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The voting for the 31st Photo of the Week contest has now finished.
The winner of the contest is “Clingmans Dome” by ericablu. Congratulations!
You can view all of the entries that were submitted in this gallery.
The voting for the 31st Photo of the Week contest has now finished. The winner of the contest is “Clingmans Dome” by ericablu. Congratulations! You can view all of the entries that were submitted in this gallery.
The 33rd Photo of the Week contest is now open. This is a weekly photography contest with no set theme and you can enter as many photos as you like.
The 33rd Photo of the Week contest is now open. This is a weekly photography contest with no set theme and you can enter as many photos as you like.
I’ve just updated my Online Print Services Review. PhotographyBLOG visitor Dan Bachmann has recently tested some more UK digital labs and has kindly allowed me to publish his findings. Dan says “Thanks for your great UK digi lab comparison. I’ve done some research myself and added Digi-Lab/Club35, Ofoto and Snappy Snaps. I’ve found what you said to mostly be accurate, but I have to add that I have been very impressed with Ofoto (though I have yet to try Peak).”
Online Print Services Review - Dan Bachmann’s Update: July 2004
Online Print Services Review - Introduction
As a reminder, in this 8 part Review, I’ve taken a look at some online print services that operate in the United Kingdom and let you know what I think about the service and print quality that I received from each one.
I’ve just updated my Online Print Services Review. PhotographyBLOG visitor Dan Bachmann has recently tested some more UK digital labs and has kindly allowed me to publish his findings. Dan says “Thanks for your great UK digi lab comparison. I’ve done some research myself and added Digi-Lab/Club35, Ofoto and Snappy…
Ever wondered why the image displayed on your monitor bears little resemblance to the scene that you photographed? Or why the colours in the the print that you’ve just made are not true to life? The single biggest cause of poorly adjusted photographs, whether on screen or in print, is an uncalibrated monitor. ColorPlus, a new product from Pantone and ColorVision, is the most affordable hardware calibration device on the market, retailing for under $100/?100. It works with CRT, LCD and notebook displays, although it is currently only compatible with the Windows platform. Is ColorPlus the answer to your colour nightmares? Find out in my review.
Website: ColorPlus Review
Ever wondered why the image displayed on your monitor bears little resemblance to the scene that you photographed? Or why the colours in the the print that you’ve just made are not true to life? The single biggest cause of poorly adjusted photographs, whether on screen or in print, is…
The winners of the June 2004 PhotographyBLOG Competition have now been decided. The theme for June was “The Urban Landscape” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery.
Once again, this month’s entries were excellent, making the judging particularly tough for the panel. Here are the winners:
1st Place
“Nob Hill Dawn” by imageneer
View this entry
Judges Comments:
“Amazing light, absolutely pin-sharp and excellent composition. The traffic trail completes the urban picture. “
“Captures the city waking up for a new day perfectly.”
Prize: Photobird.com one-year subscription with 100 megabytes of storage space
Kindly donated by Photobird.com.
http://www.photobird.com
2nd Place
“Rivers of Light” by mattyj
View this entry
Judges Comments:
“An almost impressionistic view of the urban landscape.”
“Excellent composition and good exposure, representing joining streets as rivers in the urban landscape.”
Prize: 1 copy of Ulead PhotoImpact XL
Kindly donated by Ulead Systems.
http://www.ulead.co.uk
3rd Place
“Roller man” by dodo
View this entry
Judges Comments:
“Lots to look at in this detail shot of the urban environment.”
Prize: 1 copy of Picasa
Kindly donated by Picasa Inc.
http://www.picasa.net
PLUS
All 3 winners get 15 free digital prints, kindly donated by MyPIXmania.
http://www.mypixmania.com
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who took part!
The July 2004 Competition is now open for entries. This is a monthly photography competition with a specific theme and prizes for the top 3 photos. The winning entries will be decided by a panel of judges. You just have to submit one photograph to the Competition Gallery that best interprets July’s theme, which is simply “Patterns”.
The winners of the June 2004 PhotographyBLOG Competition have now been decided. The theme for June was “The Urban Landscape” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Once again, this month’s entries were excellent, making the judging particularly tough for the panel. Here are the winners…
Yesterday one of the news stories here on PhotographyBLOG was featured on Slashdot, the immensely popular technology news/discussion site. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that the sudden influx of visitors killed my server, knocking it offline for about 6 hours from 3pm onwards.
We’ve now made some server changes that will hopefully cope better with large traffic increases in the future. Fingers-crossed, touch wood etc.
So apologies to everyone if you visited PhotographyBLOG yesterday, only to find that it had temporarily disappeared…
Yesterday one of the news stories here on PhotographyBLOG was featured on Slashdot, the immensely popular technology news/discussion site. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the sudden influx of visitors killed my server, knocking it offline for about 6 hours from 3pm onwards. We’ve now made some…
The 17th PhotographyBLOG Portfolio has been submitted by Rafael Torcida.
