December 08

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:star: DECEMBER UPDATES :star:

Modular userpage joy! Oh yes, PhotoLust's userpage is now even more full of awesome, with extra space being given to favourite news, collected tutorials and your submissions to the collective gallery.  Yay!

December's gallery theme is Naughty or Nice so I'm sure everyone will have lots of fun with that one.  As always, you can find submission info further down the page.

This month's poll is just for fun.  Whether you celebrate christmas, hanukah, kwanzaa or just the season to relax and eat a lot of nice food (I'm going with the last option), us photographers often end up experiencing parties through a lens.  So answer the poll and tell everyone Do you take photos at parties during the festive season?.

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tanya xox
EveryNextDream




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The photography project and community directory
Where to find photography on dA
Educational news articles and journal entries
Submitted news articles
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Photography tutorial collections in the favourites gallery








This is a selection of photography tutorials submitted during recent weeks.  For more tutorials, check out the Favourites Gallery, where you'll find loads of great tutorials all organised into handy collections.

Why shoot in raw... by geckokid Aperture and Shutter Speed by J-Farrell Experimental Photo Coloring by sorny Image Retouching Tut by phil2001 Center of Dublin - Tutorial by Yassser84 :thumb104705175: TUTORIAL: Colour Refinement by icbreeze Set Up 3 - Maternity by cosfrog Studio Lighting 1 by Simon-P 3 vintage effect tutorials by sorny Studio Lighting 2 by Simon-P 360 PINHOLE TUTORIAL by OmahaNebraska Tutorial - Shooting Sunsets 01 by robert-kim-karen Tutorial - Shooting Sunsets 02 by robert-kim-karen Catwalking: Making of Catwalk by BriceChallamel :thumb106556779: Tutorial 1: Composition by onixa :thumb106855494:








This is a selection of photography-related and community-related news articles posted by PhotoLust's watchers and dA staff.  While thumbs/features articles will show up in the Favourite News section of the page, this bit is for informational articles only.

How to make a mark with your photography by kkart
Photowalk List - Find a Photowalk near you by kkart
How to promote other people's work on dA by EveryNextDream
How to make water splash photography by juliapaganidesign
Wearing clothing does not equal nudity! by wynnesome
Take a minute to know the submissions categories by whenSmyledoesnttalk
But my teddy bear IS scary! by EveryNextDream
Keywording heaven for your photos by kkart
The basics of photography - Canon EOS models by dandelgrosso
Lens hoods: Are naked lenses ruining your images? by kkart
What does the word Concept mean to you? by FaMz
How to develop concepts by FaMz
Three cheers for the miscat squad! by wynnesome
More on Miscats: AN, Digital Art and dAters by wynnesome
The 9 things every nature photographer should own by kkart
Photography Basics: A Beginners Guide to Aperture by kkart
How can prints of your photos look so bad? by kkart
When the client wants all the rights to a photo by kkart








Here are some photography contests from around dA for you to enter.  If you (or your club or project) is running a contest that you'd like me to feature here, just send a note or vote and comment in this poll.  Please don't send notes about ongoing contests (ie if your club runs a contest each week or month) though.

:bulletblue: Female Canvas Photo Contest (art nude, tattoos)
Run by: cosfrog
Ends: 20 December 08

:bulletblue: Nude Mime Contest (art nude)
Run by: Helewidis
Ends: 20 December 08

:bulletblue: Night Photography
Run by: Shutter-Vision
Ends: 21 December 08

:bulletblue: Smile
Run by: Thewinator
Ends: 23 December 08

:bulletblue: 2nd Annual Pet Contest
Run by: SanibelRoo
Ends: 25 December 08

:bulletblue: Nature 2008 (macro, nature)
Run by: hellfirediva and dalantech
Ends: 10 January 09

:bulletblue: Keith's Super Awesome Photography Battle
Run by: zerocomplex
Ends: 01 February 09

These clubs and projects run regular contests...
:iconitdoesnothaveme:  :iconexpress--yourself:  :iconeliteartists:  :iconfriendlyphotography: :iconjustcompetitions:








Every month, you will be invited to submit your own work to PhotoLust's gallery.  Some months will have submission themes and some will be open submission (no theme) so please keep an eye on the journal so you know what you're submitting to!

