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A photograph is memory in the raw. - Carrie Latet

I recently spent some time (okay maybe hours!) exploring a photographic exhibition on the Isle of Wight - England. I had known that the exhibition existed for some years, but had never really ventured over there. It was held in the home and studio of a celebrated Victorian Photography - Julia Margaret Cameron. However it did include a nice variety of works - photographs from Dorothy Bohm who put together the book A world observed and a collection of shots taken at the famed 1970s Isle of Wight Pop Festival. It included images of Jimi Hendrix who performed at the festival just three weeks before his death. The images collated and exhibited were fascinating. But what really struck me was how far we had come in terms of camera equipment.

This was donated to the Margaret Cameron Trust by Graham Ovenden and was subsequent

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"Why are YOU reading this?"
-This- little bit of space right up here at the top of the weekly Photography Article is usually filled with a newsworthy topic, or a question. And it nearly always gets ignored!! So many of you look at this article, favourite it and comment on it - but what are you looking at it for? Are you gazing at the images? The news? The links? You're certainly not looking at the paragraph right up here that can sometimes be the juiciest bit of the whole article!! As a reader, you're important. Without your input and without positive stats, this article would dwindle - so it's here for you. Tell me what you want to see...

More Images

More discussion

Bi-weekly instead of weekly

Something else
Many of you will know of Gimp - and many likely use the editing program which has been considered a freee condensed version of Photoshop. Well G

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"Creativity, like human life itself - begins in Darkness "
-Julia Cameron."
I read a very interesting article this week debating Photography Vs Literature and which one of the two tells us more. Of course there is always the element that a picture could be accompanied by words but neither aspect is enough to tell a whole story. But as the article says, Photography has become a universal constant in the world today and is accessible to nearly everybody. Yet many still believe that only pure narration can truly tell a story. What are your thoughts? As Photographers we can choose to limit what we tell or show with a photograph, we can even mislead. Can we convey more with words? Or more with an image? You could describe a person with words but never truly give an accurate picture of who they are visually without a photograph...

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“Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.”

― Mark Twain
The sky is so often underestimated in terms of Photography that I felt compelled to give it a bit of love and talk about it in this weeks article. I've been following UK Storm Chasers on facebook who have been documenting the arrival of the 'demon child of Nadine' as it has been deemed. Hurricane Nadine is still out there in the Atlantic Ocean spinning around and preparing to send the UK another demon child (which is really just a tropical storm to us) and with it comes a plethora of opportunities to snap some stunning skies and horizons. But do we appreciate the sky enough? I don't think we do. When was the last time you stopped shooting at eye level and looked up? Often, there's nothing there - but often too, there's something worth capturing. The general rule when capturing la

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"Replace Fear of the Unknown with Curiosity..."
As the year crawls into the final quarter - lots of challenges and daily photo tasks and so on begin to conclude. I have personally been challenging myself with the 365 Photography challenge - a photo a day for a whole year. It has been tricky to say the least, especially as I set myself a high standard of capturing more than one Photo a day - but also rewarding. Setting yourself a challenge, whether it's following the 52 week photography challenges that are out there, or doing a themed challenge such as 365 breakfasts - is a great way of expanding on your portfolio. Whilst it sometimes means that you struggle to find anything interesting to photograph or share, on the days that you do, you're one step closer to building another aspect of your portfolio.
Next week in Photography Troubleshooting - we will be looking at Money Matters and so

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"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
-William Shakespeare
Basking in the glory of finally getting recognised for your hard efforts and photographic skill is pretty awesome and at the start of this week I took the opportunity to enjoy *Fuzzypiggy's after he got published in a UK Photography Magazine. It's really nice when something like that happens and the knowledge that across the country - and because of deviantART and other networks - across the world, people are looking at your work. And if you're me, smiling! I once stumbled across *lauren-rabbit's work in Black and White Photography Magazine and was truly proud that somebody I had found here on deviantART was here in my mag! So have you been published? Has your work received any recognition that makes you proud? What are your tips to getting out there and having your work showcased?

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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!
Contest!

