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Hidden in the forest contest - the winners!

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 10:26 AM

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Congratulations to all who entered!

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The Tomato Alien

Journal Entry: Mon Jun 3, 2013, 10:58 PM

A breath of fresh air for a sunny morning. Enjoy!

Previous food feature: Lemonade?

homegrown tomatoes by ~bailey--elizabeth

Last Tomato of the season by ~photoquilter

tomato and sorrel by ~million-dandelions

Grilled Tomatoes by ~EmmaStahlPhotography

Tomato-Mozzarella by ~EmmaStahlPhotography

Tomato - Not an Apple in Bowl by ~Delacorr

I love tomatoes. And everything made from tomatoes.

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10 things to do while looking at a photo

Mon May 27, 2013, 2:00 AM

Training your eye is very important. To take your photography to the next level and grow as an artist, you need to know what looks good, have an open mind and build your own style.

Point at the first thing that attracts your attention (often being the brightest point in the image)

Try to mentally trace the path your eye takes around the image (it's like connecting the dots in order to discover the story, in this case)

Has the photographer used the rule of thirds? Or a different type of placing the elements in the image?

Has the photographer shot from his eye level? Or chose a different point of view?

What is the photographer trying to transmit with the image?

How has the photographer used the environment to tell the story?

How has the photographer used light?

Why does the image work?

Does the image evoke an emotional response in the viewer's eye?

From the above, which can be applied to my photography?

I'm going to exemplify the above with an exercise that anyone can do, whether we're talking about a photograph, a painting and why not, a movie screenshot. Art is all around us, waiting for us to see it and recognize its effect on our minds.

I chose the Las Meninas painting by Diego Velázquez because we all know photography was born being highly influenced by the art of painting and it's said that this painting anticipated the invention of the camera because of its effect of naturalism and seen as a 'snapshot' of that particular moment in time and space.

I'm going to analyze it by going through the 10 points stated above:

1. The first thing that attracts the viewer's attention is the little girl which is almost centrally placed in the foreground group of figures. The light that falls from the window on the right makes her the brightest figure in the painting, due to her dress and the way she's positioned so that most of the light falls on her.

2. We first discover the little girl's face, and after that our eyes look around her and discover the other figures that are in the background, their expressions and how they relate to the main subject. Then we discover the two figures in the mid ground, and then the man in the background. Our eyes rest a bit more on the man in the background, because he is wearing dark clothing on a bright lit wall.

3. In the diagram below, the the green lines define the central axis of the back walls of the room. The red diagonal lines define the center of the painting, and the vertical red line articulate the central axes of the painting. The blue lines articulate the orthogonals in the perspective system. Usually, all of these lines would converge, but in this painting none of these line up. This is due to the way Velázquez thought to present this image as a spontaneous portrait. If the main subject were to be placed at the intersection of these lines, the story would have been different, directing all the attention towards the little girl.

Velazquez Lasmeninas Diag by =DianaGrigore

In that way, Velázquez invites the viewer to be a part of this painting, and discovering all the details that make this special. One of the things that makes the viewer involved in the painting is the mirror in the background, which is reflecting the images of the young girl's parents, who are watching the painting process from behind. This brings us to another idea to reflect upon; if the viewer would take the position of the subjects in the mirror, the vanishing point of the image would have to be directly in the center of the mirror, but it is positioned to the right of the mirror. From this point of view, it seems that the reflection of the king and queen could be interpreted as being the reflection of the image of the king and queen in the painting that Velázquez works on. It's deliberately left to the viewer to decide upon that.

Velazquez Lasmeninas Mirr by =DianaGrigore

4. The horizon line is placed lower than the standing figures in the picture plane, thus creating the illusion that the horizon line of the painting is consistent with the actual eye-level of the king standing in front of the painting.

5. The interpretation of the image as a whole is left to the viewer's decision, after understanding the placement of the figures in the painting. It has been said that a consequence of creating such a spatial construction like this is making himself (Velázquez) as the highest figure in the painting.

6. I think this painting is brought to life by those little details that we, as viewers, discover after trying to connect all the 'dots' together. The painter used the environment to bring little bits and pieces that could back up the first concept that comes to mind. The way the subjects are placed in the frame, the details in the mirror, the man standing by the door in the background, the self-portrait of Velázquez incorporated in the frame, all of them add to the narrative of the painting.

