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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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"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera"
- Lewis Hine
This week I happened across a Photographer who shoots the economy - currently in the UK. If you ever wondered what Economy looks like - and what the recession looks like - in the Photographic sense then wonder no more. Simon Robert's has it captured. What really struck me though, aside from the complete normality and sometimes mundane life that made the photographs, was the comments on the Article that I read about Simon. The BBC Wrote about him yesterday and nearly all the comments were from people advocating boredom. The Irony is that Simon Robert's had, in full colour, photographed our lives. And the general consensus was that it was dull and unimaginative. How very English we are.
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"“The eye should learn to listen before it looks.”

―
Robert Frank
I'm quite late hopping on the discussion wagon with this one since `fritsvandersloot tells me the article has been trending for some time now. However I was eternally grateful to him for pointing me in its general direction - because what a topic!McDonalds show behind the photo-graphical scenes because a customer in Canada asked why the food looks so different in real life. If you watch the video included in the article, it's actually very insightful. And what a team they have JUST to photograph a burger. What the video does show is that everything in the photo, every ingredient you see, is exactly the sam

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"Eyes like a Shutter, mind like a Lens" - Anon
This week the general thoughts come from =Eitvys200 who brought up the topic of Too many cameras around?! It's one that baffles many from amateur to professional in deciding what we, as artists, want to use as our tools. Hopefully one of our community volunteers will cover that in greater depth next week in an article all about choosing your next or even first camera. But for now the confusion comes when you're lining up to take a shot and somebody next to you with a mobile/cell phone is taking the same one and truth be told - it might even turn out better. I broached the subject a while ago of standing at a wedding and being the 'pro' but not the only one with a £500 camera. How do you make yourself unique in a digital world that's fast developing beyond our means and capabilities? Well, you work with

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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...

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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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"A photograph says that you were so important, I stopped everything else to come and preserve you."
This week Horacio Coppola died. Many will not know the name, but in the Photography world he was pretty awesome. He died age 105, and was famous for taking Black and White photographs of Buenos Aires in the 1930s. But he also photographed normality. Some of his works included egg and twine - quite simply an egg and a piece of twine. Others featured a typewriter, but ultimately he shot normality, the everyday things that people overlooked. He's said to be one of very few photographers who manage to capture the romance, vitality and squalor of a great city. So a legend has died, but somewhere another will rise up through the ranks. Who inspires you? Which historical Artists have provoked you to reach the place where you are now? Or who you aspire to be?
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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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"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.
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Lilly pursues a range of socially

CR Newsletter - May & June 2012Table of Contents
1. New Faces
2. Daily Deviations: Listing Suggesters
3. Volunteer Openings
4. Share Your Opinions
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7 Project Educate 2011/2012
8. Art History Project
9. News from the Chats and Forums
10. News from the Galleries
1. New Faces
We welcomed many new faces onto the Community Volunteer team this month! Please join us in welcoming them and I encourage you to reach out and get to know these fantastic people:
^ladygagz - DeviantART Related
`IsacGoulart - Photography
`RockstarVanity - Darkroom Photography
^laserbeast - Chat & Forums
^Athos-of-Light - Chat & Forums
^JZLobo - Fan Fiction
^SylwiaTelari - Traditional Art
^DaPineapple - Chats & Forums
`dekorAdum - Chats & Forums
^Talty - Artisan Crafts
^princepal - Designs & Interfaces
^SRudy - Traditional Art
`krazykel - Chats

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"The one surefire way to get nothing is to not bother looking" - Joe McNally
Research carried out by Nikon has estimated that an amazing 332 million jubilee related photos will be taken on the day of the Thamas River Pageant on June 3rd. That's amazing. It even tops the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton last year. The upcoming Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth has sparked patriotism in the most unlikely places meaning that driving down a normal street turns into an epic photo opportunity with the various bunting, flags and other bits and pieces. So whether or not you're local to London and able to join in the four days of pomp and ceremony that the British are allegedly famed for - you might find that there are events and things local to you that will bring out the journalistic candid photographer that's screaming inside to get out! But in this day and age, when every second perso

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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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"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

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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 ins

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"Eyes like a shutter, mind like a lens..."
With the start of a brand new year, lots of resolutions are set, promises made and aspirations begun to be aspired to. What are your Photographic hopes and dreams this year? Have you just finished the 365 photography challenge? Or the 52 week Photography challenge? Are you ready to take a break? Or are you just embarking on something like that and are fresh and excited for what it might bring? With that in mind, take a look at a very interesting article from =Eitvys200 it explores the Photography Gallery Records. And why not consider heading over to #deviant365 to begin your 52 week journey of challenges and inspirations?
General Photography
Community Volunteers ^Kaz-D | ^3wyl |
Our De

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

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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 as if anything significant will come of them this time. But what bans and restrictions do you face in your country when taking photos? Are there any areas you cannot photograph or even be seen in with a camera? How does this affect you?

