POINT OF SIMPLICITY ISSUE#1 CONTRAST

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THEME | TONE CONTRAST & COLOUR CONTRAST

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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER YANA KOTINA

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PIA GUSTAFSSON

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CARLOS HENRIQUE REINESCH

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FIND OUT MORE | FEATURED LINKS

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WANT TO BE FEATURED? SUBMIT YOUR WORK NOW!

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ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING PHOTOS

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PHOTO FACT | MEMORABLE DATE

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A SHOT TO REMEMBER | ON A SEA OF GOLD

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I WANT A PORTFOLIO! | WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

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LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHERS

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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CONTRAST POINT OF SIMPLICITY #1 I am pleased to present the first issue

to

introduce

of “Point of simplicity”, a free pdf-based

professional

monthly

audience.

digest

devoted

solely

to

photography.

amateur

and

photographers

semi-

to

new

Each new issue will have a simple

The idea of “Point of simplicity”, a

theme, like “Lines” or “Red”. I already

magazine to collect simple imagery and

have

provide

but

photographers I would be honored to

talented photographers came from a

feature, but I am still on the lookout for

photography group “Ode-to-simplicity” I

new people, who wish to contribute to the

created

on

on-going themes. As, hopefully, the

DeviantArt.com. Once a small project I

magazine will grow and gain some

started from a scratch with a bunch of

momentum I will need enthusiastic team

committed soul mates has grown into a

members to help with written materials

close-knit community of like-minded, yet

and reviews.

limelight

in

to

unknown,

February

2010

a

rather

extensive

list

of

unique artists from all over the world.

The theme of this issue is contrast,

Images approved for the group’s gallery

one of the greatest tools to make the

set a high standard of quality I will do my

photograph tick. As Conrad Hall once put

best to maintain on the pages of this

it, “Contrast is what makes photography

magazine.

interesting.”

The primary aim of “Point of

In this issue we feature three

simplicity” is on one hand to let the

photographers whose distinctive styles set

viewers discover fresh names and enjoy

a great example of employing contrast for

good photography, and on the other hand

genre, macro and conceptual photography.

5 EDITORIAL | CONTRAST Every artistic work in the magazine has a

that you'll be inspired to create more

link to the authors’ online galleries, so

beautiful images yourself!

please feel free to browse away.

Dear readers, I hope you will enjoy the first issue of “Point of simplicity” and

May 25th 2011

TEYA SAVELEVA editor in chief RUSSIA showcase http://savatey.500px.com/ blog http://teyasaveleva.livejournal.com

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Pansa Sunavee «PO»

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Teya Saveleva «PHANTASMAL FLOWERS OF SPRING»

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TONAL CONTRAST is the difference between the light and dark areas of the image and is one of the most powerful tools to define its centre of interest. A good example of tonal contrast are silhouettes. When the tones that comprise a picture are very close to each other in tonal value but lack many deep tones (e.g., black) or bright tones (e.g., white), the picture is said to have low contrast. As the tonal situation changes and pictures present more dark and light tones, the images exhibit higher and higher levels of contrast.

Here are some facts about human eye and what it makes of tonal contrast: - Light areas advance while dark areas retreat - When looking at a picture human eye catches the lighter objects in a scene first - Light areas look and feel lighter, dark areas look and feel heavier

FURTHER READING ELEMENTS OF TONE ROLE OF CONTRAST IN PHOTOGRAPHY TONAL CONTRAST TO DRAW THE VIEWERS ATTENTION HIGH CONTRAST IN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

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COLOUR CONTRAST is the difference between cool and warm areas of the image. Colours may be of the same tone intensity, but still be opposite. To get a better idea of the colour opposites use a colour wheel for guidance.

Tips: - Colour contrast works better with fewer and larger colour masses.

- The more vibrant the colours, the more colour contrast.

- The more colours you introduce to the photo, the more colour contrast will decrease.