“This is an exhibition about a common theme: Life in modern cities. It’s called Polis. Since last year I’ve been traveling some places in Europe just for business. My small coolpix camera has always been with me and I thought of taking some shots about these cities. The idea was to shot places and situations not usually taken by touristic shots. If you isolate the typical monuments and places of each city then it could happen that we all live in the same city. And how are our cities?. Of course this is a very personal point of view, but I find them grey, stressing, unhuman, sad,... This is what I tried to capture with these shots. All of them where taken with a Sony DSC-P8 and a Nikon Coolpix 3500. Except “Stress Day” which was taken with a Minolta Dynax 800si.”
Website: http://www.terra.es/personal8/918793105/index.htm
Website: Portfolios: Rafael Torcida
The 17th PhotographyBLOG Portfolio has been submitted by Rafael Torcida. “This is an exhibition about a common theme: Life in modern cities. It’s called Polis. Since last year I’ve been traveling some places in Europe just for business. My small coolpix camera has always been with me and I thought…
The Olympus Camedia C-360Zoom (also known as the Olympus Camedia D-575 Zoom) is a stylish budget-priced 3.2 megapixel digital camera that aims to be extremely easy-to-use for first-time buyers. Stand-out features include 5 scene modes so that you can easily capture images in a wide variety of locations and conditions and the Super Macro mode, which lets you shoot from just 7cms away from your subject. The Olympus Camedia C-360Zoom currently costs just ?139.99, so have Olympus cut any corners to get the camera down to this price-point? Find out by reading the rest of my review.
Website: Olympus Camedia C-360Zoom Review
The Olympus Camedia C-360Zoom (also known as the Olympus Camedia D-575 Zoom) is a stylish budget-priced 3.2 megapixel digital camera that aims to be extremely easy-to-use for first-time buyers. Stand-out features include 5 scene modes so that you can easily capture images in a wide variety of locations and conditions…
After a couple of month’s break, the PhotographyBLOG Poll has returned - you can find it in the left-hand column of this page, underneath the Navigation links.
This month’s question is simply: “Which section of the PhotographyBLOG website do you visit most often?”.
After a couple of month’s break, the PhotographyBLOG Poll has returned - you can find it in the left-hand column of this page, underneath the Navigation links. This month’s question is simply: “Which section of the PhotographyBLOG website do you visit most often?”.
The 31st Photo of the Week contest is now closed.
I have choosen what I think are the best photographs in my opinion. Now it’s your turn to vote for the overall winner of the contest. A Public Poll has been setup on the PhotographyBLOG Forums and you have 7 days during which you can vote for your favourite photo from the ones that I have chosen. Voting will end on Monday 12th July. The Poll will then be closed and the overall winner announced.
Vote now for your favourite image from the Photo Of The Week 28th June - 4th July 2004 contest
The 31st Photo of the Week contest is now closed. I have choosen what I think are the best photographs in my opinion. Now it’s your turn to vote for the overall winner of the contest. A Public Poll has been setup on the PhotographyBLOG Forums and you have …
The voting for the 30th Photo of the Week contest has now finished.
The joint winners of the contest are “Old Car” by alexeijanssen “Potatoe Point Sunrise 3” by tootsie, with 11 votes each. Congratulations to both of you!
You can view all of the entries that were submitted in this gallery.
The voting for the 30th Photo of the Week contest has now finished. The joint winners of the contest are “Old Car” by alexeijanssen “Potatoe Point Sunrise 3” by tootsie, with 11 votes each. Congratulations to both of you! You can view all of the entries that were submitted in this gallery.
The 32nd Photo of the Week contest is now open. This is a weekly photography contest with no set theme and you can enter as many photos as you like.
The 32nd Photo of the Week contest is now open. This is a weekly photography contest with no set theme and you can enter as many photos as you like.
The July 2004 Competition is now open for entries. This is a monthly photography competition with a specific theme and prizes for the top 3 photos. The winning entries will be decided by a panel of judges. You just have to submit one photograph to the Competition Gallery that best interprets July’s theme, which is simply “Patterns”.
Please make sure that you read the Monthly Competition Rules before submitting your entry. Note that you are only allowed to enter 1 photograph. The competition is worldwide and open to everyone.
You can now start submitting entries to the July Competition here:
July 2004 Competition
The July 2004 Competition is now open for entries. This is a monthly photography competition with a specific theme and prizes for the top 3 photos. The winning entries will be decided by a panel of judges. You just have to submit one photograph to the Competition Gallery that best…
The 16th PhotographyBLOG Portfolio has been submitted by Anthony Smith.
“I live on the Wirral, England, and use a Minolta 9000 film SLR, alongside my Minolta Dimage Z1. All these images were taken with my little Z1. I love sunsets, as you may be able to tell. The firework shot was pure luck. I was rained away from my usual spot at New Brighton, where the lighthouse is. Headed down to Seacombe Ferry, to try for some evening shots of the Liver Buildings. Whilst there, the firewoks started, and hey presto. I Like to try new things, and play with mycamera, not always taking it too seriously, and it is a very steep learning curve. Have been into photography for about 8 years now, and gone through a variety of camers before ending up with my lovely Minolta’s.”
