Well the results of the Australian Digital Photography Awards are out and I’m delighted to announce at least 4 bubblers have been accepte…
Well the results of the Australian Digital Photography Awards are out and I’m delighted to announce at least 4 bubblers have been accepted. / Darren Stones with 3 acceptances. On ya Daz!!! Peter Hammer got 5 accepted and I got….1!! (I’m sure that would have read better if I’d written that in a different order :) / Oh and hot of the press Sue Whickam received two (Did I mention I got …..one!) / My apologies if I haven’t mentioned you, please feel free to add to this bloggy journally thingy. / The people I mention here are also part of the wonderful P4P site. / My finalist/acceptance is this one / The two awards in each category (I think there were over 1200 entries) went to two very experienced photographers (if letters after names mean anything!). Congrats to them. / In the meantime, we RB/P4P’s will carry on taking over the world…or something! Even hotter of the press the ever delightful samantaha has scored herself 2 entries. Did I mention my…..1…...
Good morning to all you beautiful bubblers! / When you have a chance check out this collaboration...
Good morning to all you beautiful bubblers! / When you have a chance check out this collaboration between Rose Moxon and me! / To make this just a little more special Rose came up with the wonderful idea that all funds gathered by sales of this image will be donated to the Fred Hollows Foundation / Very cool! :D
Good morning to all the wonderful Bubblers in the world! / I have a request… / An image...
Good morning to all the wonderful Bubblers in the world! / I have a request… / An image of mine is a finalist in an online art competition and I need your votes please!! / Please click on the picture below to go to the polling booth ahem voting page!! Thanks so very much everyone! / Lots of love and massive bear hugs!!! / / / / ...oh and I’ll be in Sydney tomorrow at Global Gallery between 2pm and 5pm hope to meet some NSW bubblers!! That would be cool!!
The Myths and Realities of Digital Image Theft / ...
The Myths and Realities of Digital Image Theft / By / Jon D. Ayres Being involved in digital art and photography for many years I have seen many misconceptions about digital image theft, especially lately. Of course any photographer and digital artist should be concern about having their work stolen and at present to only sure fire way to prevent digital image theft is just not to place your work on the internet, but lets be honest, image theft just does not happen as much as some people claim it does. For example, look at the number of people who are members of Red Bubble who post their work, how many have been caught using work they stole or have been caught stealing work posted on Red Bubble? Only one or two that I’m aware of, how many do you think are uploading work they stole? Considering the number of posters and the number of new members and post made every day, I would say the number of digital image thieves is very small if any at all. I read where one poster stated that they would no longer trust what she sees on Red Bubble because one person was caught uploading work that he stole from other artists and that is sad. I tend to trust people until I have a reason not to and when I see art work on different sites of the Internet, I will give the artist the benefit of the doubt until I have a reason not to because I consider myself also an artist. I take my own photographs and do my own post processing and conversions and I can prove that fact at any time to anybody, I want people to appreciate my art as I appreciate others art. From the forums of Red Bubble, it seems that some seem to think as Red Bubble becomes more popular, it will attract more image thieves. I can not argue with that, but let’s take a look at the types of image theft. Too many artists as I have said many times before, fail to even consider the business side of selling their art, they want to place their work on the Internet for people to see, admire and purchase, but are so afraid that somebody may steal their work and this fear many times lead to them taking actions that may protect their work in a small way if at all, but the price they will pay will be in lost sells and less admiration and appreciation for their work. Business is risks and gambles, both in a brick and mortar store or an Internet store and unless you’re willing to take some risks, you really have no business trying to sell anything. Lately on the Red Bubble forums I have read where a few people are saying that they are seeing more and more work submitted by people who are using work and photos which are not theirs. I somewhat wonder just how true this really is, because very often, things are not the way it seems, yes, this also applies to digital art thieves. But like I said before I like to give the person the benefit of the doubt until I have reason not to. Of course, f you think somebody has stolen another artist’s work, you should bring that to the attention of the directors and administrators of the site so they can look into it. But often times what looks to be somebody else’s work in reality is not anybodies else work but the submitter. A good example of this is on several of the larger stock agencies. When I first started looking for a stock site to host some of my photos, I always do a search to see just what my competition was on the site and who are posting work like mine and what they are posting. Often I was in shock by what I found when I did a search for photos of Moscow. One every large stock site, looked as if the people posting photos of Moscow were all on the same tour, taking photos of the exact same things almost in the exact same locations, standing in exact same spot. That was how close most of the photos of Moscow matched each other, of the 30 or 40 people posting photos taken in Moscow; they all looked as if they were all taken by the same person. So you have to be very careful in making accusations against somebody. Also if an artist buys a photo they like from a stock site or photographer, many times they can use that photo in their art as they see fit and I have given other digital artists to use my photos in their art for free. I retain the copyright of the original photo and the artist has copyright on their art. You have to be very careful with making accusations against somebody. Of course we artists all have to lookout for each other, but that also is a responsibility to try and be absolutely sure before making n accusation against anybody. When I first started working in photography and digital art, I learn the importance of having a good attorney retained to handle situations such as this, its sad that in today’s world, every business or individual involved in business needs an attorney, but that is a fact and I have one. If anybody steals my work or other legal photo and digital art issues that may arise, then I let my attorney handle it, that is one of the reasons I have retained her. In the early days of the Internet, I remember people only uploaded their images to show what they could do and many times the artist would be flattered if you said I would like to use your photo or art and they would let you use it for free, you only had to give recognition to the artist. The Internet was a gold mine for the ad agency, magazines and post card companies looking for digital art to use and in many cases for free. Even today there are many free graphic arts sites, one of the stock agencies I use even has a free section where photographers can donate work that can be downloaded and used for free. Though not as common as it used to be, businesses, companies, publishers sometimes seem to think they can download and use photos and graphic arts from the Internet for free. Case in point, here in Moscow a couple of years ago, a phone card company took a liking to the work of a local Moscow photographer and downloaded some of her photos to use on phone calling cards. The photographer just happen to be walking by a shop that sold phone cards in the subway and noticed several cards for sell with her photos on them, so she bought one of each and when she got home called the phone card company who tried to tell her that because her photos were on the Internet, they could be had for free, and they refused to pay for the work they took. Luckily the young lady knew an attorney who called the phone card company and told them that unless they were willing to pay for the work they stole, the matter would be settled in court. The young photographer ended up getting $500 per photo, which was about twice what she would normally get. That is why today, most businesses and publishers do not steal photos and art work from the Internet, because it is a no win situation for them and they know it. Yes, some businesses still take photos from the Internet, but they generally are small businesses who think they can get away with it without it being noticed, larger businesses and publishers know better and if they do not, they legal team will remind them. But this still does happen from time to time, consider Rebekka