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Festival
Standing in a crowd of strangers, it's one of the most lonely feelings. Every passing moment brings new faces, voices, and chaos. Conversations begin to jumble together into one indistinct clutter of noise. This noise is what fuels the wall between you and the crowd. The crowd is comprised of many other groups and pairs. Groups of associates uniformed together to accompany each other in unison. Pairs of acquaintances traversing the grounds as a team. Individuals looking for a way to where they believe they belong, and what they believe is the ultimate outcome out of their choices. Yet, none present any connection to the individual being (at this particular moment) that is you, you who stand amongst the many.
By Warrior7 years ago in Photography
Reasons Why School Pictures Always Looked Awful
"Picture Day" at school is always made up to be a much more important event than it really is. I remember when I was in elementary school, I thought it was a genuinely big deal with legitimate real-world consequences. The fact of the matter is that the amount of thought and stress you put into preparing for school pictures, it doesn't really make a difference on photo quality. Which is just fine, because no matter how good or bad the photo is, it serves the same nostalgic purpose when you're looking back on your photos years later. It begs the question though, why have school pictures always looked awful?
By Joseph D. N. Kendrick7 years ago in Photography
A Start in Photography
Having a father that is a professional photographer (David Fielding Photography), your once loved hobby becomes rather intimidating. At the age of 16, I received my much loved Sony A500 camera, and within a few months I was avidly taking photos and dabbling in YouTube videos. Now, at the age of 18, I wish to turn my passion into something a bit more serious. As I lover of writing, and blogging, I want to be able to take quality photos of my aspiring model friends, to go along side my posts. But, this is much harder than I first anticipated...
By Cyann Fielding7 years ago in Photography
10 of the Oldest Photos of Celebrities in History
Celebrities have always been a major draw of our attention, and regularly get mentioned by the press. This has been, and always will be the case. When we usually think of celebrities, we think of the glossy photos we see in People, Us, or The National Enquirer.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart7 years ago in Photography
Crediting
Crediting people's work is always an odd topic to talk about. Or at least as I find this, especially at what point do you stop crediting? For example I would be fine not being credited for taking a picture of someone on their phone on a night out. But I would like to be credited if I used my camera, and especially if I were being paid. Having said that, I know someone who would want to be credited for the picture on a phone.
By Harrison Galgut7 years ago in Photography
10 Types of Photographs Every Model Should Have in Their Portfolio
Back when I was a model, I had learned the power of a modeling portfolio. In the fashion world and modeling industry, the portfolio that you have can make or break your ability to get hired. It's your visual résumé.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in Photography
Beginner Photography. Top Story - October 2018.
Photography is not something I planned to do as a hobby. It fell right into my lap. It began when I had a friend begin playing rugby. She invited me to her games and after a while I began snapping photos with my phone and posting them on FB. Soon I pulled out my little Nikon handheld camera and started to bring them to games. The pictures were grainy and just plain old bad. However, I became known as someone who enjoyed taking pictures at the game.
By T.C. Bosarge7 years ago in Photography
The 10 Most Coveted Vintage Cameras
In a world where most things revolve around instant gratification, a trend has developed to slow down, and return to the basics. Taking a selfie on your phone camera is quick and easy, but does it truly capture a valuable moment, one that has taken work to capture? The history of the camera is an evolutionary spectacle, and film photography is making a major comeback, no longer just for the professionals. Manual cameras have persisted through the digital age, and we can promise you: The gratification of taking the time to zoom, focus, flash, and click the shutter release is worth it. Find the most coveted vintage cameras that fit your style, and get ready to capture memories.
By Evelyn Starr7 years ago in Photography
Lomography
Lomography or the art of colourful, throwaway, lo-fi photography celebrates its 21 birthday during the year, 2013. This International photographic movement started humbly by a handful of young students living in Vienna in 1992 and grew into an international phenomenon and a global commercial enterprise. The concept came about when the small group of friends discovered the joy of using a small soviet camera, the Lomo LC-A, manufactured at the Lomo factory in St. Petersburg, Russia. The students fell in love with the unexpected colour pallet and vignetted look that the cheaply manufactured lenses produced. As the word spread through friends in Vienna, demand grew for the cameras and the Lomographic Society was formed. The entry fee was the price of a Lomo camera and with the camera came life membership and a commitment to the ethics of the Society. The society developed the concept of producing immediate, almost throw away images with the credo 'Don’t think, just shoot.' Rejecting the strict disciplines of regular photography, this movement was the equivalent of the punk rock attitude of the late 70s. Learn three chords and form a band. The lomography philosophy was; here's a camera, here's some film now go take pictures, you are a photographer. Assuming a stance like that of the Dogme 95 film movement which came along a few years later, they believed in stripping the art right back to basics. To help with this concept the Lomographic Society also came up with their own ten golden rules:
By Anthony Laverty7 years ago in Photography
Life Through a Lens
Like many things in my life, I tend to easily fall out of love with certain things I used to be passionate about or have such a huge desire for. For some odd reason I've never had something I've fallen deeply for and thought to myself THIS is what I want to do for the rest of my life. Maybe some people can relate, I don't know. There probably is. When I first started school, I always thought I was heading in a direction where I knew I was going to be successful and I knew which path I was going to take. Once I got nearer to the end of school, I felt more lost than I had ever been. It's a weird thing growing up. You feel like you have to change your mind every day because you can't decide what you want to do. It feels like you're stuck in this cycle society portrays rather than what you actually want to do—the normality of finishing school, going to college, heading off to uni, and then being stuck in a 9-5 job for the rest of your life. It scared me. But deep down, I knew I had to start somewhere... right? Anyways, I was at a point in my life where I felt lost and had no desire to even do anything. All the things in my life that I used to love just didn't satisfy me as they used to when I was younger and I didn't know why. One thing I did learn, however, is deep down there is always something that a person loves more than anything. Sometimes we just don't know it yet.
By Jiddl Islam7 years ago in Photography
