Photography>Animals,Plants & Nature News Roundup! 3/19/09

News from around the Nature Photography World and the Nature Photography Community here on DA!

Howdy everyone, welcome to the March edition of the APN Newsletter!--- Bringing you news from all around DA and the Nature Photography world as a whole. This issue is going to be a BIGGIE, so please grab a coke/beer/cup of coffee, and get ready to dive in, I have a LOT to share with you today!

Photography News from around DA!

A simple reminder about Daily Deviations--- Just a quick reminder that $chix0r and $ewm also accept DD suggestions from the Photography>APN galleries. Just make sure you don't send us all the same image in a suggestion, that could be a mess lol I know though $ewm has only gotten enough suggestions to where she can maybe count them all on one hand. So send away!

Public photo critique - call for entries--- Recently =lewicka wrote a news article [link] how she is starting with a fresh idea for photographers who would like an honest, respectful critique on their images to better themselves as shooters, check it out!

The Tiger Campaign--- ~HeWhoWalksWithTigers is campaigning for the awareness of Tigers and is very involved in doing so. You can read in his journal here [link]

Mountain Trail Photo, by deviants!--- Three very well known and respected photographers, who happen to also be on deviantART, *GuyTal ~MarcAdamus and *RichardBernabe have all come together to write a series of books and offer calendars. The announcement is here [link] and the book store is here [link]

Photography Tutorials News Articles--- =Lord-Dip has released a pretty amazing set of photography tutorials in news articles, you can find these here [link]

"Felines For Deviants" News Article--- =khrisjuhlin has released a series of News articles about cats and photography, these can be found here;
Part 1 [link]
Part 2 [link]
Part 3 [link]

B&W Nature Photography Contest--- =Ryser915 is currently holding a B&W Nature Photography contest with prizes, please see his journal here [link] for details on entering.

Simple Photography Tips News Article--- =oO-Rein-Oo recently wrote a news article containing simple and easy to do photography tips. You all can check it out here [link]

An Interview With a Photography Grandmaster--- =Sun-Seeker recently wrote an interesting journal with some insight in it, on his interview with Peter Eastway. You can read it here [link]

Is Zoo Photography Wildlife Photography?--- recently in my poll, we have been having a very iunteresting discussion if zoo photography is wildlife photography. The responses have been very good, I invite you all to weigh in and join the discussion, it has been quite fruitful and educational!

The APN Professional Interview Series Rolls on!--- I am starting work on 2 upcoming interviews now, which will be posted in the weeks ahead with 2 very well known and highly respected Nature Photographers, stay tuned!

The Un-noticed by Unseen Deviants!

One of the things I really enjoy about being a GM is finding deviants whose work is unseen and not noticed yet, talent awaiting to be seen, awaiting to be noticed...amazing images to say the least, many of which can always be seen in my collection located here [link] Be sure to check out these photographs and the deviants behind them!








News From Around The Photography World!

Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Contest---

Geared towards students, the prizes in this are unreal!
For student photographers, this is an opportunity to Kick Start Your Career as a future professional photographer. The exciting prize packages include a Grand Prize of US$20,000 cash and a digital workflow prize package. There will also be three First Place winners in the following categories: Nature & Landscape; People & Portraits; and Sports & Photojournalism who will each win US$3000 cash and a digital workflow prize package as well. Read more here [link]

The Photoshop World Conference--- is kicking off later this month, you can find out more here [link]

Macro on the cheap!--- Check out this thread over on the fredmiranda.com forums about doing macro on the cheap! Amazing images as well! [link]

Exposure Blending Basics--- David Clapp recently posted a GREAT article on exposure blending, you can find it here [link]

Five Steps to Improving Your Photographic Eye--- twipphoto.com shows how to go about doing it! [link]

Is Too Much Memory a Bad Thing?--- Photography Blog examines how large memory card size plays in part to the creative process [link]

What Makes a Great Nature Photo?--- Nature.org looks at what makes a great nature photo, truly great! [link]

Understanding Your Camera's Light Meter--- About.com shows one of the most tricky things with your camera, and how to understand it, your cameras light meter! [link]

First Polaroid...now...ViewMaster...--- This makes me sad, I know many of us grew up with ViewMaster's, and now, they are but a memory... [link]

The Golden Hour of Photography--- After all, it IS all about the light, isn't it? [link]

USA Today tries to explain user generated stock--- Hard to believe a part time med student can make over a 100k with stock photos, isn't it? It's damn true! [link] As I have said all along, do something with those images folks!

"Think Globally, shoot locally!"--- Scott Kelby's blog features Bob Krist, famous travel photographer [link]

9 Ways To Convert Your Image Into Black And White Format--- shotaddict.com blog brings us 9 examples of using different techniques to get your shot to look the best it can look in B&W [link]

Keyword Strategies--- The love of every serious photographer is keywording! /sarcasm Graf Nature Photography has written an excellent piece on how to work a strategy out for it [link]

Do We Violate People When We Photography Them?--- [link] Beyond The Obvious blog examines if we do ...or not.

How to Catch a Photo Editor’s Eye--- A great article that addresses what many of us have always to know! [link]

Developing Multiple Streams of Photographic Income dslrblog.com takes a look and examines how you can develop your cash flow in different markets as a photographer [link]

Stunners from the APN Gallery!

Images that have caught my attention lately and deserve the word "outstanding" above them!