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Darkroom Exposed: HDRDarkroom Exposed is a series of articles highlighting talented deviants, noteworthy art and helpful information all about the Photography > Darkroom gallery on dA.
This issue features HDR (high dynamic range) photography, which allows for a greater dynamic range (variation between the light and dark areas) than regular photography. This can have a range of effects, between creating an image more like what you see with your eyes and depicting hyper-real results with a painterly feeling.
Some digital cameras can shoot HDR in-camera but HDR images can also be created using digital editing software with multiple exposures of the same scene. 'Fake' HDR can also be created from just one exposure. Here are some beautiful examples of HDR photography...

Want to learn more? Check out these great tutorials on dA...

Photography Weekly: Edition Forty FourPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Creativity, like human life itself - begins in Darkness "
-Julia Cameron."
I read a very interesting article this week debating Photography Vs Literature and which one of the two tells us more. Of course there is always the element that a picture could be accompanied by words but neither aspect is enough to tell a whole story. But as the article says, Photography has become a universal constant in the world today and is accessible to nearly everybody. Yet many still believe that only pure narration can truly tell a story. What are your thoughts? As Photographers we can choose to limit what we tell or show with a photograph, we can even mislead. Can we convey more with words? Or more with an image? You could describe a person with words but never truly give an accurate picture of who they are visually without a photograph...

Community Relations News
It's sp

Pimps and Whoas - October 26, 2012Pimps
Official dA News

Odyssey Update 1

Dante's Inferno - What's the Worst that Can Happen?

Witch, Sorceress, Enchantress

Site Update - Literature Apperance, Sta.sh Writer

Site Update: More Like This Updates

Literature Previews, DDs, and YouIntroducing a new policy regarding Literature Gallery DD features.
While not everyone uses preview images and they're not technically part of the work, we're going to require that preview images be properly credited for future features. This does include preview images you've customized that use texture or other such resources.
An important note: Not all images are stock. If an image isn't stock and you want to use it as your preview, please make sure that you've obtained explicit permission from the artist. We will also accept previewed stories that were done for a picture-based prompt if the prompter asked permission to use those images. Of course, you'll need to link to the prompt in your comments.
**Also, if you are using credited stock but the stock terms say it's not to be used like that, someone—okay, it's me—is going to tell the stock creator. Please respect people who put up these resources and read their own rules before using. I've seen a few that w

June Pinup & Glam DDsPinup & Glamour Daily Deviations from June 2012
Contains some Mature Content

DD Suggestions
You can suggest anything to me, as long as:

The deviation is Photography > in Glamour or Pinup

The artist hasn't received one in the last 6 months

You may suggest yourself.

Welcome to Photomanipulation Month!Greetings!
Yes, you read that right: Photomanip MONTH!

When I first came on board as the Community Volunteer for Photomanipulation, I wanted to have a photomanipulation workshop month, or a "boot camp," to help our community members hone their skills and to help people from outside the community learn more about what we do. ^Kaz-D had the brilliant idea of turning it into a Photomanipulation Month with Project Educate! So, here we are!
This month will be filled with contests and challenges, games and activities, and lots of chances to win fabulous prizes! We hope everyone will learn something along the way as well.

About this month
We see this month as an opportunity for all of us to share what we know and build a stronger community. We had originally conceived of this month as "Advanced Photomanipulation Month," but we figured that might be exclusive to a great portion of our community.

Kick-Off Event Flash Photomanip ChallengeThe stock
During today's chat party kick-off for Photomanipulation Month, we had a challenge in which people were able to find stock related to Halloween with the intention of manipulating it later. We had three required stock pieces, chosen by our group:
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Choice of

This challenge is for people who attended the kick-off party only. Even if you did not participate in the stock challenge itself, you can participate in this challenge as long as you were in the chat at some point.

You must use the above stock images to create a Halloween-themed deviation. It must be a photomanipulation. You ARE allowed to use other stock, but it must be legitimate (no premade backgrounds without stock resources).

Credit the stock providers with direct links.

Send a LINK to ^SanguineVamp when you have submitted your dev

CR Photomanip UpdatesHappy New Year!
Happy New Year from #CRPhotomanipulation! I hope the coming year brings each of you peace, prosperity, and CREATIVITY!
We have lots of stuff coming up in the coming year. We're trying to organize some photomanip workshops in the coming weeks, and we are also hoping to have some more creativity challenges.
And, of course, our official photomanip contest will start on January 15th.

We are still looking for prize donors and groups who might want to partner with us.
Project Newbie
As you've probably noticed, I haven't had much time to do anything with Project Newbie. When you have a lot going on, sometimes you have to prioritize, and that sort-of fell to the bottom of my many priorities.