FURTHER READING COLOUR THEORY - EXPLAINED IN WORDS COLOUR THEORY – EXPLAINED THROUGH DIAGRAM COLOUR THEORY BASICS FOR PROFESSIONALS INTENSITY QUALITY AND CONTRAST OF LIGHT IN PHOTOGRAPHY

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Alexandra Daryl Ariawan «FISH SPLASH»

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Iva Pelcova «FACE TO FACE»

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YANA KOTINA ODPIUM

RUSSIA lens of choice 50 mm fix showcase http://500px.com/odpium blog http://odpium.livejournal.com

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Yana Kotina «ATTACK»

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Yana Kotina ***

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Yana Kotina «LINES»

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Yana Kotina «FORLORN»

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Yana Kotina ***

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Yana Kotina ***

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Yana Kotina ***

20 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | odpium Yana Kotina, better known throughout

this with others. I find my inspiration in

the Internet as odpium, is an aspiring

perfect natural shapes, and also in music. I

photographer from Russia. If one had to

need many small beautiful things around

choose three words to describe Yana’s

me, such as pretty vases, comfortable

style, simple, minimalistic and touching

pillows, some other cute stuff. And

would probably be the best fit. And

cleanliness.

although less is more for odpium, it is definitely more than that to the art of fleeting beauty she creates.

Are you an old-school photographer?

No, I use digital darkroom.

Yana, tell us what is the reason you

Yana, why do you mostly shoot square

became a photographer?

and black-white?

I became a photographer because

Black and white photography is

photography helps me to speak and

simple and perfect. With black and white

express emotions without words. I’ve

photo it is easier to focus on the subject of

been traveling a lot, enjoying great wild

photography. You are not disturbed by

nature, and this experience had an

colours.

influence on me. At this point it has been 3 years that I’ve been devoting most of my time to photography

Yana, what is a good photograph?

A really good photo should touch the viewer from the inside.

Do you have a motto?

Well, I guess that would be " remove the superfluous".

And what is the most challenging thing about this media?

Well, for me the most challenging

You works are simple and sententious.

thing is shooting wildlife. Because nine

What is your inspiration?

times out of ten you can do just one shot

When I meet nature I always want to create something beautiful and to share

until your 'model' is gone. You have to be

21 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | odpium always alert, have to be fast and you must know and predict animal's behaviour.

Yana, what would be your advice to anyone seeking to improve their photo skills?

I would tell "You should express your own world and try to shoot as much as you can, but after all you have to remove most of your shots and leave the best. You can make a thousand shots, but only one can be the masterpiece"

You shoot a variety of subjects. What is your lens of choice?

If I have to choose I'd shoot at my fixed 50mm lens, but I don't have many lenses to compare.

Yana, thank you very much for joining us for the interview. It is pleasure to have you here.

Please to be here. Thank you for the opportunity to take part in the launch of this project. Good luck!

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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast.

Nothing exists in itself.

Herman Melville

23 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | PiaG

PIA GUSTAFSSON PiaG

FINLAND showcase http://piag.deviantart.com/ http://www.redbubble.com/people/piag

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PiaG «HOW SHE LOVES»

25 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | PiaG

PiaG «WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES»

26 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | PiaG

PiaG «LOSING YOU»

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PiaG «.:.»

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PiaG «.::.»

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PiaG «ECHOES»

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PiaG «...»

