deviations January 2012

Previous Suggested Deviation Features for 2012

General Photography Feature February 2012
General Photography Feature January 2012

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"It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one. - Robert Capa"

The Pulitzer Prize Winning Photos were announced this week and with it a debate was sparked about how best to display the controversial winners. The winning shot is Photo-journalism at it's best - and indeed humanity at its worst. The image depicts a young Afghan girl standing in the midst of the after effects of a bomb explosion. She is covered in blood, and around her lay bodies. Whilst the publication of graphic images has been a tough and much debated topic for some time - the very taking of such photos has sparked cynicism and unrest between many. Photo-journalists much of the time take their lives into their own hands when they document the horrors of this world and probably feel quite patriotic when they get the opportunity to shoot the rather more ordinary but amazing events that go on. What are your thoughts on the matter? Should War be documented publicly? Should images such as Massoud Hossaini's Afghan Explosion be shared? Discuss your opinions in the comments to this article!

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Community Relations News

The biggest news this week is that the wonderful `anmari has taken over Architecture Photography! That means that she is now taking all your DD suggestions for Architecture rather than `fritsvandersloot Why not check out her page, drop her some congratulations and a suggestion or two?!


Official deviantART contests has been updated so you can see what's going on around the site and what you can enter!

#SolutionsSanctuary are holding a fantastic chat this Sunday for all to attend with many members of the CR team attending to do questions and answers. Check out You are invited! for more info!

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Spotlight Deviant *PawelMatys

*PawelMatys has been on deviantART for over two years now and has a charmingly beautiful gallery exploring the depths of Animals, Plants and Nature Photography. Thanks to `miontre for suggesting this weeks spotlight deviant!

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Spotlight Group #Breathtaking-photos

Founded just two months ago this group run by `dragonfly-oli is doing fantastically. It's well worth stopping by and submitting the best of your work for consideration in the galleries!

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  #ArtHistoryProject

The Art History Project has been going some time now headed up by some wonderful members of the volunteer team. It's worth checking out the blog How to get Involved to find out how you can get involved with some articles for the group!


You can also join the group as a member to benefit from the articles that will come your way about Art History!
 

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Deviants to Check Out This Week

~du-jamais-vu


*aoao2

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*JaimeIbarra

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Project Educate - Street Photography Week

Street Photography for Experts
Street Photography Week
Street The Origins: Defining Street
Street Photography for Dummies




_{If you're interested in writing an article for Project Educate's Community weeks then please get in touch!}

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Around the World

A new addition to our weekly articles - I have the pleasure of announcing that a Deviant is about to launch their very first exhibition.

~yanjin's first exhibition launches in May in Brussels. Whilst you might not be able to attend it - it's always worth supporting and passing on the news to someone else if you can. The exhibition  looks to be wonderful so congratulations ~yanjin!

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General Photography

What's Hot Issue Three is out over at #Through-a-Lens and is well worth having a glance over. It explores a mixture of the hottest artists on deviantART this week and a collection of photographers found via the discover tool!

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Abstract & Surreal

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

Are you interested in volunteering within a group? #Abstract-and-Surreal are looking for moderators in the group! Check out the blog for more information on how to apply!

We've unfortunately had to say goodbye to `ArtByCher at the group which is sad - but we're looking to bring on some new faces to try and live up to her awesomeness!




Don't forget to check out `DpressedSoul's latest feature Can Someone please show me the way.

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Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

The Street Community is having a CONTEST !!!
The "So you think you can street" Photography Contest is well worth checking out!!!

Check out the latest #projecteducate article Street Shooters Share their Tips!
"3: Shoot. A lot. Be inside the action, to feel what´s going on with small focal lenght, or step back to realize a worthy context, but never be afraid to press the shutter. Never. You´re doing nothing wrong."

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Urban & Rural

Community Volunteer `fritsvandersloot

`fritsvandersloot brought this fantastic Feature to my attention this week which has been put together by ~Alabastra

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Architecture

Community Volunteer `anmari

As mentioned at the start of the journal `anmari has stepped up to take care of Architecture Photography on the CR Team. You can check out her introductory blog Here!

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Photo-Journalism

Community Volunteer `xbastex

Since today's article focuses a fair bit on Photo-journalism I thought it would be extra nice to share some deviants articles written on the topic. Recently *Andaelentari wrote the When I'm Gone article exploring some excellent PJ Artists.




Don't forget to check out #Street-PJ which collates Photojournalism and Street Photography from around the world.

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There's a brand new edition of Reccomended Artists out from ~bastex

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Artistic Nude & Fetish

Community Volunteer ^Nyx-Valentine

The YOUR Fetish Contest Winners have been announced. Congratulations to the winners!

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Featured Tutorial

The High ISO Low Noise Tutorial is useful for all photographers who struggle with the dreaded noise problem in their shots. Thank you ~Diangos for the tutorial!

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Tip of the Week

This weeks technique comes from ~killythirsk who wrote an article a while ago about Lightpainting
"Lightpainting is a technique in photography by using low shutter speed and a moving light source. The light source is moved by a person or a device so you can acquire an artistic result."


There's also a fantastic ebook promoted in the article (sadly not free) but take a look if you're interested in light painting and night photography - Here!

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Weekly Features to keep an eye on!

There's so much going on around the community especially for Volunteers that sometimes the awesome news can be missed out. I hope to share any weekly or monthly features that are ongoing here so that you can browse them at your leisure. If you know of something that needs to be listed let me know!