7. Lighting has its great purpose in this painting, Velázquez used natural light coming from the window from the right as the main source, placing the little girl in front of the viewer's attention and creating tridimensionality with the light in the background (light in the foreground, darkness in the mid ground and light again in the background).

8. The image works because the effect of naturalism and spontaneity is achieved, and all the elements in the image gather as a whole, leaving no space for anything less or anything more.

9. It's that type of painting in which the viewer is allowed to take part of the narrative, it almost feels like you are there and not just admiring it.

10. The last point is up to us to incorporate all that we've learned and all that we'll be learning from now on into our concepts and ideas. The more you know about something, the more experience you have to take great photography.

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The Journey III

Journal Entry: Thu May 23, 2013, 1:24 PM

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Please consider giving it a or comment so that more people can see these amazing works!

Previous journeys:
The Journey I | The Journey II

Dawn behind the Golden Gate by ~nathanspotts

Evening Sunset from Rhichonich by ~ianluie

where is the hobbit.....? by ~christian-richter

The Dark Hedges ..Misty by *Klarens-photography

Lost between hell and paradise by ~landscapes-flake

(My heart was closed and then the skies opened) by *OlivierAccart

-Friend on mystic road- by *Janek-Sedlar

autumn walk. 23 by *HarryPotterfilmsrock

Misty morning The Wye Valley from Monsal Head by ~vinegar74

Celestial Maelstrom by *alexandre-deschaumes

Hungarian skies pt.CXLIII. by =realityDream

Infrared - Blooming forest by ~Raineater

Irish Blue Hour by *SSquared-Photography

Milky Way Above a Sea of Clouds by ~RobertoBertero

Standing Tall And Proud by *IngoSchobert

Strange weather in a strange place. by *lomatic

Au fil d l'eau... by `Michel-Lag-Chavarria

The light at the end of the world by *alexandre-deschaumes

Passing time watching time pass by by =in-my-viewfinder

Mallorcan Impression 04 by *HorstSchmier

Transmigration of Souls by *Metal-Bender

In the Forests of the Night by *Metal-Bender

Lost in mist and only silence. by *lomatic

White Snow in Magic Black Forrest by *MichiLauke

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Project Educate: See the light and remember it

Fri May 17, 2013, 1:48 AM

Photography Week

See the light and remember it

Lighting in photography is a living, changing art. One of the most important abilities of a photographer is to see light and to remember it. Light is the most changing element in our daily life. We move among solid objects and among people who do not change drastically during a day or a week. But visually the appearance of our environment and of people around us may change from one hour to the next due to the time of day, the weather, or the particular source of light. Photographers are aware of these changes and store in their memory the impact different types of light have on our emotions and our subconscious. For a photographer, watching the light becomes second nature.

Some of the photographer's palette of tools:

-The angle of light

-Quality (hard or soft)

-Color

-Intensity

Angle of light

front lighting:

side lighting:

back lighting:

Surreal State Of Enlightenment. Sunset. by ~LevAni11

Quality of light

Hard vs Soft: Light can be hard, soft or gradations in between.

Soft lighting gained its popularity because it gives the scene a more natural look than hard lighting. But at the same time, it has a danger of lacking character. Soft light is very forgiving. Uncontrolled, it is still acceptable photographically. It's really hard for soft light to look bad, but it's not hard for hard light to look bad. If you go too soft in the lighting, it just becomes boring. The difficult thing is really to light softly, but to create a contrast at the same time.

The hardest source of light known in nature is the noonday sun; whereas an overcast sky is the softest source known.

soft light:

The paper heart of children birds. by *LVSkoglund

hard light:

Color

Light has color. We all can differentiate the different color temperature the light has when you are walking in that beautiful light just before the sunset or normal day light, or flash.

to all the ships at sea by ~sarahannloreth

madeleine with strange suitcase by *SlevinAaron

Intensity

The amount of daylight changes with the hour, weather, season and latitude.

A fun exercise

Staying as close to home as possible,find a location that lets you face east and head there in time for the sunrise. Compose your shot with a focal length between 35-50mm and shoot into the sunrise. Shoot the same composition one or two hours later, then at noon, then two hours before sunset, then one hour before sunset, and then at sunset.
Repeat this exercise during these same intervals with another composition but as you face to the south.
Finally, download the images into your computer and look at them in a slideshow. That way you will really see and feel the difference of the light and the difference that the right time of the day can make.

