Here are some photos I took of the 2009 Cheese Rolling Festival in Whistler. It was a fun event, you see people running downhill trying to win a block of cheese. Whoever goes downhill first wins the cheese that was rolled downhill. The cheese of course is wrapped.
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I use Adobe Photoshop for my photo editing. Adobe Photoshop is a wonderful tool for Photographers, but I really only use about 1% of what Photoshop can do. You don’t need Adobe Photoshop to do the photo editing I do, you can use other photo editing softwares like Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, Adobe Lightroom for the PC or Apple Aperture 2 if you use a Mac.
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Storefront in Steveston in Richmond, British Columbia.
They always have a classic look which is in keeping to the theme of the community.
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I’ve been trying to expand my photographic skills and I wanted to try to learn portraiture. Since my last attempt didn’t work out so well. I kept my eyes open for another opportunity.
In the meantime, I’ve been researching some photography blogs to give me an idea of what poses would be nice.
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The challenge with photography is sometimes looking for a subject to photograph. I’ve been so busy with work lately that sometimes I’m too tired to think what to photograph.
When that happens, I don’t think about it, I just shoot.
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I love kids, do you love kids? You should, they are the best models for photography. They’re completely natural, they’re not shy, they’re spontaneous, oblivious and cute.
I never have a problem taking a cute photo of children. I have a lot of trouble taking photos of adults. They’re very self conscious and if one hair is out of place, they complain the photo is ugly. Arrghh…you can’t win!
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Kripsy Kreme is looking for the ultimate fan in Krispy Kreme Fave Fan promo. Answer the question “How has Krispy Kreme made your life special?” and submit a photo or artwork to join. One winner per country will get to visit the home of Krispy Kreme located at North Carolina, USA and take home 2 dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts per month for 1 year. There will also be consolation prizes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to last you for months!
Put your Facebook account to good use by using what it is designed for – connecting friends. Acer encourages Filipino users to do just that with a promo I call, Connect thru Facebook. All you need to do is choose a good friend from your list and share a wacky/heart warming/sad/ funny/sentimental/happy story on why you want to reconnect with a long lost friend. You and your friend may just Win an Acer Aspire One 10″ laptop and an Acer F900 Smart Phone.
I’ve been thinking about having a career in photography and I’ve been doing some research. Most of the time, when we think of photographic careers, we think of the usual wedding photographer or National Geographic photographer. So I was wondering if there are other types of careers out there that might be good.
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Everybody has different goals when it comes to photography. Some just want to learn to take better photos of their friends and families, others want to move into professional photography and make money taking photographs.
For some people though, there is another level, fame and fortune. Well, probably more of the fame part.
If you’ve been doing photography for a while, you may find that you’ve gotten to a level where your photographs are good enough that you may want to consider entering them into photography contests.
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In the photo above, you’ll see the inside back part of my Nikon F3 camera where the film is put in. The roller on the right side is where the film is attached and rolled. The left side where there is a big hole with the knob pulled up is where the film canister goes in.
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Olympus has come out with a rangefinder camera based on the micro four-thirds format called the Olympus Pen E-P1. This camera is based on the popular Olympus Pen based on the half-frame format. Meaning, you can take twice the number of photos on your 36 roll of 35mm film.
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The following are samples of news photos that was Photoshopped.
This photo was submitted to show the burning buildings in Beirut from the bombings by the Israeli air raid in 2006.
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A friend’s daughter eyeing the ice cream stand at Prospect Point in Stanley Park.
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I admit, I use Photoshop. A lot of my photos have been manipulated using Photoshop. If you look at my photos at my photoblog at Photoblog Vancouver, they are mostly Photoshopped.
Why? Simple, sometimes I can’t get the proper color I want or actually see. When I walk around Vancouver, I don’t always have the luxury of waiting for the right light. Sometimes things happen so fast, I don’t have enough time to adjust my camera settings to get it right all the time.
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Take out your camera and Capture Every Smile! Join in Canon’s latest photo contest where smiling is a requisite! Every month, a new theme will be posted on the contest site (Theme for May: Fiesta Galore). There will be 3 monthly winners and one grand prize winner. With such cool Canon prizes at stake, winners will definitely will have something to smile about too!
Show how wearing your Converse shoes makes them a “true original” and you might just Win one of 6 Converse Gift Pack worth P3,000. Simply create a photo, video or artwork that answers the theme and upload it on the Converse Multiply Group. Get the most number of votes online to move on to the judges where you will be one step away from winning. And don’t worry if you don’t win the first time around because your entry will still be good for the 2nd batch. Just remember to upload it again.
Have you thought about photographing yourself daily and journalizing each photo? In days, weeks, months, years?! Hard to believe that a lot of people have been doing self-portraits for years without skipping or stopping!! That’s 365 photos in a year and over a thousand photos of yourself in 3 years. Meet some of the people who have been doing this strange but very impacting project with minimum 3 years worth of work!
Read more about the people who popularized the digital Self-portraits phenomenon…
Together with National Geographic, Connections Photo Contest invites all amateur photographers to submit one colour image of a destination anywhere in the world. Submit your photos online and you could just Win the grand prize – National Geographic Photography Expeditions in 2009 to Morocco, India or Mexico led by a renowned National Geographic photojournalist. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 2nd, 3rd and 17 honorable mention prizes ain’t too bad as well!