Features from *RosleinRot
Deep in Thought by `miontre
Project Comment from ^3wyl
Project Pork Chop from ^Astralseed
Wonderful Wednesday from `JamminJo
Make a differencefrom ^3wyl
Under 1,000 views - Transportation from *L0NE-W0lf

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Weekly Theme: Red!

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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team -  Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D

Architecture: `anmari

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion & General Photography: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

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Groups to check out

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Get Involved...

You can get yourself into Photography Weekly just by sending me a note! Each week I look for:
Spotlight Deviants
Underappreciated Deviants
Spotlight Groups
Photography related news
Themes & Topics
Featured Tutorials
Next weeks theme is Dreams

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“Creative slump - the Photographers equivalent of drought."

Every so often (and for many of us it feels like everyday sometimes!) we fall into a creative slump. It's not a place that the bubbliest most inspiring of people can rise us from. It's a horrible place, where you feel like you'll never be able to recoup that creativity again. But then something changes and you climb back out, you keep drawing, or fractal-ing or taking photographs and you're happy again.

It's funny how when we're creatively over flowing and positively genius's we rarely look back and remember the time when we couldn't envisage being artistic ever again. But equally when we're down and grasping at straws to try and pull ourselves out - we forget the achievements we've made, the times we succeeded. Perhaps it's time to remember both feelings - one extreme to another - maybe that will provide the little lift or equally the little bump back down to earth that we need.

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Community Relations News

The LOL Corner is out and full of LULZ to keep you chuckling. You can note ^deshrubber with suggested dAmniIt quotes that you'd like to see in the next edition!


20:27:49 <lack-of-color> A man walks into a bar
20:28:07 <lack-of-color> He accidentally slices his carotid artery and bleeds to death.
20:28:09 <lack-of-color> Fin.

It's always worth keeping an eye on the regularly updated Bi-Weekly Critique Events Blog to see just what's coming up. The next event is May 2nd and involves a night of critiquing fan art.

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Spotlight Deviant ~msendy

~msendy has the kind of deviations that make you realise beauty lies in absolutely everything - just look at the Food and Drink!. Also within the gallery are some inspiring, crisp portraiture shots well worth checking out!

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Spotlight Group #r72

This group was the first to introduce me to the magic of infrared Photography and with it some fantastic deviants who will be listed this week as ones to check out! #r72 not only helps you to understand infrared photography but also offers a place to showcase your creations.



#r72 have a handy Tutorials folder so you can have a browse and learn just how to create these magical worlds.

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Deviants to Check Out This Week

My all time favourite gentlemen of infrared whom I've known for some time on deviantART now are well worth checking out to find out just what it should look like...

*IngoSchobert


*MichiLauke


*Argolith

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Project Educate - Fetish Photography Week
With ^Nyx-Valentine

Fetish Photography week has started fantastically over at #projecteducate and there are some excellent articles to help educate and broaden your horizons with regards to the gallery. Be sure to check out the contest to Photography YOUR Fetish!
Welcome to Fetish Week!
YOUR Fetish Contest
Fetish ABCs A - D
Photoswithattitude Interview
ABCs of Fetish E - G

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General Photography

Thank you ScENeYmE


If you haven't heard already - where the hell have you been hiding?! `ScENeYmE has been de-hatted and has joined the land of seniors. She's not gone for good though, real life attacked her in the form of college and stuff where she's learning to be even more awesome.  (Psht MOAR awesome? Not possible!) so we bid her farewell. Please drop by her page and thank her for the hard work she's dedicated across the years as a volunteer...

The second edition of What's Hot? is out over at #Through-a-Lens and focuses not only on the trending deviations right now but also on artists found via the Discovery Tool.

From the Forums...

"April Showers bring May Flowers" ^3wyl quotes - and if that's true then we're due fields of them! Check out this Thumbshare on the forums and drop by with your 'Shower' deviations.

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Art History - SUPERGROUP!

The Art History Project is now an awesome supergroup! You can find it over at #ArtHistoryProject If you'd like to get involved in writing some Art History Articles then check out This Blog!

Latest Art History Articles
Street Photography - The Origins
Roman Sculpture
Renaissance: Mannerism
Modernism & Pre-Modern
Modern & Post Modern

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Abstract & Surreal

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

`DpressedSoul has written the latest Who Needs Colour monthly feature.

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Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

Friday night Street Specials v4.2 is out!!!



The Street Community is having a CONTEST !!!
The "So you think you can street" Photography Contest is well worth checking out!!!

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Horror, Macabre & Cosplay

Community Volunteer ^pullingcandy

The A, B, C's of Cosplay this week explores M, N & O. Check out the article for Mario, Mudkipz & Naruto amongst others!

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Photo-Journalism

Community Volunteer `xbastex

Masters of Photography is out once more and delves into French History to showcase a master of advertising and documentary photography from the 1920's. Check it out to find out who!

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Pinup & Glamour

Community Volunteer ^DistortedSmile

LUSH! is out and as always includes some lush artwork!



The April Pinup & Glam Updates are also out and definitely need a read!

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Tricks of the Trade

Courtesy of ^3wyl

From another photographer, to me, to everyone reading this particular
article, here is a trick you can try out with your DSLRs. I say DSLRs
because it will probably take a few tries before you get this the way
you want it to be.