Submissions are only open for two weeks(ish) out of every month to give me plenty of time to catch up with all your notes, and are limited to ONE submission per person per month, so please check the dates before you submit anything - help me stay sane!

DECEMBER'S SUBMISSION INFO
Submission dates: 07 Dec - 21 Dec
Submission theme:  Naughty or Nice
Submission limit: ONE submission per person only
Additional info: All genres of photography, all skill levels.
Please include: A link to your deviation AND keywords
Subject: Please put 'December Submission' as the subject of your note.

Anyone can submit to PhotoLust, but I do ask you to please watch the account before you submit.  If all the other watchers will be seeing your submissions in their devwatch, it's only fair that you see theirs too.

If there's anything that you'd like specific critique on, feel free to include in your submission note a short message which I will add to the description of your piece in the gallery.  You don't have to do this if you don't want to, but it is a good opportunity to ask for critique.








A selection of stunning photos from the recent submissions.

Just A Feeling by littlemewhatever Cold and Alone by MarcAdamus drop of bravo by ladyrapid
:thumb105636221: Kitten in a Rectangle by WildRainOfIceAndFire :thumb105591530:

These are featured because I like the photos and want to share them, and I only look at the deviant who submitted them to check that they aren't club submissions.

PLEASE don't gripe about how many comments, favs, views or DDs any of the pictures of the artists who submitted them have.  I don't care.  I don't look at that stuff.  I'm only interested in the individual images and how fab they are.

If you'd like to suggest an inspirational photo for next month (please ensure that it was submitted recently), send a note.  Please don't suggest your own work, thanks!








December's featured <10k pvs deviant is HasanMHM.

Status: Member
Deviously Deviant
Male/Saudi Arabia
Deviant since Oct 25, 2007

:iconhasanmhm:
growth by HasanMHM
....Old by HasanMHM the boat ... by HasanMHM
.. 3.. drops... by HasanMHM light color of a CD by HasanMHM S u n  s e t 2 by HasanMHM

If you'd like to suggest a deviant photographer with under 10k pageviews to be featured here in the future, send a note.  I can't guarantee that all suggestions will be used and this section is updated monthly, so that's only 12 features a year.








December's featured >10k pvs deviant is McKenzie-James.

Status: deviantART Subscriber
Experimental Photographer
Male/Australia
Deviant since Jan 29, 2007

:iconmckenzie-james:
Madam Marcus Marmalade by McKenzie-James Maple by McKenzie-James Apple Silk by McKenzie-James
Untitled 1.0 by McKenzie-James Forget-Me-Not by McKenzie-James Gold and Port Poached Pears by McKenzie-James

If you'd like to suggest a deviant photographer with over 10k (but under 100k) pageviews to be featured here in the future, send a note.  I can't guarantee that all suggestions will be used and this section is updated monthly, so that's only 12 features a year.








December's featured >100k pvs deviant is Finvara.

Status: Member
General Digital Photographer
Female/Germany
Deviant since Jun 18, 2004

:iconfinvara:
Away Away by Finvara Sunday by Finvara Autumn by Finvara
Begin of Autumn by Finvara Days long gone by Finvara yellowpurple by Finvara

If you'd like to suggest a deviant photographer with over 100k pageviews to be featured here in the future, send a note.  I can't guarantee that all suggestions will be used and this section is updated monthly, so that's only 12 features a year.








December's gallery spotlight is on the Conceptual gallery.  The Gallery Moderator is FaMz and the gallery description reads

Conceptual images that show an idea and is planned out before the shot is taken.

Here's some recent goodness from the gallery.

She's the man by Polosataya Skyward by specijalnigosti Love Will Keep Us Alive by bljh
:thumb105588664: :thumb105573714: Because I dont have talent by dra-art








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Stopped by to say thanks, and wound up spending the whole night here, looking at this and that. :thumbsup: