Life Through a Lens 7Welcome to the seventh edition of Life Through a Lens - a regular photography feature showcasing some of the recently submitted deviations within the Photography gallery.FeaturesPrevious FeaturesWeek One; Week Two; Week Three; Week Four;
Photography Discovered 3Welcome to the third edition of Photography Discovered! This series was inspired by $Moonbeam13's Discovered journal series. The following deviants were found using nothing but the Discovery Tool.~Rinksy~celilsezer!vtangophotography*mj-magic~diensilverPlease show the artists some love and the article if you liked it!Previous EditionsWeek One; Week TwoCheck ou
Photography Discovered 6Welcome to the sixth edition of Photography Discovered! This series was inspired by $Moonbeam13's Discovered journal series. The following deviants were found using nothing but the Discovery Tool.~NayeliNeria~teuss=Okavanga~selimselimoglu~Northstar76Please show the artists some love and the article if you liked it!Previous EditionsWeek One; Week Two;
Birthday Celebrations on dAmn!Birthday Celebrations!That's right! It's close to that time of year again and that means one thing... a dAmn party hosted by myself and ^Kaz-D to celebrate! So on the 7th of August, the day that deviantART will be turning 11, come and join us in :#communityrelations: for fun, games and the chance to win prizes What can you expect?If you join us you'll be bombarded with games and tasks. Tasks will be thrown out at random and could be just about anything. Other games will include a sketchmatch and a treasure hunt When and where?To join in the fun make sure you're in :#communityrelations: at 8pm BST through until 10pm on the 7th of August. You can find your local time herePrizes?Yep. Now onto the good stuff. There are loads of prizes up for grabs including a dA
Photography Discovered 5Welcome to the fourth edition of Photography Discovered! This series was inspired by $Moonbeam13's Discovered journal series. The following deviants were found using nothing but the Discovery Tool.=schnotte~kannus-maoo*Alessia-Izzo=rosaarvensis~regularflavorPlease show the artists some love and the article if you liked it!Previous EditionsWeek One; Week Two;
Project Educate: Composition BasicsThe action of putting things together; formation or construction.The term composition simply means 'putting together' and is applied to all forms of art. In this respect, composition is all about the placement, arrangement or organisation of the individual elements within a photo. The composition of a photograph is what catches the viewer's attention and is what makes the image pleasing to the eye. By practicing and developing basic composition techniques, you can produce pieces of work which can recreate the impact of the original scene.Some tips for developing composition skills are;Look around using the viewfinder every time you take a picture.Look at each element and how it impacts the overall composition.Become familiar with your camera. Learn how it works, play around with settings and really get to know how each setting changes the overall image.Experiment and practice. Experiment and practice. Experiment and practice.Study other pieces of art; photogr
Back to Basics Photography - Understanding RawdSLR cameras and most bridge cameras have the option to shoot in raw, but what exactly is it and what are the benefits? Let me attempt to explain.A camera raw file contains all the data that is captured when the shutter button is pressed whereas a JPEG is compressed and a lot of the data is lost. They are often called digital negatives as they serve the same purpose as the negatives in film photography; they are not ready to be used as the final image, but hold all the information and data needed to produce one. This all means that you are left with a higher image quality which also allows you to have more control and manipulate more parameters than a JPEG. All of the metadata is also still in tact, meaning that the original state can always be referred back to if needed.So, surely you want to see the difference, right? Well you're in luck. Top - straight out of camera (SOOC) raw. Bottom - basic adjustments done in LightRoom raw.This can ei