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21. Juni 2014

21 Jun

Ein Beitrag von: Ronny Garcia

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Weekly Photography Challenge Outside the Box Creativity

21 Jun

This time around the weekly photography challenge is a little bit different than our usual topics. This one is pretty wide opened because I want you to get out there and get crazy creative!

By Holger Ejleby

If that is you – get out of there and try something different! Outside the box creativity is this week’s challenge.

Earlier today I shared some images I found for you to stir up some ideas – take a look at those if you haven’t already done so.

Need ideas? Try these articles to get you started:

  • 6 Ways to Enhance Your Creativity
  • Kick Your Creativity Up A Notch
  • 5 Cheap and Easy Ways to Re-inspire Your Photographic Creativity
  • 7 Photography Projects to Jumpstart your Creativity
  • Get Your Creative Juices Flowing with Different Focal Lengths

Need more inspiration? Here are a few outside the box ideas and images:

By Alexey Kljatov

By Bernat Casero

By Spreng Ben

By Toby Keller

By sharyn morrow

By Matthias Weinberger

By Alice Popkorn

By Tim Hamilton

By Tc Morgan

So it could be a new shooting technique, post-processing magic, or a subject you’ve been meaning to try. Whatever it is that gets you thinking a bit, and results in a different finished product – do it!

Show use your Creative Images

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section as pictured below) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Okay, ready to impress us?

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Atkins Ciwem Environmental Photographer of the Year 2014 shortlist

21 Jun

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From over 10,000 entries, the shortlist selection has been revealed for the 2014 Atkins Ciwem environmental photographer of the year competition. In its seventh year, the competition sponsored by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (Ciwem) encourages entrants from around the globe to showcase work that ‘will inspire people around the world to start taking care of our environment’. See gallery

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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What The Duck #1461

21 Jun

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We’ve come to the end of another week here at dpreview, and as our thoughts drift to weekend shooting opportunities, it’s time to take things a little less seriously. Aaron Johnson’s comic strip ‘What the Duck’ is just the thing, taking a gently satirical look through the lens of a photographically inclined waterfowl. You can find it published here (and in our newsletter) every week; we hope you enjoy it, and your weekend.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Bounce Below: World’s Largest Underground Cave Trampoline

21 Jun

[ By Steph in Destinations & Sights & Travel. ]

Bounce World Underground Trampoline 1

Deep in a former Welsh slate quarry mining cavern twice the size of St. Paul’s Cathedral, children and adults alike gleefully jump up and down on a system of netting suspended from the walls. Bounce Below, the world’s largest underground trampoline, will open to the public July 3rd in the mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Bounce World Underground Trampoline 2

Operated by Zip World, the new tourist attraction features three massive trampolines that ascend from twenty feet to 180 feet above the bottom of the cavern, with ten-foot net walls preventing anyone from falling over the edge. Customers get dressed in cotton overalls and put on helmets, then board a train that travels deep into the mountain.

Bounce World Underground Trampoline 4

Bounce World Underground Trampoline 3

They disembark to the sight of the trampolines within the colorfully lit space. Each trampoline is linked by a slide for descending and a net walkway for getting back up. The largest slide is 60 feet long. A spiral staircase leads to the other side of the railway line.

Bounce World Underground Trampoline 5

Workers prepared the space by carrying about 500 tons of rubble out of the cavern, the task illuminated with portable lamps. The mining of slate in Wales dates back to Roman times and the industry peaked in 1898 with 17,000 employees, but by the end of World War II, the introduction of new roofing materials led to many of the mines closing.

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Apple files patent application for artificial muscle camera lens actuator

21 Jun

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After filing one last month, Apple has applied for another camera-related patent. The document an artificial muscle structure being used to replace traditional motors to control focus and aperture in a camera module. The design is interesting because it can carry relatively large and heavy optics and consumes very little power. Read more

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A Set of Imaginative Images to Spark Your Creativity

20 Jun

This week’s theme seems to be all about sparking up the fires of creativity. A few articles this week have touched on this theme including:

  • Creative Reasons to use Intentional Camera Movement
  • Don’t Know What to Shoot? These 4 Photography Exercises Will Keep You Motivated
  • 5 Ways To Break Out of a Creative Photography Rut
  • How to do Surreal Digital Infrared Photography Without Expensive Gear or Camera Conversions – a little bit out of the box, try something new IR photography. Watch for the follow up on processing IR images tomorrow!

