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A self developed Holga shot / A broom / A mannequin minus a nose I fail to see what else I could have done to improve this.
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Taken at Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo in April.
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Photographers - What are you paying for? (Part One)
by Jo O'Brien^Disclaimer: This is not legal advice or even professional advice. This is some stuff I’ve learned along this funny little thing called l…
Disclaimer: This is not legal advice or even professional advice. This is some stuff I’ve learned along this funny little thing called life and may not apply in any way to your current situation. At worst, it’s my opinion, at best it’s some ideas for you to think about. If you need real proper advice, go see your solicitor. I’m of the opinion that photography should make me money, not cost me money. So far, I have been successful is making more from a photograph than it took me to create. Here is my list of not so secret tips and advice on covering your arse and saving your cash. When To Pay There are times where spending your hard earned money is the right choice. For example to obtain goods or services you can not find for less (or free) elsewhere. Or when you have done all the maths yourself and you feel you are buying into a good deal. But there are also some pit falls to watch out for. Art Direction, Ideas and Intellectual Property My rule of thumb, if I am paying to shoot, I should have full rights to everything I take. No ifs buts or maybes about it. If you shoot a commercial, the art direction team put together a shoot and then hire a photographer to take photos of what they and the crew have created. They pay for lighting design, they pay the models, they pay the hair stylist, they pay the guy who makes the coffees- and they pay the photographer. Some businesses operate under a similar model but suck money out of photographers in the process. As part of a ‘workshop’ or ‘event’, several photographers rock up with their cameras and take photos of a scene. Often they have little or no control of the setup, can’t communicate properly with the models and will walk out of it with similar images to everyone else who attended! In the worst cases they have restricted rights regarding how they use their images. So is essence, they have paid for something that out in the real world, would be making them money. Sorry if it sounds confusing, the concept completely baffles me. When you are shooting someone else’s ideas and have restricted publishing rights or have little influence over the set up, posing, lighting or set design, (in my opinion) you should be getting paid by them. After all, you are doing them a favor by taking images of their creative work. Classes or Tuition Wanting to improve you skills and knowledge is a great thing. And there are numerous classes, mentors and workshops available for you to choose from. If you are going to pay to attend these, make sure you are getting what you pay for. Before you hand over any cash there are a few details that you should have to help make your decision. Class Size: The more people attending, the cheaper the class should be. If there is a practical component, I usually wont accept a class bigger than 10-12 / Location & Time: no point signing up for an ‘on location’ workshop only to find it is out of your way. Also as a safety issue, you should always be able to tell a trusted person exactly where and when you will be shooting. / The Teacher: You should be able to find and contact the person facilitating the class to verify their experience and ask questions. It not always convenient for a facilitator to take calls from a whole class, but you should be able to send them an email and get a reply without going through a middle man. / Contracts: Ask if you will need to sign any contracts and insist upon receiving them before paying. / What do you get: do you get class notes to take home? Exactly what does the course entail? What can you hope to know and have learned at the end of the course? Contracts These are a great way to waste your money. They also happen to be very important. First and foremost contracts exists to make people money or stop people from making money. So before signing anything, read it a few times and make sure you are aware of what your actions are costing you. If you need to get images approved before sale or publication, you could be agreeing to never publishing or selling any images taken if none are ‘approved.’ It is completely reasonable to request changes to a contract or write your own and offer it instead. Don’t sign away potential income! You should always be able to take a contract away and show it to other people for advice before signing it, and especially before paying for anything. If you are not given this opportunity, my advice is to avoid it with a ten foot pole. And then there are the bazillion poorly written contracts that mean very little or nothing at all. It’s actually quite funny to me sometimes, what people will put on paper. Useful Links Australian Competition & Consumer Commission / Scam Watch Photographers – What are you paying for (part 2).
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Man with a message at “Speakers’ Corner”, Hyde Park, London, England
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This will never make it onto the Red Bubble Homepage… ...But, I’d rather have it featured on YOUR chest than anywhere else! / CREATION INFORMATION Medium: Vector Art, T-Shirt Design. Technique: Vector Art and Typography. Tools: Photoshop CS3, and my brain.
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Speaks for itself really
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The solution is simple. / We act = people suffer less. / That’s it. / I’m tired of asking right now. / The answer is so bloody easy. / Sometimes that inspires me. / Sometimes it depletes me. All proceeds to charity.
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A design for sassy, feisty, opinionated, unstoppable women! With a large heart background and a venus women’s symbol.