You can make something static look more engaging and exciting by
shooting with a somewhat slow shutter speed and turning the zoom control
of your lens as you click on that button to take the shot.

So, effectively, two things are happening at once: pressing down the button to capture the shot and turning the zoom itself.

Obviously, you need to set your lens to do manual zoom, not auto zoom, and you actually have to have a zoom in the first place.

This will, hopefully, give the photo a bit of a dynamic feel to it.

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Improving Your Photography - Every day we're filter-ing!

A year ago today for my 22nd Birthday I excitedly opened a package that was long, lens shaped, and fragile. But inside was a set of around 30 filters - the kind that thread onto the lens. So naturally joined together they appeared exactly like a lens! I was only disappointed for a few seconds though. Filters are an amazing addition to any photograph and if you can afford a set from Ebay or similar then I strongly urge you to invest and have a play.

Alternatively A lot of filtering can be done in Photoshop or other editing programs such as the examples below...
Before

After

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Weekly Features to keep an eye on!

There's so much going on around the community especially for Volunteers that sometimes the awesome news can be missed out. I hope to share any weekly or monthly features that are ongoing here so that you can browse them at your leisure. If you know of something that needs to be listed let me know!

Wonderful Wednesday from `JamminJo
Project Porkchop from ^Astralseed
Project Comment Interviews from #ProjectComment
Theme of the week: Religion from #ObscuredPhotos
dA love for everyone from `lintu47
Monday Feature from ~Alabastra

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Theme: April

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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

For updates, the full team and moar check out #communityrelations

General Photography: ^Kaz-D

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Architecture, Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

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Groups to check out

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Get Involved...

You can get yourself into Photography Weekly just by sending me a note! Each week I look for:
Spotlight Deviants
Underappreciated Deviants
Spotlight Groups
Photography related news
Themes & Topics
Featured Tutorials
Next weeks theme is Red

The rather awesome `ScENeYmE has stepped down from General Photography - so she deserves all the love and thanks going for her time on the volunteer team. Jen came on board as the Urban And Rural CV shortly after I joined the team back in September of 2010 so she's been a pretty awesome long time serving volunteer. She became a mentor last year so has been uber extra awesome since then, if that's even possible. We've moaned together, fought over Daily Deviations together and just in general she's been there at the end of Skype (!) for me when I've needed it - so she deserves to be especially thanked for keeping ^Kaz-D sane.
We shall miss her greatly! In the meantime, she's not going anywhere so keep an eye on her on deviantART and if you have wordpress or email (everyone does have email right!!?) then sign up for her blog updates - [link]

Luff Choo Jen!

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“If life were a camera, I'd have the lens cap on.”
― Charles M. Schulz

I lacked the inspiration for any words for the article today, so I googled Photography under News and came up with something pretty amazing. Photography, it says, can be an ideal tool to give a voice to those who need it most, people on the margins of society, or who have little access to mass modes of outside communication. Photo-journalism goes some way to documenting those who can't document themselves, but how different would it be if they could do it? What would they photograph if they were stood behind the view finder looking forwards at their own lives? And equally - what would we photograph about ourselves?

PhotoVoice is a charity that was formed about ten years ago and is now well known for its commitment to training and developing the knowledge of those members of communities who are living through issue. The charity not only works on a world wide scale, but starts at home too. Home being for me, England. In London there are currently projects for the under 25s to explore the causes and consequences of gun crime and knife culture - through photography. Photovoice was something I didn't know existed - but now that it does, I think it's fantastic. You can read the Full Article Here!

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Community Relations News

A whole new world is a contest freshly launched by #communityrelations and is worth checking out and entering!
"This contest challenges deviantART's extraordinary cosplayers to put on their cosplay and share with us their interactions in today's world. You could be a Yoda cosplayer, or the whole Disney crew! We'd love to see what you can come up with in your town!"

The Gallery Description project is worth familiarizing yourself with to find out what's going on within the galleries and what the project entails!

Don't forget to keep an eye on Bi-weekly Critique nights because the Photo-Manipulation Critique night is coming up next week on the 18th of April. Check out the blog for more info!

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Spotlight Deviant ~Studioxil

~Studioxil are a fantastic team made up of Alexey and Julie. Their work is unique, breath-takingly beautiful and artfully arranged that it's impossible not to feel hungry and amazed at the same time.

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Spotlight Group ~PhotographyPortraits

A group that allows you to auto join and aims to help you promote your Photography Portraits! Check it out and get involved right now!

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Deviants to Check Out This Week

~weltraum


~SolMay


`larafairie

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General Photography

*L0NE-W0lf does some absolutely beautiful general Photography features which I just have to share with you... check out Feature IV for some beautiful photography!

I've started a feature over at #Through-a-Lens which aims to promote some of our more popular deviants and newly uploaded deviations through the article What's Hot?!

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Conceptual Photography

Community Volunteer `DemonMathiel

Matthias has written the fourth issue of The Power of Ideas a conceptual article that explores some beautiful photography hopefully that will inspire.

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Abstract & Surreal

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

Congratulations go to our very own `DpressedSoul for achieving a Daily Deviation in Urban Exploration for the following piece...


We've not much news from the gallery this time around but check out ~daisicalolliwog's wonderful article on Abstract Photography - Bright as Yellow
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Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

The Street Community is having a CONTEST !!!
The "So you think you can street" Photography Contest is well worth checking out!!!


