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Smartphones lack the ability to add a fisheye,wide-angle,or a macro look to the Photos which spoils the quality and feel of the photos. Android phones do capture beautiful images but still artificial distorting is needed. Instead external , universa
Multiluminism as an art technique combines fluorescent (i.e. black light) and photoluminescent/phosphorescent (i.e. glow-in-the-dark) technologies along with traditional ‘daylight’ technique to create various pieces such as paintings, murals, ceramic or wood sculptures, bodypainting, furniture, photography, etc. Bogi Fabian, a Hungarian artist, creates her works under the motto “Art - even when the lights go down”. Fabian started experimenting with ultraviolet and glow-in-the dark colours first as add-ons for paintings and live...
The 2107 World Photographic Cup Photo Show at Grand International Hotel in Yokohama,Japan announced the winners. The team portugal has won the gold medal for the second time in a row. United States and Russia were announced second and third respectively. 26 national photographic teams entered the fourth edition of the Olympics-styled competition, from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North America and Oceania. The results now make Portugal and the United States tied for most WPC wins at two each. Gold Medal Winners in each Category are: Dusan Holovej (Slovakia)...
V-Ray 3.5 for Maya has been released by Chaos Group. V-Ray 3.5 uses adaptive lighting, which makes the 3d animation characters highly defined and it's quite fast. A new addition is that of Adaptive Lights, a fast new lighting algorithm that speeds up rendering in scenes with many lights. With Adaptive Lights, V-Ray determines which light sources are most important, so ray-tracing calculations are focused and more precise. When tested on multiple CPU and GPU scenes, render times were typically two to seven times faster. “At Digital Domain, we used Adaptive...
The British Wildlife Photography Awards is open for entries for the year 2017. A wide exposure of reaching millions in the media and showcasing through exhibition and book. The award is open to amateurs and professionals. The motive of the contest is to bring out the diversity of British natural history - a celebration of british wildlife through lens. Winners and commended entrants will be invited to an exclusive awards ceremony in London. Categories : There are fifteen separate categories including animal behaviour, urban wildlife,habitat,wild woods,animal...
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...
Most of the landscape photos lack a right sky because background and right timing never match. Adobe has brought in an amazing solution through their Sky Replace. The tool is designed to replace blown out or unattractive skies with more sharp and apt options,making adjustments to the rest of the image to make it have a more authentic feel. Watch Adobe Sky Replacement Tutorial The new tool uses deep learning to get an understanding of the content of the image uploaded. Once the software understands the position of the sky in relation to other elements, it replaces...
The International Art Award rewards emerging artists and half-career artists by giving them a recognition. Artist,photographers and creatives are invited to submit artwork for review by a jury of top art curators and critics. Celeste Prize promotes and supports the work of visual artists, ensures that it's seen daily in over 100 countries and each year by an audience of over 2 million people. Exhibitions have been held in Berlin, London, Miami, Milan, New York, Rome and Venice. 53 outstanding finalists will be chosen by the jury of top art curators led by Fatos...
Knoxville in Tennessee, USA is all set to be decorated with street painting from both amateur and professional artists. It's one of the largest art community event which will be held in Dogwood. Over 25,000 people attend this one-day event, and the winning artists are presented a ribbons and cash awards.According to the event, "The street painting festival, whose origination as a featured event of Dogwood Arts, drew inspiration from a 16th century Italian happening, turns Knoxville’s downtown sidewalks into a seemingly infinite canvas for the region’s...
Flame Painter is a new painting tool designed by escape motions. You can create amazing artworks using flame brushes, which produces stunning effects. It has a large collection of brushes and an equal amount of adjustments and settings. You can mix and match so many effects and adjustments to make your artwork unique. According to flame painter, "Flame Painter is a unique paint software that lets you easily create original artworks, light effects, unconventional design or beautiful backgrounds with fantastic procedural brushes. Add flame light effects to your...
Sony World Photography has shortlisted the winners in both professional and amateur categories for 2017. Sony world photography is known for it's best photography in all categories. The winners will be announced on April 20th. This is the 10th Sony world Photography and this year there were many participants from 183 countries and the photos being shortlisted from a record breaking number of 227,596 images submitted by participants. The winners will get to take home a whooping $25,000 cash alongwith some goodies. Have a look at this year's shortlisted pictures....
If you have a passion for nature photography, it's time to participate in Monto Photo 2017, which is an international photography contest for nature photography. Participants can send upto 25 pictures which an be distributed across the different contest categories. First you have to register yourselves in the website: www.montphoto.com . After making the payment, you can start uploading your pictures, you can also edit the pictures till April 30th. This contest is open to both amateurs and professionals across the globe. Entry Fees The participation fee costs...
It's the 9th edition of Chalk Art festival and it's all scdeuled to happen March 18th - 19th, 2017. It's open to all age groups and it's free entry. If you want to participate in the chalk art festival or become a sponsor you can contact them through email. The streets in downtown safety harbor is all set to be colored with chalk art, until the rains wash them away. According to the event, "Escape to beautiful Safety Harbor for a magical experience in art. Stroll quaint Main Street, view historical landmarks, shop eclectic boutiques and enjoy the area...
Coco, Pixar's latest movie is all set to release on November 22nd 2017 and it's new trailers and posters have been released to the public. The official story description is "Coco is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion." Coco, played by Miguel has a passion for music and he happens to be born in a Mexican village and it's a music hating village. Coco follows his musical career dream since his greatest inspiration was the late Ernesto De La Cruz, who was one of...
The Nikon D5600 is a new 24.2 megapixel DX-format DSLR camera with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF). The D5600 replaces the 18-month-old D5500 and offers several new features. SnapBridge compatibility utilises Bluetooth low energy technology to let the D5600 maintain a constant, low-power link with a smartphone or tablet. The frame advance bar, inherited from Nikon’s professional D5 and D500 cameras, makes it possible to quickly scroll through images in playback mode. For movie shooters, the Time-Lapse Movie function transforms slow-moving scenes into high...
Monovisions Photography awards is an international photography magazine award which accepts black and white entries from around the world and it's an annual event. So students, amateurs and professionals get ready to submit your entries. Early bird entries till March 17th, can avail great discounts. Photographers can send their pictures to win two titles, "BLACK AND WHITE SERIES OF THE YEAR" and "BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF THE YEAR". The series winner gets to take home $3000 and the best black and white photo will receive $2,000. Photographers can participate in...