Month: December 2014

Weekly Photography Challenge – Festive Food
Well it’s that time of the year again. We spend days cooking and preparing for the big feast, then we stuff ourselves and retire to the sofa. Yup it’s holiday time.

By Grant Frederiksen

Whichever religion or faith you practice, and wherever you live – there is likely some sort of festivities going on this month. I’m spending the holidays in Nicaragua so it will be very different that back home in Canada with my family. I’m sure we’ll have a big meal but it may not be the traditional turkey with all the trimmings – it could look like grilled meat of some kind with rice and beans.

View this set of mouthwatering holiday food photos on dPS.

Your job this go around for the weekly photography challenge is to photograph your festive food.

We have lots of great articles here on dPS to help you out with food photography tips including:
- 10 Tips to Improve Your Food Photography
- Using Focus Creatively with Food Photography
- 5 Tips to Seriously Improve Your Food Photography Techniques
- 8 Steps to Create Mouth Watering Food Photography
- 11 Quick Food Photography Tips to Make Mouth Watering Images
Need more examples?

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By Randy OHC

By FLORENTIN Marius

By Guilherme Kardel

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Share your festive food images here:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) 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. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

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December 20, 2014
Ruins of Crumbling Church Salvaged with Geometric Addition

[ By Steph in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ]

A faceted glass structure clings to the ruins of a stone church in Santpedor, Spain, filling in a gaping hole that was created with the demolition of an adjacent convent. Built modestly by priests between 1721 and 1729, the hermitage of Sant Francesc started to crumble long ago, and by 2000 the roof had sunk and the vaults of the nave and chapels had partially collapsed, leaving it looking as if it the rest of it would come down at any time.

But anyone brave enough to step through the doors would have found an interior that was still stunning in its cavernous arched spaciousness, daylight streaming in through massive holes in the ceiling. That hint of promise, along with its historical value, is what led to the intervention by architect David Closes (photographs by Jordi Surroca.)

Closes transformed the church with a stunning modern addition and interior renovation that integrates the character of the ruins into the new elements, creating contrast and preserving a perspective of the church’s past. Sant Francesc is now home to a multi-functional cultural center and auditorium.

Smooth concrete and timber enhance the aged qualities of the stone in the new interiors, with partially-collapsed areas and holes simply filled in with windows to show off rather than correct the damage that was done to the structure over the centuries.

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December 20, 2014
Top 10 Photography Resources of 2014 You Should Have

“Photographer” is one of the job titles many people would like to have today. Taking pictures is fun and exciting, especially when you earn money for that. However, to reach the point when photography brings your cash, you obviously need to learn. When it comes to choosing the best educational photography courses, videos and ebooks, it can be overwhelming with Continue Reading

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December 20, 2014
Deal 7: Save 60% On our ‘Going Pro’ eBook
I can’t believe we’re at day 7 in our 12 days of Christmas!

Deal 7 this year is perfect for those of you who secretly dream of making money from their photography.

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December 19, 2014
25 Mouthwatering Holiday Food Photos to Wet Your Appetite

With the holiday season upon us that also means big family gatherings and festive meals. Food photography is a great way to capture some of the festivities and color of the season. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Omisoka or something else – likely it involves food.

Enjoy this set of holiday food photos to help you get in the mood or maybe even get some menu or photo ideas or both!

Dream House by Siggi B on 500px

Christmas tiramisu by Darius Dzinnik on 500px

Untitled by Julia Hernandez on 500px

x mas cocktail by Peter Harasty on 500px

Hot drink with whipped cream for Christmas by Beatrix Boros on 500px

Christmas gingerbread cookies by Sergey Kumer on 500px

Red Velvet Christmas Pancakes by Sebrina Wareham on 500px

Christmas duck by Darius Dzinnik on 500px

Roasted turkey with fruits by Elena Shashkina on 500px

Traditional Sliced Honey Glazed Ham by Brent Hofacker on 500px

festive sandwiches by Jevgeni Proshin on 500px

Champagne glass by Vadim Kolobanov on 500px

Santa Berries by Tetyana Kovyrina on 500px

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Homemade Festive Cinnamon Eggnog by Brent Hofacker on 500px

Christmas traditionals by Delia Cozma on 500px

Tangerines on a dark blue background – New Year by Anastasiya Kononenko on 500px

?????????? ?????????? by Natalia Lisovskaya on 500px

Sweets for Christmas by Bettina on 500px

Whishes by Szabolcs Szlavik on 500px

Jam Tarts by Aisha Yusaf on 500px

Christmas Fruits by Pete Franks on 500px

Christmas by Danilo Fisichella on 500px

Navidad by Gary Alvarado on 500px

By Stéphanie Kilgast

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December 19, 2014
Chinese Homeowner’s Illegal Skyway Bridges 2 Highrise Condos

[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ]

Sky bridges are a common sight in many cities, but are generally used to create a semi-public pathway from one building to the next, not to illicitly join two private highrise units in midair.

In Nanning, China, one resident apparently purchased two apartment units situated nearly across from (and facing) one another with a novel plan in mind: connect them via a slightly-sloped extension to expand his interior space. As a local paper reports, the raised structure is raising concerns for pedestrians passing below.

The makeshift metal-roofed-and-clad addition is supported by a system of somewhat rickety-looking steel trusses forming a spaceframe below – given their elevation (and lack of planning permission), it is unclear whether these will survive natural disasters like serious storms or earthquakes.