Check out #Trees-With-character who are holding the Sky is the Limit Contest and think about

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“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”

―
Karl Lagerfeld
This week I spied an awesome topic in *Fuzzypiggy's journal and knew instantly that it was what I would talk about for edition twenty eight. "Underground train system bosses are set to ban all photos under new proposals that have angered photographers.." You can read the full article for yourself here but I would love to get some discussion going amongst us all as to whether or not the proposed ban would effect you. I'm personally quite pleased that the latest articles report a U-turn in the proposals so it doesn't look

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"Make your lives extraordinary”

― John Keating
Lilly McElroy throws herself at men in the name of Photography. That is quite literally, what she does. And when I stumbled across the article this week I was tickled to read more into her project and the profoundness behind it all. Lilly initially started out on Craigslist, trying to find men to throw herself at but unfortunately she didn't get much response. In the end she went public, approaching men in pubs and clubs to try and recreate that social situation where so many throw themselves at strangers with such ease (and often with not much grace).
Check out her full gallery of works Here.
Copyright Lilly Mcelroy
Lilly pursues a range of socially

November Daily Deviation RoundupsOnce again we've compiled a blog of all of our Daily Deviation Roundups so that you can browse the articles much easier! Enjoy

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"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase"
- Percy W. Harris
The other week, a piece of my writing was selected for a Daily Literature Deviation. If you're curious you can see the article here. I was humbled by that, but my reason for mentioning it in Photography Bi-weekly is that *0hgravity then highlighted a website to me that I found absolutely fascinating. It's soul purpose is to highlight Endangered Languages through Photography. 3170 lens are capturing the people who hold the key to the worlds most secret languages. Once again something like this highlights the complete and utter importance of Photography and reminds us of how far we've come, and how much we can do from mobile ph

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"Which of my photographs is my favorite?
The one I'm going to take tomorrow." ~ Imogen Cunningham
I'm loving jars this month. I'm not sure why, other than the fact that I saw some set up at a craft fair that I had a table at, and I just fell in love with them. A couple of large jars with some fairy lights nestled in them - the effect was immense. It was so simple too! Sadly the people weren't actually selling the lights, but once I'd made a little profit on my sales, I went over clutching my ten pound note and picked out a few. So I was delighted to see that on Flipboard today, there was an article exploring 19 great photos of jars. If you're stuck for inspiration, grab a jam jar (take the jam out first maybe) and start shooting. Shoot things through them, around them, in them - get creative! Jars are awesome.

General Ph

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"“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
- Erich Fromm
Weather Photography has always fascinated me - the weather in general does anyway, but capturing those changes, shifts in atmosphere and so on have always had me in awe. However when browsing the latest news within popular photography early this week I was stunned by an image that NASA had captured of hurricane Isaac as it lurked over the USA. I've been in a hurricane before, but it never felt as organised or precise as this image shows. This shows a smooth beautiful cloud formation. When below it's likely wreaking havoc and destroying lives. It's difficult to match the two together and contemplate them as the same thing. It's also incredible how we've advanced in terms of technology. This shot of Hurricane Isaac was captured at the end of a month in which images have been transferred from Mars. We, as a human rac

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“Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
- Albert Einstein
I don't know about you, but Light Painting has to be really unique and awesome in order to impress me. So when I stumbled across the work of Darren Pearson aka Darren Twin - I was astounded at the creativity and simple methods used to create his conceptual photographic pieces. Darren creates LED pictures of Skeletons Skateboarding, dancing and living - exploring what the Mail Online has termed as the bare bones of our daily lives. And it really is precisely that. Darren takes the ordinary, the mundane and the normal of everyday life and lights it up by night by painting bones. Check it out for yourself. That prompted me to go searching for some of my favourite light painted pieces here

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"Have no fear of perfection - You'll never reach it! "
~Salvador Dali"
Have you studied Photography? I'm intrigued to know whether or not a qualification in Photography has made you a better, or indeed a worse photographer. Or has there been no change? This week, The Photography Blog asks whether or not a Photography Degree is worth the paper it's written on. Graduation in any field these days doesn't mean that you'll immediately get a job in your desired area. Not these days. So is it worth embarking on study related to photography when in the end, you could get to the same place without the paper stating what you are capable of? Photography is one of a small number of job areas where what you've done speaks higher volumes than whether or not you're

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" What's the most obscure subject you have been asked to photograph?"

