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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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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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“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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"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.
Copyright Simon Robert's

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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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“Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.” - Duane Michals
Still Life is the theme of this weeks article given that it's Still Life Week over at #projecteducate! I'm living and breathing still life works right now, and actually it's quite nice. I've discovered some fantastic talent on deviantART, conducted some awesome interviews and started up a group with the wonderful *claremanson If you want a sneak peek head over to #Still-Life-Stills But really the whole definition and ideal of Still Life has eluded me for quite some time and was something I deliberately avoided because I didn't believe in it. If you take an image, you have stilled life. By rights this means that everything out there is Still Life photography. Even when you're capturing movement, you're stilling it for just a few seconds. So why then, do we hav

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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

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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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"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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"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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“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 l

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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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"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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"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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"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 entering. Why not couple Infrared with trees and make an entry?

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.

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

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.

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

Deviants to Check Out This Week

*La-Vita-a-Bella

*PoLazarus2

*DimensionSeven

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!

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

Architecture

Community Volunteer `anmari

$codenamepanther has written an awesome article on Architecture Prints

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

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!

#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.

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!"

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

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

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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