Jorge Quinteros

Leading East London photographic gallery theprintspace has announced details of a forthcoming exhibition to be compiled entirely of work by photographers on Flickr.

A different specialist in the field of photography will select the four best photographs from entries submitted by Flickr users each month to be part of the summer 2010 exhibition, giving budding photographers who don’t normally get the chance, a stage on the big scene.

Truly fantastic opportunity to extend and showcase your best work. There’s a limit of one submission per day. I’ll be submitting everyday.

March 9, 2010 |   Tags: photography contest links

Fascinating illustration of everything you ever wanted to know about who makes up the blogosphere, what and why they are blogging, and how much time is being spent doing so. I would be lying if I didn’t admit to chuckling as I read this because all of it is true.

My personal favorite fact -

63% of people say that blogging has led them to become more involved with things they’re passionate about.

For me that’s been photography and I’ve met some wonderful people along the way of writing and sharing my passion.

March 4, 2010 |   Tags: blogging links

Chris Gampat from The Phoblographer published an article that serves as a great reference guide in explaining some of the most fundamental photography terms which everyone needs to learn first before shooting.

The more you familiarize yourself with the terminology, the more you’ll be able to properly use your camera, understand your options and take fantastic photographs. I found the content so valuable, that with his permission, I compiled all the information into a PDF.

Feel free to download a copy for yourself.

February 24, 2010 |   Tags: photography download links

For the most part, it’s fair to state that a lot of things in life are available for a cost and when you take into account your personal work, we always find it difficult to place monetary worth on it and that’s because a fair cost is in the eye of the beholder.

Customers make purchases on things they see both value and a fair price in and when it comes to photographs, there’s so many elements to take into account so that you at least generate a decent profit from a print but Jack Hollingsworth beautiful words about the intrinsic value of a photo is one that I deeply admire -

I have always believed (and still do) that, ultimately, it’s the customer and not the photographer who determines a photograph’s value. A photograph, in and of itself, isn’t valuable or worthy just because a photographer claims it to be. That photograph becomes valuable and worthy only when it directly solves a customer’s problem. So on the one hand, it’s the customer who determines value.

It’s easy to get caught up in the idea of trying to monetize from something you love doing but even more of a perspective changer when you realize that people are willing to pay money for it even way before you put it up for sale and that’s because they see value in it.

February 19, 2010 |   Tags: photography business links

Stuart Forsyth discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the 2 leading photo management software at the moment, Aperture & Lightroom.

Prior to Aperture 3, my experience with the program was minimal and I often avoided exploring it because I’ve been quite satisfied with the workflow I’ve already created with Lightroom and I saw no need to recreate that elsewhere.

After reading Stuart’s separate post on his first impressions of A3, he reinforced my feeling on why I’ve stuck to what I already know rather than pondering if there’s something better -

I’d ask those who I’ve seen on various social sites and blogs trying to flame or belittle the “other” tools due to a personal preference or limited experience in one or the other to stop being silly. Aperture and Lightroom are two top notch products and their fierce competition is bringing innovation and fantastic features sets to both.

In essence they have the same goals in mind, albeit slightly different in their implementation. Enjoy the tools you use, be informed of the options and spend less time arguing and more time taking and producing great photos.

February 17, 2010 |   Tags: software photography links