If there is one vital thing that I have learned in my years as an amateur photographer - it's that to diversify and spread yourself amongst as many outlets, ideas and topics as possible is the best way to move forward and become successful. Photography doesn't begin or end with a Wedding. Nor does it start with a fashion shoot that pays you hundreds of pounds. There are so many niches and gaps in between that people overlook as lesser known and inadequate - but that can be one of the strongest rungs on the ladder to success. (See what I did there?) It's coming to the end of a week where I've stretched myself
photographically, more so than usual, and I'm more than happy to share what I have learned in order to help out those who want to step up with their work. Last week I was recruited by an image company as a
photographer documenting insurance claims. You know the kind, car smash, house fire, property damage e.t.c It wasn't something I ever would have considered myself doing, mostly because I didn't think that
the role existed. Of course, it's part time, pretty much ad hoc and the pay whilst good, is not sustainable for a full time position. But it's something - something completely different and outside of the box!

Getting yourself known is one thing, but putting yourself out there in terms of being adventurous and tackling the more obscure is another. I invite you to give it a go, if you haven't already. Your local council
might want images for something, a local artist might need product shots. A local butcher may want some promotional abattoir shots. (It's happened to me before!) The list is endless and can get more obscure the
more you delve into it.

Community Relations News

General Photography

Community Volunteers ^Kaz-D | ^3wyl | `IsacGoulart

I'm very pleased to say that this article has now very much become a combined effort. All Photography CVs regularly contribute, but ^3wyl `IsacGoulart and myself are now combining forces to bring you as much fresh material and happenings as possible. So how can you get involved?

^3wyl will soon be starting a photography featured of under-appreciated deviants. It would be great if you feel your photography is under-appreciated or you know of somebody who deserves more exposure - to drop by the forum here and leave a comment. There are requirements - less than 10,000 page views on your profile - but head over to the forum and get more info there.

We're looking at hosting a chat event once a month which will involve a mixture of the following:

Troubleshooting (Photography)

Critique

Trivia

On the spot challenge

General Photography Related chatter

There will be prizes too. We'd like to know what you think of the idea and whether it would be something you'd like to attend? Right now we're firming up prizes and dates, but as soon as we have more information we will let you know.

^3wyl is also starting up a regular interview series. We'd like to know what sort of questions you would ask people and who you would like to see interviewed? Drop your comments at the bottom of this article!

Behind the shot this week focuses on Guitarist and Railroad a beautifully conceptualized piece of work. `IsacGoulart has also put together some other beautiful features including Solitude or Loneliness.

Guitarist & Railroad - Story IVEvery now and then or at least for now, twice a week, I will be posting up a Journal featuring an exceptional photo and the author's story of how he/she captured that particular moment.
Many times, we come across amazing photos on deviantART and wonder what the story was behind that capture... who was involved, where it was taken, how it came to happen, and so forth. I thought it would be interesting to find out of a few of my own favorites, so I contacted a few photographers asking them for a quick summary of their stories.
This week's feature is one of Sergey Kostikov's (~JunKarlo) incredible shots.
Check it out.

Guitarist and Railroad 3 by ~JunKarlo
To start with, the model is my brother. I wanted to try shooting outdoors with external flash-light, so I asked my brother to pose for me. When we got to the location ,

Macro Photography

We've said goodbye to `hellfirediva recently so I felt it was important to emphasise that you can now send your Macro Photography suggestions to myself ^3wyl or `IsacGoulart Please do follow the usual suggestion guidelines and share some fantastic Macro with us!

Still Life Photography

We've secured some fantastic prizes for our monthly still life challenge with the first launching on 1st of August. So head over to #Still-Life-Stills and join (it will be a members only challenge) and standby for further instruction! *claremanson has featured chocolate this week. Yes Chocolate! And finally our still life photographer of the week has been announced and it's ~mondscheinsonate!!!

Remember, `IsacGoulart ^3wyl and myself all take suggestions for Transportation, Humorous, Still Life, Fireworks, People & Portraits (excluding fashion, pinup and glamour), Commercial & Macro Photography!

