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“I had pressed the camera shutter at just the right time”
This wildlife photo demonstrates how preparation, observation, and extensive knowledge of the subject are key when it comes to capturing the perfect moment.
Titled Center of Attraction, photographer Ujjwal Mukherjee shot the scene with a Canon EOS 50D and a EF 300mm F/2.8L IS USM lens (at 1/4000sec, f/3.5, ISO400).
1. The right moment
Ujjwal’s initial goal was to capture the extraordinary, but wildlife photographers can often wait for hours for that perfect moment. “Good wildlife shots are the ones that have some elements in them that stand out from the more familiar and common scenes,” Ujjwal says. “I was happy I had pressed the shutter at just the right time, otherwise this image would have lost its uniqueness.”
2. Crucial focus
The focal point is clearly in the centre of the shot, which is important for creating some kind of balance for the eye in this busy environment. Sharp and out-of-focus elements make the impala in the middle stand out, directing the viewer’s gaze towards it. To achieve this result, Ujjwal adjusted the camera settings. “I used a longer focal-length lens and a larger aperture and, hence, I could keep the background blurry and soft mostly by using the in-camera settings,” he explains.
3. Decisive composition
The standout element of the shot is the impala in the centre, even though there are many other subjects in the frame. “This image is an example of where a considered composition of breaking the ‘Rule of Thirds’ has produced a better image,” Ujjwal says. “The Impala making eye contact with the viewer while the rest of the herd is evenly distributed left and right breaks the pattern and gives the image strength.”
4. Defined crop
Without Ujjwal’s decision to tightly crop the original shot, the image as a whole would lose its effect. The repetitive shapes are essential and it is through these that a connection is made between the viewer and the eye contact from the impala. “It was important not to keep much empty background space behind the impalas,” he says. “That would have gone against my visual strategy and affected the overall balance of the composition.”
Indian-based photographer Ujjwal Mukherjee focuses on travel, landscape and wildlife subjects. As a photographer for the past 24 years, he has been fortunate enough to travel to many parts of the world, providing amazing photographic opportunities.
“My inspiration for creating photographs always comes from the observation of the wonders of nature”
Unlocking the Potential of Selling Photography Prints
In an age where digital art and photography are increasingly consumed appreciated, many photographers, professionals, and hobbyists alike, contemplate venturing into the world of selling their prints online. This video sheds light on this journey, offering valuable insights and practical advice for those looking to transform their photographic talents into income.
Coming to you from Scott French, this helpful video discusses getting started selling photo prints, including a common hurdle many face: entering the online print market with little to no social media following. French who started from scratch, emphasizes the importance of building a social media presence. It’s not just about showcasing your work; it’s about engaging with an audience and turning followers into potential buyers.
One critical aspect highlighted in the video is the choice of platform for selling prints. While online marketplaces like Etsy and PixArt offer a starting point, they come with their own set of challenges, including fierce competition and limited control over pricing and presentation. French suggests setting up a personal e-commerce website, offering a more stable and controlled environment for sales.
The video also delves into the logistics of print selling. The decision between print-on-demand services and self-printing involves considering factors like quality control, packaging, and shipping. For French, print-on-demand was a practical choice, though he advises thorough testing before committing to a service. I personally use print-on-demand and am thankful for the convenience.
Encouragingly, French found good success, demonstrating the potential of online print selling. However, as the video concludes, this success doesn’t come passively. It requires persistent marketing and promotion, underlining the fact that prints don’t just sell themselves. Check out the video above for the full rundown from French.
A Reissued Book Reveals Hundreds of Photos from Frida Kahlo’s Personal Collection
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Adolfo Best Maugard, María Luisa Cabrera de Block, and Frida Kahlo, (1945). All images © 2010 Banco de México in its capacity as Trustee in the Trust relating to the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums, courtesy of RM Publishing, shared with permission
In her short lifetime, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) collected an incredibly vast archive of photographs. Her father, Guillermo Kahlo, had been one of Mexico’s most well-known photographers, documenting architecture, industry, and himself, and his legacy certainly influenced the artist’s enduring interest in self-portraiture and image-making.
While Frida fostered a prodigious artistic practice of her own, she also amassed more than 6,000 photos taken by friends, family, colleagues, and sometimes, herself. Within her trove are snapshots of Mexico and her life, particularly moments shared with her husband, the artist Diego Rivera. Compiled in a recently reissued book, the collection offers unparalleled insight into the influential couple’s life and work.
