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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

Life Through a Lens #1Welcome to the first edition of Life Through a Lens - a regular photography feature showcasing some of the recently submitted deviations within the Photography gallery.
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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.
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Photography Discovered #1Welcome to the first edition of Photographers Discovered! This series was inspired by $Moonbeam13's Discovered journal series. The following deviants were found using nothing but the Discovery Tool.
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Project Educate: Basic Photography TerminologyPhotography Terminology
Bokeh
This is a term that refers to the way the lens blurs the image and the aesthetic quality of that blur. Some lenses cause the image to blur that is pleasing to the eye, whereas others blur in a more unpleasant or distracting way. It is considered good practice to have the subject of the image in focus, while the background is blurred. Bokeh occurs in the part of the image that lies outside the depth of field and photographers sometimes use a shallow focus to make the out of focus regions more prominent.

Depth of Field
This refers to how much of the scene is in focus. In portrait or macro photography, it is better to have a shallow depth of field and keep only part of the image in focus, as opposed to landscape photography where you'd generally want a larger depth of field and keep everything in focus.

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

Project Educate: Photography - The Basics Project Educate: Photography 3rd October 2011 -> 9th October 2011

Project Educate has launched for 2011/2012 and I'm delighted to announce that the first week will be brought to you by myself and `ScENeYmE
As two of the General Photography Community Volunteers we will be posting topic specific weeks later on in the year. But for now we thought it would be nice to launch with a week of Photography Basics for those of you who are uncertain where to start - and those who just want some new tips and beautiful features to look at!
Keep an eye on the blog over at #communityrelations as each CV will be posting announcements about their weeks there. Also head over and make sure you are watching #projecteducate where we will be collating all the links to the articles over the coming months.

Shooting in RAW

It's surprising how many peop

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.
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Project Educate - Architecture OverviewThis week ^Kaz-D and myself are bringing you an overview of the Photography Galleries on deviantART. This won't replace the full weeks planned by the specific community volunteers for specific galleries - but instead it will help to give you a mini introduction into what's out there.
Architecture

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Bridges & Suspended Structures

Photographs of bridges and other suspended architectural structures.

Exterior

Photographs depicting the exterior of a building or any finished architectural construction.

Interior

Photographs depicting the interior of a building or any finished architectural construction.

Statues & Monuments

Photographs of statues, monuments and mortuary stones.
Photographing Architecture - Tips
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Project Educate: Aperture, Shutter & ISO SpeedToday we'll take a quick basic look at Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO Speed.
Aperture
The aperture determines the amount of light that is allowed into the digital sensor. A small number indicates a large aperture whereas a large number indicates a lower aperture. For example, an aperture of 8 would let in less light than an aperture of 4. Imagine your eye, specifically your pupil; the bigger the pupil is, the more light is being let in and the smaller it is, the less light. This is what is effectively happening with your camera. The aperture also determines the DOF (depth of field).
The numbers you usually see on the side of lenses look like this;
F 22 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.4
The larger the number, the less light is allowed in. Each number depicts double the amount of light allowed through the lens. For example, an aperture of 5.6 will allow twice the amount of light in than 8, but only half the amount of light than 2.4.

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October General Photography DDs - October 2011:iconcommunityrelations:
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A collection of Daily Deviations from the General Photography gallery, featured by `ScENeYmE
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Hello by ~indajazz
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emotion by ~armandsg
emotion is by ~armandsg
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15 by ~AlisaBezSkazki
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Life Through a Lens 6Welcome to the sixth edition of Life Through a Lens - a regular photography feature showcasing some of the recently submitted deviations within the Photography gallery.
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Photography Weekly: Edition ElevenPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
“I can’t tell you how many pictures I’ve missed, ignored, trampled, or otherwise lost just ‘cause I’ve been so hell bent on getting the shot I think I want.”
-Joe McNally-

I recently blogged about Joe McNally and his book The Moment It Clicks. I've not yet read it but it's on my Birthday list for April. However I have read some of the quotes from inside the book - one in particular is the 'pause for thought' for this article this week. As some of you might know I'm taking part in the 365 day Photography Challenge and I would thoroughly recommend it to anybody who wishes to think outside the box and get more creative with their photography. How many times do we ignore, trample or loose the real one in a million shot bec

Project Educate: Black and White Photography Project Educate: Black and White Photography

In a world where all number of ways of editing and manipulating an image are coming to light, we often forget about the very simple techniques that we have to hand - that actually have very impressive results.
I rarely upload the originals of my work if I have made changes for the greater good! I like people to see the final product and not the flaws. But for the purposes of black and white Photography here is an example of how you can improve your work.