31 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | PiaG Pia

Gustaffson

is

an

amateur

2009. Basically my journey as an

photographer and art history student

amateur photographer can be through

from Finland. Pia’s photography is

my gallery on deviantArt.

special. Every shot is like a tiny square

Photography was (and still is) like

window through which the viewer can

therapy to me. It was a way of dealing

take a look at and be involved with

with pain – or a memory of pain. It

something intimate. I would say Pia’s

gave me something to do and most

gallery has a subtle touch of 1920’s

importantly it gave me a goal again: I

aesthetism, nostalgic and silent.

wanted to get better at it. I still have more to learn than I even know, but it’s

Pia, when and why did you choose to

a good feeling. Through photography I

be a photographer?

was, in a way, able to take distance

It feels odd to think of myself as a

from all the things that happened

photographer. A few years ago my life

around that time, but it also made me

was in a bad place, I lost almost

see so much of what I never knew

everything I had learned to think as my

before. It really did turn darkness into

life. After the first shock I came across

fairytales and raindrops into diamonds.

my old camera, of which I had no idea how to use – a semi-DSLR by Canon.

Discovering photography on your own,

One day I just began reading and

do you find it challenging in any way?

reading about photography, starting

For me the biggest challenge has

from the basics of exposure and

been to keep faith in myself. There

composition and then slowly moved to

were been times of frustration and

get to know my camera. It was lovely!

feelings of insufficiency, but they

My first pictures can still be found from

passed. The most important thing is to

my gallery on deviantArt and I’m

remember why I started photography

planning to keep them there. It’s nice

in the first place: it simply makes me

to go back to them and remember how

happy.

proud I was of what I had done back in

32 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | PiaG Pia, what is your inspiration?

That’s very true. Do you have personal

My inspiration mostly comes from emotions, words, music and nature.

favourites in your own gallery?

Sometimes

I

have

many

and

Whenever I see or hear something

sometimes I have none, but I think the

beautiful it makes my heart beat a little bit

one I see as a turning point would be

faster. And it makes me want to interpret

“Losing you”.

what I see or hear in my own way.

It was a time when my life was changing a lot in many ways, changing for

How would you describe your own style in

the better. I remember the feeling I had

photography?

when I walked on the spot and I just had

I’m not sure if I have my own style,

to take a picture.

but I guess there’s a big element of

The subject was uncharacteristic for

instinct in what I do. I just let go and let

me at the time and it made me think of

the images take control. The world is full

photography in a new way. It also gave me

of unrealized images!

more courage to try out things I never thought of before and that is the kind of

Pia, what, in your opinion, is a good

feeling I seek when I photograph. The

photograph?

thrill and the enjoyment of just being

A good photograph makes you smile,

happy about what you do, at the precise

it thrills you, it makes you think or it can

moment you do it, without thinking about

even make you scared. But a good

anything else in the world.

photograph

will

never

leave

you

uninterested, untouched. A photograph can

be

technically

perfect

Pia, what turns you on creatively?

without

It can be anything. It can be light, a

conveying any feeling – but then it’s not a

reflection, a bird, the wind, a scent, a

good photograph. Though I guess there

memory, a tear, a smile, a song, a

are as many views of what a good

picture… or it might be ice cream.

photograph is as there are viewers!

33 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | PiaG What is the greatest piece of advice you have ever been given?

“Be yourself and never let anyone tell you that you should be something else.” It was one of the last things someone I used to know said to me. I think it suits both photography and life perfectly.

If someone asked you “How can I be a better photographer?”, what would you tell them?

To be patient, to take pictures, to look at pictures and to read about pictures.

And to Want to become better. (Or: If you find out, let me know too!)

Pia, the final question. What is your motto?

“Happiness is a state of mind.”

Pia, thank you very much for your time! It is a great honour to feature you and your work on the pages of the magazine.

Thanks again for inviting me. It is a rare and a new thing for me. I look forward to seeing the first issue!

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Where there is much light, the shadow is deep.