So I dug around 500px and Flickr for some super creative and inspiring images to spur you into action. Enjoy!

Photograph A Splash of Rose by Anthony Chang on 500px

A Splash of Rose by Anthony Chang on 500px

Photograph The Parting ii by Luke  Sharratt on 500px
The Parting ii by Luke Sharratt on 500px

Photograph Frankenstein by Escalonilla PixeL a PixeL PasO a PasO on 500px

Frankenstein by Escalonilla PixeL a PixeL PasO a PasO on 500px

Photograph Coffee Portrait by Jatuporn Khuansuwan on 500px
Coffee Portrait by Jatuporn Khuansuwan on 500px

Photograph Swing Me by Steven Butler on 500px

Swing Me by Steven Butler on 500px

Photograph Tie by Anil Akkus on 500px
Tie by Anil Akkus on 500px

Photograph Evolución Noctámbula by Juan González on 500px

Evolución Noctámbula by Juan González on 500px

Photograph Pencil Vs Camera - 73 by Ben Heine on 500px
Pencil Vs Camera – 73 by Ben Heine on 500px

Photograph Customized Exhibition Uniform by Ben Heine on 500px

Customized Exhibition Uniform by Ben Heine on 500px

Photograph Light driver by Peter Majkut on 500px
Light driver by Peter Majkut on 500px

Photograph OK, I'm not seeing you!! by Christopher Riestajuana on 500px

OK, I’m not seeing you!! by Christopher Riestajuana on 500px

Photograph Willunga Shining by Bipphy Kath on 500px
Willunga Shining by Bipphy Kath on 500px

Photograph Daisy by Kunal Prasad on 500px

Daisy by Kunal Prasad on 500px

Photograph What's my motivation? by Max Ellis on 500px
What’s my motivation? by Max Ellis on 500px

Photograph Flurry II. by Christopher Chung on 500px

Flurry II. by Christopher Chung on 500px

Photograph You make my head spin.... by Sander Van den Berg on 500px
You make my head spin…. by Sander Van den Berg on 500px

Photograph The Spin by Bipphy Kath on 500px

The Spin by Bipphy Kath on 500px

NOTICE from the editor

Please practice full precautions and safety measures if you plan on attempting fire spinning. I have done it and can tell you the steel wool molten, burning bits fly a long way! Read up on this technique before you go to it or risk setting something on fire or burning yourself. This is real molten (melted) steel, do not mess around it is dangerous.

Photograph transient happiness by Beauty   on 500px
transient happiness by Beauty   on 500px

Photograph Feelin Blue by Alistair Campbell on 500px

Feelin Blue by Alistair Campbell on 500px

Photograph Violet Vision by Devin Manky on 500px
Violet Vision by Devin Manky on 500px

Photograph Wishmaster by Renee Robyn on 500px

Wishmaster by Renee Robyn on 500px

Photograph Call of Duty by Renee Robyn on 500px
Call of Duty by Renee Robyn on 500px

Photograph Beginning of the End by Renee Robyn on 500px

Beginning of the End by Renee Robyn on 500px

Editor’s note: Renee is a personal friend of mine, in fact she took my own headshot! Her work is amazing. Most of them are composites of several images, and hours spent in Photoshop. The one above “Wishmaster” is a self-portrait. I couldn’t do a collection on creative images without including some of her work. I don’t have it in me to create this kind of photography, but it sure is fun to admire.

Photograph First time under by Neil Kremer on 500px
First time under by Neil Kremer on 500px

Photograph Fly by Tina Terras & Michael Walter on 500px

Fly by Tina Terras & Michael Walter on 500px

Photograph Deliverance by Benjamin Von Wong on 500px
Deliverance by Benjamin Von Wong on 500px

Photograph afterglow by Beauty   on 500px

afterglow by Beauty   on 500px

Photograph Homage to Escher. by Alexei Sovertkov on 500px
Homage to Escher. by Alexei Sovertkov on 500px

Photograph Ground Perspective II by Vadim Za on 500px

Ground Perspective II by Vadim Za on 500px

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By Tc Morgan

By Julian Evil

By Victor1558

By Adrien Sifre

By Zach Stern

By Kenny Louie

By Bjørn Giesenbauer

By greg westfall

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Step into Edgar Martins’ Time Machine

