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Venice Happy Snap
by Grant Bissett

When taken in doses not exceeding 24 hours, Venice is a wonderful place.
'Moment' Rwanda, Africa.
by Melinda Kerr

Sitting, waiting for the others in a church in Northern Rwanda, my eyes wandered, taking in the room. To tell the truth I was tired and bored and in need of a day off. Over the other side of the room sat this young man, alone. I’m not sure what he was doing there. Waiting for his Mother maybe? I wondered, should I take a shot? If he saw me it could be really uncomfortable. I mean I was really close and I couldn’t pretend I was photographing anyone else. Anyway I thought, ‘I’ll sneak a shot in.’ So, I raised the camera and started to muck around with the shot. And then he looked up. I cringed behind the lens and just sat there, frozen. He didn’t divert his gaze. For several seconds we stared at each other me on one side of the camera, him on the other. Finally I pressed the shutter. His expression remained exactly the same. I lowered the camera and returned his stare, this time with no mechanical device between us. It sounds corny but something travelled between us. An absolute realisation that we were right there, in the same place at the same time. He didn’t dismiss me or put me down. He stood right on the same level. It was unique.
'The transaction' Northern Rwanda
by Melinda Kerr

This shot is one of my favourites because it tells such a story. In the forground is a wallet being held by one of my colleagues Bart. He is buying the basket being held by the Rwandan woman in the middle of the shot. All eyes are on the transaction. This represents life and death in Africa as much as any other portrait. It is positive, but you can also feel the tension, the need, the hope. All proceeds to charity. I might even buy this myself. – Dog photography – Africa photography / - Beach photography - Black & white photography – Dog photography – Africa photography / - Beach photography - Monotone photography
Jordy
by Craig Shillington
'Compassion in hell,' Northern Rwanda
by Melinda Kerr

I was in northern Rwanda in April 2007 as a volunteer with an aid group and we had stopped to talk with people at a local church. The town was Rhuengeri, it sits close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo and has the unfortunate reputation as having been home to a number of those who perpetrated the horrific genocide of 1994. / The atmosphere in Rwanda is one of pervading ‘brokeness.’ Millions of orphans live side by side with those who tortured and massacred their families 14 few, short years ago. Millions more suffer the newer enemy – HIV Aids and countless others wander ghost like in a state it seems of perpetual shock, haunted by the past and overwhelmed by the concept of a future. / This was April. The official month of mourning. When people publicly face what privately never leaves them. / I was sitting on a step tired and desperate for fresh air when I looked into the crowd that inevitably gathered wherever we were. / This woman, is by my guess perhaps 30 and she is as are most, dirt poor. / I was absolutely transfixed by her and her child. / She seemed to me to sum up so much of what I saw. / Love and desperation and yes, compassion. / Her breast is bone dry and cracked and yet she tries to feed her baby. Perhaps it is the hope inherent in the action which feeds her. / At the same time, she looks totally preoccupied by her struggle for survival. / What is she thinking as she gazes into the middle ground? / My thought is, ‘where is the next meal.’ Where will she get it from? How will she share it? And upon finishing it, where will she find the next one? / I was overwhelmed by seeing the reality of those who live literally from hour to hour, day after exhausting day. / It confronted me then. / It continues to confront me now. / – Dog photography – Africa photography / - Beach photography - Black & white photography – Dog photography – Africa photography / - Beach photography - Monotone photography
Watching
by Sharon Perrett

I snapped this cute squirrel watching me very carefully as I edged closer.
Cold Snap
by Mark Hayward

The coldest winter in China for 50 years. This young girl was so motionless, she appeared almost frozen, just standing on the spot staring at the ground where she had the gloves she was selling displayed. She finally looked up and straight into the lens.
Cock
by Ethan Harris

A red rooster in dire trouble.
Snap
by Timana

This photo was taken on the Adelaide river in the Northern Territory, Australia. / Crocodiles have an amazing power to propel themselves out of the water using their muscular tail enabling them to snatch animals from the banks of the river. Featured in Mother Nature’s Finest – 8/12/08 / Featured NT group – 12/01/09
Octogrr Alien Holiday
by o0OdemocrazyO0o

Sea Creature or alien? on holiday or rampage? only you can decide
Paparazzi Snap Fox!
by John Hooton