Guoleifsdottira, one of flickr’s most popular photographers. She’s posted the above composite to her flickrstream and written a post about how she’s been ripped off by Only-Dreaming, a London based print-selling company. Rebekka says that this store stole her photos, sold them for thousands of dollars and now will not pay her for what they stole from her. Rebekka tells how a friend of hers came across their store on ebay and recognized one of her prints. Rebekka looked into the matter and discovered 7 more of my photos being sold there. “I spent a good many days researching, going back thru their customer feedback, and was able to track back the sales of at LEAST 60 prints made from my images. These prints sold for a total sum of 2450 british pounds (around 4840 US$ )” said Rebekka. So far Rebekka’s attorney has only been able to get her images (which are all right’s reserved) off of Only-Dreeming’s website. Rebekka is an art student and single mother and could not afford a long drawn out legal battle. Only-Dreaming claims they bought the high resolution photos and did not know they were stolen. I tried Only-Dreaming web site and only the main page works, so maybe they are out of business now. The second group of image thieves and the largest group are individuals and make believe artists and photographers who steal other’s work and claim it is their own. It is these thieves that I find the most disgusting. But even though lazy no talent sewer rats like this make the largest number of digital art thieves, considering the number of talented true artists today who post their work on the Internet, the number of lazy sewer rats will always be small. They seem to think that because there are so many digital artists posting their work on the Internet and there are so much digital art that they can help themselves to what ever they choose and nobody will notice, famous last words. I did a web search for that person who caused such a uproar on Red Bubble who was caught steal digital art, named Donkeyass or something like that. I noticed their web page is gone now, but that person still has artwork posted on quiet a few digital art agencies and sites. But word is getting out about Donkeyass. Thieves are not known for being smart, that is one reason why digital art thieves are pretty easy to catch. Just look at that fool Donkeyass, posting his stolen art all over the internet, as if nobody would notice it. Just how do you catch digital art thieves? To a small degree its luck, as in the case when you accidentally stumble onto your work being used without your permission by another, most stock agencies are like large families, the membership generally look after one another. If you’re a member of a stock agency, then you generally look at other members photos and art and you have your favorite artists. I generally also look at other art and photography sites and have my favorite sites, if I notice a photo or art work on another site that looks like something another member of the stock agency I’m a member of that another member may have done, I will let them know about so they can check it out, same if I notice a photo or art piece in a magazine or advertisement, I will mention it the member I know, at least congratulate them, so they at least know their work has been noticed and if it is unauthorized use, then they are aware of it. Most stock agencies take image theft very seriously, both the thieves who steal members art and members who steal others art, so make the stack agency aware of images which may have been stolen. Some stock agencies use digital finger prints, each photo or art work uploaded to the site is digitally fingerprinted, then if the photo is right clicked, downloaded or saved, it can be traced right to where it was downloaded and by whom. There is nothing wrong with saving a photo you like, its how you use it that can cause trouble. Here is a very interesting link on digital fingerprinting: http://www.blogherald.com/2007/12/03/digital-fingerprints-for-images-detecting-image-theft-for-free/ / Canada has a new digital police force whose job is to search the Internet for digital thieves. Canada Seeks Digital Cops to Catch Digital Thieves / http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/2007/07/canada-seeks-digital-cops-to-catch.html / This is only a few of the many ways to catch digital thieves. How not to protect your work The methods vary, but remember, there are ways around most methods of protection if a thief knows what they are doing. Some mistakenly believe that disabling right click saving will protect their work, but I’m afraid these people only have a false sense of security. All a image thief has to do is use a screen capture to save a photo or art work. I have an Adobe program that I use to save web pages to make my own reference manuals (for my own use), I remember not long ago on one of the Red Bubble forums a lady saying how well protected her photos were on her site because she had disabled right click saving. Well, I copied her complete web site in less than 30 seconds, then extracted all the photos from the pdf file, nothing any easier than that. In less than 30 seconds, I had a copy of every photo and art work on her site. There are programs where all you have to do is enter a web address and it will download every photo or picture that are on the web site. So you can very well see that disabling right clicking does nothing. As a matter of fact enabling right clicking has helped me make sells. Many of my clients like to save my work and show their clients if they are interested in having my work, so I have no problems with right clicking as long as the person doing the right clicking does the responsible thing. I’m against disabling right clicking for several reasons, first, it does not work, second, I make sells by allowing people to right click and save a low resolution copy of my work and third, I live in Moscow, Russia, my family likes in the US, I want my family to be able to right click and save my work. Now if you right click my work and save it then use it yourself for financial gain gain or claim it is your work, you better hope that I do not find out about it. Watermarking is one of the best ways to protect your work, but many people not only watermark their work wrong, but also have no idea of the real reason for watermarking. Most people feel that watermarking is to make it hard for an image thief to use their work, well guess again, a good image thief knows how to remove most watermarks. Some think that by putting a big watermark across the middle of your artwork will protect it and in most cases it does, but it also makes your artwork look very bad and unprofessional and could very well cost you sells, that is why it is not bothered with by most digital thieves, they only want good art. In my and a lot of other people’s mind, a big bold watermark across a photo or art piece completely destroys it. Faded watermarks or transparent watermarks are better, but faded watermarks still take away from the photo. But this really is not the purpose of watermarks. Watermarks are for showing that a photo is copyrighted and how holds the copyright and in my case to show that I am the artist who created the art and that in a lot of cases keeps image thieves away. The purpose of watermarking is not to make it hard for an image thief to steal your work, but to show who owns and copyrighted the work. Then if the case ends up in court, the image thief is already sunk because even if they remove the watermark, that only makes your case stronger. The image thief has lost before they even began, that’s why most professional image thieves stay away from watermarked photos. And for this purpose, a small watermark is all it takes. Remember, if a professional image thief wants your digital art, they can remove a large watermark just as easy as they can crop a small watermark on the corner edge of a photo. Watermarks are for showing who owns a photo and the copyright and this is very strong in courts of law, especially when you show that the watermark has been removed. For this reason, watermarking is one of the best protections for photos. But only if you do it right will it help your sells, not take away from your sells. There are many digital arts now, the competition is very strong and if your going to make sells, you have to provide a pleasing to the eye product, do not let your watermarking take away from your work, if you do, a buyer will go somewhere else to find their art. As I said, most professional digital art thieves and businesses do not try and take watermark photos because they are copyrighted and if caught, it could be very expensive for the business or pro image thief. But the lazy make believe digital artists are the main ones who steal watermarked work for their own use or to claim as their own work and in a lot of cases the individual make believe digital artists can be the hardest to catch because they can hide among the true digital artists, but they are also the easiest to catch, because they are stupid. How do you protect your digital master pieces? Every stock agency, every art site, every web page