Neighbourhood Dispute
A mudskipper and a crab have a territorial dispute in Roebuck Bay, Australia.
by Ofer Levy
Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
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Elevate Your Photography: Best Tips for Guiding Regular People
Capture authentic and compelling photos by mastering the art of directing subjects. Discover expert tips to make people feel at ease in front of your camera.
I remember being very shy when I started photographing – feeling terrified whenever I needed to photograph a person.
However, it’s one of the best ways to gain confidence in photography, because once you master photographing people, you can indeed photograph anything.
Once you learn to photograph people, you can go more in the direction of weddings and portraiture, really delve deep into being…
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I'm doing it. Whatever organism this comes up as, I will make a character* of that species. Even if it's a plant. Even if it's a mushroom. Even if it's microscopic. Even if it's barely studied. Even if it's a species I've made before.
(if this comes up as human I might actually cry but I'll still do it)
*probably just a character design but still
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Closest match: Sus scrofa family with sequence similarity 76 member B (FAM76B), transcript variant X4, misc_RNA
Common name: Wild boar
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"Marguerite, dressed as a man."
Al-Quds, Palestine | c. 1935
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i saw the tags on this post i made and i find this super interesting because i don't think the problem was actually that he just doesn't have enough light - it's a hindrance for street photography, sure, but a tripod and a shutter cable could solve that and you can take creative approaches to street photography to outweigh the lack of light. you can also shoot in well lit interiors, you can use faster lenses, faster film, etc. you could even pivot to a different type of photography. of course, as technology advances, this would become less of a problem and light is important in photography, but that's solvable. people have made and continue to make great photography in the dark. the pictures that turn out to not be taken by louis are mostly taken at night or inside.
partly, it's down to louis. as dreamstat says, louis is impatient and doesn't take the proper care, e.g. by cleaning his lens, framing his shot with care, taking enough film, or sticking around to try out different compositions in different conditions.
but this is something that he could train himself to do. the real problem (as the dealer points out) is that the compositions do not say much. louis doesn't have "the eye." the photograph they discuss is not good because it was shot in daylight, it's because it tells a story, there is depth to the image, the subjects are framed in a way that it lets you interpret the meaning. it's human.
however, it also goes deeper than that. louis cannot connect with humans to properly picture them or tell their stories because he's a vampire, and therefore there is no relationship that goes beyond predator and prey anymore. he is separated from humanity at this point, even if he doesn't want to realize it. he cannot (and does not) want to stick around to get to know humans, make a connection with them. he finds the idea of doing that preposterous and impossible - they're sustenance and not interesting enough for him to actually invest time and interest in them. i think he likes to think that he is interested in humanity, and that's why he tries to capture them on film, but really, the gap between him and them is too big at this point.
and then there's this excellent point that @feedingicetothedog made in this post. vampires are mimics but they cannot create. louis can recognize the story when it's in front of him in form of a picture, but he cannot recreate it in his own photography because he's no longer human.
so i don't think that, no matter the technology, louis will ever be the type of photographer he wants to be, the one that captures people and human life, its essence and its complexities and its emotions. he's not capable of that anymore because he's a vampire.
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I made this on P but since I printed out artwork for this month today to send out- I’ll post some of the prints I have & below is what’s left: 🗡️✨
#1. Garden Faerie 1 💖
#2. Faerie Queen 1 🧡 (3 new available)
#3. Chainmail Warrior ⛓️ (2 available)
#4. Lae’zel (1) 🗡️
#5. Lae’zel (2) 💀
#6. Stagnation 🍊
#7. Sun Elf ☀️
#8. Garden Faerie 2 💗
#9. Morrigan 1 🖤
#10. Dark Forest Faerie 🌿 (3 new available)
#11. Sea Siren 💙
#12. Sassy Nazgûl ⚔️
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A Rare Sight
An Ethiopian wolf sits among purple flowers in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park.
by Axel Gomille
Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
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Photographic half-length portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man named Sun Flower, taken by a photographer for Heyn Photo in 1899. Now in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
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