Becoming a photographer, whether professional or amateur, brings with it a whole world of equipment, projects, subjects - and often the legalities of it all. Petapixel has just recently published an article highlighting 8 Legal cases that every photographer should know. How many did you already know before looking at the article?
The Sony World Photography award winners have been announced proving that once again there are some pretty impressive photographers out there! Check out the winners here. With that being said, the Sony World Photography Awards have opened up for 2015 and are seeking the next best Photographers for next years prizes. Categories in the competition, which is open to any photographer from the UK, include Architecture, Arts & Culture, Enhanced, Low-light, Nature & Wildlife, Panoramic, People, Smile, Split second and Travel. The winner will be announced on 18 March 2015, with Sony providing the prizes. Enter for free by visiting this link.
The Sony World Photography award winners have been announced proving that once again there are some pretty impressive photographers out there! Check out the winners here. With that being said, the Sony World Photography Awards have opened up for 2015 and are seeking the next best Photographers for next years prizes. Categories in the competition, which is open to any photographer from the UK, include Architecture, Arts & Culture, Enhanced, Low-light, Nature & Wildlife, Panoramic, People, Smile, Split second and Travel. The winner will be announced on 18 March 2015, with Sony providing the prizes. Enter for free by visiting this link.
And finally, another bit of general news that has hit the photography headlines this week - a Photographer has started to become fairly well known for her series documenting the loss of conversation. It's a powerful set of photographs which sadly, may not seek to inspire the majority of us to change but capture something that is quite simply becoming the future - in some ways. Babycakes Romero, a London based photographer, uses a camera (not a phone) to document the Death of Conversation. What do you think about the project? Do you think it's a sign that times are changing - if so are they changing in a positive way or a negative way? Would you choose to document this project in a different way?
Over at CRPhotography we are featuring Photographers on our front page on a daily basis. Each day we choose a photographer that we think deserves the feature and every fortnight we'll be rounding up an article featuring all of those chosen artists. If you think you deserve to be featured then note CRPhotography with the subject 'Daily Photographer.' If you know of someone else that could be featured do the same and suggest them!
Community Volunteer justanothersomeone
There has been a lot going on in the Abstract-and-Surreal group here on DeviantART and in the community in general. Our shiny new Community Volunteer has settled in perfectly and you can send all of your Daily Deviation suggestions to him - justanothersomeone. We have recently featured the
Best of September courtesy of BitterBeanJuicer and the October Contest and September winners have been announced. The November contest has already been announced so head over to Abstract-and-Surreal right now to enter and win some awesome prizes!
As part of the Art History Project at projecteducate, a recent article exploring Contemporary Artists #1 - Robert Parkeharrisson by TylerFortierPhoto has been posted. Well worth checking out for some timeless inspiration!
Community Volunteer Anoya
The latest edition of APN Suggestion Saturday is out. Elsewhere online the BBC have released a beautiful collection of timelapse videos exploring some of natures most amazing moments. Check that out here.
For onsite inspiration check out the September '14, nature and flower feature. Also on dA, karz09 wrote an article on insect photography that was published in the Wall Street International. You can read it yourself here.
And for more inspiration check out this beautiful feature along the theme of Photography XXIX: Lengthened Rays, Shortened Days.
devPREMIUM has recently published a beautiful feature spotlighting Architecture. Elsewhere on DeviantART techgnotic has published an article asking about The DeviantART hotel and whether it's a possible reality... what do you think?
Community Volunteers Nyx-Valentine & Mrs-Durden
Check out the latest Sunday Feature from Nyx-Valentine. Check out Mrs-Durden's Daily Deviation roundup from September here and don't forget to send your Daily Deviations to one of them!
There has been a fair bit of Conceptual Photography news floating around lately. For starters check out the Conceptual Spotlight courtesty of devPREMIUM and the winners of the September contest at CRPhotography were recently announced - check them out here. There has been another spotlight courtesy of devPREMIUM which can be read here. The latest edition of Conceptual Creations is out -Conceptual Creations - October. You will find some of the top submissions to the Conceptual Photography gallery in the past month!
Have you read the latest somewhat controversial news to hit the Photography headlines in the USA? USA news; outlawing photography in national parks - for commercial use - what are your thoughts?
Elsewhere online, Kasia Wozniak has recently talked about Fashion Photography inspired by sherlock holmes and her love of darkroom photography. Fond of the wet plate collodion process, Kasia uses a technique that was pioneered around the mid 19th century. There's a great article from Darkroom Software focusing on considerations that need to be undertaken when building your own Photography Booth.
Community Volunteers Pixel-Spotlight & Mrs-Durden
A new article from the Telegraph focuses on the Best Fashion Photography books out there. With Christmas coming it's well worth a look to see if there's anything to add to your wishlist...