where photos can be posted, should make it clear that digital art theft will not be tolerated, either by people downloading art (by downloading I mean for their own use) or by artists who are members of the agency. That all work is copyrighted. That fact alone is enough to make most people leave your work alone. And that if caught, the agency will take what ever actions needed to rectify the situation and by legal means if required. This warning should be placed on every page which has a photograph or art work is found. Do not make threats that only encourage image theft, its like waving a red flag in front of a bull. The digital image thieves who know what they are doing are few in number and will not be stopped no matter what, but thankfully they only concentrate on photos and artwork that big money can be made on, not art work like on Red Bubble or other stock photo sites like this. Face facts, if your work was truly good enough to make big bucks, you would not be here, would you? Your stock agency should refuse to use hot linking, hot linking is one of the easiest way for the digital image thief to steal images, all they have to do is copy the code and place it on their web page and whola, look at what they have now, your photo or photos all for themselves. / If you’re more worried about people stealing our masterpieces than you are about selling them, then do not list your gallery or portfolio on the Internet search engines. The less people who know about your work or where to find, the lesser number of digital image thieves who can find your work. If your more concerned about selling your work and being an successful artist, then submit your gallery and portfolio to Internet search engines. Business is risky, just look at the number of businesses robbed and broken into each day, even on the Internet, but you can make your Internet business safe if you choose to. Use numbers instead of letters or place a number somewhere in the photo name, misspell the photo name, but be careful if you want customers Using low resolution photos as examples is one of the best ways to protect your work, I know some have said, “Oh I downloaded a photo from Red Bubble and made a post card with it” I mean really, now how about trying to resize that photo to a more useful size, you may be able to get a 4 inch by 6 inch card made using that photo if your lucky, but any larger forget it. Having low resolution examples is the best way to protect your work and one of the ones I prefer most. Make it 4×6 inches (or smaller) at a resolution of 72dpi and that’ll make it near useless for printing purposes, unless the user wants to shrink it to half the size 2×3 inches to get a good resolution for printing. Watermarking your photos, some believe they need a big watermark across their photo, I do not, and a small watermark is all that’s needed. Some like me place it in a corner of the photo, some place it in the middle and others somewhere like curved around a car wheel, on a church steeple or in another unnoticeable place in the photo or art work. The reason for this is to be able to prove that the image belongs to you. But to ruin the image in an effort to save it, defeats the purpose of having the image for sell in the first place. Digital art is now very competitive, will no telling how many artists doing it now. You have to keep your work appealing and a big watermark across your work just is not very appealing to most people looking to buy a piece of art. Though watermarking can make it a nuisance for the person to steal it, but watermarking is ugly, and you’d pretty much have to destroy the photo before someone like myself would have trouble removing it, is that the type of work you want to present to prospective clients, I sure do not. You may want to consider copyright protection or registering your copyright just in case you ever have to go to court. There have been a few cases where the court has ruled against the artist who created the work because they were unable to prove that they took steps to protect their copyright. Cases like this are few and far between, but they do happen from time to time. Some stock agencies mark their photos with digital fingerprints. Digital Fingerprints allow a photo to be tracked, who downloads it, time it was downloaded, where it was downloaded to. Stock agencies have found that just mentioning that their photos are digitally Fingerprinting scares away most digital thieves. There is only foolproof way to protect your digital art and that is just not put it on the Internet at all. No matter what means are developed to protect digital art on the Internet, it will only be a matter of time before a way to defeat it is found. Just last month in St. Petersburg there was a hackers convention, one of the sites hacked was one of the larger popular stock photo sites, the hackers were able to bypass the security of this stock agency and download every photo on that site. If you so paranoid that you think that your masterpieces will be stolen, then you should not place them on the Internet at all. If it can be seen with a browser, it can be taken, plain and simple. How do you find out if your work has been stolen? / 1. To find stolen text or articles: Check any search engine using exact original text near the top of your page and put it in quotes, also search for the title of your work. / 2. Find stolen images: Use Google’s Image search or any other search engine that allows you to search for images and use any word that would describe your image. You can also search for the image file name but if they are smart (luckily most digital art thieves are not) they may have changed the name. / 3. Use CopyScape http://www.copyscape.com/ which allows you to enter your web pages URL and it will bring up any site with your content on it (this often results in directory listings with a list of your menu links or other text) so look for listings with a significant amount of words being copied. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Steps to Remove Stolen Content / This information comes from Lori’s Web Design http://www.loriswebs.com/stop-stolen-content.html I used this information as my source for this part of my article, so I can not and do not in any way claim this to be mine, I rewrote the indo like I did in school when I had to do a report. So I give full credit to where I found this info. J. D. Ayres / Try and find the contact information for the web site where you find your stolen work. Most thieves are trying to sell what they steal or claim it as their own and usually always have contact info on the page. If they have no contact email on the website which is rare, then contact the sites hosting service. / Check their domain Whois for contact information. All registrants are supposed to provide contact info. Use InterNic Domain Names Search to search for the registrant’s or administrator’s contact info. There are several ways to search for contact info, Mapquest, USPS (United States Postal Service for those who do not know), Whitepages, Yahoo’s People Search, name search on Google or Yahoo, and the phone company where the thief is located. Many cities have online phone directories all over the world. If all of the contact info for the domain is false and the phone company says there is no person by that name listed in that city then this domain was likely purchased for illegal practices which is against the law. You can report them to the org that regulates registration of domains with Internic’s Whois Data Problem Report. They will then try to contact the owner of the domain and if this is not resolved within 15 days they will remove the domain. You will have to provide proof that you own the content in question and include all valid info to support your claim in your letter. / You have to be able to prove that you actually own the work. It is best to have your work registered with the US Copyright office, but not necessary really. You will then need to use proof from a third party online, for example, an electronic copy (save a browser copy) of Google’s cache of your page or website with a date. I generally make .pdf copies of every web page I have material on, so there is no question about when I posted it. I also never use my original photos for my work, only copies, so if needed I can provide the original photo with EXIF data and meta-data. Hopefully you have already done this from the start so if your wrk is stolen, you can prove who had the work first and posted it first. If your website with the stolen content has been online more than 1 year you can provide a link to the Way Back Machine which keeps copies of websites and will provide 3rd party proof who had the content online first. This does not prove who owns what, only who published it first. / Write the owner of the site with the copyright infringement and send a cease and desist letter. Even though you can do this yourself, it is best to have an attorney do it because attorneys are not brushed off as easily as individuals are. You may want to try writing and sending the letter yourself before contacting an attorney or just skip this part all together and contact the Internet host of the thief. / First look for the hosting company’s Terms of Service, every host site has them on a web page with rules about using the site. Most Internet providers (at least in the US) have strict rules about copyright infringement. Quote those rules which apply to your situation in your letter. The thief’s website will probably be removed if you can prove that they have content on it that belongs to you and is there without your permission. Some hosts will take the stolen content down immediately and possibly even remove the whole website. Some hosts will insist on your sending a DMCA report by certified mail according to their rules which are either on their website or they will send you by email. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law which implements two 1996 WIPO treaties. It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services that are used to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as DRM) and criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, even when there is no infringement of copyright itself. It also heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. On May 22, 2001, the European Union passed the EU Copyright Directive or EUCD, similar in many ways to the DMCA. / In rare cases contacting the offender or their hosting company may not provide the desired results, then look over their hosted sites and write all their advertisers, sponsors, membership organizations, subscribers, Internet Service Providers, Google AdSense as well as any other PayPerClick Services, Yahoo Directory, DMOZ directory, including those who are linked to their website. Inform them this person has stolen your copyrighted material. / If you have been unsuccessful so far, you have one more option left to you before taking legal action, to file a DMCA report with Google or Digital Millennium Copyright Act report. Also file a DMCA report with all the search engines this site is listed with. This is a very long and time consuming process and must be filed via regular certified mail. Make sure you have your facts correct and are completely truthful because if you are not, it could result in legal penalties for you. But this last method is very effective; outside of this your only recourse is taking the thief to court. / Of course all of the above really depends on the country where you live, the country where the thief lives and the country where the thief’s web site is hosted as to how you can deal with the situation. How many digital art thieves are caught and how many get away? I There really is no telling, most US businesses and publications no longer take images and use them without permission because of the legal ramifications, remember I said most, some US businesses still do. From what I have seen on the Internet, it seems that the largest group of business digital image theft goes on in Britain now. Only-Dreaming as mentioned before is a British company, Active Magazine another UK outfit, http://www.leelau.net/2006/activemagazine/activemagazine.htm / I guess UK businesses are like how US businesses used to be, if its on the Internet, then its free for the taking, US businesses pretty much wised up after a few lawsuits. But digital image theft happens all over the world and the only way to stop it is not with software or disabling this or that, but for the honest digital artists to look out for one another. Be careful and try not to jump conclusions, but when you see something that may not be what it claims to be, contact the stock agency or web page director and tell them, I’m not sure, but I think this image may belong to somebody other than the person who posted it here. I maybe wrong, but maybe you should check this photo. Also contact the artist you think the photo may belong to and tell them that maybe they should take a look at the photo and see if it is theirs or not. If all the true digital artists unite and stand together and start kicking some digital thief tail, it will not take long for people to wise up. Of course there will always be thieves, that’s a fact of life, but if we unite and say “enough is enough, we’re not going to take it any more” it will not take long for this problem to be a lot lesser of a problem. / Jon D. Ayres Sources: / Design http://www.loriswebs.com/stop-stolen-content.html / Lori’s Web Design http://www.blogherald.com/2007/12/03/digital-fingerprints-for-images-detecting-image-theft-for-free/ Digital Fingerprints For Images: Detecting Image Theft for Free Canada Seeks Digital Cops to Catch Digital Thieves / http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/2007/07/canada-seeks-digital-cops-to-catch.html
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I have an improved and better formatted version of this tutorial in my wordpress blog....
I have an improved and better formatted version of this tutorial in my wordpress blog. This tutorial will cover digital blending in Photoshop CS3 using layer masks and transparency gradients. It is aimed at those who are interested in seeking alternatives to HDR (High Dynamic Range) processing. I would consider the usage of these techniques as digital graduated neutral density filters and although it can take some time to implement, I find the benefits to be: Preservation of intended colour and tone Complete control over contrast gradients Elimination of halo effects Elimination of fringing I will use one of my photographs, The Heart, to illustrate the method. 1. Download this zipped folder containing the two images to be used for blending and open IMG_1166 in Photoshop. 2. Press Ctrl+Shift+N and click OK to add a new layer. To place IMG_1164 on this layer go to File > Place and find where you saved it. Click the tick to commit the transform. 3. To create a mask, click the New Layer Mask (grey square with white circle inside) button in the Layers palette. To create a transparency gradient on this mask, first hit G to bring up the gradient toolbar and select a linear gradient. Then click and drag as shown in the following picture. 4. The next layer will be a photo filter so click Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter and hit OK. Push the density slider to 100% and select a custom colour with properties as shown in the following picture. 5. Now apply another layer mask and gradient, as done previously, to restrict the photo filter to the sky. Change the blend mode to Linear Burn and opacity to 70% for the following picture. The Linear Burn blend mode is similar to Color Burn, but instead of increasing contrast, it decreases brightness to darken the base color and reflect the blend color. Now add curves layers to the foreground and then the sky. 6. Click Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves and hit OK. Then modify each of the RGB channels to reflect something like the following picture. 7. Change the blend mode to soft light and add a layer mask and gradient (this time in reverse) to restrict the curves layer to the foreground. This will produce the following result. The curves layer that targets the sky looks like this. 8. Change the blend mode again to soft light, opacity to 75% and create a layer mask and gradient to achieve the following result. 9. The final step involves adding a levels layer and changing its blend mode to ‘screen’ to boost the lighter areas. An opacity of 90% will achieve the picture shown below. 10. Straightening the horizon and correcting the barrel distortion yields The Heart. If you’ve found this useful please let me know. Feedback and discussion is welcome. If you haven’t done so already, please check out one of my other tutorials Photographing the Milky Way with a standard DSLR camera Cain Doherty
Im posting this out here (and to the universe) to send me a place..a course..a teacher.. a something (!) so that i can really LEARN..fine…
Im posting this out here (and to the universe) to send me a place..a course..a teacher.. a something (!) so that i can really LEARN..fine tune what i know..go further, with 100% commitment…willing to pay money even, about these three subjects: Advancing my self taught knowledge of Photoshop Learn/study Illustrator Immerse & LEARN into the technical aspects of Digital Photography (cuz at the moment its ALL instincts,luck & a lots of try & wing’in it) Can anyone recommend short courses available in Melbourne? A good teacher? I now have the time and some $$ to finally give 100% to myself (no more stayhome-single mum of four kids and occassion to put my needs in the backburner!) and would really like to learn/do all the things ive wanted to do for like, 23yrs now.. when i look at job vacancies..i dont feel like i have a chance in any of them, cuz of the job/software requirements – sometimes i dont even fully understand the sentence/job terms! Haha.. I am all self taught, and i dont know what i know, if that makes sense… Ive always been the type to take on projects/jobs by instinct and wing-it, learn as i go, jump in with both feet..to get whatever that needs to be done. And 99.9% of the time, ive done it :) quite well..if i may say so, myself :P so now..ive got no more ‘dependants’ and its time to look after me! ive done some courses before, and theres a lot of courses out there that put me to sleep..especially tafe/community type ones.. Thats prob more cuz im self taught, and maybe i should be in the ‘advanced’ course..but cuz i dont have a beginner ‘certificate’ or anything.. Ive always had start with the Beginners course. I am planning to apply for NEIS and hopefully start that early Sept. But i still want to fine tune my skills, knowledge AND also start mixing with people of same interest, aims.. The self is made, not given. It is a creative and active process of attending a life that must be heard, shaped, seen, said aloud into the world, finally enacted and woven into the lives of others. / —Barbara Myerhoff /