Community Relations News

It was $Moonbeam13's birthday on Saturday and therefore the #communityrelations team got together and told her how amazing she is! Check out the art and comments generated here!

We also welcomed another TWO new members to the Community Relations Team. ^kiwi-pdd is going to take on Street Art & Graffiti alongside `takethef and ^ClefairyKid has joined ^Lyricanna in looking after Pixel Art! Check out the blog!

Spotlight Deviant

*DanielleMiner's gallery is full of incredible HDR works and she supports the digital
darkroom community by being an admin in a number of fabulous HDR groups - as suggested by ^RockstarVanity

Spotlight Group

#PolaroidLovers is a fantastic group if you want to get into the Darkroom Community. Be sure to head over and join whether you want to share genuine polaroids, or just feast your eyes on the fantastic galleries.

Deviants to Check Out This Week

~life-number-9

~darkosaric

~nickdul

Project Educate

Feedback Frenzy is fast approaching! It's a week long game that ANYONE (yes, even YOU!) can play. The goals are to step outside your comfort zone and practice giving feedback to others, even if not in your own genre, and also to meet new deviants from across dA. Finally, the aim is to receive as much high-quality, usable feedback on your work as possible. It's running from 2nd - 8th of July and signups have begun. Get over to #FeedbackFrenzy for more INFO! Lots of amazing prizes to be had! This week it was Animation week with `ditto9 - have a browse of some of the articles submitted!

Animate Introduction Basics

Animate Sketching

Next week the Artisan Craft Community Volunteers are educating and have a week full of excellent things to keep you occupied - including an article on how to photograph your projects/crafts/objects! You can check out the full schedule here for the Project Educate dates over the coming months. Do you fancy educating the community on something art related? Note #projecteducate !

General Photography

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

^IsacGoulart has put together a rather lovely feature of Beautiful Photographs. It's worth having a peek to see some astounding artists on deviantART - check out the full article here!

What Digital Camera? is the latest article in the Photography Troubleshooting Series. It will hopefully give you some tips on what to keep an eye out for when selecting your first, or next, camera. Huge thanks to `sine-out who has been the wisdom behind these articles. We have no more questions left to answer! Do you have a question? Send a note and we will feature it in the next articles!

Darkroom

Community Volunteer ^RockstarVanity

This week the general theme of the article is Darkroom. As you might have noticed, the Photography Galleries saw a new edition to the team last week with ^RockstarVanity coming on board to take on Darkroom. That means that all your suggestions related to the category must go to her. And it also means that she has been incredibly awesome with educating us about what Darkroom is already!
Darkroom Exposed is a series of articles highlighting talented deviants, noteworthy art and helpful information all about the Darkroom Photography gallery on dA. This particular issue focuses on Lith prints - never heard of them? Well check out the article for more info!

As always, keep a close eye on this journal for all the updated news from the Darkroom Galleries.

Architecture

Community Volunteer ^anmari

Do you feel there is a need for changes in the Architecture Photography Gallery? Perhaps the addition of a sub-category for Abstract Architecture? Do you disagree with this idea completely? Well make yourself heard on the article Architecture Photography: Need for changes?

Plus there's still time to enter the contest for #AbstractArchitecture and the chance to win a subscription if you're one of the lucky winners! Check out the rules and regulations Here!

Abstract & Surreal Photography

Community Volunteer `DpressedSoul

This week, I've got a fantastic feature from *RosleinRot to share. She blogs over at the group #Abstract-and-Surreal and puts together some wonderful works. Check out the full article here!

People & Portraits Photography

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

This week saw the publication of a brand shiny new article focusing on People & Portraits. As myself and the other General Photography Volunteers work on the Gallery Descriptions, we began to notice that there is definitely room for education surrounding our lovely Portraiture. People & Portraiture Exposed hopes to start the ball rolling and already there have been lots of queries as to what gets categorised where. If you're struggling to know where your Portrait should go, shoot me a note and I'll be happy to help you. In the meantime keep an eye out for the articles, and as always, if you want to get your work featured in them - let me know.

People & Portraits - Infants & Children

Pinup & Glamour Photography

Community Volunteer ^DistortedSmile

Lush! is out once again and contains some mature content. The article features work from the Pinup & Glamour Galleries and is very popular amongst the community. Check it out for a fix of Lush!

Fashion Photography

Community Volunteer ^Pixel-Spotlight

Just a gentle reminder - all suggestions for Fashion Photography Daily Deviations need to go to ^Pixel-Spotlight That includes anything within Commercial Photography -> Fashion. She lubs allllll the Fashion!
Fashion Friday is out from the wonderful ^dekorAdum and is worth having a look at to get your Fashion fix for this weekend!