Website: http://www.anthonys-minolta.co.uk
Website: Portfolios: Anthony Smith
The 16th PhotographyBLOG Portfolio has been submitted by Anthony Smith. “I live on the Wirral, England, and use a Minolta 9000 film SLR, alongside my Minolta Dimage Z1. All these images were taken with my little Z1. I love sunsets, as you may be able to tell. The firework shot…
This is a reminder that the June 2004 competition will end on Wednesday 30th June - today! The theme for the June Competition is “The Urban Landscape”. You just have to submit one photograph to the Competition Gallery that best interprets the theme. The winning entries will be decided by a panel of judges.
The following prizes will be awarded to the top 3 entries:
1st Place
Photobird.com one-year subscription with 100 megabytes of storage space
Kindly donated by Photobird.com.
http://www.photobird.com
2nd Place
1 copy of Ulead PhotoImpact XL
Kindly donated by Ulead Systems.
http://www.ulead.co.uk
3rd Place
1 copy of Picasa
Kindly donated by Picasa Inc.
http://www.picasa.net
PLUS
Each winner will also receive 15 digital prints, kindly donated by MyPIXmania.
http://www.mypixmania.com
Please make sure that you read the Monthly Competition Rules before submitting your entry. Note that you are only allowed to enter 1 photograph. The competition is worldwide and open to everyone.
This is a reminder that the June 2004 competition will end on Wednesday 30th June - today! The theme for the June Competition is “The Urban Landscape”. You just have to submit one photograph to the Competition Gallery that best interprets the theme. The winning entries will be decided by…
The Fuji FinePix S20 Pro is aimed firmly at the professional photographer, with an SLR-style body, full manual control, external flash option via PC sync socket or hot-shoe, a Firewire connection and bundled Hyper Utility HS-V2 software which allows RAW file data to be fine tuned. The FinePix S20 Pro also features Fuji’s new Super CCD SR sensor, which enables the user to capture highlight and shadow detail missed by conventional digital cameras, resulting in images of stunning quality. So is the Fuji FinePix S20 Pro a viable option for the professional photographer that it’s aimed at? Read my review to find out.
Website: Fuji FinePix S20 Pro Review
The Fuji FinePix S20 Pro is aimed firmly at the professional photographer, with an SLR-style body, full manual control, external flash option via PC sync socket or hot-shoe, a Firewire connection and bundled Hyper Utility HS-V2 software which allows RAW file data to be fine tuned. The FinePix S20 Pro…
The 30th Photo of the Week contest is now closed.
I have choosen what I think are the best photographs in my opinion. Now it’s your turn to vote for the overall winner of the contest. A Public Poll has been setup on the PhotographyBLOG Forums and you have 7 days during which you can vote for your favourite photo from the ones that I have chosen. Voting will end on Monday 5th July. The Poll will then be closed and the overall winner announced.
Vote now for your favourite image from the Photo Of The Week 21st-27th June 2004 contest
The 30th Photo of the Week contest is now closed. I have choosen what I think are the best photographs in my opinion. Now it’s your turn to vote for the overall winner of the contest. A Public Poll has been setup on the PhotographyBLOG Forums and you have …
The 31st Photo of the Week contest is now open. This is a weekly photography contest with no set theme and you can enter as many photos as you like.
The 31st Photo of the Week contest is now open. This is a weekly photography contest with no set theme and you can enter as many photos as you like.
The voting for the 29th Photo of the Week contest has now finished.
The overall winner of the contest is “Cat Napping” by dapa_group. Congratulations!
You can view all of the entries that were submitted in this gallery.
The voting for the 29th Photo of the Week contest has now finished. The overall winner of the contest is “Cat Napping” by dapa_group. Congratulations! You can view all of the entries that were submitted in this gallery.
The 15th PhotographyBLOG Portfolio has been submitted by Erica Mabry.
”“These photos were taken in Dooly County, Georgia, specifically Byromville, Lilly, Cordele, and Vienna, in December 2003. The photos reflect my fascination with small rural towns, and my disappointment at the Walmartization of America ? all of these beautiful buildings are in downtown areas that have been all but abandoned.”
Biography
Girl. 26. Currently living in South Carolina. Primarily interested in shooting abandoned places ? especially small rural towns and old mills. Also really like old signs - basically anything rusty!
http://ericablu.my-expressions.com”
Website: Portfolios: Erica Mabry
The 15th PhotographyBLOG Portfolio has been submitted by Erica Mabry. ”“These photos were taken in Dooly County, Georgia, specifically Byromville, Lilly, Cordele, and Vienna, in December 2003. The photos reflect my fascination with small rural towns, and my disappointment at the Walmartization of America ? all of these beautiful buildings…