This is a ‘how to’ do the through the viewfinder or ttv technique written for all of you that have expressed interest recently. It is…
This is a ‘how to’ do the through the viewfinder or ttv technique written for all of you that have expressed interest recently. It is by no means a rule book because I think each person would approach it differently but this is how I manage it..and remember with ttv really there ARE NO RULES :) It will require you to use that creative imagination but this is honestly half the fun of it!! I should give you some background info firstly, it is rumored to have first been thought of by Mr E on Flickr back in 2005 but there are is no hard proof of this just speculation on my behalf. TTV is still really huge on flickr with hundreds of groups dedicated to the different styles and subjects of ttv eg nature, black&white, manipulated, ferriswheels, self-portraits, etc etc So firstly ..what you are going to need, the essentials; / 1- a twin reflex camera eg. Kodak Duaflex, Argus75, or any other camera that has a large viewfinder. NB Most can be picked up from flea markets or ebay for as little as $5. Most take 620 film that is no longer made/available so this is why they are so cheap plus they are a dime a dozen as they were mass produced in the 1950s & 60’s. / 2- a digital camera with a pretty good macro so you are able to zoom in nice and close to the viewfinder / 3- a tripod certainly helps but isn’t essential / 4- something to block out excess light from above that shines onto your viewfinder glass, this can be a specially made box, a round piece of cardboard, or anything else that will do the job that you have laying about. / 5- a good sense of humor and a healthy dose of patience!! Here’s some of my twin reflex kids / This is the argoflex 75 and the kodak duaflex / This is an ansco and not my gun shells there ..its goose shooting season here and I have included them for size comparison. I wouldn’t recommend the ansco to start with as its really fiddley!! / This is looking down at the ansco’s viewfinder. / This is zooming in as tight as possible with my macro lens. / This is the image that has been cropped and is now ready for what ever colour adjustments or processing you wish to do. / OK so this isn’t my image of choice here but you get the general idea.. / This is a random piece of cardboard tube that I now use to block out excess light reflecting on the viewfinder glass. / Here is the side view..if you insist on being really anal about it you get some ideas for building the exact fit to your camera from flickr here If you would like a really indepth tutorial I can recommend Russ Morris’s here A few other points I’d like to add….some may wonder why go to all this trouble when you can do all of this with photoshop (fake ttvs) well my answer to that is I really like being able to see what image I want to create in the field and quite frankly it is so much more fun and creative to be actually ‘out there’ doing it! Secondly I don’t think all images or concepts are suited to the ttv style so this will be a matter of trial and error to see what fits for you. Lastly -the ttv style is all about embracing age and the antique-look of an image so think carefully about your post processing. Alot of ttv actually looks wonderful all on its own and I think many would be shocked at how little I actually do to some ttvs. Please use this link if you wish to find out more about the different processes and for free photoshop downloads here / that help achieve the vintage, grungey look. A great one to start with is urban acid :) Here’s a few more … / An urban acid ttv There you go…I think thats it?? Let me know if you need to know more or perhaps I’ve left something out…and don’t forget there is a Through the Viewfinder / group for ‘real’ ttvs when you are all ready to go!! Cheers Everyone!! Jules :)
Guys, just wanna share a link with all of you… I was always eager to learn… / Interesting articles about *Digital Photography Composit…
Guys, just wanna share a link with all of you… I was always eager to learn… / Interesting articles about Digital Photography Composition.. / You can find here information about: * The Rule of Thirds * Working the Lines in Your Photography (how to use horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines) * Finding Fresh Angles to Shoot From * Photographing Children – Composition * Getting Horizons Horizontal * Getting Images Straight * Fill Your Frame * The Importance of Focal Points * Creating Active Space – Photographing Moving Subjects * Getting Backgrounds Right * Framing Your Shots * How to Use Converging Lines to Enhance Your Photography * 4 Rules of Composition for Landscape Photography * How to Break the ‘Rules’ of Photography May be this will help someone to improve and develop the passion for photography we all share… / Photography Composition Tips / Cheers, / Vicky
Camera maintenance is an important habit to get into, but of course no one has to be too meticulous about it. Hell, housework is certainl…
Camera maintenance is an important habit to get into, but of course no one has to be too meticulous about it. Hell, housework is certainly not my strong point. This morning I gave my baby (Canon 20D) a spruce up. I thought it was perfect timing with the sun shining and a stunning blue sky – just as you’d expect in Melbourne. Of course at time of writing the clouds have rolled in to provide a diffusing effect to the scenery. :) The camera sensor was due for a little dust removal. So, off I toddled with the 50mm prime lens attached and I set the camera to manual mode and proceeded to take exposures at F/22. F/22 is perfect for revealing those dust bunnies. You know the one’s, those darn spots we remove in photoshop and are a right pain in the ass. What fun – not. Anyway, I soon found a big dust bunny had come to the party. The bloody thing was bigger than Bugs Bunny. Huh, that big bugger was in fact on the rear lens element, so after a few exposures rocket science (a brain wave) soon dictated that he/she had to be exterminated with a quick wipe with a soft lens cloth. Done. Onwards we go to a little fiddling in photoshop and a play with the auto levels option. That was interesting to say the least and clearly revealed those dastardly bunnies at their worst. After a few goes at exterminating them I have a relatively clean baby all ready to take for a spin. Above – Sensor before cleaning Above – Sensor after cleaning Above – Sensor before cleaning with auto levels adjustment in Photoshop Above – Sensor after cleaning with auto levels adjustment in Photoshop I use the Copper Hill kit products as supplied by Quality Cameras in Perth. I have no affiliation with them, but can recommend their prompt and courteous service and cleaning kit products. Of course I couldn’t get rid of all the bunnies, so I suspect the mummy and daddy bunny will make more little bunnies for me to exterminate in the future. Those rascally rabbits. Some great info here to assist. / http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning And this is the way I do it. / http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/image/71784128 Advice articles can be found on my site here
hey to all of my sydney bubblers please join the new sydney exhibition group u’ll find it in my groups or just read the title of this jo…
hey to all of my sydney bubblers please join the new sydney exhibition group u’ll find it in my groups or just read the title of this journal, it is also for the people in the blue mountains ,newcastle,wollongong and the central coast, it will inform you about what is going on art wise in all types of artistic media get you word out about what’s happening with you or someone you know. / wouldn’t it be great to have a tonne of bubblers just rock up at your show- it happens and it is a fantastic feeling. / as one person doing a show it is hard when you can’t get your word out to other artists but as a group the word can just spread with unlimited possibilities. / steve
© 2008 Sharon Anne Mau As it is official postage, it has been approved by the USPS, the United States Postal Service, for acceptable …
© 2008 Sharon Anne Mau As it is official postage, it has been approved by the USPS, the United States Postal Service, for acceptable design and content! Approved Licensed Vendor / Customized PC Postage It has been launched and here is the link where you may purchase it if you wish! Mahalo a nui loa, thank you so much!!