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Courtesy Wikipedia here Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म kárma (help·info), kárman- “act, action, performance”; Pali: kamma) is the concept of “action” or “deed” in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called saṃsāra) originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies. In these systems, the effects of all deeds are viewed as actively shaping past, present, and future experiences. The results or ‘fruits’ of actions are called karma-phala. Courtesy wikipedia here Dogma is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization: it is authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted or diverged from. The term derives from Greek δόγμα “that which seems to one, opinion or belief” and that from δοκέω (dokeo), “to think, to suppose, to imagine”. The plural is either dogmas or dogmata , from Greek δόγματα. At the core of the dogma concept is absolutism, infallibility, irrefutability, unquestioned acceptance (among adherents) and anti-skepticism. These concepts typically invoke criticism from moderate and modulated conceptual approaches, and thus “dogma” is often colloquially used to indicate a doctrine which has the problem of claiming absolute truth, when other concepts may be superior. ACRYLIC ART CALENDARS CARDS POETRY PHOTOGRAPHY – ANIMALS PHOTOGRAPHY -CANDID SHOTS PHOTOGRAPHY – CATS AND DOGS PHOTOGRAPHY – CONTEMPORARY WORK PHOTOGRAPHY – FLOWERS PHOTOGRAPHY – INSECTS PHOTOGRAPHY – TRADITIONALLY TURKISH PHOTOGRAPHY – TREE AND TREE PARTS T-SHİRTS My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © taiche. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited / More products available / Why not follow me on / or join me at I have subdivided this category into sections: follow the links and hit on exactly what fits you. You are now at *ALL TEXT TEES ALCOHOL ATTITUDE BLACK/DARK HUMOUR CURRENT EVENTS- FEMINISM GEEK INNUENDO OFFENSIVE PLAY ON WORDS POLITICAL SATIRE RELIGION / TV QUOTES ANIMAL SERIES ART TO WEAR BIRDS CATS AND DOGS SERIES CELTIC SERIES CUTE SERIES DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT SERIES DIGITAL SERIES EINSTEIN SERIES FOR F*’s AKE SERIES GAY SERIES KISS SERIES LINE DRAWING SERIES MANAGRAM SERIES NATIVE AMERICAN SERIES PALINDROME AND AMBIGRAM SERIES PHALLUS SERIES PISS TAKE SERIES RUDE FOOD SERIES SEASONAL SERIES SIGN AND SYMBOL SERIES SMILE SERIES TEXT ONLY SERIES UK POLITICS UNDERWEAR SERIES VINTAGE BURLESQUE SERİES WTF IS THAT ALL ABOUT? See more of taiche at ZAZZLE / Baby Custom T-Shirts :dress that baby up with a special design on a custom t-shirt, long sleeve or onesize / Kids Custom T-Shirts .from organic t-shirts to long sleeve shirts, boys, girls, and toddlers can fill their fashion needs with a one-of-a-kind custom t-shirts for kids. Check out the latest organic t-shirts, sweatshirts, and girls shirts. And plenty of styles for toddlers too! Aprons / Bags / Buttons / Cards / Hats / Keds Shoes / Keychains / Magnets / Mousepads / Mugs / Postage / Postcards / Stickers / T-Shirt / Ties
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Robotic Stepford wives of the future. Model - Kim Clothing supplied by / Mystique Costume Hire / 233 Anglesea St / Hamilton / ph 07 83 83 505 Featured in Unconventional Artistry / Thank you Psyche Featured in Avante-Garde / Thank you. Finalist in the Redbubble Turner Prize challenge for the Avant-Garde group. / Thank you for the votes :) Canon 40D 100+ views People/Portraiture HDR Photography Macro Photography Architecture Collaborations Skyscapes Animals/Birds/Insects Street Photography Everyday Objects Seascapes/Rivers/All Water Summer Photography Odd/Unusual Flowers/Plants/Trees Landscapes New Zealand Abstract Humour Black and White Photography
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Fight War Not Wars t-shirt
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When you are successful in a big company where you are only a number, whose success is it? You are successful, but you do you become? Another successful invisible. I was inpired by Headcrime with regards to style/technique on this piece. Check out his amazing work at: / www.redbubble.com/people/headcrime
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When you are successful in a big company where you are only a number, whose success is it? You are successful, but you do you become? Another successful invisible. I was inpired by Headcrime with regards to style/technique on this piece. Check out his amazing work at: / www.redbubble.com/people/headcrime
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a picture tells more than thousand words…
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Three Days in Venice - Camera – Canon EOS3 / Film – Ilford/125 I am unable to leave comments or view comments at this moment in time, / So i would just like to say A Big Thank You – Carl
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Snag rising from the water speaks of / Dark feeling Mother Nature has left me / Raindrops on the gentle ripples of the wind speak of / Hope of beauty she will to return to me / Cycles of Nature turn / Beauty will return - / In the past three and a half weeks I have had to come to terms with mother nature. My opinion about how she acts doesn’t matter to her. This image is the feeling I have been left with after she decided to visit me. When I look at the setting sun shine on the last tree I had to remove I am reminded of her power. When I cut it down I let it fall into the lake to provide habitat for the fish Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm VR lens This is dedicated to a very special friend. Is it Color or Black and White?*
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Judgemental Man.
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Shot with Fuji FinePix S1000fd Goose in pond S Gardner MA she was pretty pissed off. / / © 2009 Rebecca Bryson. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited. My work does NOT belong to the public domain. It may not be used in any way, shape or form without my prior written permission
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Am trying to put together a promo piece to send down with my artworks – does this work do you think? On the reverse side will be a spiel about me as well as contact details. The final art will be printed about 15cm x 15cm on high gloss card. / / Christmas / Beautiful People / Bellingen / Great Gifts / Sport
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Three days in Venice
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Be the Change You Want to See—a message to the Earth
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