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Nadia's silhouette

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Random from Melbourne

I got a little homesick, and figured what better way to visit my favourite city than through the photos on deviantART.

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Sep 3, 2015 melbourne devmeet
Aug 18, 2015 linkdump
Aug 15, 2015 mental health update
Aug 8, 2015 DeviantArtist Questionnaire
Jul 7, 2015 personal update + random stuff
Jun 19, 2015 submitting to dA via e-mail
May 18, 2015 BRUSH (and floss) YOUR TEETH
May 3, 2015 PSA: DON'T EAT RAW JERUSALEM ARTECHOKE
Apr 26, 2015 LINKDUMP
Apr 9, 2015 notes on the toy camera

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melbourne devmeet

Journal Entry: Thu Sep 3, 2015, 1:32 AM

Melbournites REPЯEZENT!

DevMeet Revival!Hey, everyone!
First off, I'd like to say that it's been a very long time since #melbournites was active last - three years and three months, in actual fact. Today, I'd like to change that.
I'm Anfalas. Some of you may know me from around the dAmn Network, others with long memories may remember me from one of the earlier DevMeets (Hint: I was a young fellow then, with a sort of mop for hair).
As you may guess, I'm here now to help bring back the Melbourne DevMeet! For that though, I need your help. All of you.
No, this isn't going to be a Dragonball Z episode where everyone has to raise their arms to help support Goku. Unless you want to. Everyone wants to support Goku.
Ahem.
With that, I'm announcing a DevMeet! A picnic in the park! A day out in the garden! Well, weather permitting.
I do understand that it's been a while - a long while, so I'll propose a few dates. Please, leave a comment with your preference so that I can get an idea of attendees!
When?

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Selling Prints: Observations and AdviceArt in the Professions Week
Introduction
A lot of people think this is how print sales happen:
1. Join DeviantArt
2. Upload your first piece to DA with prints enabled
3. Log out
4. Come back an hour later
5. ????
6. PROFIT
But, sadly, it's not that easy - like most social media platforms, DA is a site where you tend to get back a return (in this case, CASH MONEY!) proportionate to effort you put into getting your content seen. In this article I'll be focusing on marketing your prints, which is easier than you'd expect but requires you to think about four major questions: What are you going to sell? Who are you selling it to? Where will you sell it? And how will you get it seen? If you can think up good answers to these questions you can be as glittery as Big Ang in the above gif, or at least make a few extra bucks on the side.
What Am I Going To Sell?
Look at your work - and then go to shop and check out

Street Photography Month at CRPhotographyDear Devious Deviants, friends, artist and photographers...

Did you know that this month at CRPhotography, the monthly theme was dedicated to
street photography?
Have a look over here for discovering the wonderful selections made by the CV's from other categories of Art on DA about their own sweet and very interesting tastes in street photo!

And we do more for you...

Did you know too that there is an ongoing contest associated to this month theme?
Nooo?! Go ahead, if you don't believe me

I hope you'll all massively participate to such a contest!
Entries are counted until end of September

It's a great occasion for any photographer to take her/his camera, go out,
and let your creativity, sensitivity being expressed!
Share with us!

And remember...
"Street Photography is about people in context, in candid, unposed, and unstaged situations in public places, with n

September Contest: Street PhotographyHello, CRPhotography members!

I'm particularly glad and honored to present to all of you
the photography category
that will be spotlighted this month, which will be: street.
If you entered August's contest, be aware that the winners will
be announced in the middle of the month!
So... What's the theme?
Street, as in DeviantArt's photo category. Street Photography is about people in context, in candid, unposed, and unstaged situations in public places, with no or minimum post-processing.
Some examples are:

Check out the

BAGS - 12 little storiesTake, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

William Butler Yeats

Two Bags and a Dog by davincipoppalag
Hit List by Jinnger
WITH
:iconlightdrafter::icondannyst::iconsplendidofsun::iconcweeks::iconmariomencacci::iconmyprivateparty:
:iconluciaconstantin::icontorkhelle::iconmrs0asis::iconpatrickmonnier::icondavincipoppalag::iconjinnger:

Yard Tuesday: I Love RainAt least in photographs...

Journal by niklin1

Opposite vertex... by Blakk-mamba
A Smile in the Rain by dannyst
illumination by arslanalp
2015002 by y5y6
Umbrella Guard by sandas04
Untitled by Vitaloverdose
Cupid's Arrow by DougNZ
Tension by xbastex
Kolkata Rain by derozio
Waiting for rain to pass by.. by TanBekdemir
Beijing (6) by elleiPHANt
Monsoon, New Delhi by elementality
JUST LOOKING by xACook
Kyoto Girl by burningmonk
Light rain in Shanghai by eswendel
Watching The World Go By by Killntyme
Lady in White in Rain by dannyst
Red Raining Hood by nomoniker

WindowsBetter keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
George Bernard Shaw

dream of love by PatrickWally

“Every face, every shop, bedroom window, public-house,
and dark square is a picture feverishly turned...in search of what?
It is the same with books. What do we seek through millions of pages?”
Virginia Woolf