/ As we know infrared photography in film media is infrared film cap…
/ As we know infrared photography in film media is infrared film capture some of the longer length (above 700 nm) infra-red radiation. The film is also sensitive in the UV region (below 400 nm). a few film also sensitive to near-infrared radiation out to approximately 1000 nm wavelength (1 micron). / How bout in digital? (infrared photography using filter attach in front of the lens method) “The reason i choose Digital Camera is prices continue to fall and the level of functionality and resolution is increasing in consumer digital cameras In Digital you have understand not just the concept of infrared it self, but you really have to know the specification of your Digital Camera. Is your digital camera respond very well to infrared? / In the front of your digital camera sensor (CCD/CMOS array) there is a special infrared-blocking filter. it’s called hot mirror, every brand has they own type of hot mirror, code name low pass filter. That’s why there are few camera like Nikon (D100,D50,D70,D70s) are very good capture infrared, and another brand needs longer exposure to capture infrared. For example i using Nikon D70/s, most of my photo need = iso200 1second at F/9. Why Fuji S3 Pro UV/IR can hand held IR photography? / in Canon EOS 350D will need longer than that. Are CCD is better than CMOS? Is Nikon better than Canon? i wouldn’t say that. I just want to enhance basic understanding risk of infrared photography. If you often do long exposure infrared photography, there a fatal risk you will get. At the end, the sensor will give you dead pixel and burn out electricity. I will not recommend this. But its your camera anyway. lol / The good thing is camera with low pass filter capture more natural light without infrared light. I don’t want say which brand A or camera brand B is the best, lets finish this one. Another risk is your health, what i mean is never see through view finder for compositing your photo while infrared filter is attached in your lens. The worst case is eye cancer, I’m not try to make you afraid, understand the risk. You will achieve the gain and addicted ot infrared photography After you understand the camera, lets talk more detail about infrared wavelength / Wratten #25 _ _ _ _ _ 600nm / Wratten #29 _ _ _ _ _ 620nm / Wratten #70 _ _ _ _ _ 680nm / Wratten #89B _ _ _ _ 720nm / Wratten #88A _ _ _ _ 750nm / Wratten #87 _ _ _ _ _ 800nm / Wratten #87C _ _ _ _ 850nm / Wratten #87B _ _ _ _ 930nm if you have Hoya R72, its mean your filter block all the infrared with wavelength above 720nm. If you have Hoya RM90, its mean your filter block all the infrared filter above 920nm. Why i should know about this? let me give you real case. 600 nm is more opaque and red than 720nm. Why Hoya R25 give me reddish photo with high contrast in the sky? why custom infrared filter with 980Nm need longer exposure? Understand this concept, you will know which Wratten type can give me the best IR for B/W result, or which wratten type give me the best raw photo for false color (infrared color photo). Other beneficial is will give you very clear mind which infrared filter is the best for me. / If you ask me, which one is the best? base on my experience i will say Hoya R72 is the best, why? because easy to get!!. That’s it. Some infrared filter for example iflord gelatin SFX can’t face the strong heat of the sun, easily broken. B+W is too expensive, i just can’t afford to lose another one. Heliopan RG780 is very rare, with Harrison&Harrison you have to wait another 3 months to get a filter / / Cokin P007 is my fave too, because the method is slot in. Make me comfort do the composition before taking a picture. But its back to you.. feel free to choose which one is the best for you. Remember the point of view that every filter have their own characteristic, fully understand about this. You will get full beneficial of the filter. The other thing is metering in infrared are totally different with natural metering. Because source of infrared photography is infrared light. For easy let me give you hints : / 1) There is more infrared light around when there is bright sunlight. This doesn’t mean you should avoid take infrared photo in other conditions but that the effects are stronger when the sun is out. / 2) Largest amount of IR: the hours just after sunrise and before sunset (due to the angle of the sunlight through the atmosphere), the effect is most dramatic (i.e deep black sky) when photographing with the sun behind the camera. Now you know why some of infrared photo are very contrast / 3) An electronic or bulb flash will increase the amount of IR as well as visible light. In conclusion, you will never able to depends on Auto, A, S, P, or other mode in your Digital Camera, always use Manual Exposure mode in your camera I will continue in next journal. Feel free to ask and discuss, i will do my best to answer Copyright images belong to the owner, attach in this journal not for profit information best regards, / Anwar Salim
“There are many way to Rome” In Infrared Digital Photography, there are many way (method) to get there. But definitely we need infrare…
“There are many way to Rome” In Infrared Digital Photography, there are many way (method) to get there. But definitely we need infrared filter / 1. Most common people know with Infrared Filter attach in front of the lens / These method cheapest than the others, your camera still can capture natural photo (natural visible light). But there are few concerns such as : Need long exposure, very hard to do composition, can’t hand held photography, photo mostly not sharp (miss focusing point). / Stop reading and thinking for a while please, that’s minus point doesn’t change your mind to do infrared digital photography right? / I’m still do this filter attach in front of lens method, and will free to share tips and trick base on my experience. 2. Because of that few “minus” point, some people try to remove “blocker” from the camera. As we know in Basic Concept#1, in each camera there is Hot Mirror. / / This method is still combine with infrared filter in front of the lens. Sony “Night Mode” do automatically these process. / Copyright of this image belong to Margaret Brown (photoreview.com.au) People get short exposure, infrared photography expand into another field of photography such as photo of animal, human, macro, etc. At that time, there isn’t many glass company can create custom size of infrared filter. The minus point of this method is grainy image, so much loss detail, less sharpness 3. Expand from method no 2, people change the hot mirror with type of glass (filter / clear glass). Perhaps you realize these day are many website offering this, lifepixelcom, beyondvisiblelight.com, Advanced Camera Services in Norfolk, etc for example. / / Few people DIY this method, they can change hot mirror with Cokin P007, Hoya R72, B+W, Heliopan or other common filter. This is why they get bubble effect. See this image bellow for more detail / Bubble effect will show you black dot, in certain condition