Friday night Street Specials v4.1 is also out! Check it out to see some informative examples of Street Photography!

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Photo-Journalism

Community Volunteer `xbastex

Reccommended Artists Part VI is out and introduces two wonderful photo-journalists that are worth checking out!

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Featured Tutorial

A guide to editing with a vintage style from the awesome `miontre

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Weekly Features to keep an eye on!

There's so much going on around the community especially for Volunteers that sometimes the awesome news can be missed out. I hope to share any weekly or monthly features that are ongoing here so that you can browse them at your leisure. If you know of something that needs to be listed let me know!

Nature Feature from *L0NE-W0lf
A stormy Feature from `miontre
Making a Difference from ^3wyl
dA Love for Everyone Issue #4 from `lintu47
Watchers Feature #23 from ~Alabastra
Some of the best from =HamidQureshi

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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team -  Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D
(`ScENeYmE on hiatus see ^Pixel-Spotlight)

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Architecture, Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion & General Photography: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

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Groups to check out

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Thanks to `DemonMathiel `anmari ^3wyl

Get Involved...

You can get yourself into Photography Weekly just by sending me a note! Each week I look for:
Spotlight Deviants
Underappreciated Deviants
Spotlight Groups
Photography related news
Themes & Topics
Featured Tutorials
Next weeks theme is April

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“ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."
– Henri Cartier-Bresson

Lots of people quote the above at me when I start to moan that I've taken a billion photographs on a specific day and none of them turned out to be worth anything. The truth is you might take a thousand or you might take 4 photographs before you unearth something that's recognized, liked and respected. It doesn't matter either way because you're creating first and foremost for yourself. When you start to take money for your hobby is when you need to look at technique, skills and actual finished product to ensure that you are meeting the sort of quality criteria needed. So whilst the quote is a famous thought - provoking one - it isn't necessarily true!

With the Seventeenth edition of Photography weekly upon us I'd like to just emphasize that the support given is wonderful, the feedback is fantastic and the general stats on each article posted are mind blowing. I love seeing that spotlight deviants and groups get an increase in traffic - it means something must be working. But I rarely get anything from The Community in terms of promoting your work or others work, and getting your Photography related news out there. If you're unsure how to get involved check the end of this article for full details - and start noting me!

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Community Relations News

Since it's the end of the month the regular Daily Deviation Roundups have been compiled over at #communityrelations Check out the article to find links to all the roundups of Daily Deviations given across March!

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Contests

#BlackWhitePhotos are holding a Spring Contest
#communityrelations are sponsoring the deviantART Related Collaboration Contest which is open to ALL mediums on deviantART.
`StamatisGR is hold the Street Photography Contest
~TheConceptBox are hosting a contest along the theme of Grateful!

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Spotlight Deviant ~csbazsek

Recommended by the Urban, Rural & Architecture CV `fritsvandersloot this deviant is one to check out! You may have noticed him last month when his fantastic piece Squares received a Daily Deviation.

~csbazsek explores the things that we overlook everyday turning them into minimalistic

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Spotlight Group #Colorblast

Within this group the gallery folders are organised by color - and deviations are automatically accepted. Founded just a week ago but with more than 400 members already #Colorblast is proving vastly popular amongst deviants. What are you waiting for?! Head over and join!

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Deviants to Check Out This Week

~TouchedD


*RobinHedberg


~dSavin


*AlexGutkin

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Project Educate - Community Week

It's community week over at #projecteducate  and the fantastic deviants that have been writing articles have brought some wonderful bits of advice and features to the community's attention. The Photography related articles include How to promote your art and Under=Appreciated Artists Photography but if you're looking for anything else head over and see what takes your fancy!

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General Photography

This week `ScENeYmE and I have put together our Daily Deviations featured across the month of March. Here you can see all the pieces last month that were awarded a Daily Deviation. I also like to put together a selection each month of Suggested Daily Deviations to expose a few of the under-appreciated artists sent my way as well as those who have recently received a DD and so cannot get another for six months!

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Abstract & Surreal

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

Follow me Down to the Valley Below is this week's fantastic feature from `DpressedSoul




*MichiLauke over at #Abstract-and-Surreal has put together a feature exploring samples of magical infrared photographs. Check it out!

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Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

The Street Community is having a CONTEST !!!
The "So you think you can street" Photography Contest is well worth checking out!!!




Over in the forums *jonniedee is asking for your Street Photography Horror Stories!

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Horror, Macabre & Cosplay

Community Volunteer ^pullingcandy

The A, B, C's of Cosplay   this week focus on J, K & L. The article includes Jigglypuff & Lara Croft amongst other awesome cosplay photos!

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Artistic Nude & Fetish

Community Volunteer ^Nyx-Valentine

The Wednesday Feature this week explores Legs! Yep that's right Check it out.

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Featured Tutorial

This week I'd like to share a fantastic tutorial from !Goodfoot42 who has some beautiful landscapes in his gallery. The tutorial explores using an ND Filter and is over at his blog right Here!
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Weekly Features to keep an eye on!

There's so much going on around the community especially for Volunteers that sometimes the awesome news can be missed out. I hope to share any weekly or monthly features that are ongoing here so that you can browse them at your leisure. If you know of something that needs to be listed let me know!