Last night I found the contents of a garbage bag dragged along the back yard of my South London home, so I decided to catch the culprit tonight after his evening of celebrating. Just gone midnight young Brer Fox turned up. “Who me?” said his look and with a quiet pop he was immortalised by the Fox Paparazzi forever! Technical Details: Camera: Nikon D3 / Lens: Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 / Focal Length: 38mm / ISO: 200 / Flash: SB-800 / Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.2 / Post Processing: Photoshop CS3 © 2008 John Hooton Photography
Did someone say green?
by Åsta Skjervøy

A a nice little curl on a sugar peas plant. Post-processing: / Adjusted the contrast and white balance a bit in camera raw. Adjusted the curves, added a black and white layer with a light green tint set to soft light (100%) and a black and white layer set to normal (14%). Made a slight crop.
cedric.
by Jessica Cordova

it’s what photographers do.
Nature in a Snap
by fixtape
snap happy T-shirt
by teegs
'Snap shots' or The Art of Photography
by Mark German

I have recently had occasion to comment on a person’s photography, and give some advise, as I see it. As I sometimes do, I have collated …

I have recently had occasion to comment on a person’s photography, and give some advise, as I see it. As I sometimes do, I have collated it into this journal so that it may serve others as well. These are my own opinions, and not to be taken as coming from some authority on the subject. Hope it helps, particularly with Christmas arriving soon, and lots of family members milling around the lounge room. When shooting people, particularly when you have (a) a busy background, and (b) have not much distance to the background – a wider aperture helps isolate the subject/s. This is possibly the single-most visual and initial difference between what looks like a family snap, and a professional photo – largely because point-and-shoots do not have the ability go to very wide apertures. Wide apertures decrease the DoF (depth of field) – which is the region that is in appreciably good focus. A bit of experience (or online DoF calculators, or your DoF preview button) helps you to select the correct aperture to bring to attention the areas of a scene that you want to highlight. Narrow apertures (higher F-number) produce deeper DoF – bringing more of the scene into focus. Useful for landscapes and such – not so great for a busy lounge room. The point to the photo. / It helps to keep in mind as you work, what exactly you are trying to achieve. Lucking shots is what most people do, and being pleasantly surprised every now and then. But the truth is – there is no need for luck. A photo is a story – a visual slice of time, frozen forever in a way that cannot be accomplished by other means. A good photo maximises this concept, by bringing a message, story, emotion to the viewer. A good photographer is a storyteller. A great photo reads like a book. Light / When we shoot, we are shooting ‘light’. We are capturing how light reacts on physical objects, just as our eyes do. Learning to read, use and manipulate light sounds complex, but in fact it is not. A good professional photographer can immediately see and sense how light falls, how shadows interact, how scenes and moods change with different lighting. Using available light such as sunlight, or overhead house lights is one of the most important things one can learn. This can be accomplished from moving yourself around a subject to take advantage of the conditions, by moving your subjects, and/or by moving your light sources. Using flash or another source of artificial light is a field unto itself and is worth learning, but I won’t get too far into here, other than to say – pointing a flash at your subject and firing is the least effective and natural way to add light to a scene. Try bouncing your flash off a ceiling or wall. Focus / Obviously, your subject, or at the least, the poignant portion of your subject, should be in focus. Aside from the obvious, DoF comes into play. Widening your aperture will reduce the depth of your focus area, as well as bring in more light, allowing faster shutter speeds and/or lower ISO. When focusing, there are a few methods to ‘nail it’. There are very few times when manual focus is preferable with indoor group photos and current day cameras. One method is ‘focus & recompose’ – a system I use very often when shooting from 20’ away or greater (the further away your subject, the greater your DoF). This is performed by selecting your exact focal point on the subject (like the eye) using the centre area in your viewfinder, half depressing your shutter release button, and recomposing your photo to frame as you see fit. Alternatively, you can use a different focal point, which will minimise your recomposing, and therefore not shift your plane of view appreciably (which can shift your focus at closer ranges and wider apertures). Composition and framing / Another major difference between snapshots and great photos. When I take a photo, I instinctively imagine the image in my viewfinder hanging on someone’s wall. This is before I release the shutter. I have done this for so long, and so instinctively, that I rarely need to crop any photos. It is a good practice, saving post-processing time, allowing you to keep the entire frame (and pixels), and also satisfying. All scenes have a natural flow to them. Just as we read books, our eyes follow an image from top left to bottom right. This does not mean that all photos need to take advantage of that particular physiological trait, but it is handy to keep in mind. A good photo has balance, with areas of the scene harmonising to each other using light intensity, facial expressions, emptiness, lines, etc. In fact this is a whole huge subject in itself – the psychology of photography. Timing / Since a photograph is a slice of time, getting your timing right, particularly with moving and animate subjects – makes a whole lot of difference. It is one of the main things I look for when shooting. I think of a snapshot as a glass of milk. A well-timed shot is a Pina Colada :) / Look for expressions on faces that relate to the mood/scene/environment. Hands have expressions also, and often carry as much ‘weight’ as faces. Exposure / In my journal I have a brief commentary on exposure – it may help you. Not plugging myself here – just something I wrote quickly to save time when people ask – I point them to it instead of re-writing. Feel free to debate, query or challenge. / Hope this helps you in your Christmas photography, and have fun 
Cameras
by stuartist

