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"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera"
 - Lewis Hine

This week I happened across a Photographer who shoots the economy - currently in the UK. If you ever wondered what Economy looks like - and what the recession looks like - in the Photographic sense then wonder no more. Simon Robert's has it captured. What really struck me though, aside from the complete normality and sometimes mundane life that made the photographs, was the comments on the Article that I read about Simon. The BBC Wrote about him yesterday and nearly all the comments were from people advocating boredom. The Irony is that Simon Robert's had, in full colour, photographed our lives. And the general consensus was that it was dull and unimaginative. How very English we are.


Copyright Simon Robert's  Photography

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Community Relations News

Another edition of the LOL Corner has been put together by the fantastic ^deshrubber

<Uni77>Don't you just hate it
<Uni77>when you buy a bag of air at lunch
<Uni77>and you get chips in it?

We've said farewell to $lightningmonkey and $HAL2008 from the Community Relations Team these past few weeks! But they're not leaving us completely - both Hunter and Trevor have got themselves a dollar! (Which means they're now full time awesome staff!) Congrats guys! Check out this Article for info on name changes and new staff!

Have you ever wondered how to host a successful contest on deviantART? Well as part of her dA Life Series `RockstarVanity has Written a guide exploring just that!

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Spotlight Deviant ~weirdmee

~weirdmee was reccomended to me by ^Astralseed and I was certainly not disappointed when I arrived in her gallery! Emotion was my first thought - most of the deviations capture emotion in some way shape or form, even without showing a complete face.

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Spotlight Group #Still-Life-Stills

We launched just last week and already we're closing in on reaching 100 members. The response to launching a group for Still Life Photographers and appreciators has been amazing. Head over to submit work, browse or check out the Culinary Creations Contest

Check out the first featured tutorial by the fantastic =claremanson She is well known for her wonderful creations in the kitchen but has now begun to share her photography secrets!

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Deviants to Check Out This Week

~Chiotas


~csbazsek


~dSavin

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Photography Books

This week I'm introducing a new feature of Photography Books. I don't know about you, but I love having a few books on the shelf that I can leaf through that contain inspiring works from across the world. Well this week I'd like to draw your attention to The Photographs Not Taken a book of Photographers Essays by Will Steacy.

It simply explores exactly what it says on the cover - those photographs we, as photographers, didn't take. Those times that photographers didn't use their cameras and instead made a picture using words. Basically Literature and Photographer community combine!

Source: Will Steacy - Photographs Not Taken

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Project Educate - Still Life Ends!

Sunday saw the end of the Still Life Photography Week but the contest is still going  strong until mid June. If you want to learn more about Game Development Art it's worth stopping by #projecteducate and checking out ^WillowXD's articles! For a complete archive of previous articles written across the Project Educate months check out The Wrap up Blogs

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General Photography

Community Volunteer ^Kaz-D

There's not a huge amount going on in General Photography this week. There is still a spot open for another General Photography Community Volunteer so if you're interested then drop by #communityrelations to apply. Keep those DD suggestions coming - I read every single one and reply to as many as possible!

The Culinary Creations Contest is going well! Check out the entries that have already been submitted right Here!

Nom Nom is out once more this time exploring Chicken

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Urban & Rural

Community Volunteer ^fvdsloot

The Urban and Rural group overhaul has begun and is now in phase two! ^fvdsloot is working hard with the team to make changes and get the group alive and kicking again. Stand by!

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Fashion Photography

Community Volunteer ^Pixel-Spotlight

Fashion this week is a series of articles started up by Merry to explore some of the Fashion Photography submitted over the past week which definitely needs some extra attention. Check it out!


Additionally =dekorAdum has started up Fashion Friday with the fourth issue out already!

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Abstract & Surreal

Community Volunteer ^DpressedSoul

Check out #non-real this week which is a brand new group focused on showing the world in an unexpected way! Read the rules carefully though!


Have I wasted a dream? is out from ^DpressedSoul and features some emotive works.


Over at #Abstract-and-Surreal some fantastic new features and tutorials are out. Surreal Photography Feature from *RosleinRot a Blue abstract photography feature from ~daisicalolliwog and finally a Digital Infrared Photography Tutorial from *DimensionSeven All are great articles and well worth peeking at!

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Street Photography

Community Volunteer ^StamatisGR

Street tutorials:

A Visual Guide to Street Photography
Street Photography Tutorial - I
Street Photography Tutorial - II

Features:

Friday night Street Specials v5.2
Friday night Street Specials v5.3

The Street Community is having a CONTEST !!!
The "So you think you can street" Photography Contest is well worth checking out and ends on the 15th of June

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Horror, Macabre & Cosplay

Community Volunteer ^pullingcandy

This week I stumbled across The Monster Contest which is open to all mediums. =Nilanja asks you to show your best monster! So get creating! Closes 17th June 2012.

If you haven't already seen it and you're into all things Macabre then check out Assault your Senses from `RockstarVanity

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Photo-Journalism

Community Volunteer ^xbastex

Master of Photography IV is out and explores Lewis Hine. Don't know who he is? Check out the article!
"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera"

Reccomended Artists is also out and explores some Photo-journalism and Street Photographers!

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Forums

This week I noticed a thumbshare request from `RipfangDragon which is open to all mediums. Stop by here and drop up to five of your best deviations off for future articles!

