Abstract and Surreal Week - Wrap-up
EDITORIALS
Introduction: Defining Abstract and Surreal
Mindgames
INTERVIEWS
Interview with =eintoern
Interview with *tuminka
Interview with *KizukiTamura
Interview with *alisinwonder
Interview with *davespertine
ART FEATURES
Lines
The Colour and the Shape
Nature Abstracted
Kaleidoscopes
Landscapes
Camera Movement
Multi Exposure
Infrared
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Fluffy Water: A Guide to Long Exposure Waterscapes
Animals, Plants & Nature Week
Most of you nature photographers will have seen long-exposed waterscapes resulting in the peculiar soft aspect of water. If you haven't, or if you're not a nature photographer, here are a few examples:
In this article I will be sharing some ideas and tips which hopefully will get you interested in this kind of photography first of all; and if that marvellous personal paradigm shift takes place within you, give you the basics in achieving the sought-after results.
Who am I to dare do this ?
Well this is quite important: I'm nothing fancy, just a nature photography-loving guy with a cheap entry-level DSLR an
Animals, Plants and Nature
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Architecture Photography Recap
The following articles are missing from our gallery; we are therefore providing the links to them below. Enjoy!
:bulletpink: Architecture Photography
:bulletpink: Exploring Architecture Photography
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Architecture
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Artistic Nude
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Pinup and Glamour - Groups
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Pinup & Glamour Week - Groups
Due to the nature of the Galleries these Articles may contain Mature Content
14th - 20th November 2011 is Pinup & Glamour Week in projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate) ----> http://distortedsmile.deviantart.com/journal/Project-Educate-Pinup-amp-Glam-Week-268797004
Groups are responsible for a lot of the Art sharing on dA and the interaction of the community as a whole. They don’t seek to break down the interests of deviantART’s community, instead to unite the members in the various different genres that are displayed.
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Pin Up and Glamour
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Project Educate - Transport Photography
Project Educate: Transport Photography
Vintage Cars
I was trying hard to think where I could find a nice collection of Vintage Car images when I suddenly remembered Vintagenic (https://www.deviantart.com/vintagenic) a lovely group that was brought to my attention sometime ago by Kezzi-Rose (https://www.deviantart.com/kezzi-rose) It's a fantastic group if you are into Vintage Photography but in particular there is a wonderful Vintage Car Gallery that is definitely worth a browse.
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When photographing Vintage cars you can enhance the look by processing the image afterwards to add a dusky glow or hue. But in general vintage cars are often the subject of fashion, glamour and transportat
Transportation
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Gallery Descriptions: Conceptual Photos
Galleries month
Conceptual Photography is a genre in which the photographer attempts to illustrate a specific concept or idea to convey a message. Some Conceptual photographs are seemingly captured with luck or spontaneity, but, for the most part, Conceptual photographs are created carefully and strategically - deliberately. There are many ways of achieving Conceptual photographs without the use of manipulation. The featured piece below is one of the most popular Conceptual photographs on DeviantART which perfectly sums up the genre. For further educational articles check out the Conceptual Gallery at projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate)
Conceptual
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Gallery Descriptions: Still Life Photos
Galleries month
There are four sub-categories to the Still Life Photography Gallery here on deviantART. There are plenty of places to categorise your work correctly and if you're not sure where to go then there's always the last resort of the 'Other' Category. For more information check out the Still Life Project Educate Gallery.
Still Life involves attention to detail and careful preparation in setting up various, inanimate subject matters to photograph. Things that are often taken into account are composition, lighting, inclusion of props and more. In this sense, Still Life is very much controlled. The main aspect of Still Life to remembe
Still Life
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EDUARDO GAJEIRO a Portuguese photographer
Street Photography Week
Eduardo Gajeiro, born in 1923 in Sacavém, Portugal, is one of that country's best photographers. His first photograph was published on the front page of the Portuguese journal Diário de Notícias at twelve years old. Today, nearly eighty years later, he is still working as a freelance photographer.