Colour Blind VI Absolutely BEAUTIFUL from *Blaumohn
Photography Feature V from =Shutter-Shooter
Weekly Feature 34 from `lintu47

Nature Feature from *L0NE-W0lf
Project Comment's Under appreciated Feature from ^3wyl
Making a Difference from ^3wyl
Weekly Photography Feature from `lintu47
Square Feature from ~Alabastra

Happy Easter!

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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team -  Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D
(`ScENeYmE on hiatus see ^Pixel-Spotlight)

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Architecture, Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion & General Photography: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

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Groups to check out

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Get Involved...

You can get yourself into Photography Weekly just by sending me a note! Each week I look for:
Spotlight Deviants
Underappreciated Deviants
Spotlight Groups
Photography related news
Themes & Topics
Featured Tutorials
Next weeks theme is Blue

General Photography Daily Deviations from ^Kaz-D March 2012

General Photography Daily Deviations from `ScENeYmE March 2012

Want to suggest? Check out my  Guidelines! and remember that `ScENeYmE is currently on hiatus so send your DD suggestions to me or ^Pixel-Spotlight

Previous Photography Daily Deviation Roundups for 2012

Daily Deviations February 2012
Daily Deviations January 2012

Previous Suggested Deviation Features for 2012

General Photography Feature February 2012
General Photography Feature January 2012

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“Photoshop is just like makeup. When it’s done well it looks great, and when it’s overdone you look like a crazy asshole.”

Photoshop. You either love it, hate it or don't know because you can't afford it. As well as there being some fantastic tutorials out there to help you learn how to get the most from your work - I recently discovered Photoshop Actions.   There are plenty here on deviantART to help you enhance your work in the most intriguing of ways. I had an experiment this week and found that the results were just amazing. Browse PS Actions yourself here on deviantART and see what you can find. The actions are fairly straightforward to use. You just download it and then install it into your actions pane on Photoshop. Most of them have a mini tutorial attached to help with that. Let's see the results!

If you don't have access to Photoshop there are many free programs that can help you enhance you work. Picasa is a fairly basic but simple to use program from Google that enables you to bring your photographs in to personal albums and roughly edit them with the basics. Selective colouring is available although it's a bit rough around the edges - black and white, sepia, other effects and tone changes can be done with this program. If you want something a bit more advanced and akin to Photoshop on some levels then try out Gimp!

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Community Relations News

As always it's best to join #communityrelations to get the latest news updates and information. But so that nothing is missed let me share with you the latest news which involves spotlighting artists. The third edition is out now so check it out Here!
The Artisan Crafters have launched a fantastic contest all about Childhood Memories. And Finally The Literature CR Update is out!

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Spotlight Deviant ~nickwhite73

Nick has been here for just three months but has already made a sound impression on the Abstract and Surreal Community Volunteer who has reccomended this weeks spotlight deviant.

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Spotlight Group #TheStreetJournal

Founded just 1 month ago #TheStreetJournal is proving quietly popular amongst the deviants. It has a fantastic team with newly appointed Photo-Journalism Community Volunteer heading up the group as Founder. If you're into street photography and photo-journalism then join this group to showcase your work and enjoy the work of others!
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Deviants to Check Out This Week

~Izaaaaa


=yvART


*LullabyOfLilly

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Project Educate - Typography

Community Volunteer ^pica-ae

Be sure to keep an eye on Typography Week over at #projecteducate
If you want to get involved next week then do note the group - read this blog to find out how you can contribute to Community Week

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General Photography

Fast Car is the beginning of a series of gentle featuring - picking at random some of the highlights from the Photography Gallery in the past month but by using selective keywords. This week it's Fast Car from Tracy Chapman with Sun & Belonging as the theme.
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The Relaxation Contest hosted by #Through-a-Lens is ending soon so be sure to get your entries in!


General Photography DD Features is out once again and explores the Daily Deviations awarded in General Photography between 18th and 24th of March. Congratulations everyone!


And finally the awesome `AshleyxBrooke is hosting a Photo Hunt Event which you can find out all the details for Right Here! it begins on 21st of April!

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Abstract & Surreal

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

Moja-Mojais an article featuring a rather cute (yes cute!) little monster.


Reasons To Hide is a feature coupled with lyrics from Neurosis - Reasons to Hide.

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Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

The Street Community is having a CONTEST !!!
The "So you think you can street" Photography Contest is well worth checking out!!!

And of course Friday night Street Specials v3.4 explores some fantastic Street Photography as always.

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Horror, Macabre & Cosplay

Community Volunteer ^pullingcandy

The A, B, C's of Cosplay are out once again this time exploring the letters G, H & I.

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Photo-Journalism

Community Volunteer `xbastex

Reccomended Artists Part V showcases some spectacular artists from the Photo-journalism gallery. Check it out for some inspiration and deviants to watch!

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Artistic Nude & Fetish

Community Volunteer ^Nyx-Valentine

This week the feature focuses on Belts! Check it out to see some fantastic works featuring belts.

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Featured Tutorial

Keeping in line with the theme of Photoshop this week the featured tutorial is a Photoshop Action from *EliseEnchanted

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Weekly Features to keep an eye on!

There's so much going on around the community especially for Volunteers that sometimes the awesome news can be missed out. I hope to share any weekly or monthly features that are ongoing here so that you can browse them at your leisure. If you know of something that needs to be listed let me know!

