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3D scanning remained expensive technology where getting high quality scans is a challenge. Qlone is launched by Israeli Company Eyecue Vision Technologies. With this app 3D scanning has become an everyday activity which enables user to explore the
Photography Contest : Lensculture street photography awards has called for entries for it's 3rd annual competitions. It aims at looking into the exceptional moments of every aspect of life with colourful forms from the talented photographers of the world. The lensculture awards has a reach of over 2.5 million people around the world and the winners have a stunning exposure and recognition for their works. The award apart from international exposure, prizes and benefits include an exhibition in San Francisco, projections at international photo festivals, $22,000...
Andreu World has called for entries for its 17th International Design contest. The contest was started in 2000 and has been successful for past 16 years showcasing innovative and exceptional seating and table design solutions. This acts as the launching pad for the budding artist to showcase their exclusive designs to the International audience. The designs should be sustainable with possible innovative features related to design, quality, technology, production processes, etc. Seating: The main material used shall be Beech wood, Oak wood or Walnut. Chairs may...
Legendary Asian American Photographer Corky Lee Dies of Covid
The legendary photographer Corky Lee, who spent half a century in documenting a community that had long been unseen has passed away due to Covid complications.  To him his works which appeared in New York Times, Time Magazine and the Associated press, is an act of "photographic justice".  Mr.Lee's interest in photography dates back to time when he studied the iconic photograph marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.  This photograph had none of the chinese labourers who worked for the...
Painting App : Procreate is a very powerful app for IOS phones and it's easy to sketch and draw on this app with great ease. This app was developed by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd and is a very interesting application. Now it's easy to create awesome paintings and drawings on the go, since it has an easy drawing interface and allows smooth gesture. According to Procreate, "Create a canvas and start painting with any of Procreate’s exclusive dual-texture brushes. Use the immediately responsive smudge tool to perfectly blend colour with any brush in your...
Photo Director is a free Photo Editing App developed by Cyberlink. You can use this photo editor on your smart phones to make them look like professional photographs. If you love to travel, you can use this photo editor to make your normal photos look like professional photos like from Canon or Nikon. This quick photo editing app combines a feature-rich photo editor with a richly creative collage maker that lets you adjust RGB with a visual histogram. Change white balance or saturation, or apply photo effects and adjustments to an entire image or specific regions...
AccuWeather partnered with the Royal Meteorological Society on their "Weather Photographer of the Year" 2020 contest this year. As determined by the judges, Rudolf Sulgan is Weather Photographer of the Year for 2020. The best photos make me feel like I was having their experience. "Blizzard" does this for me. I feel the chill of the winter air, the snowflakes hitting my face and the people enjoying the snow, with older folks remembering previous snows and children just forming memories that will last for years. The framing is impeccable and pleasing. It captures...
The 360fly 4K is the 4K / 16mp update of the 360fly - a 360 degree action camera that is dustproof, shockproof and waterproof (up to 3 feet / 1metre). The 360fly 4K offers 360 degrees horizontally and 240 degrees vertically, and has a number of different recording modes including First-Person POV, Motion/Audio active, and Time-lapse mode. The 360fly 4K has 64GB of memory, built in telemetry sensors including e-compass and GPS.   Key Features 16 megapixel sensor 0.88mm ultra-wide angle f/2.5 fisheye lens 360x240 degree field of view Waterproof to 3 feet /...
Photography Contest : Prix Virginia is a photography competition which invites all women professional photographers across worldwide, regardless of age to participate in its annual contest. Contestants can submit one application with 10 - 12 photographs(black/white and color) along with a short description of the photographs. There is no entry fees. Here is your chance to bag $12,000 as cash prize and international recognition. The winners will be announced during a presentation ceremony held at Paris in October 2018. Awards - 12,000$ from the Association SYLVIA...
Famous Indian Artist Illayaraja passed away due to covid - The King of Hyper Realism Artworks | Tamil nadu
Illayaraja born in Tamil Nadu is quite popular for his oil paintings which focus on south indian culture. Most of his oil paintings are set on village themes. Women doing their daily chores, cooking, temple visits, women creating art and more. Women are portrayed as strong and independent women. Ilayaraja was born in Sembiyavarambil village near Kumbakonam. He had graduated with a degree in fine arts from a notable college from Chennai. His fine art oil paintings and illustrations have been published in popular lifestyle magazine " Ananda Vikatan"....
Digital painting is a developing work of art where conventional artistic creation procedures, for example, watercolor, oils, impasto, and so on are applied utilizing advanced instruments by methods for a PC, an illustrations tablet and pointer, and programming etc. The artist utilizes painting techniques to make the digital painting straightforwardly on the PC. Computerized painting is the way toward painting on a tablet and making fine art carefully on a PC. This is done through painting software that utilizes brushes a lot like traditional work of art. Painting...
Drawing App: Procreate 2 is an amazing and powerful application for iPad. It's loaded with many features which artists will thoroughly enjoy. Procreate is a design award winner for apple and it is one of the most sought after drawing and painting tools in iPads. It's designed to stimulate the minds of creative artists. Procreate has more than 130 brushes, pencil tools and many more. Some of the stunning brushes are light brush(gives an amazing glow), triangulum brush( allows to add more dimensions). Procreate can create canvases upto 16k in one direction. Due to...
Bird Photography: In recent years, many new contests for bird photography have cropped up all over the internet. What's more, the winners received cash rewards and sometimes even expensive camera equipments and sponsorships. It's a great way to keep the young photographers busy and leaves them more focused. Nature Photographers Ltd and British Trust for Ornithology had started a bird photography contest three years ago and 2017 Bird Photography Award was felicitated to Alejandro Prieto Rojas for his stunning photo (below) of flamingos feeding their offspring at...
Our Big Backyard Nature Photo Contest is Open for Entries | February 23 2021
Contest Closed
Greater Portland
Nature is shining bright as it breathes fresh air due to pandemic lockdown.  Everything around us is nature and you can shoot your backyard, your local park, or a trail.  Let us celebrate nature and share it with the rest of the world by entering the Big Backyard Nature Photo Contest.  The photo can be taken anywhere in Greater Portland, from Forest Grove in the west to the Sandy River in the east to Wilsonville in the south.  A 50 word description should be included along with the photo.  Digitally altered photos are eligible for the...
The largest annual conference and trade show for professional photographers, Imaging USA 2017, announced the grand winners. This Year the award went Barbara Breitsameter m.photog.cr, CPP, her image 'Send in the clowns' in the portrait category. The Grand Imaging Award winners have been judged to be the very best of the 2016 PPA International Photographic Competition (IPC). The Grand Imaging Award winner was selected from 5,700 entries. One of the biggest and longest running photographic convention Imaging USA, brings together thoudands of photographic...
The Latest version of Adobe's consumer-oriented Photo-editing software Photoshop Elements 15, has been launched. This update gives way for more automation in photo organisation and editing. The latest addition to Elements 15 , however, is a facial editor that recognises parts of the face and allows you to adjust each one individually. The clone stamp and healing brush for removing small spots, selection tools, and even adjustment layers with masks to apply edits to only portions of the image are still intact in the new interface. Photoshop Elements 15 is touch...