Ikea car park. Yup! Nightmare to drive in because it's so twisty! I took this out the car window whilst screaming with my arms flailing. Hence the slight motion blur. I kid . I then processed it with an editing program called Picasa . I used to think that Picasa was God. Now I know better. But I still drag all my images through the program by way of storing them.
So everything done to this image was achieved in a free editin

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Urban and Rural Interview - Punkdiva

by `ScENeYmE, Jan 21, 2011, 2:58:01 PM
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This interview is with ~DanielleMiner

~DanielleMiner is the founder of #Stand-Out-Shots and has some beautiful urban and rural shots in her gallery.

Firstly, thank you for agreeing to take part in the interview!

I'd like to start by finding out a bit more of your part in Urban & Rural photography. Within Urban and Rural, there are sub galleries consisting of City Life, Country Life and so on. Which do you prefer and why?

Cityscapes and skylines- I like this type because I love to see the city lights reflecting on the water I love how you can go to the same spot on different occasions and take the same shot but due to lighting and clouds you can get a whole different photograph. I never thought how beautiful buildings at night time could be.

What first prompted you to explore Urban and Rural photography?

I got into Urban and rural photography due to a friend who invited me out to take some shots at night time but I did not go out, then when I saw his photographs of what he took I was really impressed of how well everything looked at night time. The next time he asked I said let’s go and have not looked back. I live about 10 minutes from the city of Melbourne and try to venture out at least one night per week.

Is there anything in particular that influences or inspires you?

I am inspired by many people on Deviantart as there are so many talented people that use this site. I love seeing what other local photographers are doing as it inspires me to venture out and take photos. I am inspired to take photos because I want to improve and get a better understanding of photography. I receive a lot of great feedback on DA and that keeps me going as I am glad people enjoy my photography. I hope that my work also inspires others out there to take photos.

Is there any post editing or retouching involved in your work?

I try HDR on most of my night time imagines but sometimes they do not work out well for me so I just process them normally. I always shoot in raw so it gives me more options to edit the photos; sometimes I just adjust exposure, contrast and sharpness. If I process them in HDR I use photomatix, noise ware pro then final adjustments in photoshop. I try not to do too much to the photos as I find sometimes they do not need many adjustments.

Of your own work, which has the most meaning to you and why?

Melbourne Yarra Night HDR

This shot is special to me because this was taken on my first night time shooting session. I think this is my best HDR processed imagine as I have had many attempts but I feel nothing I have done has come out this great. I love the details and the golden colours in the shot.

If you could photograph one place in the world, where would it be?

I would love to go to Las Vegas in USA; I think I would have millions of photo opportunities of all the lights at night time. Within Australia I would love to go to Sydney and take photos of the harbour at night time.

Do you have any tips for others who may be interested in exploring Urban and Rural photography?

Some tips for exploring urban and rural photography are,
• Use a tripod
• Set you camera to take long exposure shots
• Look for reflections of light on the water in the big city
• Try experimenting with a speed light
• Look for well lit buildings or bridges

Can you show us a few of your favourite Urban and Rural pieces from deviantART?

Here are just a few of 100`s of great urban and rural photos

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Urban and Rural Interview - Punkdivaby `ScENeYmE

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*bp2007 Jan 30, 2011

Nice.

`ScENeYmE Feb 1, 2011 Student Photographer

!bluetaipan Jan 30, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

great interview, and funnily enough i was the poor soul who introduced her to the monster that is night photography lol. but she is an amazing artist.