Nature Feature from *L0NE-W0lf
Project Comment's Under appreciated Feature from ^3wyl
Making a Difference from ^3wyl
Weekly Photography Feature from `lintu47
Square Feature from ~Alabastra






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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team -  Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D 
(`ScENeYmE on hiatus see ^Pixel-Spotlight)

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Architecture, Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion & General Photography: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

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Groups to check out

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Get Involved...

You can get yourself into Photography Weekly just by sending me a note! Each week I look for:
Spotlight Deviants
Underappreciated Deviants
Spotlight Groups
Photography related news
Themes & Topics
Featured Tutorials
Next weeks theme is Easter so send me your Deviations

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"...And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone,
be someone, be someone..."

- Tracy Chapman - Fast Car -

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“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
― Margaret Atwood

In the UK Spring is most definitely here. And with it comes a plethora of Photo-graphical opportunities. Whilst there are the flowers, trees and in particular blossoms coming into bloom there are also the youngsters. Baby Animals! Birds beginning to nest and in general it seems - an influx of human babies too! There is no shortage of opportunities to take a photo at this time of year here and there are some useful tips to get you out and about making the most of the season...

Use sunrises and sunsets - the lightest part of the day at lunchtime and the dusky evenings to capture spring landscapes at their best. Utilize the foggy mornings with sun streaming through too! Avoid white light - at this time of year it's incredibly harsh and doesn't do much to enhance your photos. And also keep your tripod close to hand! When trying to get those intricate close up shots of leaves and petals, or a flower swaying in the breeze - you'll need some kind of camera support! This article from What Digital Camera explores more...

Community Relations News

$Moonbeam13 has posted an article about The Scrap Trap which is well worth having a read of because submitting photography to deviantART is affected. It's excellent news!

Pimps and Whoas for March has also been posted and includes lots of fantastic goings on in the community. The theme this month was Green - if you want to participate in next months theme check it out in the article and share your work for a chance to get featured!

Last week Photography Weekly focused on Urban Exploration and this week I saw a fantastic article pop up in my inbox - check out The Dead Places.



And finally Artists Spotlight Vol II is out and some lovely Photographers have been featured!

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Spotlight Deviant

~nile-can-too has a beautiful Gallery full of a mix of conceptual work coupled with simple vantage points of the world. You won't be disappointed if you stop by and have a browse.

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Spotlight Group #ahorafotografia

"Group for photographers worldwide
Our aim is to promote photographic works by artists from around the world."

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Deviants to Check Out This Week

=yvART


~sdfphotography


~Kemulin

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Project Educate - Stock & Resources

Community Volunteers `Dan-Heffer & ^Elandria

Stock & Resources can be incredibly important to the Photographer from photoshop curves to being able to put your own shots out there as Stock. An image you might think is completely useless could be the fantastic backdrop to an awesome manipulation that somebody else could create. Drop by #projecteducate this week and see what Dan and Elandria have to offer you! There's a fantastic competition going on too. In the meantime if you're interested in creating stock or you're looking then check out #resurgere or #Shopping-for-stock



Stock and Resources DD Criteria!

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Abstract & Surreal

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

#Abstract-and-Surreal have produced another beautiful article exploring Abstract Photography and Blue. You can check it out right Here!

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Urban & Rural & Architecture

Community Volunteer `fritsvandersloot

Keep sending your Daily Deviation suggestions `fritsvandersloot's way - Remember he handles both Urban, Rural and Architecture Photography.
I came across this beautiful article whilst browsing today - Alabastra's Architecture, Urban & Rural Feature which explores a wide range of artist's work and spotlights an undiscovered talent from ~kpavlis

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People & Portraits - Pin Up & Glamour

Community Volunteer ^DistortedSmile

Last week ^DistortedSmile shared with us Irish Lush in celebration of St Patrick's Day!

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Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

Friday night Street Specials v3.3 is out and additionally `StamatisGR has some exciting news to share from the Street Community!
~nfilipevs Nuno Silva from Portugal is in the shortlist for the International Street Photography Award of 2012 You can find a bit more out about it Here but huge congratulations to one of our community for being shortlisted 50 out of 2400 Photographers!

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Macro

Community Volunteer `hellfirediva

The Macro Gallery is looking for your thoughts on its future! Check out This blog and leave your feedback!

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Horror, Macabre & Cosplay

Community Volunteer ^pullingcandy

The A, B, C's of Cosplay is out once again. Death Note, Dr Who and Final Fantasy are part of the areas explored in this article!

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Photo-Journalism

Community Volunteer `xbastex

A fantastic and poignant article has been put together exploring Photo-journalism & Floods The statistics attached to the article are just startling. "Between 1975 and 2000, over 170 thousand people were killed by floods. Flooding kills people in every region of the world." Check out the images included too.

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Artistic Nude & Fetish

Community Volunteer ^Nyx-Valentine

This week ^Nyx-Valentine asks who YOU would like to see interviewed in the Fetish Community. Ever wondered what makes somebody tick? Go on over and check out the Poll. The Wednesday Feature
 this week was along the theme of Red.

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Featured Tutorial

Again we go back to :devlievheersbeestje: for her awesome tutorials this week!

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Weekly Features to keep an eye on!

There's so much going on around the community especially for Volunteers that sometimes the awesome news can be missed out. I hope to share any weekly or monthly features that are ongoing here so that you can browse them at your leisure. If you know of something that needs to be listed let me know!
Weekly Feature from Lintu47 Vol 31
Weekly Feature from Lintu47 Vol 32

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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team -  Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D  
(`ScENeYmE on hiatus see ^Pixel-Spotlight)

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Architecture, Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion & General Photography: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

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Groups to check out

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Get Involved...

