PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Each one of us on this site has gone through his/her own evolution in photography, leading to the type of production that we now can see and admire here. Our interests are all different as is the degree to which we master the art of ‘writing in light’. But we all share the same passion, and for us all photography has gained an important part in our live. Otherwise we wouldn’t be posting here, or commenting on each other’s pictures.

The way by which we came to this point, might tell us something about the way we take pictures and might help others to understand our interests. This is what inspired me to communicate to you how I came to photography. There is quite some evolution in a span of only a few years.

My photographic career is rather short, even if I’m (already) 46 years old. Before some years, my experience with photography was that of most of other people; I was taking occasionally snapshots of the family, especially during summer holidays, using a film based pocket camera. Nothing spectacular. Some months after the birth of my daughter, in November 1999, I bought a Digital Video-camera, to record the early period in the life of my girl. By pure curiosity, I experimented from time to time with the still-function of this camera, delivering 1.1 MP pictures which I could readily visualise on my computer screen. It was a real sensation for me…… Full Article.

I’m pretty new to photography although I use images all the time in my job as a professional web designer. One year ago I decided that if I wanted to make my web pages look good I had to go out there and start taking photos and was hooked immediately!

During the course of the last year, my learning curve has been pretty steep, reading articles, taking shots and generally being a bore to my friends. I pretty soon realised that if I wanted to take great shots I would have to look at all the angles, not just the composition but all the tech stuff behind.

You’re probably wondering what all this has to do with white balance. It’s amazing but the human eye has a remarkable ability to adjust to different light conditions. Not only do our eyes have built-in auto-focus system and auto-exposure capability, but we also have automatic colour balance built into our brains. A white object will appear white to us whether viewed in sunlight or under overcast skies, or indoors under incandescent or fluorescent lighting that is because the human brain has the capability to compensate for such changes in perceived colour.

In the digital camera the sensor array has to be adjusted so that white appears white under various lighting conditions. The perceived colour of white often changes based on ambient conditions - outdoor (sunlight which is bluish) is perceived to be cooler, indoor (tungsten which is reddish) is perceived to be warmer and under fluorescent light it is perceived to be greener. The ratio of the amount of blue light to the amount of red light; is known as Colour Temperature The unit for measuring this ratio is in degree Kelvin . I’ve learnt that only if the white balance is set correctly can the colours be captured correctly and even though I can adjust the white balance in photoshop afterwards, this will not always give such good results…… Full Article.

Dear members,

I am glad to inform you that Photos-of-the-Year.com will have its 1st anniversary on January 18, 2005. With rapid growth in the past year, we are now a major web site on the Internet in digital photography that generates fun and value to photographers at all levels.

We targeted ourselves as a photography learning system on the Internet to help all its members on the development of photography skills and sense via open digital photography contests and constructive critiquing. There are more than 4,000 members including professional photographers, advance amateurs, and novice photographers all over the world enjoying their time in our website. We already have 18,000 online photos, and it is growing at a rate of 1,000 photos each month.

Starting from January 2005, we are also sponsor of International Charity Fund, in particular, helping children. Be proud of being a member helping to give contribution while enjoying the time on the sites!

In addition to our mother site, we have created the Blog and Directory web sites to provide even more comprehensive services. You are invited to bookmark and include the following important links to your web site.

BEST PHOTOS OF THE MONTH
Winning photographs of the month, active submission and voting contest galleries.
http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/best-photo/

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY ARTICLES
Inspiring digital photography articles including story, journal, techniques and reviews.
http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/articles/

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - SUBMISSION AND VOTING
Rules to follow for the submission and voting on digital photography contests.
http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/digital-photography-contest/

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST – PHOTOS OF THE YEAR
Digital photography contest, discussion forum and photo critique gallery.
http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG
News and all fun stuff in digital photography.
http://www.photography-blog.com/

OPEN PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTORY
Promotion and sharing of photography website and gallery.
http://www.photography-directory.com/

I would like to thanks for all your patronage in the past year and hope you will continue to enjoy the time and support our vision: –

“We are always a Free and Open system on the Internet that generates Fun and Value to photographers at all levels.”

Be Happy and Giving in the New Year!
GoldenHammer