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Featured Tutorial

Whilst we have #projecteducate to keep you ticking over with tutorials and education on various subjects it's always nice when the community take hold of education and bring out their own tips, guides and tutorials. I especially  love The Photographers Guide: Taking Quality Photos that =seeinglight published yesterday!

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Features & News to keep an eye on!

There's so much going on around the community especially for Volunteers that sometimes the awesome news can be missed out. I hope to share any weekly or monthly features that are ongoing here so that you can browse them at your leisure. If you know of something that needs to be listed let me know!

Transportation under 1,000 from ~L0NE-W0lf
Obscured Photos - Under -appreciated feature from ^3wyl
dA love for everyone from `lintu47
Square-ish by =dragonfly-oli
Demonstrably Deviant - wyldhoney from *Kneeling-Glory
Wind Feature from =luckydesigns
Wonderful Wednesday from =JamminJo
I Came, I dAmned, I Founded 25 from ^shuttermonkey
The stars of dAr - Gillianivy from ^namenotrequired
Project Porkchop Vol125 from ^Astralseed
May staff picks from $codenamepanther
Dodge Dart Contest Semi-Finalists Announced from $Moonbeam13
Finding Beauty is out once more from *RosleinRot

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The Community Volunteer Team - Photography

The Community Volunteer Team -  Photography

General Photography: ^Kaz-D

Architecture ^anmari

Abstract and Surreal: ^DpressedSoul

Animals, Plants and Nature: ^trevg and ^shuttermonkey

Urban and Rural: ^fvdsloot

Artistic Nude and Fetish: ^quietchildae

Conceptual: ^DemonMathiel

Fashion ^Pixel-Spotlight

Horror & Macabre & Cosplay: ^pullingcandy

Macro: ^hellfirediva

Pinup and Glamour: ^DistortedSmile

Photo-journalism ^xbastex

Street: ^StamatisGR

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Groups to check out

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Get Involved...

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Photography related news
Themes & Topics
Featured Tutorials
Next weeks theme is Light

The Stars of dAr is a series where I interview one member of the deviantART Related (dAr) community each time, about personal and dA related matters. Today, we meet =GillianIvy! Though she's a multisided artist, she is probably best known for babbling a lot her journal and gallery skins, and her enthusiastic participation and always friendly attitude in the community, especially when it comes to helping others learning the ropes of 

- Some people may be reading this article and going " hey, I recognise them! But what from?". Can you refresh their mind - how have they most likely seen you before?
Most people may know me via my CSS activity with DeviantART journal skins.  I've been rather active in the community and am in several of the CSS groups.  I usually answer questions or offer advice/feedback, etc whenever I see someone asking in those groups.  Likely people have seen my skins without knowing who I am.  I'm always happy to come across my own work when I stumble upon a random deviant.

- How did you get into dA related and the journal skins community?
My bf bought me a premium membership, the first one I ever had, for Valentines in 2010.  So, I immediately hopped on some tutorials and customized my journal.  I already had interest in HTML and website customizing, but only really delved into CSS on DA.  DA Related came naturally once I'd indoctrinated myself head first into the community since it is all very interconnected.  I'll see a lot of the same faces all through out, and the community welcomed me with open arms.

- What is your favourite part of dA? And how do you think it could be improved?
Favorite part?  I'm always bad at picking favorites.  Of course, I'm addicted to the journals and everything to do with the coding.  But it's really the friends that I've made here that have me so in love with this site.  I guess there's always room for improvement.  I'm pretty happy with everything, actually.  I'm very adaptable.  I might not like some change at first, but I don't mind learning new features, etc.

- Do you have any specific goals on dA?
Do CSS as well as $marioluevanos, his article designs are amazing and inspiring.  Another ultimate goal would be to get a DD for one of my artworks.  I do take a lot of pride in my journal skins, but I am a visual artist and I'm working hard to improve my artistic skills.

- Is there any group, chatroom, event etc. that you'd like to promote and make the readers aware of?
Of course!  My main group (which I have been less active than I'd like lately)  Our focus is sharing the CSS knowledge and helping new coders feel welcome and encouraged.
(note; now merged with )

- What is your favourite part of the dA related category, that you haven't tried creating yourself yet? And what are your favourite deviations in this category?
I haven't done any stamps, though I've thought of several ideas I hadn't seen.  Pixels aren't really my forte, though I have created a few emotes.  I also haven't done any suggestions, which I really should.  Stamps can be very personal and fun, full of emotion or laughter or just an expression of self.  You see them all over the site, giving you little insights to the anonymous masses, to maybe find someone who thinks like you do.

- What is your favourite deviation from your own gallery, and how about your favourites?
-- My most in depth digital painting, also a collab with my bf
My favorites, I have soooooo many.  Can I give you my favorite collection instead?  I take a lot of pride in my collections, and my Sci-fi folder is my favorite of favorites: [link]

- What can you say to help or inspire people who may feel motivated reading this?
We're all a part of the DA Related community, which I have found to be very friendly and helpful.  If you have questions, need advice, looking for feedback or just want to meet fellow artists who love DA as much as you, then just ask.  You'll likely get an answer or be pointed in the right direction, and maybe make a friend.

Thanks for reading! Want to see more? Visit =GillianIvy's gallery or the journal skin folder, find more awesome skins in her favourites, or read her babblings.