October 15, is Blog Action Day , and the theme this year is "environment".
Joanne of Laidback Buddhist, pointed me out about the Blog Action Day. I've been planning to write a short post about a beach near my hometown, in north-east of Surabaya, Indonesia.
There is a small population of fishermen, where all the people depending so much to find living from the seashore until 5 kilometers far of radius from it. The fisherman community would about to vanish in another 5 years or shorter.
It was started when the local government decided to build 10 km Highway Bridge to connect the main island of East Java, Indonesia to a small island called Madura. According to one of the fishermen community member, they are now can hardly find fish and their income has been decreasing ever since. The sea environment was destroyed by the massive highway development.
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Blog Action Day : Environmental Awareness
Photo Contest 2007 - “Photos On a Theme”
Jordan McClements of IrishViews.com with 70,000 visitors per month have started a photo contest this week. It’s an interesting contest to join and the submission entry is labeled “Photos on a Theme”.
If you have at least 6 really good photos on a specific theme, which you think would look good as a Desktop Background / PC Wallpaper, and then you have a chance to submit them right away.
Some examples of themes are:
“Scotland”, “London”, “Fishing”, “Snow, “Glaciers”, “Forests”, “Rivers”, “Boats” etc.
RULES
- THE PHOTOS MUST BE YOURS!
- NO recognisable faces of people.
- NO copyright stuff (Disney, Sydney Opera House etc)
- 1024x768 pixels in size (please crop if your camera does not take photos in 4:3 aspect ratio) (If your submissions are not 1024x768 pixels, 4:3 aspect ratio then they will have to be REALLY good for me to consider them)
- JPEG (reasonable quality – preferably between 200KB and 300KB file size)
- You must have at least 6 related photos on a theme.
- Email all photos on a specific theme as one email to jmcwd.com@gmail.com with the “theme” in the “subject” line.
Visit Jordan McClements’s photo blog : Make Money From Photos Online for further details
If you have any question about this contest, you can enter to Jordan McClements’s Discussion board at Blog Catalog
BenSpark’s August Add it up Contest
Do you ever wish to have Flickr or Zooomr Pro account? Here is an interesting way to grabb it for free.
Ben Spark starts a contest in August, it has been going fun and so easy. All you have to do is collecting points by writing a Blog about this contest and just comment on Photo-A-Day post for the month of August. (limit one comment per PAD post).
Earn 5 points by voting The BenSpark Blog as Photography Blog of the year
And please do link back to my site Graphic Identity Affiliate (http://graphic-identity-affiliate.blogspot.com) for the reason that you vote The BenSpark.
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Digital Photography Tutorial Compilation
Its a very interesting tutorial compilation about Digital Photography tips and trick:http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/digital-photography-tips-from-around-the-web-4-july-2007/
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Visual Communication in Photography
Sometimes you would see photos that are ordinary in the look, you are tend to put them in your photos album privately because there is nothing special at all about them. You keep it that way and wondering why. Anyhow, photos or pictures tell story about wonderful moment. They had better communicate that moment when we enjoy seeing them. Old photos, wedding photos, children, subjects, landscape, objects and every kind of moments tell you stories in a different way.
There are 5 easy ways to make your photo shot communicate visually.
1. Capture Angles
Your digital pocket camera has an advantage since you can move freely to capture photo model or subject to get certain angles. Instead of capturing at eye level (like everyone do), try extreme angle to get your best shot moment. Capture image using low angle, bird eye level, or side elevation. This technique will bring much better variation to your photo shots.
Close up photo can also become a good solution to capture photo subject using uncommon angle. Use flash light and activate continuous shot to avoid blurriness.
2. Digital Retouch
Red eye as a result of excessive flash light when you took picture in an indoor environment could be easily edited by Adobe Photoshop. You can use Patch Tool, and Clone Stamp Tool. Healing Brush is also common for removing unwanted spot marks, especially when you want to edit a close up face photo.
3. Use Filter
Filter in photo can bring certain expressive color mood. A filter changes the color balance of light and correct colors. Special uses in filters can be implemented for darkening blue skies, darkening an overcast sky, stressing texture of sand and snow, reducing haze and to get the right skin tones. In some extension, there are also special-effects filters such as: star filters, multiple-image filters, diffraction filters, and diffusion filters. Diffusion filters can be divided into fog filters, center-clear filters and motion filters. Experiment using filter on each of your photos, and see the different.
4. Use Silhouette Effect
Subjects can be further simplified by using a silhouette or the opposite of a silhouette which would be a bright form against a dark background. To make silhouette first requires a bright background. The sky is the most common bright background. A white wall, sun-reflecting water, a bonfire, and other bright sources work as well. Underexpose by 2 or 3 stops to darken the subject and make a silhouette out of it and helps when you are a photographing a highlight against a dark background. Suppression of detail through underexposure creates bold poster-like image.
5. Background and Subject Composition
There is no doubt at all, that background behind the subject influences the whole photo look. Bright skies, natural vegetation, landscape, or architectural background are common in photography. The most important thing is not to be overwhelmed in one frame. Pick the right background and imagine that it won't ruin the subject itself. What if your background is a crowded place and too much color combination in just one frame? The best way to create an eye catching subject in such scene is to filter your background or use center clear filters. Capture your photo subject in a close up shot and use wide depth of field.
Photo Stock Download
If you are a designer, you might need some photo or digital art work to make over your whole design. These Photo Stock websites will provide you a profesional look photos, not to mention the digital art (vector, flash, and pixel format) that you can download start from $ 1 each.
There is more, since these Photo Stock websites included high-res photos and you can search down wide variety category by putting certain keyword, and download them instantly after you complete the payment form.
Photographer and digital artist, have a good chance earning money by submitting photos and graphic art. But there is some easy quiz to fill out for qualification step.
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