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Photography Submissions

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:08:59 +0000

As a new photographer I know it can be hard to find places to get your work out there for the world to see so I am going to start compiling a list of great places you can submit your photos for other people to see. The internet offers a vast wealth of exposure for artist and photographers that wasn’t available in the past.

1. Deviant Art

Deviant Art is a great site due to the high amount of users and social networking quality that allows you get awesome feedback and exposure for your work regardless of the medium, Traditional art, Digital art, photography, poetry, crafts, and much more. It also has some excellent resources such as plug-ins, stock images, and much more. I have been a member of Deviant art for a little over a year now and my photos have received over 40k views.

2. SutterStock

Shutterstock is a great site to submit your stock photos on a paid per download method. Every photo that you submit and have downloaded you receive 25 cents, or if you get a purchaser request an enhanced license you receive 28$ per download. This site is great as a resource and a money making tool. If you would rather download stock images you can go here to sign up for a downloaders account.

3. Panoramio

Panoramio is a great because it allows you to map your photos by geographic location as well as offering monthly contest for users. Once you upload your photo you can map the location and your photo may even be included on Google Earth if it is selected.

Summersville Dam Storm

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:34:30 +0000

Summersville Storm I

It took a while to get these shots due to the heavy but intermittent rain, I had hoped to catch a good sunset but the rain seemed like it would never let up after waiting a couple hours.

The first image was composed of three raw shots…

Shutter Speed: 19277/100000 second
F Number: F/16.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Date Picture Taken: Jul 20, 2009, 5:59:15 PM

The second image was a single RAW shot processed in Photoshop CS4

Shutter Speed: 1/25 second
F Number: F/16.0
Focal Length: 47 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Date Picture Taken: Jul 20, 2009, 5:56:54 PM

HDR: Tutorial

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:34:50 +0000

I’ve created a tutorial for those are unfamiliar with HDR or High Dynamic Range Photography. You can download a PDF version of my tutorial below.

HDR Tutorial

Exposure…

admin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:31:49 +0000

There are three factors that greatly determine the exposure of a digital photo and they are as follows:

ISO
When it comes to digital photography the term ISO basically translates to how fast your cameras sensor can collect the light coming in through the lens.

Shutter Speed

The amount of time that the shutter is open.

Aperture

The size of the opening in the lens that light is allowed to pass.

All three of these factors are crucial to the quality of the your shot and they need to be thoroghly understood. These three factors are considered the “Exposure Triangle” . More to come…