20 Jun

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Edgar Martins is drawn to documenting off-limits places. This was part of the appeal for him in a project titled ‘The Time Machine,’ in which he gained access to hydro-electric power plants in Portugal, the country where he was born. Built between 1950 and ’70, these facilities were designed to accommodate dozens, even hundreds of employees working side-by-side with state-of-the-art technology. They’re now operated with only a handful of personnel and are largely disused. He answered a few questions for us about the project. See gallery

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Khalik Allah: Portraits in der Nacht

20 Jun

Khalik Allah. Dieser Name steht für Portraits mit Offenblende. Erst einmal nichts Besonderes, oder? Doch. Denn Khalik hat einen unverwechselbaren Stil, der sich locker von Hunderten anderen Fotografen, die technisch eigentlich dasselbe machen, deutlich unterscheidet. Und somit ein eigentlich ausgelutsches Thema neu belebt.

Khalik fotografiert in New York City. Und zwar ausschließlich nachts. Er portraitiert jedoch nicht jeden, der ihm vor die Kamera läuft, sondern ärmere Leute in Harlem, Lexington und der 125sten. Die Dunkelheit – oder das Nicht-Vorhandensein des Lichtes – definiert dabei die Menschen nur fein akzentuiert.

Aus dem Bildern geht hervor, dass Khalik die Blende öffnet, weil es notwendig ist. Nicht, weil er es kann, sondern weil er muss. Die Schwärze der Nacht zwingt ihn, mit spärlichsten Mitteln zu arbeiten und genau dieser Engpass führt zu sehr unkonventionellen Ergebnissen, die nicht nur technische Ursachen haben, sondern letztendlich auch seinem feinen Gespür für den entscheidenden Moment geschuldet sind.

Straßenfotografie: Ein Mann mit Hut schaut in die Kamera.

Straßenfotografie: Eine Frau mit Brille sieht in die Kamera, im Hintergrund verschwommene Stadt.

Straßenfotografie: Ein Mann mit Mütze lässt den Rauch einer Zigarette aufsteigen.

Straßenfotografie: Eine Ratte, die am Schwanz hochgehalten wird.

Straßenfotografie: Ein Mann bekommt von jemandem Feuer für die Zigarette und starrt dabei in die Kamera.

Straßenfotografie: Ein Polizist, der sein Halstuch über die Nase gezogen hat.

Straßenfotografie: Jemand zündet sich eine Zigarette an.

Straßenfotografie: Portrait einer Person, die ihre Augen halb geschlossen hält.

Straßenfotografie: Zwei Männer, die offensichtlich Spaß haben.

Straßenfotografie: Ein Mann lässt Rauch aus seinem Mund aufsteigen.

Straßenfotografie: Eine Frau mit langen Haaren lehnt sich an eine Telefonzelle an.

Straßenfotografie: Portrait eines Mannes bei Nacht.

Straßenfotografie: Eine Frau mit geöffnetem Oberteil drückt ihre Hand an eine Scheibe.

Straßenfotografie: Portrait eines Mannes, der an einer Zigarette zieht.

Straßenfotografie: Der Fotograf mit Kamera fotografiert sich selbst im Spiegel.

Motiviert ist Khalik durch seinen Glauben an Gott. So erklärt er unter anderem, dass er der Aufforderung Gottes folgt, Gott, seinen Nächsten und sich zu lieben. Fotografie sei der Ausdruck dessen, dass er in jedem Menschen das Schöne sehe.

All das hat eine Freundlichkeit und Offenheit zur Folge, mit der Khalik Allah (!) Menschen begegnet. Vielleicht ist das auch der Grund dafür, warum seine Portraits so ehrlich, ungestellt und tief wirken.

Auf seinem Tumblr-Blog reagiert er auf die Frage* nach einem Tipp wie folgt:

Ich würde sagen: Fotografiere analog. Lerne Deine Kamera kennen. Entwickle Deinen eigenen Stil. Studiere die Werke anderer. Und vergleiche Dich nicht mit anderen.

* Wer Khalik eine Weile auf Tumblr folgt, wird irgendwann merken, dass er jede Frage, die ihm dort gestellt wird, beantwortet. Auch das ist Ausdruck seiner Persönlichkeit.


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20. Juni 2014

20 Jun

Ein Beitrag von: Frank Behrens

Ein Fahrrad steht am Wegesrand, auf dem Gepäckträger ragen Weinblätter heraus.


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