It also remains uncertain how this development got so far in the first place, but given other precedents in the region (like the illegal ooftop penthouse mountain shown above) this kind of rogue building project is not entirely shocking.

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December 19, 2014
18. Türchen: Wacom

Heute gibt es etwas für alle Kreativen: Das Intuos Pro M von Wacom verbirgt sich hinter unserem 18. Türchen und bietet Euch unter anderem die Möglichkeit, Fotografien nachträglich mit dem Stifttablett am Computer zu individualisieren.

Der Wacom Grip Pen mit 2048 Druckstufen und Neigungswinkelerkennung erlaubt es, mit der gewohnten Präzision traditioneller Stifte zu arbeiten, während sich durch die verbesserten Multi-Touch-Gesten Bilder ganz natürlich verschieben und zoomen lassen. Die kabellose Anbindung macht die Handhabung zudem flexibel und bequem.

Der Gewinner profitiert zusätzlich von der aktuellen Wacom-Promoaktion und erhält das Intuos Pro inklusive gratis Extras wie einem Adobe Creative Cloud Komplett-Abo für 3 Monate, einem WhiteWall-Fotogeschenk-Gutschein im Wert von 50 € und einem Autodesk® SketchBook® 90-Tage-Pro-Abo. Das Tablet hat einen Wert von 349,00 €.

Um das Intuos Pro zu gewinnen, schreibe einen Kommentar unter bürgerlichem Namen und gültiger E-Mail-Adresse bis heute um 24 Uhr. Danach verlosen wir es per Zufallsgenerator unter allen Kommentatoren. Die genauen Gewinnspielregeln findest Du hier. Viel Glück!

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December 19, 2014
Leica issues T (Typ 701) firmware update

Leica has released firmware version 1.3 for its T mirrorless camera (Typ 701). The latest update promises a collection of performance improvements for the unit’s startup time and image quality, along with general bug fixes. Learn more

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December 19, 2014
18. Dezember 2014

Das Bild des Tages von: Andreas Fusser

Fotolinks des Tages

1. Opfer sexueller Übergriffe beim Militär

Als die Fotojournalistin Mary F. Calvert davon las, dass es 2012 beim amerikanischen Militär 26.000 sexuelle Übergriffe gab und nur eins von sieben Opfern diesen Umstand überhaupt meldet, war Calvert von den Zahlen berührt. Sie entschied sich, mit Opfern der Übergriffe ein Foto-Projekt zu machen. Calvert ging zu Anhörungen und lernte darüber Frauen kennen, die unter anderem deshalb, weil sie darüber sprachen, ihren Arbeitsplatz verloren. Frauen, die auch im Nachhinein sehr darunter litten, medikamentenabhängig und depressiv wurden. Unfassbar ist, dass die Webseite der Fotografin an mindestens zwei Air Force One Stützpunkten geblockt ist. → ansehen

2. Über die Gewinner des National Geographic Contests

Blick hinter die Kulissen: Was bewegt die Juroren des National Geographic Contests dazu, ein bestimmtes Bild abzulehnen und wie wird die finale Auswahl der fast 10.000 Fotos gemacht? In einem sehr spannenden und Einsicht gewährenden Video (ca. 5 Minuten) werden die letzten Entscheidungen des Teams transparent gemacht. Doch nicht nur das Video lohnt sich. Im Link findet sich zum Gewinnerbild ein Interview mit Brian Yen, der jede Menge Hintergrund-Informationen zur Bildentstehung preisgibt und erklärt, warum er keine anderen Bilder kommentiert und favorisiert. → ansehen

3. 3. Videoportrait über die junge Fotografin Flora Borsi

Die ungarische Fotografin Flora Borsi haben wir im Magazin bereits mit ihrer Fotoserie „des monstres“ vorgestellt. Die FAZ hat heute ein Video der Deutschen Welle über die junge Künstlerin geteilt. Diese macht bevorzugt Selbstportraits. Leider wird im Video kein Unterschied zwischen Selfies und Selbstportraits gemacht und es werden simple Handyschnappschüsse mit den Kunstwerken von Flora Borsi verglichen. Am Ende landet man bei der Frage, ob junge Menschen zu narzisstisch sind. Insgesamt aber dennoch sehenswert. → ansehen

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December 19, 2014
Hand-Grown Murals: Watch as Plant Paintings Take Over Walls

[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Street Art & Graffiti. ]

Some say art is as much about process as product – these time-lapse animations show just how true that can be, illustrating the evolution of green-themed graffiti as it creeps, crawls and overtakes the walls on which it is painted.

Weeds is a series of projects by artist Mona Caron (via Colossal), captured on film, that is as much about slow and usually-unseen urban processes as it is about artwork in public spaces.

Of her work and plants themselves, she writes: “they may be tiny but they break through concrete. They are everywhere and yet unseen. And the more they get stepped on, the stronger they grow back. This is a series of paintings of weeds, some of them on-site animations, created as a tribute to the resilience of all those beings who no one made room for, were not part of the plan, and yet keep coming back, pushing through and rising up.”

Mona paints native wild plants and invasive species alike, bringing to light processes that are typically hidden both due to their slow progression and their ubiquitous nature – over time, we stop noticing what is happening “at the margin of things” if we are not paying attention. So far, she has painted plants in Switzerland, India, Greece, and the United States but she is looking for more places to travel and paint as well.

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