Mrs-Durden has recently compiled a Latex and Heels Feature focusing primarily on fashion and has also released the latest edition of Fashion Makes the World go Round IV.
November the 5th is fast approaching and many of us will be heading out with our cameras to snap some firework displays. There are already some great articles out there from last year that will help you equip yourself for getting the best photos. Check out this article for more information on what equipment you need. This simple article talks about the basic techniques and things to do when shooting. Elsewhere online there are also some fab articles, check out <a href="www.the-digital-picture.com/Ph…
www.digitaltrends.com/photogra…">this article for tips. Keep safe!
Community Volunteer pullingcandy
October was Month of Macabre: Every October is a month long Halloween movie party! It takes place everywhere from people's homes, to local bars, coffee houses, and theaters. MOM has also hosted serial killer tours, zombie walks, and celebrity movie screenings (TROLL 2). For more information about the month of macabre check out Facebook. There is also another eery feature out - check out The Asylum - Part 23 for your Horror and Macabre fix.
Community Volunteer MarcosRodriguez
There was a Macro Photo Conference in October. Check out the link for the discussions and happenings. There's also a fantastic free online guide to extreme macro photography which you can find here. Check out :devmarcosrodriguez's latest Macro Spotlight Vol. 138 and a feature focusing on Small Worlds - Part 29.
The latest edition of People + Portraits Exposed is out! The article series is posted on a monthly basis and aims to highlight some of the People and Portrait daily deviation suggestions received from Sept - Oct. Don't forget to keep your suggestions coming - 3wyl and I take suggestions for all galleries that do not have a Community Volunteer.
Community Volunteer DistortedSmile
DistortedSmile is back from her travels - read more in her latest journal - I'm back! Also check out the latest edition of LUSH! Pinup and Glamour Features which shares some inspiring works! Don't forget to keep those Daily Deviation suggestions going to DistortedSmile.
Community Volunteer tanikel
Check out tanikel's latest Daily Deviation Roundup - September 2014 DD Roundup: Photojournalism Take a look for inspiration on what to send when you're looking at Daily Deviation suggestions in the Photo-journalism area. If you're new to Photo-journalism or would just like a refresher then checkout What IS Photojournalism? for further clarification! 'Time' shares some fantastic photo-journalism on a daily basis. Check out one of the latest here.
Still-Life-Stills has just launched a new challenge! The Monthly Bake Off! is here! Check the link out and get baking as for November the challenge is Bread. There are two chances to win as well! The Monthly contest is still ongoing which gives you a chance to win prizes by entering a more general theme. Head over to Still-Life-Stills for more info. One of our latest journals gives you 5 Tools for Photographing Jewellery.
Street Photography baffles many of us - everyday there are works placed within the Street Photography Gallery incorrectly. If you're unsure of what it means check out PE: Street Photography for experts which was written some time ago by StamatisGR. Also courtesy of StamatisGR check out the latest edition of Friday night Specials v10.4. An American Street Photography has been hailed a 'genius' by The Guardian. Garry Winogrand has recently been coined as pretty amazing. Check out the article for more information. Elsewhere in the Street Photography world, a new calendar has been produced from images taken by people affected by homelessness in London. The images were submitted to a competition organised by Café Art, an organisation that connects homeless people with the wider community through the visual arts. More than 100 people were given single use disposable cameras and encouraged to take pictures, with tuition given by local members of the Royal Photographic Society. If you're interested in buying a copy check out Cafe Art. Finally, have a look at the 'King' of Street Photography according to This Article.
BBC News have announced the winners of their Urban Photography Competition. There are some incredibly inspiring images in the collection. Read more here. There's another feature out - explore The Empty House Says, Part III by Mouselemur.
For regular educational articles, particularly focusing on Photography, head over and watch projecteducate Below are some of the latest helpful articles and tutorials...
Photography Lesson Number 5
The sky. IT'S FAKE.
Photography Tip - When NOT to Use Stabilization
Macro photography tips
Free SOFTWARE for Photographers ... Upd 26/10/2014
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What's trending right now?
Petapixel have written up an article on Instragram's 'Hyperlapse' tool which seems to be taking the mobile phone photography community by storm. Check out the full article here to find out what it's all about. Have you made a Hyperlapse? Share with us in the comments of this article!
Are you releasing a 2015 Calendar? Got one ready to sell? Just note CRPhotography so we can include it in our next newsletter. Check out some of the latest 2015 calendars below...
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World of Whiskers by ZoranPhoto
Autumn Colours contest
Photography Contest - II
Photography Contest II
Collection: Fall Landscapes
Winners of SummerContest
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