His is a life full of amazing experiences. He worked at the Fábrica de Loiça de Sacavém in the 1940s and 1950s to document the life of its workers, heavily influencing his decision to become a photojournalist. When he was twenty years old, he collaborated with several magazines and journals inc
Street
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Fetish
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Lighting in Portrait Photography
People and Portraits week
Hello everyone,
I'm writing this tutorial of sorts, for all of you portrait photographers out there seeking advice about the lighting in your photographs. First off let me be clear in saying that I am no expert, or rather I do not claim to be, I sometimes do things in unusual ways, and my tips and advice are definitely not the only ones you should follow. This journal is just me giving you my take on how to get great lighting for your shots :)
1. Never shoot when the sun is at its highest peak.
Depending on where you live and your climate, this might vary, but I usually never shoot between the hours of 12-4 unles
People and Portraits
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Photojournalism The Easy Way
Photojournalism
I hope that this article finds a more extended audience than the hard-core photojournalist. To a large extent travel-vacation photography also lies within the scope of photojournalism. When one ventures out in the open with a camera, willingly or unwillingly one does point the camera at strangers, buildings, places to capture ambience and memories. Although I have never had the luxury to actually just go somewhere for the sole purpose of photography, I do a fair bit of globe trotting and take the opportunity to capture life around me when I can.
I can tell you, over the years I have made many mistakes and paid the price and i
Photojournalism
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Galleries Description - Cosplay
Gallery Descriptions
Cosplay Photography is a genre in which people showcase their costume making skills, photography and/or modelling skills, and their ability to embody a character from television, books, comics, movies, popular culture, or original designs. The complexity of the gallery is immediately noticed by the quality of the costumes portrayed, and the cosplayers themselves take the time to make them as accurate as possible. Also featured is con photography, and while generally speaking it not the cosplayer posting them, they are still an interesting look in to the culture. The Artisan Crafts > Costumery gallery also features a w
Cosplay
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Gallery Descriptions: Horror/Macabre Photography
Gallery Descriptions
Horror/Macabre Photography is a genre in which the photographer or model(s) and makeup artists attempt to portray a eerie, creepy, disgusting or disturbing scene. The entire idea of the genre is to shock and scare, and generally create a feeling of unease. Horror/Macabre photography is an acquired taste, as some of the images captured are ideologically sensitive, brutal, and can be hard on the stomach or the eyes. To qualify for the horror/macabre photography gallery the same rules apply as to all photography submissions, which includes minimal editing and manipulation, which in turn brings about spectacular creativity wh
Horror and Macabre
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Masters of Darkroom
Darkroom Photography
The first photograph created was an image produced in 1826 by Nicephore Niepce. He did this on a polished pewter plate covered with a petroleum derivative called Bitumen of Judea. The image required an eight hour exposure time in bright sunshine. We've come so far since those days and those lengths of times to achieve an amazing image - but at the same time it's great to give a nod to the past, learn the basics from the basics and turn to the masters of their field for some inspiration and reminders about just how rewarding Darkroom photography can be.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
One of the greats of his time, Cartier-Bresso
Darkroom
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Still Life Photography Challenge
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Macro Photography Challenge
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An Interview with MarcosRodriguez
Macro Photography
Meet Marcos - our loveable Macro Photography Community Volunteer who was absolutely made for the job not least because of his talents - but also because his name makes Macro! Marcos is from Galicia which is located in the North-Western area of Spain. He is known on DeviantArt for his passion and insight with regards to Macro Photography and can be found on DeviantArt as MarcosRodriguez (https://www.deviantart.com/marcosrodriguez).
The Bio...
I've been working in a car factory since 2012. I fell in love with photography about 7 years ago, when my girlfriend gave me my first digital compact camera. I always did every kind of photography, for me it's a pleasure t
Macro
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Photography
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Architecture Photography Recap by Aeirmid, journal
Architecture Photography Recap
The following articles are missing from our gallery; we are therefore providing the links to them below. Enjoy!
:bulletpink: Architecture Photography
:bulletpink: Exploring Architecture Photography
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PE Architecture Photography: Introduction by AnaNaszynska, journal
PE Architecture Photography: Introduction
Architecture Photography: Introduction
Welcome to the projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate) Architecture Photography Week!
Boy oh boy! I've been preparing this for a few weeks now so I gathered quite a few articles for you guys! To begin with, I will introduce you to the Architecture Photography Gallery on deviantART with all its sub-categories. Then we'll move on to the basics in Architecture Photography in order to help you take successful photographs. We will also see some of the trends around the Gallery with inspiring examples, just to give you a taste of what you can do and encourage you to give it a try as well!
Along with all these articles, I've al
Architecture Photography Basics: Subject
The central element of every architectural photo is the building. The sheer size of buildings makes them very different from almost every other type of photographic subject. An architectural photographer can not only photograph the subject from outside, but can also step into the subject and capture images of its inner life. Additionally, a building is immovably connected to its environment, which means that the photographer has to make the effort to visit the subject.