You can get yourself into Photography Weekly just by sending me a note! Each week I look for:
Spotlight Deviants
Underappreciated Deviants
Spotlight Groups
Photography related news
Themes & Topics
Featured Tutorials

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"Take Only Photographs, Leave Only Footprints." - Urban Explorers Creed

Sometimes it's easy to forget the things around us that were once iconic and useful. In everyday life that could include a multitude of household objects, bits and bobs, clothes, gadgets - all sorts. But in Photography - a specific aspect of Photography - people close doors and board up buildings sometimes with little or no notice. They erect a fence around that old asylum and ship everything out or they install security guards at the boundaries of an army camp. Those places get forgotten and one day there will be nobody left that will remember them. That's where Urban Exploration comes in.

I'm not telling you to go out and scale the wall of your nearest derelict hospital in the name of photography. It takes a certain kind of person (and agility!) to do that anyway, but there are many depths to Urban Exploration some which are misunderstood or overlooked. You can get those shots without trespassing, breaking in, or doing damage. In fact one of the biggest rules of the urban explorer is as I quoted above - Take only photographs, leave only footprints. The idea is to capture for the sense of preservation.

A year or so ago I would never have dreamt that I would be wandering around an abandoned hospital with my camera, finding beauty in rotten decaying things. I never thought I would be crawling around in an abandoned army camp or standing on the edge of a cliff on the Isle of Wight taking photographs of a house that was falling into the sea. If you'd asked me a year ago, if I would even consider walking down a landslip with camera in tow - I'd have laughed. _manically

The point is, lots of things are there for the shooting - you don't have to take risks or put yourself in danger to be an urban explorer . In Hampshire UK, where I live - many places are so accessible you can pull up in your car, jump out and shoot something amazing... At the bottom of this article you'll find some useful links to take you to urbex forums in your country (mostly) and some awesome resources!

Some of you might not be aware that you can suggest Urban Exploration pieces for Daily Deviations - send them to `fritsvandersloot You can also upload your own to the gallery found Here!

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General Photography News

The rather fantastical `ScENeYmE is going on a little Hiatus for a few weeks so head over and give her some luff. This means that I would have been on my lonesome with the General Photography Galleries had the awesome ^Pixel-Spotlight not existed! She's stepping in to help feature Daily Deviations for General Photography so send your DD suggestions to myself and her please!

Project Educate

There are just a few days left to enter the Project Educate Photography contest on Beauty! Lots of awesome prizes to be won. Check out the rules though.

Also over at Community Week this week `JamminJo has posted  a Groups directory that is well worth checking out. And =Echostar08 has introduced the famed Link System!

Photographers Wanted over in `AshleyxBrooke's forum post. Ashley is planning to start up a Feature Friday news article and invites you to post thumbs of your work. Be sure to read the guidelines though!

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Spotlight Deviant ~victoriaaudouard

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~victoriaaudouard is one of those photographers that beautifully combines Conceptual thoughts with Surrealist techniques. Recommended by the Abstract and Surreal Community Volunteer himself ~victoriaaudouard is certainly an artist to keep an eye on.

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Spotlight Group #Urban-and-Rural

I did try finding a group with a focus of Urban Exploration but all the ones that I did find appear to be inactive - some having journals posted from back in 2010! So the spotlight this week is on #Urban-and-Rural

A group with all the gallery folders that span the Urban and Rural Photography Galleries including one especially for your Urbex shots


Don't forget to check out their latest spotlight...Member Feature with Geolio!

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Photo-Journalism

Community Volunteer `xbastex

There are two fantastic articles out by `xbastex that explore masters of photography. Be sure to check them out and keep sending your photo-journalism DD suggestions his way.
Masters of Photography Part I
Masters of Photography Part II

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Conceptual Photography

Community Volunteer `DemonMathiel

A rather beautiful article has been put together by the wonderful Mathias so be sure to check out Jewels Of the Night

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Abstract And Surreal Photography

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

A new article is out over at #Abstract-and-Surreal which explores Abstract Photography - Diagonal Lines




#WhoNeedsColour's monthly feature is Out!

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People & Portraits

Community Volunteers ^Kaz-D ^Pixel-Spotlight (Fashion) and ^DistortedSmile (Pinup and Glamour).

A beautiful article exploring Masculine Beauty was brought to my attention this week.

Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

This week `StamatisGR has reccomended a fantastic Street Photographer to keep your eye on. ^myraincheck has a wonderful gallery with some fine examples of the type of photography that makes street photography what it is.




There is also some useful news to share from the Street Gallery Friday night Street Specials v3.2 is out again and the LIGHTHOUSE GALLERY
by the #The-Yard-Collective group is worth looking at!

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Artistic Nude and Fetish

Community Volunteer ^Nyx-Valentine

The Wednesday Feature this week explores Artistic Nude and Fetish Portraits with Tattoos.

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Horror, Macabre and Cosplay

Community Volunteer ^pullingcandy

Cosplay news includes The A, B, C's of Cosplay by ^pullingcandy worth having a look at and joining in with suggestions!


Horror/Macabre updates include Serenade Me, Sinister: Florence and the Machine.