Johann Goethe

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CARLOS HENRIQUE REINESCH oO-Rein-Oo BRAZIL lens of choice Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 showcase http:// carlosrphoto.daportfolio.com/ deviantart http://oo-rein-oo.deviantart.com/ twitter http://twitter.com/carlosrphoto

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oO-Rein-Oo «BODY LANGUAGE»

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oO-Rein-Oo «BE UNIQUE»

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oO-Rein-Oo «FIERY EVENING»

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oO-Rein-Oo «SAIL TO LIFE»

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oO-Rein-Oo «SHATTERED ME»

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oO-Rein-Oo «SILHOUETTE OF LOVE»

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oO-Rein-Oo «UNLOCK MY HEART»

43 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | oO-Rein-Oo Carlos Henrique Reinesch is a 22 year old amateur photographer from Brazil. Self-taught and audacious Carlos works on conceptual photography, and is well-known for his flamboyant, robust style.

Hi, Carlos! Nice to have you here. How long have you been into photography?

Hi! Nice to be here! I discovered deep passion for photography about three years ago. It has been my addiction and the reason I wake up in the morning ever since.

I have always liked photography, but one day I decided to try it on my own. My will to learn photography and my impulses to create merged into one, and at some point I realized that I was making art and at the same time doing the thing I loved!

Carlos, what is your photo-motto?

Pay attention to the details. Details and seeing the unseen is essential for photography. Another one is “SHOOT LIKE HELL!”.

My goal was not just to grab a camera and to randomly make photos around, but to do it with criterion and thoughts. I have always believed that this way I would maybe be able to stand out from the crowd and also a way of having a basis to always be improving, and I am glad that it is working well so far.

OK, so what do you think makes a good photograph?

A good photograph, in a simple way of speaking, is a photograph that can change people. A good photograph has to make the viewers think. It has to be direct yet deep, strong yet pleasant to see.

It’s hard to explain. There are a lot of feelings involved from the point of creation of the shot to the moment it is being seen. It’s like a two-way road, photographer-viewer, viewerphotographer.

A good photograph may be good for me, but for you it may be just another image. However, I think what separates great images from the other average ones is the ability to strike the viewer instantly, to make them stop on their tracks at the very first time they look at it. The photo has to have something that anyone can relate to, to be clear to any person that takes a look at it. The message has to transcend the image, to touch the inner being of the viewer, and that’s what I seek as a photographer. A good image is like magic, and if you are fortunate and skilled enough, you might make one of those in your lifetime.

Carlos, what do you feel is the most challenging thing about photography?

I am a perfectionist. This is the best and the worst thing for me. The most difficult thing about what I do is to

44 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | oO-Rein-Oo actually make art I like. I tend to dislike my works after some time, and I can’t help but to always seek imperfections in my work. Although it pushes me forward on the road of improvement, it makes me feel insecure.

In my opinion, great art is about feelings, passion and message. It is obvious to anyone who is looking at my work that I am trying to say something with my shots, they all have messages embedded into them.

The most challenging thing is to be capable of making “timeless” art, that will stand for itself and will always remain as good as it was at the time of making. Such art has no need to be redone and is the closest anyone can get to perfection.

Carlos, being so hard on yourself do you even have a favorite shot in your gallery?

Yes, I do. My most treasured shot is “Reach Out For My Soul”. It was the beginning of my conceptual pieces and

literally a benchmark in my creative work.

After receiving a great feedback on it, I believed that I really had done something out of the ordinary and decided to develop the idea. This was the beginning of my first conceptual photo series “Soul”.

The photo is simple, yet full of ideas.

Depicting soul as distorted and warped reflections of myself was really a compelling concept. I am still adding new photographs to the series and recreating the concept in different ways. Coming back to it is one of the reasons one of the reasons why I treasure that shot.

Are you working on any series at the moment?

I love making series of photographs on the same theme. When I start making a new series, I focus on a theme and make everything I can until I move to the next one. Sometimes I love to go back to older series to refresh the previous approach.

My latest series is about rainbows. I am not good in writing about my photographs, so probably it is better if you take a look at it yourself!

Carlos, it seems like your head is abuzz with ideas 24/7. What’s your secret?

Well, I try to develop my ideas and exercise abstract thinking to turn everything I see into concepts, shaping and remolding the stuff I want to do in my head. I write my ideas and spend much

45 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | oO-Rein-Oo time to make them tangible, until I decide that it is time to turn those thoughts into photographs.

