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Tiny Humans Lost In The Majesty Of Nature. 2014 iPhone Photography Award Winners Prove That Amazing Photos Can Be Taken Without An Expensive Camera. With the advent of ever-improving smartphone camera technology, the digital SLR’s exclusive dominance in the world of quality photography is slowly crumbling.

2014 iPhone Photography Award Winners Prove That Amazing Photos Can Be Taken Without An Expensive Camera

Smartphone users around the world are proving that a good photographer’s eye is far more important for taking a good photograph than your photographic hardware, so the IPPAWARDS (iPhone Photography Awards) were created to recognize their efforts. The photos in this competition, which was organized by Apple, need to have been taken with an iPhone, iPod or iPad and cannot have been edited on any way by desktop software (device-based apps are allowed). Winners Highlights from the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards. The winners for the Open, Youth and National Award competitions of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards were announced today by the World Photography Organisation (WPO).

Winners Highlights from the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards

Selected from over 70,000 entries from across the world, all three competitions were judged on a single shot and prizes ranged from the latest Sony digital imaging equipment to trips to London to attend the Sony World Photography Awards gala ceremony on 30 April 2014. The ten Open winners will also compete for a $5,000 (USD) prize and the Overall Open Photographer of the Year title. 139,554 images were entered in total to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards: 69,114 Professional entries (winners yet to be announced); 65,512 Open entries and 4,928 Youth entries images.

Entries to the National Awards were selected from the Open competition. The 2014 Sony World Photography Awards - In Focus. The Sony World Photography Awards, an annual competition hosted by the World Photography Organisation, has recently announced its shortlist of winners.

The 2014 Sony World Photography Awards - In Focus

This year's contest attracted more than 140,000 entries from 166 countries. The organizers have been kind enough to share some of their shortlisted images with In Focus, gathered below. Winners are scheduled to be announced in March and April. Reflections: Portraits of the Elderly as They Once Were. My eye recently got pulled towards “Reflections”.

Reflections: Portraits of the Elderly as They Once Were

Fantastické iluze Švéda Erika Johanssena. Photos I Like: HISTORIC PICTURES RESTORED. Вадим Махоров - Eurotrip 2013 English version. Hello everyone!

Вадим Махоров - Eurotrip 2013 English version

Today I want to tell you the story of our month-long journey across Europe. Úchvatné sochy, ktorých sa nedá dotknúť. Sú vyrobené z tieňa! Every World Press Photo Winner From 1955-2011. The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011. 40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken. New Photo Exhibit Celebrates Photoshop. Jean-Marie Vives Come to the The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles from now till May 28, 2012 to see Digital Darkroom, a brand new exhibit that explores that important intersection between art and technology.

New Photo Exhibit Celebrates Photoshop

Featuring the works of many photographers we've featured right here on My Modern Met, like Pierre Beteille, Jerry Uelsmann and Brooke Shaden, Digital Darkroom shines a spotlight on those who've made the courageous jump from photographer to digital artist, the ones who've manipulated their photos in such a way that they've created something unique and otherworldly. Here's what the LA Times had to say about it: "All the artists but one have used Photoshop and digital to bring their imagination to life. These days most people know Photoshop as it is used everywhere. Expect to see 80 images from 17 talented artists. Pierre Beteille. 55 Exceptional Examples of Bokeh Photography. Get the FlatPix UI Kit for only $7 - Learn More or Buy Now Bokeh is a Japanese word that in English we know as blur. Bokeh has become a very popular effect in photography. It’s easy to create and makes for impressive photos. Art of Sensual Emotion. - STREET ART UTOPIA.

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Let us begin with this words that come as a response to the photo above: Gerd Ludwig's 'Long Shadow of Chernobyl' project. Internationally-renowned photojournalist Gerd Ludwig has spent years documenting the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Gerd Ludwig's 'Long Shadow of Chernobyl' project

In 1986, errors at the plant in Ukraine led to an explosion that ultimately caused over a quarter of a million people to permanently evacuate their homes to escape the radiation and radioactive fallout. Over the course of several trips to the site and the region for National Geographic Magazine in 1993, 2005, and 2011, Ludwig has amassed a documentary record of a people and a place irreparably altered by a tragic accident. His 2011 trip was partially funded by a Kickstarter campaign. Now Ludwig has released an iPad app with over 150 photographs, video, and interactive panoramas. Recipe for Disaster « STEVEMCGHEEdotCOM. 35 Beautifully Animated Photographs a.k.a Cinemagraphs. Cinemagraphs: Ani fotka, ani video. NG Photography Contest. National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th.

NG Photography Contest

For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 47 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. (47 photos total) Kanana Camp, Botswana. Best Pictures Of The Decade: The Noughties.

Amazing photos 2012. Is weather becoming more extreme? National Geographic Traveler Magazine: 2012 Photo Contest. The 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is in full swing.

National Geographic Traveler Magazine: 2012 Photo Contest

The entry deadline has been extended until July 11. The four categories include: Travel Portraits; Outdoor Scenes; Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments. Last year's contest drew nearly 13,000 images from all over the world. Portraits of Strangers. When I’m out on the streets, I often encounter faces that make me look twice; faces that stand out in the crowd without trying; faces that are out of the ordinary.

They range from the exquisitely beautiful to the strangely wonderful. I started to approach these strangers for permission to take a photo of them. Some said no, but most said yes. After taking their portrait, I’d say ‘thank you’ and walk on along. A Showcase of Portrait Photography. Dec 16 2011 When photographers set out to take a picture of someone, there are those who say they are out to capture a lie; while others will argue that what they are really trying to get at the heart of is the truth.

Not matter what side of the fence it is you come down on, the fact is, when the photographer gets up close and personal with their subject, truth or lie, something magical happens. Tomasz Gudzowaty. Voulant dresser des portraits et des véeritables témoignages sur la société et les différences à travers le monde, voici ces magnifiques clichés en noir et blanc du photographe Tomasz Gudzowaty.

Une sélection de ces situations à découvrir dans la suite de l’article. Training For The 2020 Olympics. These kids are being bent into shape to bring home some gold for China in future Olympics. Pretty hardcore in my opinion. 1 A teacher (R) helps a student to stretch during a physical training session in Peking Opera at an art school affliated to Shenyang Normal University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, November 3, 2011.

Brides & Widows. Beautiful agony - facettes de la petite mort about. Beautiful Agony Showreel. Amazing Photography by Marin Stefan. Leave the world behind Amazing Photography by Romania based photographer Marin Stefan. Until we bleed. Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago tell vivid story of gritty New York City. By Associated Press Published: 13:31 GMT, 24 April 2012 | Updated: 19:55 GMT, 24 April 2012 Almost a million images of New York and its municipal operations have been made public for the first time on the internet. The city's Department of Records officially announced the debut of the photo database. One Photographers Journey Around the World in Over 6,000 Photos - Video - The Atlantic - StumbleUpon.