Feel free to share your results of the exercise in the comments below!

What kind of lighting do you tend to use in your photography? Are you a hard light lover or a soft light lover? And why?

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Away for a week - Update (came back)

Journal Entry: Thu May 2, 2013, 10:56 AM

UPDATE:

So I'm finally back home! I was (and still am) lazy and couldn't go through my message centre, but I will try to sort my messages out in the next days.

So cold in Paris! But at the same time it was nice to cool down from the massive nuclear bomb called Bucharest.

The first day was incredibly long, as I had to go from Bucharest to Frankfurt, wait in Frankfurt for 2-3 hours for the next plane which flew me to Paris.

During the flight, I learned that Russian people like to annoy the flight attendants. I also learned that grandmas can act like a 3yo when they want attention. Also, during my nighttime walks in the park, people scream every.single.time when the glimmering lights show from the Eiffel Tower starts.

Oh, and..do you guys know the National geographic tv show called 'To catch a smuggler'? The one where the officers at JFK International Airport look for people that are trying to import drugs and other illegal stuff into the US. Well, I felt just like one of those drug dealers in Frankfurt airport. Why? Well of course it's because...I had all my pockets full of rainbow glittering stuff!

Just kidding, I always take my photo backpack with me as a hand luggage, and it's usually full of equipment: camera body and other different accessories and lenses. So the guys from the airport thought I was suspicious - a midget with a giant backpack. I was told that someone is going to get me to check the backpack better. So I waited for the guy, got into a small room (just like in the show), opened the backpack and he did a drug test from a sample which he took from my equipment (I don't really know, but I'm supposing that was it). While waiting for the result, I was trying not to giggle because I was recalling the shows on Nat Geo. And that was it. Wherever I go, they still look at me with suspicious eyes after my backpack passes the x-rays.

I'm just happy I could see my mom and spend time with her for 7 days. The only person missing from there was my sister, but I hope she'll be able to come next time.

Thai coconut chicken soup - `nosugarjustanger, am I doing this right? You're the master of food

I found myself some pop tarts, *ChristopherSacry. Thank you for the recommendation!

And that's all in a few words! Trying to keep it short

How are you all doing? Was spring nice to you?

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I'll be away for a week, I'm travelling to Paris to see my mom. I won't have time to reply to messages, but I'll log in from time to time and I'll reply when I get back.

I hope to be returning with some nice images, I have 4 models in mind whom I want to contact for some shootings

See you on May, 10th!

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The wellness of your camera sensor

Wed Apr 24, 2013, 12:36 AM

How many of you remove the sensor dust from your digital camera's sensor on a regular basis? Sometimes, services can be expensive or you just don't have time to take your cameras to be checked and cleaned whenever it needs to.

Here are some tips on how you can spot the dust on your camera sensor effectively and how to remove it.

Checking your sensor.

Shooting the test image

Start off by setting your ISO to the lowest (normal) range, for example 100 for Canon and 200 for Nikon;
The test shot has to be completely out of focus, so go ahead and manual focus to infinity on a piece of paper OR to close focus for the sky;
Now it's time to set the aperture. It's usually okay to set your aperture at f/22, that way all the spots are well defined and ready to lift off!
What lens to use? Usually something like a telephoto lens will do;
RAW or JPEG? Either of them is okay, as long as you set your JPEG at the highest quality and file size;
Shoot your test image.

Post processing the test image

Open your image in an image editor (e.g. photoshop, GIMP);

Desaturate it by going to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate or by hitting Ctrl+Shift+U for windows or Command+Shift+U for mac. You may see some spots at this point.

Go ahead and make a levels adjustment layer above your background image ( you can find it either by going to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels, either by clicking the black and white circle icon at the Layers panel)
Next, let's increase the contrast by bringing in the two end sliders to meet the ends of the peak from the histogram (which represents the tonal gradient that you have captured within your image)

This is how the image looks after increasing the contrast:

And a 50% zoom of the image:

Cleaning your sensor

Important! Make sure you have a fully charged battery. You don't want to run out of battery while you're cleaning your sensor, you may damage it and the expenses are pretty high.
Find the item in your camera menu that flips up the mirror and lets you access the sensor;
Lay the camera down on a table and don't touch anything as you clean;
You may want to use an air blower to remove the dust on the sensor;
Do not use canned air;
The image a lens projects onto the sensor is upside-down, and when the camera processes the image it is flipped right side up. So what you saw in your image has been flipped.