My inspiration comes from my ideas.

One thing that helps and I strongly recommend it to people who are struggling with lack of inspiration periods (which happens to everyone, even to me) is to stick onto a theme of your choice and make series of photos trying to depict the theme in different ways. The theme has to convey your feelings, and has to be wide enough for you to have lots options to elaborate on.

My examples of such series are “Time”, “Rainbow” and “Soul”. They look simple at a glance, and it’s important that you remember to simplify. Simple ideas and profound messages can make unbelievable things, and that is how I do it all.

So what is your usual workflow?

My workflow is not very complicated, but it is a little bit crazy.

I always use objects and a lot of different stuff in my photos. But it's not like I make a huge rainbow sign and start making photos of it in a minute. I need inspiration, and you never know when it comes. I carry my stuff with me, and when the inspiration comes, I have it all at hand.

I usually pick a day and spend it all shooting at some random place in the country side. I don’t like the urban environment – it distracts me and take my

inspiration away. On the other hand, going to the countryside is about two things that I love: travel and photography.

When I go out with a camera I have a particular image in mind, and if I manage to catch it on camera I feel satisfied. My photoshoots need planning, and when everything is set up and I am at the right place, with the right weather, with the right people with me and with the right mood, everything flows more easily and pleasantly.

Having images on a flashcard doesn’t mean they are finished. It’s just another step. I know what I had in mind at the time of pressing the shutter button. After a while when the time feels right, I grab my computer and retouch the photo, according to the mood and thoughts I want it to convey.

I can’t just force myself into making photos. I need both: a right moment for inception of the idea and a right moment for editing the shot.

46 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | oO-Rein-Oo It is also important to point out that my editing is just for the colors and nothing more, I neither put things that were not there at the time of the shooting nor take out stuff from the images. Color boost is important for the mood, it adds to visual attractiveness. And that is all.

Yes, your photos use a lot of vivid color and bold contrast. How would you describe your own style?

When I started out, I had to try everything on my own, to experiment and to venture myself into the various genres and kinds of photography. It was necessary for me, and I do recommend people to do the same. It helped me to discover my favorite genre and to plunge even deeper, it helped me to develop my style.

My favorite genre is conceptual photography. For me my photos are like paintings. They are about transmitting messages and ideas.

I use a wide range of elements and things and play with the connection between them and the ideas they convey.

When making series I use interconnections between the photos to make my point clear. I like to add mystery to my photos, to hide something or to make the viewer uncomfortable with what they see. I do love to make faceless photos, where you can see that there is a person there but you can’t tell who it is. I believe that this way viewers can relate to

the picture easily as they don’t identify the person that they are seeing as someone else but just as a human model.

I keep in mind that a good photograph is a photograph that can be understood at a first glance, yet I would like the viewer to come closer to feel the details and colors of it. This is one more reason why I like to think of my photos as paintings. I love to hang them up on walls, in huge prints.

The colors are very important elements of my work. I always carefully choose the color palette of my photos so that they can work together. I believe that it is not just about the message but the spectacle of the image. Having the right way of displaying the message, the right colors and mood, I am able to instigate and incite people and maybe to change them in order to make them different. So my style is, then, all about ideas, colors, details, mystery and impact. And the lack of face.

Carlos, if you had to choose one lens, which one would it be and why?

I would definitely choose my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4. It is by far my favorite lens. I can use it anytime, day or night. Its huge aperture enables me to shoot even in poor light conditions, not to mention the amazing quality of a prime, fixed lens which is noticeable very clearly on it. It has no zoom, it is light, it is fast and it is good. It was made to make the

47 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER | oO-Rein-Oo photographic act more simple and versatile!

