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 subsequently named after him as it had no brand markings on it. It's rumoured to be dated back to the 1900s. It's a camera! Although it has different purposes and does slightly different things to your standard point and shoot - imagine what we'd have had to contend with if this was the equipment we had to lug around in order to snap our memories and do our work. I for one, would never again complain about the weight of my two (very small in comparison) SLR cameras after seeing this!
Community Relations News
We've said goodbye to a few names on the Community Volunteer team. They're still around though so go and show them love! In the past week we've said farewell to
jadecillustrations, shuttermonkey, TheCreativeJenn, takethef and hellfirediva.
Did You Know? is out once more and might highlight a few things that you didn't know about deviantART.
Daily Deviations - Behind the Magic is an article that's basically asking for your input on Daily Deviations and any questions you might have surrounding them. In particular myself 3wyl and IsacGoulart are interested in your questions and thoughts on General Photography but you can drop by with your questions on any area of art if you want to. We're getting ready for projecteducate's daily deviation week that will be led by Astralseed
Finally we've updated the bi-weekly critique blog which you can find right here! The General Photography critique night went really well last night and I'm working on getting a date for another. Keep an eye out for updates and we'll keep you posted!
Spotlight Deviant huhahohi
huhahohi has been here for two years and has a beautiful gallery exploring various subjects. Nature, Animals and People is her specialty with some wonderful spontaneous portraits and concepts.
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Spotlight Group
PhotographersSoul is a group dedicated to showcasing your work, not judging it. They want
you to submit your work without the fear pf it being rejected based on
skill. As long as they can see the subject, and it's not abusive in anyway
it has found a home in their gallery!
Deviants to Check Out This Week
Justynka
grinzekatze
mondscheinsonate
Project Educate
This week projecteducate has been focusing on Architecture Photography. Scroll down to the Architecture section for all the links! Coming up next week is Artistic Nude week with Nyx-Valentine It's worth keeping an eye on the group for all the updates and goings on!
Art History
Traditional Month is in full swing over at ArtHistoryProject. There's an interview with Jonnie Dee to check out and an article about Giger who created Alien!
General Photography
Community Volunteers Kaz-D | 3wyl | IsacGoulart
We haven't had a trouble shooting article this week but I'm working on putting together something to troubleshoot a question about fireworks photography. If you have something you want answered just send myself or sine-out a note and we'll work on it for you. TouchedD has created me a wonderful header for People & Portraits Exposed so those articles will be kicking in again next week. For now though enjoy the latest edition of Nom Nom which features a bunch of yummy raspberries!
Another edition of The Story Behind the Photo is out and this time explores the work of a fantastic photo-journalist. Keep an eye on IsacGoulart because he puts together some lovely features that are worth having a look at! Talking of lovely features don't forget to have a look at the transportation photography feature My Car and I.
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Architecture Photography
Community Volunteer AnaNaszynska
This week it's projecteducate week for Architecture Photography which means that there are plenty of articles to share!
Introduction! Subject Interview with Sigurd Quast Interview with Johannes Heuckeroth Interview with Vincent Wernhardt Composition Low - Tech Composition IIAbstract & Surreal Photography
Community Volunteer DpressedSoul
Over at Abstract-and-Surreal a couple of fantastic features have been put together. The first, finding beauty from RosleinRot explores some wonderful surreal works. The second is from AFineWar and is The Surrealist.
Darkroom Photography
Community Volunteer EveryNextDream
Darkroom Exposed this week focuses on Cyanotypes. If you're unsure what that means then check out the article - it will enlighten you! There is a great series of articles from EveryNextDream aiming to educate you in the ways and processes of Darkroom so I recommend checking them out.
Fashion Photography
Community Volunteer Pixel-Spotlight
Fashion Friday is out once more from BitterBeanJuicer and features talented Fashion Photographers every Friday. Check out the article for some insight, inspiration and awe in the fashion world.
Street Photography
Community Volunteer StamatisGR
Friday Night Murphy's Laws is a weekly selection amongst the images that were suggested to StamatisGR as DDs or that simply impressed him. Check it out for some great street photography to browse through this evening!
Featured Tutorial
Since the theme this week is Wedding Photography - it's worth checking out the above tutorial if you're looking for hints and tips!
From the Forums
analogue cameraModeling advice?Painting light in exposureCokin ND FiltersAre mobiles slowly killing the consumer camera market?Portrait photography: the right lensNeed Help on Photographing LighteningAdvice and ideas for a novice/beginner photographerTripodsManual or auto focus?Underwater camera?Photography Books
Capturing the Perfect Day is a decently priced photography book available on amazon. It explores how best to capture a Wedding and all that comes with it. I thoroughly recommend it for those that are keen wedding photographers and who want some hints and tips!
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!
Project Comment's Under appreciated Feature from 3wyl Finding Beauty from RosleinRot dA Love for Everyone from Lintu47 Celebrating Colour from Dani-the-Naiad Wonderful Wednesday from JamminJo Project Porkchop from Astralseed Under 1,000 Views from Postmorteum Square-ishSquare-ish from OliviaMichalski Weekly Light Hunters from MarinaCoric
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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography
The Community Volunteer Team - Photography
General Photography: Kaz-D | 3wyl | IsacGoulart
Architecture AnaNaszynska
Abstract and Surreal: DpressedSoul
Animals, Plants and Nature: actonephotos
Darkroom: EveryNextDream
Urban and Rural: FritsPlays
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
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