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Deviants to check out this week

Each week several deviants will get featured whose work follows the majority of a specific theme. This week it's Black and White Photography!

~kevinsaintgrey




`SimonSawSunlight




*lostknightkg

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This Weeks Tutorial

from `cweeks
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Useful Urban Exploration Forums:

Urbex Forum UK
Whatevers Left UK
28 days Later UK
Forbidden Places Worldwide
Derelict Places - UK
Everything Goes Quiet - Blog
Interview with `Greenie - Urban Exploration Photographer by ^ScENeYme
Sick Britain
Canada Based Urban Exploration Forum
New Zealand Forum
American Forum
Polish Site

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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team -  Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D  
(`ScENeYmE on hiatus see ^Pixel-Spotlight)

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Architecture, Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion & General Photography: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

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Groups to Check Out

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"The quickest way to make money from Photography is to sell your camera"

Noticeably in the past few weeks, more and more people seem to be speaking up and making noise at the fact that aren't making money from their photography. There's no doubt about it - Photography starts out as a hobby. You don't one day pick up a camera and decide that you are going to be a pro and get given your first paycheck. It's one of those unique hobbies where you get a gentle introduction around age 10 with your first proper camera (haha) and the rest is History. Whatever you make it really.  You can't say that about most professions.

Putting yourself out there is something I've been trying to hammer home the past week, you'll have noticed my ramble if you read last weeks edition of Photography weekly. Getting paid for it is another matter. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices. Sometimes, you might not get paid for what you do. You can always wrangle something from a photo shoot be it a mention on a website, name spread by word of mouth, whatever. It doesn't always have to be money, getting known is far more important.

If you want to make fast money from Photography though - chances are your only option to begin with is to sell your camera

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Community Relations News

New Faces have joined the team which means new people to go and bother!
International Woman's Day happened yesterday and there is a blog celebrating all the articles written by Community Volunteers for the occasion.

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General Photography News

Community Volunteers ^Kaz-D and `ScENeYmE

`ScENeYmE has written the latest article Photography Discovered! Have you checked out the Discovery Tool?

Women's Day is an article that explores art from the Photography gallery that features all sorts of women from across the world.


Darkroom
Don't forget Photography -> Darkroom is still looking for a CV! So check out FAQ #85: Can I be a volunteer on deviantART? and apply if you're interested!

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Photo-journalism

Community Volunteer `xbastex

`xbastex has joined the team to take care of Photo-journalism. So do you have a few suggestions for daily deviations? Send Photo-journalism his way - he doesn't bite! His guidelines can be found on his front page.

    

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Abstract & Surreal

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

International Women's Day Feature is an article that features female Abstract and Surreal Photographers across deviantART.

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The Man Who Didn't Know He'd Lost his Mind is another fantastic article from the Abstract and Surreal Community.
"What can I tell you you haven't heard a hundred times
About the man who didn't know he'd lost his mind?"

Abstract Photography - Minimalism is an excellent article put together by ~daisicalolliwog exploring Minimalist Art with some beautiful examples.

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Urban, Rural and Architecture

Community Volunteer `fritsvandersloot

  
It's Urban, Rural and Architecture Photography week over at #projecteducate so be sure to pop over and join the group for all the latest updates! Here's a peek at what's happened so far...
Architecture Photography
Urban and Rural Photography
Exploring Architecture

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Project Educate - Your Turn...Again!

Next week is a Community based week again and if you want to write an article, share info about a group or generally educate the community in some way, shape or form then it's not too late to get involved! Just send me a note! Here's a preview of what you can expect next week:
Photography Based Contest
Educational blogs from  `Talty exploring Food and Polymer Clay
Typography Features
An Interview with =popoks
White Balance Tips and Hints
Plus much more!

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Conceptual Photography

Community Volunteer `DemonMathiel

The Power of Ideas is a special edition article written by `DemonMathiel in honour of Women's Day.

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Horror, Macabre and...Cosplay

Community Volunteer ^pullingcandy

Check out March Madness if you have any suggestions to help ^pullingcandy do the A, B, C's of Cosplay!

Serenade me Sinister this time around uses Disturbia by Rihanna.

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Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

Friday Night Specials is out again so pull up a chair and have a browse of some fantastic street photography work.

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Spotlight Group

Following on from Last week's tutorial on Bokeh - I am introducing #Beautiful-Bokeh a group run by two amazing photographers that has been created purely for bokeh lovers.

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Spotlight Artist

This week we're focusing on Animals, Plants and Nature for our spotlight artist. I'd like to introduce ~struller who is a photographer based in Germany.





I was lucky enough to stumble across his work after popping over to ~dAPN this morning. Coincidentally I found that their monthly theme is Green Check out This Blog for more info!

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Deviants to Check Out This Week

*BritLawrence has some fantastic photography but this week her boyfriend brought this piece to my attention. Wonderful!


=AFineWar has some absolutely beautiful photoshop actions to use with CS5.5 so it's well worth having a wander over and seeing if anything takes your fancy. Remember to stick to the rules

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Tip of the Week

This week the featured tutorial is about portrait lighting. I've had a quick look through it myself and it's actually incredibly useful!





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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team  - Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D & `ScENeYmE

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg and `shuttermonkey

Architecture, Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre: ^pullingcandy

Macro: `hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR  

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Groups to Check Out

International Women's Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women's achievements throughout history and across nations. It is also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women's Rights and International Peace.




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