After that, shoot another test image and compare it with the other one to see if the spots have diminished. Sometimes they won't and that is pretty tricky because you'll have to use a special sensor-cleaning brush or swabs or solvents in order to remove the spots that still linger on the sensor.

Final tips and tricks

- Take this matter seriously and be prepared when cleaning your sensor; you don't want to damage it and later pay for an expensive repair.

- Be sure to read the directions of the products you use very carefully.

- The products you use need to be kept very clean.

The cleaning process can be tedious, but you don't always know that when you send your camera to be cleaned it will be done in detail, with sufficient attention. And even if you do, you can always check it after it was done.

Good dust hunting!

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The Journey II

Journal Entry: Thu Apr 11, 2013, 7:20 PM

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Please consider giving it a or comment so that more people can see these amazing works!

I listened to this while making the feature: (yes, yes, I know, I'm a sucker for soundtracks)

Spring Creeps in to The Forest by *Stuzal

The Storm and the Stars by ~andyhutchinson

December Sunset by *Blue-BirdPhotography

The Towers from Torres del Paine by *porbital

Crazy of the Indigo Swirl by ~PatiMakowska

To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before by *LarsVanDeGoor

-Path into a Raven den- by *Janek-Sedlar

Early morning waves by *CharmingPhotography

_ a little shine of hope _ by =EYELIGHTZONE

Bechers Viewing Richter 05 by *HorstSchmier

...pastellic winter sunrise... by ~FelixInden

throwing stones to the dark by ~amelyshato

At the very end of the Day by ~MaximeCourty

Hope Would Fail Me in the Falling Snow by `DpressedSoul

Clouds on Central park - New York by ~Marcusion

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4th DD - What a surprise!

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 6:04 AM

^ginkgografix | #dA related

I got my 4th Daily Deviation today, wow! I didn't have the slightest clue that one of my textures pack would get a DD, I was pretty surprised when I logged in this morning.

So thank you, ^Elandria for featuring it!

Droplet Texture Pack #2 by =DianaGrigore

For a long time I wanted to upload some of these, so that people may have fun with them and (why not?) help them in creating beautiful art.

These were shot with the poor photographer's method of macro - with two lenses, one on top of another, the top one inverted.

Hard to believe, but this was the jelly from a piece of cake I ate some time ago.

Thank you!

Brushes by ~yana-stock
Original mini gallery by `thespook

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Macro in Nature contest - Winners!

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 5:22 AM

414 entries for the Macro in Nature Contest, held by `dragonfly-oli and *AljoschaThielen ! Here are the results!

First place: ~alexgphoto

Second place: ~Lasiu7

Third place: *PawelMatys

Congratulations to everybody who entered the contest!

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My 7 years on dA

Sat Mar 16, 2013, 2:52 PM

Wow, seven years have passed since I joined this site. That's quite a long time. I still remember how I felt on the first day I signed up, there weren't many sites on which people could actually talk about art, express their feelings, create, be happy or sad, sometimes disappointed. dA has improved so much since it started, and I know there are some mixed feelings concerning this site. Not everyone has a good opinion about it, that's for sure. Some may say that the old dA was better concerning the works submitted. I still think that among all the 'art' sites, it is still the one that has quite a large variety if you know where to look. It's not about the front page, it's not about being popular, it's about making friends that share the same thoughts as you and that are honest in their beliefs and opinions. It's about growing as an artist by reading articles, participating in different events, sharing your work and appreciating other people's works.

I once thought that the best thing to do is to stay in my dark corner. That dark corner was safe. I am still reticent when talking to people that I don't know that much.(that is based on real life). I have this barrier when I'm talking to people, and that is most of the times interpreted in a negative way. That's why I am saying that even though artists are unsociable, they still have to communicate with people. Communication->feedback->growth. Growth as an artist, but growth as a person as well.

I want to thank you all, who have been beside me and supported my works, keep working hard and never let go of your dreams.