will show like big transparent dot. Hard to clear this effect with clone stamp/ spot healing in post production B+W, Heliopan or Tiffen claim they using Schott glass, This is kind of glass that reduce the bubble effect in your photo. Better density of filter for easy acceptance of your mind. But we have to know that even they using Schott glass. There are few quality (A/B/C/D) in the market. Most quality is just C or D class which will give you bubble effect if you swap hot mirror with this one. Overall minus point of this #3 method is your camera can’t be normal again, very hard to re-adjust focusing point. Continue read to get what i mean by re-adjust focusing point At this point, i just want to make clear that I’m not a person who looking for money profit by sharing this information. I’m not a marketing support of infrared conversion company, also I’m not the one who accept service to remove hot mirror, and change it with infrared filter. / The reason i tell you this information, so you can see which company or person are extremely the best to do conversion of your camera. Am i recommend lifepixel.com? base on the website, i can see many minus point. Which make me think twice.. Let’s continue then, if you want to do infrared conversion. There are another few list of question you can ask / a. What type of glass they are use? learn about the characteristic of this glass for get what you want in infrared photography. Some company combine glass of Infrared with another type of glass such as UV, etc to increase the effect of Infrared / b. Lens Focus Diffraction (miss focus point), how can they adjust it for us. Most of case, photographer have to do focus shifting or small diafragma above F8.0. Another case they have to depend on 1 lens only. That lens usually expensive High Grade lens, too expensive to afford it / c. How they re-adjusting focus point of camera? Most of the case is “back Focus” with your camera / / d. Are they offering adjustment guarantee if the result doesn’t achieve my expectation? hints : Never ask about the tone of infrared (false color), frankly speaking what i mean is whatever type of infrared filter inside your camera. The natural infrared color is Black , Red tint , White. Time-Out please!, is your mind asking why in false color it seem bluish, or Tree, Grass look Yellow or White. Is not that dreamy? Is not that fact? I see raw color of infrared is bluish? am i wrong? The color bluish, reddish, or whatever raw infrared color you get from your camera is the effect of Custom pre-set White Balance before. The Yellow, dreamy tone (false color) is post processing you can get from post-processing software. People can get what ever color they want such as Grey-Scale/Monochrome (B/W) or coloring through post processing software. You can learn much more in Naomi Frost Journal in / http://www.redbubble.com/people/florentinepogen/journal/2491254-how-to-do-infrared Will continue in another topic(false color), please feel free to ask or discuss. For clearly concept, i suggest better you read Infrared Digital Photography – Basic Concept #1 Copyright images belong to the owner, attach in this journal not for profit information / Best regards, / Anwar Salim
I’ve been a fan of digital infrared images from the first time I saw them, and worked with filters on the front of my cam for a year or s…
I’ve been a fan of digital infrared images from the first time I saw them, and worked with filters on the front of my cam for a year or so, before finally succumbing to a fully converted camera. Had the camera converted here in Oz, however the company doesn’t appear to be operating anymore. There’s an Infrared group for those that might be interested. Anwar Salim has written some amazing journals on infrared with digital cameras: Journal 1 Journal 2 Journal 3 Journal 4 Journal 5 Naomi Frost has produced a great tutorial on how to get beautiful colour from your infrared camera: How to do INFRARED
13 Feb 2009 / What is Infrared False Color? / / In infrared film photography, we can say 100…
13 Feb 2009 / What is Infrared False Color? / / In infrared film photography, we can say 100% its unique fancy reddish usually end with high contrast B/W monochrome photography. To get specific false color in infrared film photography is really hard, it’s depend on characteristic of film. That’s why i really salute to each photographer these days who still take picture with this method. Because I really know its super duper very hard to do that, last time i do this, from 1 roll of Kodak EIR, only 2 photos that really well. / / These days, with help from Digital Photography technology and Digital Post Processing, Infrared false color has reach the spot what we called Creativity. With “Creativity”, sky is the limit. Every photographer can express their own photo with unique “taste”. But is that true? as easy as that the concept in Infrared Digital Photography? / if the answer is YES? then why we state the infrared color is white, bluish? / Infrared photo always identical with B/W, white-bluish. That’s the positioning marketing in our mind. I’m not say that was wrong, but with that background of mindset. I just want to explain what is the False Color it should be…. For me personally, false color is Color of Love / ........ / I know the Color Of Love, / (And It lives in side of you) / I know the color of truth, / (Its in the image of you) / If it comes for the heart, then you know that its true, / It will color your soul, like a rainbow / (Like a rainbow) / And the color of love, is in you / Boyz II Men – Color of Love Check this 4 photos bellow : / 1st photo is natural photo from camera / / Pre-set white balance to Grey 80% (Natural photo from Camera) / There are many other photo i can show for example, but let me ask you question. / Which one do you prefer? which one is your fav color? which one is your infrared? So get back to the question “what is False Color in infrared digital photography?” / for me the answer is clear now, its the inner beauty of infrared. We can see the creativity of the color in 1 photo. So many different color can be represent in one composition of photo. As long as you feel comfort to represent the photo to viewer. Its your Freedom! So what is the hint for today? as we know the fundamental of color profile in our camera is Preset White Balance. That’s the keyword, thats why its so important. Without Preset White Balance before, usually you will not optimally get the beauty of false color in Infrared Photo. Some people always say preset white balance to green grass, white. I declare 100% that’s not wrong, but let me ask you think for a second.. How is the effect of my photo if you preset white balance to Gray? Blue? Red? Yellow? or other color? / Trust me, you will get so many fantastic new color combine in your photo. I bet the color you won’t expect before. Welcome to the entrance of Freedom Creativity of Infrared Digital Photography – False Color my friends. For easy way, to white balance preset I recommend using the Color Target Card. / / Point to what color you prefer as a base