Spotlight Deviant

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!W-a-r-l-o-c-k has not been on the site all that long but has already made an impressive mark on the Macro Photography Gallery. Additionally check out those sunsets! Inspiring and brilliant - it's worth stopping by his gallery today and having a browse.

Spotlight Group #devPREMIUM

#devPREMIUM were suggested by ^3wyl this week and have often caught my eye in the past for their wonderful blogs. But what is quite breath-taking is the group's front page. It's actually quite beautiful! Check it out at #devPREMIUM and have a look at their latest news articles below...

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Architecture, Urban and Rural Spotlight Vol. 23
People and Portraits Spotlight Vol. 17
Macro Spotlight Vol. 23
Still Life Spotlight Vol. 18
Conceptual Spotlight Vol. 21

Deviants to Check Out This Week

*dalantech

=Kara-a

~Linkineos

Project Educate

This week is Artistic Nude Week with ^Nyx-Valentine here's what she has been up to this week!

Introduction

Shot of Colour Challenge!

The ABC's (A-D)

Interview with MarkVarley

Critiquing Artistic Nudes

The ABC's (E - G)

An Interview with D.Winge

ABC's H - J

Interview with Vienna-calling

ABC's (K-M)

Stop by #projecteducate for more - and it's not too late to participate in the challenge for some awesome prizes! We've also had some great additions to the schedule for the coming weeks - right up until December! You can find the schedule here.

Art History

It's still Traditional Art Month! There have been some fantastic articles and interviews coming out of the group - head over and watch it for all the important updates!

John William Waterhouse by ^Elandria

Interview with SamuelRaffa

Interview with Kiwi-pdd

Abstract & Surreal Photography

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

Jeff Koons - Puppy celebrates the artwork of Jeff Koons surprisingly! It's a wonderful article, and it's a piece of art that I had never heard of but which is fantastically cute!

Novocaine for the Soul is an art feature exploring some wonderful abstract and surreal works alongside the lyrics from Eeels.

Who Needs Colour's monthly feature is vastly increasing in popularity each time and well worth having a look at.

Darkroom Photography

Community Volunteer ^RockstarVanity

Darkroom Exposed this week focused on a wonderful darkroom artist who creates stunning images on instant, 35mm and medium format film. To find out who it is - read the article!

^RockstarVanity has also put up some guidelines for suggesting darkroom daily deviations which are worth reading before suggesting!

Fashion Photography

Community Volunteer ^Pixel-Spotlight

Fashion This Week from ^Pixel-Spotlight once again explores a combination of underappreciated and new works submitted this week to the Fashion Gallery! Fashion Friday from ^dekorAdum is also out!

Pin-Up & Glamour Photography

Community Volunteer ^DistortedSmile

Under the skin highlights talent and skill in the Pinup and Glamour community. Check out who got featured this week!

Featured Tutorial

Since the theme this week is Macro I thought what better tutorial to share than a water droplet one! Water droplet shops have increased in popularity and frequency over the years. So much so that it's really hard to find and create something that somebody hasn't done before. So using the tutorial below - there's your challenge!

From the Forums

Are mobiles slowly killing the consumer camera market?

Photographing Concerts/Darker Settings Help?

Concert Photographers!

Filter or blend?

Instagram?

Lens cap Pet-Peeve

Would you buy a BW only camera?

Question for Free-Lance Photographers:

Good Camera Recommendations?

Photography Books

I'm not going to review anything here this week because The Independent have done it for me! There's a useful article out that explores the ten best photography books (not that they are biased) and whilst some are a little outside of the normal price range (£650 for Marilyn and Me!) there are a couple of useful gems there.

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!

Colours Edition One from `miontre

Obscured Photos from ^3wyl

Wonderful Wednesday from `JamminJo

Project Porkchop from ^Astralseed

Under 1,000 Views from *L0NE-W0lf

Hair Flow from =MarinaCoric

The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D | ^3wyl | `IsacGoulart

Architecture `anmari

Abstract and Surreal: `DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: `trevg

Darkroom: ^RockstarVanity

Urban and Rural: `fritsvandersloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^Nyx-Valentine

Conceptual: `DemonMathiel

Fashion: ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism: `xbastex

Street: `StamatisGR

Groups to check out