Challenge #10: ‘Symmetry’ – Vote Now…

Slightly later than planned – here are the entries for the Latest Photo Challenge! Remember, you can vote for as many as you like, as often as you like. Apologies if I’ve made any errors on this – rushing it off in about twenty minutes!

Voting will close in approximately one week’s time – However, it might be a while before the results are posted! Watch this space!

'Happy Halloween!!!' by Chillie 63 #1

'Seaham Pier at sunrise' by Chilie 63 #2

'Under a mushroom cloud' by Berksmickey #3

'Reflection symmetry' by Bob the Bolder #4

'Cloisters' by Bob the Bolder #5

'Seaham-blast-beach' by Wildrover07 #6

'Riverbank' by Paul Downing #7

'cooeee symmetrical photograph, where are you?!!!!' Sara Reeve #8

'saltdean swings' by Sara Reeve #9

'Symmetry' by MrsLogic #10

'img_6135' by Call Me Josh #11

'looking for work' by Blackcockone #12

'Ralph Sparks "The Daylight Bakery' by Paul Downing #13

'Symmetrical Time' by Moser's Maroon #14

'saltwell park fog' by Bob Donkin #15

'saltwell park swans' by Bob Donkin #16

'still river' by Caffull #17

'Sunday' by OriginalImac #18

'Eyes' by MermaidAte #19

'Durham cathedral Nave' by Caffull #20

 

Challenge #10: ‘Symmetry’

Set be OriginalImac because of his winning entry in the previous challenge – shuffle over to the Flickr group to submit! http://www.flickr.com/groups/ptec/

 

Challenge #9 – ‘Perspective & Distance’ Winner announced

Massive apologies for the delay in announcing the result. Still no connection at home – updating this from free wifi at McDonalds

the winner is pegging out by OriginalImac -

'pegging out' by OriginalImac

the rest of the entries here!

 

Challenge #9: ‘Perspective & Distance’

The next Photo Technique Challenge, is ‘Perspective & Distance’ set by Tult. Have a look at the Flickr group for details on entering. Good luck!

 

Challenge #8: Black and White – and the winner is…..

Some great entries for the black and white challenge, but the winner is ‘Cold Erin’ by tult

'Cold Erin' by tult

click on more to see the rest of the entries….

 

Challenge #7: ‘Standing out from the crowd’ Winner!

And the winner is, ‘Standing out’ by Sara Reeve! Well done!

'standing out' by Sara Reeve #3

Click on more below to see the rest of the entries…

 

Weekly ‘worth-a-look’ #2

Another slack handful of sites for your perusal…

• This is Sunderland
  Andy Martin is going from strength to strength. He’s got an exhibition up and running at the Raich Carter centre in Sunderland, and an event next thursday at the Holy Trinity Church in Hendon – details here http://www.flickr.com/photos/interzone-inc/3932248374 Andy’s full site here -  www.this-is-sunderland.co.uk
• Black and White Photography
  The ‘official’ Black and White Photography blog. Kind of difficult to be the official blog of a ‘movement’ but a good read nonetheless. http://zwartwitfotografie.wordpress.com/
• Beautiful Decay
  In their own words – ‘Beautiful/Decay is the definitive art and design publication showcasing emerging and established contemporary artists. The magazine acts as a go-to, first exposure sourcebook that reveals today’s most influential and innovative talents from the creative world. B/D strives to uphold the integrity of the magazine and their artists through distinctive covers, attention to detail and design, and provocative creative content.’  Fascinating stuff here… be prepared to lose an hour or two! http://beautifuldecay.com/
• LightRoom Killertips
  If you love lightroom, you will love this. Presets, guides, videos and tutorials. http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/
• Amber Online
  Responsible for the glorious Side Gallery in Newcastle amongst other things. From Amber’s site  – ‘The work is rooted in social documentary, built around long term engagements with working class and marginalized communities in the North of England.’  Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s work in Byker in the seventies is wonderful, and makes me realise the opportunities I’ve missed to document in my own home town over the years. Amber are here – http://www.amber-online.com/

 

AEB

I can hear you groaning – another unfathomable three letter acronym. AEB however, can prove to be very useful – and its the very first step to producing images using more advanced techniques such as HDR

(click on the more tag to read more….)

 

EDAN – Photography Exhibition

East Durham Artists’ Network (EDAN) latest exhibition opens on 15th September at the Courtyard gallery in Seaham Co. Durham. This months exhibition is loosely titled ‘Photography’ and members of the network will be on hand for a chat on Tuesday 15th September at 7:30. If you’re in the area, please do drop in! You can find EDAN at -

East Durham Artists Network

Units 2 & 3
4 South Crescent
Seaham
Co Durham
SR7 7HD

The Courtyard Gallery is open thu-fri-sat and  is tucked away behind the Pan Din Thai restaurant -

The Courtyard Gallery

 

Weekly ‘Worth-a-look’

A new feature for the Photo Technique Blog, a handful of sites that are worth a look or even subscribing to, if you do RSS.  In no particular order….

• The Golden Hour
  A rather nice site for deciding when the best times are for going out and taking your favourite landscape when its bathed in the sexiest light. Just pick where on earth you are, and let the site do the hard work for you! http://www.golden-hour.com/
• Lost America
  One of my favourite photographers. Troy takes light painting and night photography to a new level. Spectacularly good. http://www.lostamerica.com/
• Wikipedia
  The one-and-only. Go and lose an hour in their photography portal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Photography
• Photo Tutorials
  A bewildering array of photography, and photoshop tutorials.http://photo.tutsplus.com/
• Northern Shore
  One of our own. See if you can guess who. http://northernshore.vox.com/