Frida Kahlo: Her Photos was originally published by Editorial RM in 2010 and out of print until its re-release in October. Containing annotations and notes, the tome features hundreds of black-and-white images that, before 2004, had been hidden in storage in the artist’s Mexico City home. This edition once again offers audiences the opportunity to better understand the bonds, preferences, and daily minutiae of two of the most important artists of the 20th century.
Spanish and English versions of Frida Kahlo: Her Photos are available on Bookshop.
Frida painting the portrait of her father Guillermo Kahlo (1951). Photo by Giséle Freud
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Diego Rivera with his models, Nieves Orozco and Inesita
Diego Rivera (1933). Photo by Esther Born
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A Reissued Book Reveals Hundreds of Photos from Frida Kahlo’s Personal Collection
Adolfo Best Maugard, María Luisa Cabrera de Block, and Frida Kahlo, (1945). All images © 2010 Banco de México in its capacity as Trustee in the Trust relating to the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums, courtesy of RM Publishing, shared with permission
In her short lifetime, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) collected an incredibly vast archive of photographs. Her father, Guillermo Kahlo, had been one of Mexico’s most well-known photographers, documenting architecture, industry, and himself, and his legacy certainly influenced the artist’s enduring interest in self-portraiture and image-making.
While Frida fostered a prodigious artistic practice of her own, she also amassed more than 6,000 photos taken by friends, family, colleagues, and sometimes, herself. Within her trove are snapshots of Mexico and her life, particularly moments shared with her husband, the artist Diego Rivera. Compiled in a recently reissued book, the collection offers unparalleled insight into the influential couple’s life and work.
Frida Kahlo: Her Photos was originally published by Editorial RM in 2010 and out of print until its re-release in October. Containing annotations and notes, the tome features hundreds of black-and-white images that, before 2004, had been hidden in storage in the artist’s Mexico City home. This edition once again offers audiences the opportunity to better understand the bonds, preferences, and daily minutiae of two of the most important artists of the 20th century.
Spanish and English versions of Frida Kahlo: Her Photos are available on Bookshop.
Frida painting the portrait of her father Guillermo Kahlo (1951). Photo by Giséle Freud
Revolutionaries
Diego Rivera with his models, Nieves Orozco and Inesita
Diego Rivera (1933). Photo by Esther Born
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Artists’ quiet work is giving new life to Appleton, Minnesota, native sons who gave their lives
— Artists Kerry Kolke-Bonk and Katia Andreeva spend most of their days in quiet work, dabbling acrylic paints on four-foot by four-foot panels lining the walls of a room inside the
building.
“We’re just hanging out with our guys,” Andreeva responded, tongue-in-cheek, to one inquiry as to what they were doing.
For several weeks now, their entire focus is on creating
individual portraits of Appleton’s 36 veterans who gave their lives in military service
since World War II.
For the first time last week, they welcomed the public to look at what they’ve accomplished so far.
Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
“Just absolutely wonderful,” was one of the very first comments uttered as visitors arrived for the open house hosted by the artists on Dec. 5.
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They are using acrylics to create sepia-tone portraits of each veteran. The intent of the Streets of Honor project is to mount these portraits on a triangle of land alongside Highway 7/59 near the southern entrance to town, which is located just before the community’s Flags of Honor Memorial. The veteran’s name and a short narrative will be included on each panel.
At this point, they are about one-third of the way toward completing the portraits, Andreeva said.
Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
Appleton has been uniquely remembering its veterans since May 22, 1947. That is when the community renamed all of its streets and avenues for the 26 men who were killed in World War II. The number of streets and avenues in the town exactly matched the number of veterans who did not come home.
The number of named streets and avenues has grown to 36 since then due to the loss of native sons in the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf War conflicts.
The most recent loss was that of Jesse Lhotka. He died at age 24 on Feb. 21, 2005, while serving as a team leader with the 151st Field Artillery Battalion in Baghdad, Iraq.
Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
Andreeva, an experienced portrait artist, has created an image of Lhotka that won her a thumbs up from his family for capturing his image, and especially the smile for which he is so remembered. Thanks to the family, the artist had access to a variety of modern-era photos of the veteran to help her in her work.
For many of the World War II veterans, the artists have only black and white photos of their subjects. Not all of the photos are very sharp, or even in focus.
But thanks to the open house, their inventory of images used for their work will increase.
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Gerri Kay Schwendemann and her brother Robert Rooney were among the open house visitors. Their uncle, Robert Rooney, is among those whose portrait will be part of the Streets of Honor project the two artists have undertaken.
Robert Rooney died in combat in North Africa on March 27, 1943, at age 23.
Schwendemann brought family photos of their uncle for the artists. When she learned how important these photos are, she promised to return with photos of some of the other deceased veterans who were peers to her uncle.
The images completed of the veterans at this point offer a sense of the unique personality of each.
Asked if she feels as if she’s come to know the veterans as individuals through this work, Andreeva thought a bit. “I feel quite comfortable to be surrounded by them,” she said.
After some more thought, the artist said: “It’s more like you’re giving them another life, that sort of feeling.”
Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
Kolke-Bonk had come up with the idea for the portraits. She obtained funding from the
to complete 10 portraits. She recruited Andreeva to assist, and contributions have been coming in to make it possible for them to complete all 36 portraits.
Kolke-Bonk hopes the portraits will help people remember those who gave their lives, and realize what was lost. Almost all of these veterans died as young men, most of them ages 20 to 22, she pointed out.
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The artists’ goal is to have the portraits completed and installed along the highway into town for a dedication on Memorial Day of 2024.
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Capturing Perspectives: Ukiah Photography Club Welcomes 2024 with ‘Windows’ Theme and Monthly Meeting
The following is a press release issued by the Ukiah Photography Club:
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The Ukiah Photography Club is excited to announce its first meeting of the new year on January 6, 2024. The meeting will be held at MEDIUM Art Gallery inside the Pear Tree Center in Ukiah, next to Rod’s Shoes. It will start at 10:00 a.m. and run until noon, providing time for members to connect, share their work, and discuss upcoming projects and events.
The Club has a new theme every month, and January’s theme is “Windows.” Members are encouraged to share photographs that capture the essence of this theme. All submissions are welcome, whether they’re an image of a window with a beautiful view, a window adorned with flowers, or perhaps a metaphorical window. While the Club always encourages members to create new work based on the theme, submissions of archived photos are also accepted.
Photography enthusiasts of all levels are welcome to visit and consider joining the club. It’s an excellent opportunity to network with local photographers, learn new techniques, and share your passion for photography with like-minded individuals.
The Ukiah Photography Club is a group of Mendocino County digital and film photographers representing a range of styles, experience, and expertise. The Club’s monthly meetings and periodic outings include instruction, photo critiques, and lively discussions. The Club’s strength is in its diversity – professional and amateur, old-timers and newcomers, digital and film, color and black & white, landscape and studio, portrait and abstract – even Canon and Nikon.
For more information about the Club, visit ukiahphoto.club or contact ukiahphotoclub@gmail.com.
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Indy Airport unveils and dedicates striking new suspended sculpture, ‘Blue Skies – Travel And Tour World
The recently unveiled Blue Skies suspended art sculpture is now gracing the Indianapolis International Airport (IND),
‘It makes me feel nostalgic’: Lisa Carney’s best phone picture
On a family holiday with her son to San Francisco Bay in 2019, Lisa Carney was practising taking photographs in extreme lighting conditions. “It’s pretty amazing the tonal range you can get with smartphone cameras,” she says. Here she was using an iPhone 10. “I was experimenting with exposure for highlights,” she explains, “while still being able to bring out lots of detail in shadows.”
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Carney shoots only on smartphones, usually editing with the Lightroom app, and says that she finds “no need to use large sensor cameras. I enlarge many of my images to poster size and I’m still able to get the quality I need. I like to say, ‘It’s the wizard, not the wand.’”
As is often the case, her 16-year-old son was her subject matter, sitting opposite her on the ferry they were travelling on, his back turned to the Golden Gate Bridge. “I shoot him all the time,” Carney says, “probably too much. He’s lost interest in seeing his photos, but he’s my favourite subject.”
Reflecting on the shot now, she says, “It’s not a happy image. His contemplative expression, the emptiness and slight squalor of his surroundings. It makes me feel a little nostalgic – a little sad.”
ArtDependence | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Returns 16 Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia and Thailand
The Met has initiated the repatriation of 14 sculptures to the Kingdom of Cambodia and two to the Kingdom of Thailand, including all of the Khmer works known by the Museum to be associated with the dealer Douglas Latchford.
