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Some Of The Artist's I Admire 
DD worthy
These days it's difficult to find photography on here which really stands out. I mean REALLY stands out, especially since DA isn't attracting the people it once did and so many here have left for other sites. That being said, incredible work can still be found and seen on here & you just have to know where to go to find it.
I thought I would share with all of you work that I would give DD to if I was still a volunteer. These images IMHO all deserve it & are worthy. Amazing work. Inspiring work. Incredible work.
Enjoy!
Playing in traffic as a photographer
Traffic.
It's an important thing. Not that kind of traffic where cars zoom by but the sort of traffic that makes up ones website(s).
Traffic is important. For those of us who make our living in the creative world, it's invaluable. For me, it's a big thing, it tells me how many have seen my photography and allows me to market accordingly. So with that being said, I want to share something with you all.
I uploaded my latest shot to here on DA and on 500px. The picture on DA was uploaded 30 minutes before the photo on 500px. Keep that in mind.
DA----
Views 40
Favourites 21
500px---
Views 81
Favourites 28
I think we know who gets the
Let's have a conversation DA
So I was reading this on DA I laughed. You know it's bad when they have to list "you get a special symbol next to your name that indicates you're a paying subscriber!"
Hey DA let's have a conversation shall we?
DA is where I started online, sort of. Before that I was active in photography communities that were forums all around the internet.It wasn't long though that I found DA and made it my home almost 13 years ago. I've seen the website drastically change, some good and some very bad in that time.
Honestly if I had the cash I would do a hostile takeover of it. I'd buy it and I would change its name to something better suited than
Let's talk about art theft and copyright
It's been awhile hasn't it DA?
Well today I am writing you something to address a little something I recently experienced. Let's call it for what it is, "art theft" and nothing less than that. I was recently made aware that a certain high profile deviant whom I won't mention (because I would like to keep it classy) recently took one of my most popular photographs of an Elk, erased my signature on it and put it up on Tumblr. Cute, eh? Sure if you consider that sort of thing as cute, which I certainly don't.
I went ahead and contacted my lawyer and I also went ahead and sent Tumblr a DCMA takedown notice. Beyond that I also went ahead and co
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I think the point I would make
(actually 2 points - forgive me
)
is that so many of your watchers
wish to do things in a professional manner
which would probably include getting
images published or exhibited.
Would they really expect to get far with an editor
if their image description was just ///// or ... ???
I think submitting an image on dART
deserves, at least, an effort to approach
some informational standard.
Additionally, I think it is very important
to know what you are photographing
as this, in itself, will make one better.
Thus, I don't just photograph THE Grand Canyon,
I photograph Vishnu Temple or the Tower of Ra.
Knowing details allows one to compose
images around these details -
and one can learn these details
by forcing themselves to write
decent descriptions of their images.
Consequently, when I post an image,
I usually am fairly explicit about what the viewer sees.
Naturally, I hope the viewer
spends more time looking than reading.
Nonetheless, even a concise "dry" description
can do a lot to enhance anyone's images.
Thank you for addressing this topic.
(actually 2 points - forgive me
) is that so many of your watchers
wish to do things in a professional manner
which would probably include getting
images published or exhibited.
Would they really expect to get far with an editor
if their image description was just ///// or ... ???
I think submitting an image on dART
deserves, at least, an effort to approach
some informational standard.
Additionally, I think it is very important
to know what you are photographing
as this, in itself, will make one better.
Thus, I don't just photograph THE Grand Canyon,
I photograph Vishnu Temple or the Tower of Ra.
Knowing details allows one to compose
images around these details -
and one can learn these details
by forcing themselves to write
decent descriptions of their images.
Consequently, when I post an image,
I usually am fairly explicit about what the viewer sees.
Naturally, I hope the viewer
spends more time looking than reading.
Nonetheless, even a concise "dry" description
can do a lot to enhance anyone's images.
Thank you for addressing this topic.