But, I've been talking with *Gaias-Whispers, who has some cool ideas for getting the project off the ground. I hope that together we can make some progress on it.
Feature

May/June Pixel NewsHere's the pixel news for the last 2 months

^ClefairyKid is the new CV on the pixel block; please welcome her

Group News
:iconpixels-unlimited:'s bi weekly features:

#3 http://pixels-unlimited.deviantart.com/journal/Biweekly-Feature-Article-3-302293267

#4 http://pixels-unlimited.deviantart.com/journal/Biweekly-Feature-Article-4-305415291

#5 http://pixels-unlimited.deviantart.com/journal/Biweekly-Feature-Article-5-308537149
:iconthepixelpalace: has announced the winners of their dA love contest http://thepixelpalace.deviantart.com/journal/dA-Love-Contest-Winners-307636599
:iconpixcellentartists: interviews and features:

Interview with *BronzeHalo http://pixcellentartists.deviantart.com/journal/Interview-With-Pixel-Artist-BronzeHalo-303251642

Movies contest winners http://pixcellentartists.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-Theme-Movies-Winner-291829597

37th feature http://r0se-designs.

Digital Art Newsletter - OctoberHello people!
Here are the current going ons in the community regarding Digital Art. Have any activity and/or news you want me to mention in this or the next issue? I'll be more than happy to hear from you!
#ArtHistoryProject's Digital Art Month
That's right! All october is being dedicated to the Digital Art galleries over #ArtHistoryProject. A lot of great articles, features and interviews have been already posted, but the month is not over yet, so keep an eye on the group so you don't miss any of it! Here are just some of them:

A brief history of Adobe Photoshop

Interview with Sergi Brosa

Birthday Photomanip Challenge - The Winners!

Hi all,
It is entirely my fault that we are just now announcing the winners of the Photomanipulation portion of the 12th Birthday Stock & Photomanipulation Challenge. School started, and I forgot to post the winners. I very much apologize for the delay!
Without further ado, I wanted to announce the winners!
FIRST PLACE
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Who has won:
2,000 points
6 month premium membership
Exclusive stock pack from ^Elandria
Stock pack from *syccas-stock
Features from ^Elandria, ^SanguineVamp, & `Dan-Heffer, #DesigningDivas, #StockandResources, #Dreamers-of-Avalon, & ~The-Sacred-Space
RUNNERS UP
:iconsweedies:
:devsweedi

Pinup and Glamour - Nov/Dec UpdatesIt's nearly Christmas so here are some updates from me!
November Pinup & Glamour DD'sJanuary will be Photography Month in #ArtHistoryProject - so we need people to create Articles! Head over to the Group to find out more.Digital Art Roundup for November in #ArtHistoryProject
Under the Skin with Miss-Mosh - Pinup & Glam ArtistsLatest Issue of LUSH! - Collection of Pinup & Glam imagesMake sure you have joined our Photography Hub @ ~PeopleAndPortraitsAnd for all updates from the CR Team make sure you're watching #communityrelations

Pimps and Whoas - January 3, 2013Pimps
Official dA News

Site Update: Literature Thumbs. Sta.sh Submit

Happy Holidays from deviantART

Odyssey Propulsion 6

Commissions on deviantART

Celebratring Deviousness January 2013

Dedication to a New Year

Did You Know? - My Groups Page, COPPA

People + Portraits Photography Talent Spotlight`Kendra-Paige has been on deviantART for over eight years now and has made a strong mark on the people and portraits gallery especially with her fashion work. Her kit consists of a Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon EF 85mm 1.2L II lens using various other lenses and focal lengths but repeatedly gravitating towards the 85mm. She uses a combination of lightroom and photoshop to post-process her work although she keeps her editing as minimal as possible as she doesn't enjoy the post-processing bit of photography!
Why did you choose people as a photographical interest?
I have always found people to be fascinating, and I have a particular interest in expressions and eyes. The eyes tend to be the focal point in a lot of my work, and typically dictate the image. Aside from this, it’s the collaborative effort that I enjoy in portraiture. When you take images of animals and nature, there is only so much control you have with the subject - a lot of it is luck

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Pinup + Glamour Sept/Oct Update

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 4:49 AM

A little roundup of whats been/is going in Pinup & Glamour in September and October...

September DD's
Halloweenie Contest (specifically for the MC Galleries) and judged by myself and the sassy ^Nyx-Valentine
LUSH! - Pinup & Glamour features
Under the Skin with `nikosalpha
Recent DD's
#Death-Chicks and #Death-Guys - the Glam/Fashion/Fetish groups for Guys & Dolls
People & Portraits Photography has a new group - join ~PeopleAndPortraits and get involved!
Tutorials on Natural Lighting and Model Communication by the lovely `Kendra-Paige
Every day we're CV-ing! by the fantastic ^Kaz-D
Spirit Day (Site-wide)
Finding Models (Forums)
#ArtHistoryProject is the ongoing project for #communityrelations and led by me. We're taking each main gallery month by month and currently looking at Digital Art, so come over and get involved!!

Now for some recent lust from our galleries.....

If you have anything Pinup & Glamour related that you would like to add please let me know

^DistortedSmile

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Updates for the Pinup and Glamour Photography galleries.
Includes LUSH!, Under the Skin with `nikosalpha, #PeopleAndPortraits Group and more about the #ArtHistoryProject

`Kendra-Paige Oct 20, 2012 Photographer

Thank you for featuring my tutorials, love!

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^DistortedSmile Oct 20, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Ahh you're welcome

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