of white balance, until camera accept it good as preset white balance. In this point practice make perfect, what i mean.. base on experience you will know which color is the best to get your ” own infrared false color” I don’t push you to buy the color target card anyway, just download from internet. Print and laminated it, what you see is what you get. Still want to know what is another “gain” of Pre-Set White Balance? / In digital post processing, we know that color is bit of data (01010110101), that’s why we know color in computer language as a Chain of Color. Let’s straight to the point, you know that if we push the hue or channel mixer into maximum, we will get the color that we want, for example gold yellow. But we also get the “noise/grain” in the photo, how to avoid it? Do the Pre-Set White balance!!!! What???? / Let me share, basically I make a simple plan before take a picture like “concept, message of photo, and know what is the end point color of my photo..” Let say i want the color of my photo is yellow gold. I always Preset White balance into 70% Grey or 80% Grey as a starting point natural color. Now you know why i write that sentence after first photo. Yes my friend, I always do Pre-Set White Balance before start capture my first photo for setting a color start point in Camera. To achieve what specific color in post processing without push bar in channel mixer into 100% or push the hue bar to the right (+180) in hue & saturation bar to get yellow gold. The reason is when I get specific color, the noise/grain will reduce, because I move the starting point of color. / This make you clear or confused? Conclusion with this method, I will get specific False Color Infrared exactly what I want, with less noise/grain on my photo, and guarantee the photo will less noise when the customer see it on large print. Combine this method with Focus Shifting to increase the sharpness as well I believe valentine is the best moment to say I love you, more and more each day to the inner beauty of Infrared Digital Photography. Sorry a bit melancholic, but that’s me! lol / / For clear concept in mind, i recommend you read my journal “Infrared Digital Photography – Basic Concept” as well. Open for discussion, feel free to ask a question / Happy Valentine everyone. Please accept this journal as “Valentine gift” from me, / Anwar Salim
This short journal, which accompanies the picture in my portfolio, shows the other 4 photographs that I took during February 1983, of the…
This short journal, which accompanies the picture in my portfolio, shows the other 4 photographs that I took during February 1983, of the Freight Ferry, European Gateway, which was in a collision with another ship just a few miles from the Suffolk coast, and went down with a loss of 6 lives. / Not to be confused with the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster in March 1987, which was also a Townsend Thoresen ship. Here is a link to the Harwich Lifeboat Station website, who attended the disaster on the 19th December, 1982, which I hope that you find time to read.. Always have respect for the sea, as you never know what may happen to you when you are on it. As with the main picture on my PF, these four pics were taken during a sailing trip along the coast, and we made one circuit of the stricken ferry. / The pictures show the extent of the damage, and the water being pumped from the hull, and in one of the pictures, at the stern of the ship, you can just about make out some of the salvage team on one of the vehicle decks. All pictures were in 35mm format, taken with an Olympus OM1N fitted with various lenses.
Especially when you’re trying to understand focal lengths with your digital camera! Here are some interesting details...
Especially when you’re trying to understand focal lengths with your digital camera! Here are some interesting details on how your camera might be tricking you into thinking you’re getting the length you’re being told. Entitled Angles of View…......thanks to B&H! Enjoy, Stuart!!! (there are lots of numbers and things….)
Just been notified that I managed an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Photography and Digital Imaging Competition, held by “DoubleExposure.c…
Just been notified that I managed an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Photography and Digital Imaging Competition, held by DoubleExposure.com Wow, have a look at those winning entries, and the showcase as well as the other honorable mentions! How chuffed am I to have snuck in???? This is my entry The Humanitarian. Thanks to my best buddy Paul Vanzella for being my model, and thanks also to my good friend Dick Colby for letting me know! Dick was instrumental in my joining DE, because he suggested to the editor that I’d make an interesting(?) subject for their interviews. Here’s the interview in full I’d have to consider myself to be one of the luckiest people alive to be able to count such fabulous people as my friends and mentors…..thanks guys!
THE DOOR IS OPEN FROM THE SOUTH TO NORTH POLE THE EURO EXHIBITION...
THE DOOR IS OPEN FROM THE SOUTH TO NORTH POLE THE EURO EXHIBITION IS WELL ON ITS WAY AND LOOKS TOTALLY HOT!!! ...congratulations to all the artists. While I am on the subject, if you would like to have your work considered for exhibition in Europe or Australia, here is an opportunity for yourself and or anyone you would like to recommend. / Here is what I am looking for….THE FOLLOWING THEMES IN ANY MEDIUM (You don’t have to be a ‘proffessional’ as ‘getting there’ is often the time when a little help can go a long way) 1. THE ARTISTIC NUDE & PINUP / 2. FETISH & GAY / 3. SUREALISM / 4. MASTERS IN DIGITAL ART / 5. HDR / 6. INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY / 7. SUPER MACRO / 8. MARINE WORLD / 9. AERIAL / 10. THE URBAN JUNGLE / 11. LANDSCAPE & FORESTS / 12. GOTHIC / 13. TRIBAL / ENTRANCE CRITERIA: meticulous about your work, can deliver a quality product, passionate about advancing, relaxed & professional attitude. (Genuine enquiries only) / HOW TO APPLY: If you want to send me images for a ‘taste’ that is fine but limit the number to no more than 10 & THUMBNAILS ONLY PLEASE email me direct links to your work or better specific collections or images to* director@arthouseproductions.eu SUBJECT your email with the GENRE of your work (from the list above) & EXHIBITION DESTINATION of your preference. (europe or australia) In the course of networking and negotiating with the Galleries here in Europe for the Australian collection, and in Australia for my return, I am coming into contact with Galleries that look for collections of specific genre. Rather than waste the opportunity I would like to hold the door open as an opportunity for artists wanting to broaden their horizons. My homeland far away, fellow New Zealanders you are only a mouse click away from Europe so dont think its all too much and all too far
MY RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
MY RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
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