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Photo.net
Newsletter: May 2008
Hi,
We have some big news to announce this week: Photo.net
is
officially up and running on brand new servers and hardware!
After suffering for far too long on underpowered overloaded servers,
Jin
and the programming crew brought us into the future one week ago.
After
fixing a few early glitches, the crew has spent the past few days
optimizing and tweaking the new hardware. As a result, the site
is
running faster than I've seen it run in years. That is good news
for all
of us!
Please take a spin around the site to experience the difference
for yourself: Photo.net
In this month's newsletter you will find a gift guide for the graduates
in your life, reviews on new Sony gear, a new site feature, and
some springtime editors' picks.
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, please send them to me
directly at contact@photo.net. Enjoy the newsletter!
Sincerely,
Josh
Root
Photo.net Director of Community
for the
week of 05.19.08
This week's Photo of the Week is by photo.net member Wilson
Tsoi. It is a slow-shutter speed night cityscape.
A number of elements come together to make this an interesting
image. The blur of the vehicles works with the tilted framing
to give a sense of motion and action. The blockiness of the buildings
contrasts with the curves of the storm drain cover. Finally, the
reflections from the puddle give a sense of repetition and draw
the viewer's eye into the image.
Don't agree? Then you should post your thoughts on the Photo
of the Week Forum.
This
Week's Winner
Week
of 05.12.08
Week
of 05.05.08
See
All Past Winners »
Latest Articles
It's that time of year when high school and college seniors are
just about ready to burst with the excitement of finally getting
their diploma. At the same time, their parents are about ready to
burst in annoyance from not knowing what in the world to get as
a graduation gift. Photo.net is here to help. Hannah Thiem has created
a photography gift guide for the class of 2008. Bob Atkins got the
chance to try out a few Sony lenses along with their mid-level DSLR,
the A700. Finally, Philip Greenspun updates his Canon 16-35/2.8
L review by comparing the first and second versions of the lens.
New
Site Feature
"Favorite
Images" feature now available
Here's something that people have been asking about for a while
now. You now have the ability to mark a list of your favorite images
on photo.net. This will help you keep track of images you like,
ones you want to be able to refer to later, or just something you
found particularly interesting.
Like the "more from this member" function we added recently,
the purpose of this is to get more people looking around at more images
on photo.net. We have so many cool images and great photographers
here, we've made it our mission to seek out different ways to get
more visibility for the images on the site.
This month's Featured Member does a brand of photography that is
a mystery to many of us. Astrophotography is the imaging of astronomical
objects such as the moon, sun, planet, star clusters and galaxies.
Its enthusiasts include photographers, amateur scientists, and folks
who are just plain old amazed at our celestial neighbors.
"There are many factors working against you with astrophotography.
Things such as light pollution, moon light pollution, wind, air
quality, as well as instrument failure. In winter you can add freezing
temperatures, iced over the lens, dead batteries etc... Typically,
images are at least a few minutes long in exposures, so there is
plenty of time for something to go wrong, like bumping the telescope
or having a plane cross into the field of view." -Howard
Cox
Read
More »
Samples from the member's portfolio:
View
Howard's Entire Portfolio »
 Last
month's "Slow
Shutter" project went so well that I thought we would go
the other direction this month and do a "Stopping
Motion" project.
One of the most wonderful aspects of photography is that we can
freeze for eternity a moment that would have otherwise passed in
the blink of an eye, giving us insight into the world we never otherwise
would get to see. Try going out and using a high shutter speed (or
electronic flash) to stop motion completely. Use your camera to
show the world something it never could have seen otherwise.
See all of the Monthly Projects on the Monthly
Project Index page. Also, be sure to take a look at last month's
"Slow
Shutter" project page and see all the wonderful images
that were uploaded. Here are a few I particularly liked:
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