The building as primary subject
Typically, all elements surrounding a building play a secondary role in the composition of an archit
PE Architecture: Interview with Sigurd Quast by AnaNaszynska, journal
PE Architecture: Interview with Sigurd Quast
Architecture Photographers:
An interview with Sigurd Quast
Sigurd-Quast (https://www.deviantart.com/sigurd-quast), formerly known as eViLKoRnY on deviantART, is a German photographer who has won several National and International Awards, including Germany's Best Digital Photographer in 2008 and has been in the Top 10 of the Sony World Photography Awards in the Architecture category in 2009. Born in Nürtingen, he has pursued his studies in Geoinformatics and is now part of the academic staff at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences.
Stellar
How would you introduce yourself in a few words?
My name is Sigurd Quast, living and working in Stuttgart, Germany. I’m
PE Architecture: Low-Tech by AnaNaszynska, journal
PE Architecture: Low-Tech
Architecture Photography Trends: Low-Tech
"The fact that a (in the traditional sense) technically deficient photograph can have greater emotional impact than a technically flawless picture probably comes as a shock to those who are naive enough to believe that technical excellence alone is a measure of a value of a photograph."
- Andreas Feininger
Who said you have to have an expensive performant camera in order to take beautiful Architecture photographs? Artistic architecture photography can very well be about experimentation and low-tech gear such as toy-cameras, expired film or Lensbaby lenses can give your clichés a completely new
PE Architecture: Composition (1/2) by AnaNaszynska, journal
PE Architecture: Composition (1/2)
Architecture Photography
Basics: Composition (1/2)
One should always consider the composition and framing of an image before shooting. You can crop/rotate an image later, but the cornerstone of a successful image is always laid before the shutter button is pressed. It is essential to consider how to interplay between objects, shapes, lines, and spatial relations in an image can be brought together to for a suspenseful but effective whole. The aim of a good photo should be to captivate the viewer using a composition that complements the overall effect of the image.
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'Porto, Portugal, 2011' by philipz (https://www.deviantart.com/philipz)
There is no simp
PE Architecture: Interview with Vincent Wernhardt by AnaNaszynska, journal
PE Architecture: Interview with Vincent Wernhardt
Architecture Photographers:
An interview with Vincent Wernhardt
Vincent Wernhardt, also known as vinxibit (https://www.deviantart.com/vinxibit) on deviantART, has one prominent gallery within the Architecture Photography category. His photographs, through creative use of camera angles and well-thought composition, take any architectural element to pure abstraction and leave us with a gallery full of shapes and colours.
Today Vincent will answer a few questions for us to get to know him better! :w00t:
Andalusia
How would you introduce yourself in a few words?
I am somebody who likes to be unique in what he does. The photos I take are a reflection of the character traits I
PE Architecture: Interview w/ Johannes Heuckeroth by AnaNaszynska, journal
PE Architecture: Interview w/ Johannes Heuckeroth
Architecture Photographers:
An interview with Johannes Heuckeroth
Johannes Heuckeroth is a 27 year-old student in Design at the Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule in Nüremburg (Germany) who is absolutely passionate about Architecture Photography. There are many articles and interviews I could find online, but most of them are in German — needless to say I couldn't find out a whole lot about him! So I thought it would be a great opportunity to have him talk a bit about himself, his work, and his passion for Architecture Photography.
Kunstmuseum in Bonn, Germany
How would you introduce yourself in a few words?
Addicted to photography and
PE Architecture: Composition (2/2) by AnaNaszynska, journal
PE Architecture: Composition (2/2)
Architecture Photography
Basics: Composition (2/2)
One of the greatest differences between architecture photography and other photography styles is the large scale of an architectural object and its implantation in a context. This makes architecture interact with its surroundings and it is thus important to consider in advance whether you want to include the surroundings in a photo or whether they should be excluded. I'm talking here about static objects such as trees, streetlights, walls, and signs, as well as moving objects such as people, cars, clouds... Including the context makes it easier in some cases to interpret the building, but it
PE Architecture: Perspective by AnaNaszynska, journal
PE Architecture: Perspective
Architecture Photography Basics: Perspective
Taking photographs is basically capturing a 3-dimensional space in two dimensions. The main principle governing this transformation is the principle of perspective, which represents the effect of a subject's space and depth in a 2-dimensional plane. The perspective effect in a photo is determined by the position it is taken from and the direction the camera is pointing. In other words, you can only change the perspective within an image by changing your standpoint.
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'Godspeed' by Sigurd-Quast (https://www.deviantart.com/sigurd-quast)
Vanishing points play an important role in the portrayal of architectural forms.