Say Cheese. / . Clothing can be custom designed to your specifications by contacting me on stu@stuartstolz.com
Coy Snap
by mmargot

Scissors & Glue collage ~ dedicated to the softspoken montdragon…
Say Cheese!
by antsp35
Blow Me Away
by Elli Christou

Advertising for a previous fashion collection.
Snap tape is not a crime!
by Otilee

Smokin McQueen / Snap tape is not a crime! Art direction / Photography / Post & Hair: Otilee / Model & Styling: Smokin McQueen / Makeup: Constance Bowles Charismatic ‘boylesque’ performer briefly over in from the US to perform with our local (Perth, Western Australia) burlesque troop ‘Sugar blue Burlesque’. Mr Smokin McQueen packed up his butt tassel pasties to put on his pout, stubb cigarettes out on his tongue and help chase my fluffy rogue ragdoll back into the house . ragdoll action shots sadly will not be included Keep an eye out for Smokin’s tour dates via his website: http://www.smokinmcqueen.com © Copyright Otilee 2009
flasher. (photographer)
by Reece Ward

An iconic t-shirt for every notable photographer. Inspired by the great Ian Rankin / and my friend the greater Anthony Fisher of The Foto
we were gleefully certain that little fairies inhabited our garden
by aglaia b

More of the girls Nat and Deanna. / Series
Brrrrr!! What A Cold Snap!
by Tracy Faught

Poor frosty flowers!! Gloriosa Daisy- Rubedeckia hitra (Asteraceae) Perennial wildflower The Gloriosa Daisy is known for its Perennial wildflowerand unique shape. Both monocotyledon and dicotyledonous flowers use the flowers as a sexual organ. A flower consist in the 4 following parts: Calyx – the outer whorl of sepals; typically these are green, but are petal-like in some species corolla – the whorl of petals, which are usually thin, soft and colour to attract insects that help the process of pollination. Androecium (from Greek andros oikia: man’s house) – one or two whorls of stamens, each a filament topped by an anther where pollen is produced. Pollen contains the male gametes. Gynoecium (from Greek gynaikos oikia: woman’s house) – one or more pistils. The female reproductive organ is the carpel: this contains an ovary with ovules (which contain female gametes). A pistil may consist of a number of carpals merged together, in which case there is only one pistil to each flower, or of a single individual carpel (the flower is then called apocarpous). The sticky tip of the pistil, the stigma, is the receptor of pollen. The supportive stalk, the style becomes the pathway for pollen tubes to grow from pollen grains adhering to the stigma, to the ovules, carrying the reproductive material. Single and double blooms and varying colours of petals from yellow to red to burgandy and variations there of, can occur from from one cluster and root mass of the same plant. Found in well drained, sunny locations, this plant thrives almost anywhere. Used widely in gardens, but is a true wildflower – it is derived from the Black-eyed Susan. This is a hardy long lasting flower. Blooms from July to September. Wikepidia Search. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / This shot is of a very pleasent discovery I made along a hillside on my property a few Summers ago…I did not plant this flower anywhere else on my property! I have no idea where it came from, now it’s popping up all over the place! :] Norwood Ontario Canada.