I do believe, though, that one should not be worried about their equipment at all: it is not about the gear, but the photographer. Another one of my favorite tools of trade is my cellphone with its tiny image sensor. It is with me all the time, it is silent and discrete. I have a lot of photographs made with my phone amongst my work and I doubt that you can easily tell which those are.

Carlos, we are heading to the end of the interview. What would be greatest piece of advice you have ever been given?

I learned everything I know on my own. I never went to any art school or something like this. Being a self-taught artist, I have never had any kind of mentor or person to be around to help, and maybe the greatest piece of advice I have ever been given was given to me and by me, which was to be persistent and to always, always be improving no matter what.

So how can one be a better photographer except for being a hard worker?

When asked about this, I tend to tell the people how it happened with me. If

you have the real passion, don’t give up.

Experimenting and practicing is the key to improvement.

Photographic theory is important, but it is just the tool you are going to have in mind to make your photographs. What really matters is the notion of what is a great image and it relates to the basics of the whole thing: composition, colors, subject matter, etc. By practicing, you are able to exercise your mind and to train your eyes to seek for great images.

Reading about arts is very important, but you still need to try it on your own in order to really know what you are doing and what it is all about.

Carlos, thank you very much for taking your time for this interview. Any final words or shoutouts?

I am glad that I am being able to speak to people and transmit feelings throughout my art. Thank you for the opportunity of doing this interview, it is a great honor for me to be featured here.

I would like to finish in with a quotation from one of my major inspirations, RenĂŠ Magritte: "Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist."

That sums it all for me. Thank you for your time!

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There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Charles Dickens

49 FIND OUT MORE | FEATURED LINKS ART PROJECT "FAMILY TREE" BY BOBBY NEEL ADAMS Family Tree is a series of portrait of immediate family members from different generations (for example, Mother/Daughter). Individual portraits of family members are taken on film, then sized and printed at the same proportions. Finally two photographs are torn and glued together to make one portrait. The project sheds light on distinctive visual genes running through families and points out the fact that we are often not aware of obvious similarities between us and our closest relatives!

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http://www.bobbyneeladams.com/family.html

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FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY BY HUNG NG Another stunning example of using contrast to achieve maximum results. A young and talented photographer from Hong Kong, China offers a smoking hot (literally!) view on fashion photography. http://www.behance.net/gallery/black-fire/1090651

CONTRAST IN NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY BY KLAUS KAMPERT Klaus Kampert is a true priest of human beauty that comes from within. Although naked beauty of a human body is the main concern of Klaus's creative work, he doesn't count himself as a one working in nudes or erotic photography. Photography in his gallery presents human beings as a whole, mind and body, in pursuit of grace, achievement and perfection.

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www.klauskampert.com

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ART OF ALTERNATIVE REALITY BY CHEMA MADOZ Gallery of Chema Madoz breaks and bends usual perceptions of reality. Unsophisticated monochrome shots are manifestations of paradox, absurd and humour. The irony with which Madoz assaults recognizable objects creates a relationship with viewers that leads to paths of a parallel universe.

http://www.chemamadoz.com/ingles/gallery1.htm

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Valentyna Zegria «BEHIND THE SMILES»

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Valentyna Zegria «HE’S OUT OF MY LIFE»

58 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Isabel Charlotte Meyer «IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE»

59 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Anka Zhuravleva «THE AUTUMN HOKKU»

60 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Izabela Matuszynska «TASTE OF BLOOD»

61 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Hanne «BECOMING ONE»

62 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Cosette Chi Guemez «SOZINHO»

63 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Ekaterina Serebryakov «DYING SWAN II»

64 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Ambrosia Ris «TOKYO»

65 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Mert Duyal «FROM EGYPT TO ROME»

66 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Peter Pikulik «JUSTICE»

67 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Pauline Greefhorst «LONGING FOR HER RETURN»

68 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Peter Neske «SUN AT NIGHT»

69 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Navid Sanati «HYPOPHRENIA»

70 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Maria Gvedashvili «HIGH HOPES»

