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Friday night I had to shoot some photos at a party my school partly organized. I tried to prepare myself as well as I could by reading articles about it and began with expectations of lots of interestingly lit, vibrant pictures (at least that's what I bought my wide aperture lens for). Due to less light than I had ever expected and a lot of motion my "colourful" pictures turned out really crappy and I ended up doing what I had promised myself to avoid at any price: Taking really boring "portraits" of couples and friends, I'm sure you all know them, with in-build flashlight. To save a bit of quality I made a diffuser out of a piece of white plastic - nice - which fell off and got lost in the crowd around 1 am. It was diastrous.
An old master of portrait photography, cant remember his name, used to spend lots of hours with his model while observing its character and general behavior, then he would eventually find just the right moment to take a picture, keeping composition and lightning in mind. He said he shows the people how they really are.
I really agree to him and try to do this when taking portraits. They just feel more interesting to me.
When thinking about how many people claim to shoot "portraits", especially at parties, I feel like portraiture is decaying today. A stranger asks you because you seem to have a good camera (size and what flies around your camera body matter a lot, even if having nothing to do with image quality..) and in one second you turn your camera on, eventually on auto mode, and shoot the picture. You have done nothing but caring if everyone can be visible. You show the picture to the stranger and if he looks pretty on it he'll like it.
Most photo studios I've been to work the same way.
Of course there are a lot of examples for quality photography out there, but the fact that taking pictures became extremely easy during the last decades seems to ruin everything.
Fine, that's the problem. But what bothers me even more is that nearly nobody cares about it, but a lot of especially young people consider themselves as "photographers" because their pictures look sharp and clear. And a lot of people who aren't involved in photography at all applaud to them without even knowing what real photography is.

I don't want to sound like a jealousfag. I don't consider my photos as what I stated as real photography because I'm still learning.

Any thoughts on this?

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Hey you! :iconlainloveplz:
During the last four weeks, I've made an effort on looking at every piece of art you submitted to :iconmacrocollections: this month. All your photos were lovely and it's obvious that some of you are really talented and creative, so I'm glad to present you the very best pictures of them. Feel free to enjoy!


Their order is random. You've all made a great job :D

water drop by birazhayalci first sign of spring. by cscruff Reaching by stevezpj:thumb292978640: Feel by IceRose93 Sweetest Poison by Battle-for-the-Sun Male catkin by Krzik The Black Pearl by Aloony89 Whiteness by OreGaOmaeOMamoru The bee. by OreGaOmaeOMamoru:thumb298190735: Gold rush by Serend1pity:thumb297889607::thumb297896567: Time for a Book by sternenfern:thumb297968153: Spider Web by JesssssT Last leafs by Pamba Mantis by MizarII

If your work didn't make it here, don't be sad! You still have the chance to get in next month! :)

And by the way..
Just because flowers are some pretty stuff it doen't guarantee your photo will it, too. Please understand my phobia for banal flower pictures.. Just try to find some different motives! :3
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Hey folks! :iconlainloveplz:
During the last four weeks, I've made an effort on looking at every piece of art you submitted to :iconmacrocollections: this month. All your photos were lovely and it's obvious that some of you are really talented and creative, so I'm glad to present you the very best pictures of them. Feel free to enjoy!


Their order is random. You've all made a great job :D

red berries by DangerTaylor . Kolorowe kredki w pudeleczku nosze . by KimikoTakeshita colors of morninglight III by Niophee Day Dreamer by sternenfern Victory Butterfly by pun2et Fallen by franlaurel Wishes by DebDurrant Newton's Ipod by DarkAssassin069 Winter Shine by nnIKOO Just don't let go, okay? by TomasLiutvinas Clove Flower by HONEST-STYLE autumn jewels by Orwald Three Turns Should Do It by JessicaRoman 74.Polyommatus icarus by Bulinko Icy fire by little-billie :thumb290972607: Rolled up by JDaFotografia Keep it Safe by JessicaRoman :thumb290633032: Airy by HelloKimmy13 red dragonfly closeup by kumarvijay1708 :thumb291112079: Catch Me If You Can.... by nimitnigam Romantic Time by sternenfern
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landsmanner.

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Dear Reader.
It's been around two years since I logged in here for the first time. I got to know a lot of people and I wanted to show you three quite unknown deviants who live in the same country as me!
There are two persons who I wanted to mention first. They showed me the page and I get along really well with them.
First one is :iconsuzunaa:. She's the most inspiring person for me when it comes to drawing. You'll find her in most of my stupid scribblings.. ^-^' Also she's always one step ahead with drawing skills. And finally, she has the best Danbo-photos. :'D
rawr cat by Suzunaa Haru Kimura :3 by Suzunaa Welcome to your new home by Suzunaa thinking of you... by Suzunaa
Second one is :icondisziplinloserengel:.
She's not THAT active but I really enjoy her peaceful photos. Also I like her a lot. Enjoy watching ^-^
Galadriel by disziplinloserEngel Lucky Number by disziplinloserEngel like a candle in the wind by disziplinloserEngel wintertime 2 by disziplinloserEngel
The last one is :icondtimes:. I don't know him personally but he just deserves to be mentioned in here. First because he does awesome industrial photos of places I would never get to, and second.. because of him I could finally purchase the premium membership to write all this stuff, haha XD
Take a look!
36 by dtimes Winter...again... by dtimes first try by dtimes m1 by dtimes

I hope you like them as much as I do. And don't judge them by my silly arrangement! It's the first time I tried to do a "serious" journal. ^.^


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Well hello!

1 min read
I just had a question.
Sometimes I forget to forbid the download of a picture and people doenload it.
Even if it's a REALLY crappy sketch.
What the hell are you doing with this stuff? It's not worth stealing or.. saving it as a wallpaper, so what the hell o.o
Hope you can answer. :iconlainloveplz:
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