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What are DSLR Lenses? – A Beginner’s Guide
DSLR cameras have predominantly reigned over the filmmaking and photography industries for decades. While there has been an ongoing debate about mirrorless VS DSLR lenses for filmmaking, beginners usually prefer the latter. If you are also considering buying your first DSLR camera, you should start by learning its basics. The market has hundreds of products to offer, and making a decision could take time and effort. Selecting one may not be easy, whether you need the camera for a hobby or a professional project. This post has everything you need to know about DSLR lenses, including what they are and how to use them. DSLR Lenses – The Basics Lenses…
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase – 18 December 2022
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase We are giving away, 20 entries for each photographer who submits their images to the World Photography Organisation, Sony World Photography Awards Open competition. The Open competition is where all mobile photographs should be submitted. It is normally free to enter 3 images per photographer but we are giving each of you, however many thousands of you there are, 20 additional free entries. The overall winner of this category will receive $5,000 in cash, plus Sony digital imaging equipment, flights and accommodation to the awards ceremony in London (see you there), certificate, trophy, global press exposure, copy of the book, inclusion in the book, inclusion in the exhibited, promotion on WPO’s website, promoted…
3 Tips for Making Your Christmas Photos Standout on Instagram
Christmas is a wonderful time of year when we get the chance to connect and spend quality time with our friends and families. It’s a time for exchanging gifts, eating until we burst, and heading out into the snow before returning to relax in front of the fire. It’s natural for us to want to capture these memories so that we can look back and reminisce for years to come, so we’ll often reach for our camera to take some Christmas snaps. Once we’ve taken some festive pictures, sharing them with your friends online can be the perfect way to spread Christmas cheer. Let’s look at how to make your…
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase – 11 December 2022
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase We are giving away, 20 entries for each photographer who submits their images to the World Photography Organisation, Sony World Photography Awards Open competition. The Open competition is where all mobile photographs should be submitted. It is normally free to enter 3 images per photographer but we are giving each of you, however many thousands of you there are, 20 additional free entries. The overall winner of this category will receive $5,000 in cash, plus Sony digital imaging equipment, flights and accommodation to the awards ceremony in London (see you there), certificate, trophy, global press exposure, copy of the book, inclusion in the book, inclusion in the exhibited, promotion on WPO’s website, promoted…
Datacolor Christmas Offer! Save up to £100!
Datacolor A calibrated monitor helps save money and is the linchpin for further image processing. When you start editing images, it is the right time to calibrate your monitor. Because only on acalibrated monitor you can judge which colours are really in the image file. Does the soft proof of an image to be printed really reflect what the printing process claims to be able to do? Are the colours of a video really correct? In the end, there is always an investment in paper, ink or even an order from a photo print service, and with a calibrated monitor, the confidence of being able to hold the desired result in…
Saturday Poetry – Below Zero by Jay Parini
Saturday Poetry This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘Below Zero” by Jay Parini. He has published multiple collections of poetry, as well as novels, biographies and academic texts. He has received honorary degrees from Lafayette College and the University of Scranton and fellowships from Christ Church at Oxford University, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the School of Advanced Study (Institute of English Studies) at the University of London. I have matched mobile art by @bigganvi – Birgitta Sjöstedt entitled – ‘Mysterious’ To view her Instagram account please go here. If you would like to be featured in our Saturday Poetry section, please ensure you include the hashtag…
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase – 4 December 2022
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase We are giving away, 20 entries for each photographer who submits their images to the World Photography Organisation, Sony World Photography Awards Open competition. The Open competition is where all mobile photographs should be submitted. It is normally free to enter 3 images per photographer but we are giving each of you, however many thousands of you there are, 20 additional free entries. The overall winner of this category will receive $5,000 in cash, plus Sony digital imaging equipment, flights and accommodation to the awards ceremony in London (see you there), certificate, trophy, global press exposure, copy of the book, inclusion in the book, inclusion in the exhibited, promotion on WPO’s website, promoted…
Saturday Poetry – A Cloud of Drench Bearing Down by Emily Pittinos
Saturday Poetry This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘A Cloud of Drench Bearing Down’ by Emily Pittinos. She is a poet, author, and winner of the 2020 Iowa Poetry Prize. The recipient of a 2022 literature fellowship from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, she is a visiting lecturer in creative writing at Boise State University in Boise, where she lives. I have matched mobile art by @debergenseboekenkast entitled ‘We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright. Ernest Hemingway A moveable feast’. To view her Instagram account please go here. If you would…
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase – 27 November 2022
Mobile Photography & Art Flickr/Instagram Showcase Instead of Black Friday ‘offers’, which may tempt you to overspend, we are giving you all an unconditional gift, with our huge thanks. We are giving away, 20 entries for each photographer who submits their images to the World Photography Organisation, Sony World Photography Awards Open competition. The Open competition is where all mobile photographs should be submitted. It is normally free to enter 3 images per photographer but we are giving each of you, however many thousands of you there are, 20 additional free entries. The overall winner of this category will receive $5,000 in cash, plus Sony digital imaging equipment, flights and accommodation to the awards ceremony…
Saturday Poetry – When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos
Saturday Poetry This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘When Giving Is All We Have’ by Alberto Ríos ‘. Born in 1952, Alberto Ríos is the inaugural state poet laureate of Arizona and the author of many poetry collections, including A Small Story about the Sky (Copper Canyon Press, 2015). In 1981, he received the Walt Whitman Award for his collection Whispering to Fool the Wind (Sheep Meadow Press, 1982). He served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2014 to 2020. I have matched mobile art by @krimzenphotography. To view her Instagram account please go here. If you would like to be featured in our…