Window stories by anarchi

How I achieve MacroMacro Photography
I usually get asked how I take my pictures, well the answer is easy, it's just a matter of trying and practicing a lot. With this article I'll try to explain everything to do with how I achieve my photography, from the equipment to my settings and also the post-processing techniques that I have.
The equipment:
When I started a bit more seriously with Macro Photography I had my first DSLR a Nikon D3000 and the macro lens I got as a Christmas gift (nice present, don't you think?). I didn't know what I was doing when I started shooting with it but after some time and a lot of practice and pictures I started getting some decent shots. Now I have a Nikon D600 which is a Full Frame camera, maybe not the best option for Macro Photography as a bigger sensor will produce images with a shallow depth of field than an APSC sensor camera, but the quality it gives me compensates that in my opinion.
Later I bought a kit of extension tubes from

f/: AperturePlease consider giving this article a

, then more photographers can see it

Aperture

Understanding aperture and how to control it is important!
Simply put, aperture is the opening in a lens that lets light through. You can control how open (wide) or small (narrow) this hole. The quickest way to adjust aperture manually is to use manual or aperture priority mode.
Aperture is measured in f/ (f stop numbers).
Smaller apertures are measured in larger numerical values while larger apertures are measured in smaller numerical values.
This means f/1.8 is a very large opening (lets in lots of light)
And f/22 is a very small opening (lets in a small amount of light)

To think about this intuitively, just think of it in terms of fractions. 1/8 is smaller than 1/2, but 8 is a larger number than 2.
Effects of a large aperture
Such as f/1.8

Lots of light means you can use a faster shutter speed without a higher ISO, which

The Must-See Street Photos of the SummerLooking for something good to watch? Here is Mary's summer 2015 Street Photos recommendations.
Anticipated New Releases, Most Populars or the Latest. There is something for all tastes, from Classic to Romance, from Action to Comedy, Cult, Suspense, Horror, Drama, Chick flick, this list of good street photos will keep you covered all the way through the summer.
Happy watching!

Striker by MARX77
Where do you think you are going? Come back! by IFedorovskaya
ingredients by Elerkodid by arslanalp
Leotard by burningmonk
Curtain Raiser by djailledie
Matrix by Batsceba
You know, I hadn't logged in dA for approximately forever, so it took me a

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fujifilm instax #003

#fujifilm #instax #melbourne #min8

Now that I've been in to the city on a number of occasions I've built up a sort of mental project book. Some of it is landmark based, like trying to get the perfect long exposure in front of the Flinders street clocks. Some of it is cliché based, like people having a smoke, or taking photos with their phones.

In this case, it's a bit of both. This is the inside of a shed out the front of a carpark in Chinatown. The man leaning in the doorway didn't want to have his picture taken but he did say I could take a photo of the inside. This isn't the photo I had pictured taking, but that's what I love about going for a walkabout with a camera.

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fujifilm instax #002

#fujifilm #instax #melbourne #mini8

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fujifilm instax #001

#fujifilm #instax #melbourne #mini8

Rented a white Fujifilm Instax mini 8 camera on Saturday with a friend. Went exactly as I expected: awesomely

When it was my turn this was the first shot I took to get a feel for it.

It cost $10 to rent the camera, and $32 for the 20 shots. Instinctively it feels expensive, but when you compare it to the price you'd pay to have a photo printed on glossy photo paper, and take into account the fact you have the photo in your hand immediately ... I don't think it's so bad. Watching the photo develop before your eyes is pretty cool, next time I rent one I think I'll shoot a time lapse

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#blue #city #lone #melburne #rx100

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ebbing-gale Featured By Owner 1 day ago Hobbyist General Artist

thank you !

TheJessPaige Featured By Owner 6 days ago Student Photographer

Thanks for the birthday watch!

classicsmile Featured By Owner Sep 3, 2015 Student Photographer

Thank you sooooo much!!!!

thespook Featured By Owner 2 days ago

NaatyDesign Featured By Owner Aug 27, 2015 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks for the fav + watch!

lamelobo Featured By Owner Aug 26, 2015 Student Traditional Artist

really like your gallery

Cinnamoncandy Featured By Owner Aug 20, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Happy Birthday!

thespook Featured By Owner Aug 21, 2015

ginkgografix Featured By Owner Aug 20, 2015

Happy Birthday, Nick! Hope you are having a great day and get a bit spoiled

thespook Featured By Owner Aug 21, 2015

danke

As is traditional I slept through most of my birthday - but today was an awesome photo day for me, so I'm doing okay

ginkgografix Featured By Owner Aug 21, 2015

Sounds good, though. Not everybody is into birthday celebrations. So whatever makes you happy should be fine for everybody

thespook Featured By Owner Aug 24, 2015

The plan was to have a family dinner at a restaurant on the weekend, which we had yesterday. And you'll never believe where we had it! Next door to the graffiti warehouse I stumbled across (the one in these photos: [link] [link] [link]) which was awesome at night. If a bit spooky