As a small notice, I'm answering a lot faster on facebook. So let's be friends there!

And now, a small feature:

There's certainly hope in rain drops.. by ~OnurKorpeoglu

We are all shadows in life.. by ~OnurKorpeoglu

Everything's blue in this world, #1 by *justanothersomeone

Everything's blue in this world, #2 by *justanothersomeone

Nine In The Afternoon by ~RaindropsOnRoses21

Wayfaring Stranger by ~RaindropsOnRoses21

Far Beyond The Blue by ~RaindropsOnRoses21

Its A Nice Afternoon... by ~KosmikWizard

The Other Plane That Is Beyond... by ~KosmikWizard

Daily Art 13- Red Splash Eye by ~TheShadow777

Daily Art 12- Splash Eye by ~TheShadow777

Chow Chow:After a bath by ~redninjarnotalone

Good morning little bird by ~redninjarnotalone

We should discuss it later dude... by *WTek79

Happy happy featured watchers:

Go give them some love!

Thank you.

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Top 10 finalists-Professional Photog of the Year!

Journal Entry: Wed Feb 27, 2013, 4:07 AM

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I've made it into the top 10 finalists of the Professional photographer of the year 2012 competition - Movie Short category, just got my e-mail today!

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The Journey

Journal Entry: Sun Feb 10, 2013, 12:41 PM

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Let us travel everywhere in the world with this feature.

Please consider giving it a

or comment so that more people can see these amazing works!

Heaven let your light shine down by ~Dee-T

-Morning road to village- by *Janek-Sedlar

-Eternal sunshine of the inside world- by *Janek-Sedlar

Bryce Canyon Beginnings by *tourofnature

Song of the Golden Dawn by *WiFly-Lenses

tervuren park by night by ~BramvdZPhotography

-Colored rhyme of fall- by *Janek-Sedlar

Don't let the sun go down on me by ~BillyRWebb

Gellicum my bearth village by ~Betuwefotograaf

While the sea drags my pain... by *AmmyWongraven

ultimate sigh - infrared by *Konczey-Zsolt

Mist And Noctilucent Clouds - by *Latyrx

The Book Of Forgotten Lands by *MaximeDaviron

Winter in Holland VI by ~Betuwefotograaf

Above the Darkness of the Night by ~RobertoBertero

A hazy shade of winter... by ~cricketumpire

worst dreams III new print version by *TomWasilewski

If you get to read this, you're brave. That means you looked at the entire feature.

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Musical Dream - part II

Journal Entry: Mon Jan 21, 2013, 4:34 PM

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Musical Dream - part I

Today's feature will be for every violin lover. I searched through dA not only for photography, but I found some amazing artworks in the digital, traditional, and literature categories. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did and support the artists featured here

GUITAR AND VIOLIN - AFREMOV by *Leonidafremov

Nocturne for Violin and Piano by ~shorelle

Drowning Violin by ~ResidentFrankenstein

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Info about stolen artworks

Journal Entry: Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:19 AM

Hiya!
So I'm sure some of you had their artworks stolen at one point, posted on facebook, used in a magazine, used in the making of a site, etc. Most of the times you don't know how to react or just don't care if it's of a small importance. But what if you really want to have your artwork removed?
I've just stumbled across this, did anyone know about it?

_{Btw, it's not a scam, nor spam; I've found it in a photography forum and thought I should share if anyone's interested}

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Musical Dream

Journal Entry: Tue Jan 15, 2013, 4:03 PM

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Nice and slowly.

Beauty is a destructive angel, how could anything that looks so good be so bad?

But there is no angel as destructive as their greed,

In the end she gets them all.

They think they can handle her, but greed is the only snake that can not be charmed

Revolver, Guy Ritchie

Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven

I've always loved the piano, but I was never given the chance to play one. We didn't have any money when I was little, and my mom had to work all day in order to support me and my sister. I did receive an old piano toy from someone, it looked something like this:

So I used to transform the musical symbols/notes into numbers and I had a whole notebook with those

But someday, I'd like to learn it for real, even if some might say it's too late.

With that being said, I'd like to show you guys/girls/people/bros some beautiful piano artworks from dA. Enjoy!