Street Photography

Community Volunteer `StamatisGR

The Street Community is having a CONTEST !!!
The "So you think you can street" Photography Contest is over! Well done to everyone who took the time to enter! As you will read in this article The Judges the winner selection is taking place and results will be announced soon!

Head over to `StamatisGR's journal for the latest edition of Friday Night Specials - hopefully out this evening!

Still Life Photography

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

As many are aware, the Still Life Photography Contest is coming to an end this coming Monday. But you still have time! All you need to do is creatively photograph a dish of food, single food, drink or something similar and you could be in with the chance of winning some INCREDIBLE prizes. Check out The article for more info. Submit your entires NOW by going here!
Here's the latest entry...

Nom Nom is still going strong with the latest article focusing on drinks! This time around it was Cocktails, which I do apologise for, many of you had the urge to go out and drink alcohol and that was not my intention! Next week we're sticking with something much safer - Ice Cream!

Check out Cocktails for an alcohol free fix.

Over at #Still-Life-Stills we're finding our feet with our influx of members. We've just started up the Photographer of the Week feature - which this week went to ~1510 who took the crown from `dragonfly-oli (who will always be awesome of course). If you think you deserve the crown for a week and a spotlight on our front page, then let us know by sending a note!

Urban & Rural

Community Volunteer `fritsvandersloot

*L0NE-W0lf is well known for her amazing features. This week she has put together a feature of Deviations that have less than 1,000 views and are along the theme of Cities. Check out the full article here!

Artistic Nude & Fetish

Community Volunteer ^Nyx-Valentine

The Thursday Feature this week focuses on Fashion Nudes & of course, feedback frenzy! Enjoy a glimpse into some of the Daily Deviations that get suggested to ^Nyx-Valentine - particularly Fashion Nudes which do contain nudity, but aren't in the artistic nude gallery. Enjoy!

Featured Tutorial

This week the tutorials are in keeping with the Darkroom theme and help you learn how to sensitize your images and then move from exposure to development!

From the Forums

There's lots from the Forums this week! Remember you can utilise areas of the Forums for answers to some of your burning Photography questions or help others out by answering theirs.

Black and White Photography

Where do you guys get your inspiration from?

How much do you charge an hour for photo services

What programs do you use to edit your pictures?

Amateur Photographer Rates

Best College and Major for Photography?

Camera Bags- Need Some Suggestions from Fellow Photographers!

Changing your style

Photography Game on dAmn!

People using photography as a second income...?

Share your Nature Photography with 0 comments!

Photography Books

Definitely one for the Christmas List - especially if you're considering embarking on a photo a day challenge next year! 50 Photo Projects - Ideas to Kickstart Your Photography is a fantastic book written by Lee Frost. He helps you get much more from your camera, and for those with photographers block, lack of inspiration, or just those who are plain running out of ideas, it's incredibly useful! Check out more information Here!

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!

Making a Difference from ^3wyl

dA Love for Everyone from `lintu47

Square Feature from ~Alabastra

Project Porkchop from ^Astralseed

Square'ish from `dragonfly-oli

Stunning Nature from =Blubdi-Photography

Gifts of Nature from ~LawraRandala

Wonderful Wednesday from `JamminJo

Weekly Light Hunters 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 and `shuttermonkey

Darkroom: ^RockstarVanity

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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*mj-magic Jun 23, 2012

you're very welcome!

`miontre Jun 23, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Great article!

^Kaz-D Jun 23, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks

~fuxs Jun 23, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you Katy! ♥

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~DanielleMiner Jun 22, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

thank you so much for featuring my pics much appreciated

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Welcome!

`electricjonny Jun 22, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Oh my apologies. I can see the outside article. But the journal linked at the beginning is 404ing.

`electricjonny Jun 22, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I can't click and read the article. I'm getting a 404, even after taking out the additional / character.

Perhaps these articles should be renamed "A whole ton of repeated links… oh and a paragraph of photography" instead?

I'm sorry, but these weekly news articles are just chocked full of crap I simply do not need or want to read.

I much much much preferred the article on what digital camera should you get [link] That article had one single topic: picking a camera. And while there were a couple of thumbs, they weren't so packed in there that the page took me minutes to load and it seemed like an excuse to get attention from everyone featured. These? I just see no real interest for anyone who wants to hear about photography. Which is very sad.

^Kaz-D Jun 22, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

That might have been because in between writing it yesterday, and publishing today, the journal was deleted. Apologies for that.

I'm not forcing you to read them. If you do believe they are chocked full of crap, then just ignore them

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