Saturday, March 29, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Let Gets Social
No Man Is An Island.
Everyone one has advice wheather it be good or bad. The fastest way to learn is to study someone who has already done it. Where do you start.
Brian Auer from EpicEdits.com has a great round up on get your socializing on. take a look at it here
Also check out his site.
http://EpicEdits.com
The Business Side: Setting Standards
I got this Article for Divid Ziser over at http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com
I know in my own experience as a nightlife photographer, that if you dont ask for it
you will never get it, or you will keep getting what you've always got.
So be proud of your work and dont be afraid to put a high value on it.
Check out
David site and the article below
http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/2008/03/thoroughly-business-day-thursday_13.html
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Photo Contest: @ WeSay.com
WeSay.com is a national news site that will be launching soon. Their goal is to feature news content and photographs from citizens around the world. When you submit your photographs to their site, they will consider them for publication. Contest entries are also eligible to win one of three prizes – an 8GB Apple iPhone for overall best photo, and a $100 Amazon gift card for overall second and third place. Click here to read contest rules.
Check out this page for contest categories and sample photos. 
The channels on the site and contest categories are: News, Environment (weather-related), Sports, Celebs and Far-out.
“With millions of digital and cell phone cameras in the hands of citizens around the world, we want to provide them with a forum for news events they witness,” said Jim DeBoth, founder and president. “We want to give the average person a voice in how the news is covered and this is a great opportunity for them to display their photos right on the home page of a major news Web site.”
For more information please contact Jason Geil, photo editor, at info@wesay.com
www.WeSay.com
Photo Contest: Get Published
The PhotographyBookNow.com International Salon and Symposium seeks entries for a new photography book competition celebrating self-published photography books and the photographers behind them. The grand prize award is $25,000 to finish – or start – a photography project of the winner’s choice.
World-renowned photographer and photography book expert Darius Himes will lead a panel of editors, publishers, curators, and photographers who will jury the PhotographyBookNow.com competition. Photographers are invited to submit their most creative, most innovative, and finest self-published photography books.
Entries will be accepted in two categories, General and Themed. The General category celebrates the diversity of the photographic medium, and gives entrants the creative freedom to produce the book of their choice. The Themed category invites any topic, concept, or collection of work that demonstrates how photography can create a narrative in book form. Complete entry guidelines and rules are available at photographybooknow.com.
An important part of PhotographyBookNow.com is bringing the photographic community together. There will be an awards ceremony in San Francisco where the grand prize and top category winners will be honored. There will also be meet-ups in San Francisco, New York, London, and Cologne, where attendees can hang out with industry peers, judges, and friends.
About PhotographyBookNow.com
Be a part of the modern photography book movement. Photography.Book.Now celebrates the most creative, most innovative and finest self-published photography books – and the people behind them. PhotographyBookNow.com is an international juried book competition, traveling salon and symposium. Get started by making your book using Blurb’s free software and commercial-quality printing, or enter your own self-published book. Join the movement and submit your book by July 14th for your chance at the $25,000 grand prize, a trip to San Francisco, and worldwide recognition. For more information visit www.photographybooknow.com.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Confessions of a Photographer - episode 01
BERT STEPHANI bertstephani.com/blog is a professional photographer based in Belgium.
He made a great series of videos titled "Confessions of a Photographer" were he talks about lighting conditions, his set up and thought process's. So check it out and check out his website..
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Get the Smooth Skin Look in Photoshop
David Ziser over at www.digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/ has an amazing video of how to create
the smooth skin effect in photoshop
Check It Out...