69. :Ouverture de la solitude: by ~bittersweetvenom

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Best wishes for 2013

Journal Entry: Mon Dec 31, 2012, 5:39 AM

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So I'm not going to ask you for your New Year's resolutions, as we all know planning on December 31st and January 1st doesn't work that well

So here's something fun:

That's Sushi when she was little. If you like it, hit that 'Subscribe' button, as I finished editing another video and I'm planning to upload it today

And now for some new images with the monster:

--->

Happy New Year guys and girls!

Diana

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Ladybugs of 2012 - the winners

Journal Entry: Sun Dec 30, 2012, 1:04 PM

`dragonfly-oli and =Kara-a announced their winners to the photography contest they held. The theme was ladybugs!

So, without further blabbering, here are the lucky winners!

First place goes to =puckrietveld !

Second place goes to =lieveheersbeestje !

Dangerous situation by =lieveheersbeestje

Forgotten memories by =lieveheersbeestje

Third place goes to ~blameMYGreenSoul !

Congratulations to the winners and to all who entered this contest!

CSS made by `TwiggyTeeluck

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Stock account

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 6:05 AM

Gallery Journal Note Me!

Hiya!

Just a short journal; I'm considering making a stock account for all the photography I don't use. Should I? I have a lot of images (landscapes, abstract, textures, things like that - which I think could be used by other people

) I use them sometimes for my retouches, but that's all.

_{Oh, and I discovered my old account made for my childish drawings: [link] (!dianeArt). I was thinking of closing it, as I haven't updated it at all and it's practically waiting for me to close it}

So that's that. I could, of course, upload stock images to this account. But I don't want to clutter and spam your inbox with them.

Journal Design and CSS by ~PreetikaSharma

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Back from the dead

by =DianaGrigore, Nov 28, 2012, 1:26:27 PM
Journals / Personal

Hello everyone!

I'm truly sorry for being absent here. Missed me?

I..had a small surgery that brought a lot of pain for a few weeks. It's nothing big, but I didn't think it would last so much. I'm on pills now and I'm trying not to act like a zombie

So I couldn't login to my dA account, but now I'm trying to get updated with things around here.

I'll try little by little to resume my activity here, get to answer all my messages and comments and then doing features (can't wait to do one, I missed that)

So yaaay! Lots of hugs

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Photography Critique Night in :#CRphotography: Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Journal History

Jun 16, 2013 #MyWeekThroughArt
Jun 14, 2013 Hidden in the forest contest - the winners!
Jun 3, 2013 The Tomato Alien
May 27, 2013 10 things to do while looking at a photo
May 23, 2013 The Journey III
May 17, 2013 Project Educate: See the light and remember it
May 2, 2013 Away for a week - Update (came back)
Apr 24, 2013 The wellness of your camera sensor
Apr 11, 2013 The Journey II
Mar 30, 2013 4th DD - What a surprise!
Mar 19, 2013 Macro in Nature contest - Winners!
Mar 16, 2013 My 7 years on dA
Feb 27, 2013 Top 10 finalists-Professional Photog of the Year!
Feb 10, 2013 The Journey
Jan 21, 2013 Musical Dream - part II
Jan 18, 2013 Info about stolen artworks
Jan 15, 2013 Musical Dream
Dec 31, 2012 Best wishes for 2013
Dec 30, 2012 Ladybugs of 2012 - the winners
Dec 18, 2012 Stock account

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Training your eye is very important. To take your photography to the next level and grow as an artist, you need to know what looks good, have an open mind and build your own style.

Point at the first thing that attracts your attention (often being the brightest point in the image)

Try to mentally trace the path your eye takes around the image (it's like connecting the dots in order to discover the story, in this case)

Don't hesitate to contact #CRPhotography!

Please consider giving it a or comment so that more people can see these amazing works!

Previous journeys:The Journey I | The Journey II

See the light and remember it

Some of the photographer's palette of tools:

Angle of light

Quality of light

Color

Intensity

Feel free to share your results of the exercise in the comments below!

What kind of lighting do you tend to use in your photography? Are you a hard light lover or a soft light lover? And why?

Checking your sensor.

Cleaning your sensor

Final tips and tricks

Don't hesitate to contact #CRPhotography!

Please consider giving it a or comment so that more people can see these amazing works!

First place goes to =puckrietveld !

Second place goes to =lieveheersbeestje !

Third place goes to ~blameMYGreenSoul !

Want to get your work critiqued?

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