71 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Gu Xiaohui «TOUCH»

72 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Joanna Kupniewska «ZONA CMENTARNA»

73 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Egor Shapovalov «YULIANA»

74 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

75 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Mikhail Palinchuk Jr. «ANXIETY»

76 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Alex Matvey Pesegoff «KNITTING ON A PIANO»

77 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Stéphane Pellennec «NIMETÖN SAARI» (ISLAND WITHOUT A NAME)

78 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Dan McCarthy «FETCH»

79 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Marie Schabow «THE WATCH OUT»

80 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Brigita Starešinič «GENERATION GAP»

81 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Simon Narto «A YOUNG OLD WOMAN»

82 ASSORTED FEATURE | INSPIRING SHOTS

Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white... to highlight that contrast.

Leonard Nimoy

83 PHOTO FACT | MEMORABLE DATE

Color photography was born on 17TH of May 150 years ago in 1861 when Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell and photographer Thomas Sutton — inventor of the SLR camera — shot the above photograph of a colored ribbon. via Popular Photography

84 A SHOT TO REMEMBER | ON A SEA OF GOLD

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85 A SHOT TO REMEMBER | ON A SEA OF GOLD

Ian Carter «ON A SEA OF GOLD»

86 A SHOT TO REMEMBER | ON A SEA OF GOLD A failed attempt for a striking

so I climbed the cliff to get a higher angle

sunrise shot turned to gold when

on the patterns they created. The rising

patience and a change to a higher camera

sea-haze became a huge translucent filter,

position were rewarded. The sun burnt

rendering the colours flat and lifeless.

through the heavy haze just as the actors

Experience has taught me though, never

moved into position on nature’s stage.

give up on Mother Nature, she's full of

Wow! I couldn’t have scripted the chain

surprises.

of events better.

I watched other photographers pack and head off for breakfast, but stayed put,

After a week of cloudy, showery weather,

a

could get some useful images. I watched

welcome change. Next morning we rose at

the two work-boats delivering supplies

3:30 am to drive to Xiapu, a small town

and breakfast (?) to the workers who had

that was a base for part of the extensive

been out on rafts since before sun-rise,

seaweed

Chinese

and saw that several elements were

mainland coast south of Xiamen. Our

coming together. Just as the boats

Chinese guide had suggested that the first

approached a workman, offering a nice

sunrise after the rainy period should be

composition, the sun flashed through a

dramatic, with some residual cloud in a

break and reflected off the sea, lighting

clean, pollution-free sky.

the haze layer from below and the sea

We

the

farms

hiked

forecast

along

up

predicted

hoping that the light might improve so I

the

the

coastal

changed from a dull coppery colour to rich

mountainside-side, hoping to capture a

gold. The magic light lasted less than a

nice sunrise. The sun appeared, veiled by

minute,

a rising sea-haze without distinct clouds

transformation. I nearly fell off the

and devoid of the warm colours we

mountain!

wanted. A winning sunrise image wasn’t going to happen today, but the fascinating

but

what

an

amazing

Luckily I remembered to press the button.

structures of the seaweed farm provided

It all happened just after I’d swapped

an interesting foreground for a seascape,

my Sigma 600mm mirror-lens for a Nikkor

87 A SHOT TO REMEMBER | ON A SEA OF GOLD 75 ~300 zoom and framed where I knew

original RAW file to get it as I saw it,

the boats were going to be. If I could

because I like to slightly over-expose

choreograph nature, I couldn’t have done

sunrises or sunsets to retain some detail in

better. I took several shots as the scene

silhouetted foreground subjects, so the

developed, but knew before I released the

colour washes out. Digital is great; on film,

shutter that this one, “On a Sea of Gold”,

I would have had to expose precisely and

was exceptional. In post-processing, I

accept what came back from the lab.

boosted the saturation a touch from the

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Alexandra Daryl Ariawan

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Ian Carter

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