Hi, everybody.

Just wanted to let you know that I recently sold my picture Colors of the Sunlight, which is one of my older shots. An Italian Publisher contacted me, expressing interest in using this picture for the cover of a physics book. First I thought this person was kidding, since photography is a hobby to me, not a profession. Anyway, it turned out they were quite serious and actually bought the picture. So there's going to be an Italian physics book with a cover looking approximately like this:









Pretty cool, isn't it?

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Update: One more deviant got featured

I've just updated this journal with three works by a quite gifted artist, who took me up on my offer. If you haven't already done so, you can do the same! Here are the rules:

• Comment on this journal, so I know you wanna be featured. (You want the , don't you?)


• Once I've selected three of your works and put them in my journal, you have to write a journal entry just like this one, which will feature me and 14 other people (3 works each).

Since I was introduced to this feature chain by *thestargazer23, he's the first one to be featured. There's still space for 12 more features, so comment!






*thestargazer23:






=00AngelicDevil00:






~kitmeng:

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Hi there.

A couple of weeks ago I had an awesome shooting with ~devious-stock. She brought her electric guitar and posed in front of some graffiti painted walls along Donaukanal in Vienna. I've already sent her the pictures (after RAW conversion), so you might soon find some of them in her gallery.

Since I like to give my pictures a personal touch, I'll do some HDR based editing (or alienation, as my girlfriend calls the process). The resulting pictures will soon find their way to my gallery, so stay tuned.

By the way, if you have a second, please participate in my current poll. Thank you and have a creative day!

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Recently I did my first poll and asked whether or not you've used the critique feature yet. The poll didn't get a lot of participation, but the result is a little disturbing anyway: Four out of ten people had never heard of this feature.

The critique feature (for details see FAQ #95: What is the Critique Feature and how do I use it?) was introduced about two months ago. If you have a subscription, you can use this feature to request critical feedback on your work or provide it for someone else's work. But even if you don't have a subscription, you should still be able to see critiques on other people's pictures... So I'm really not sure how anybody could have missed this feature.

Anyway, there's one key difference between writing a critique and writing a normal comment: The critique feature forces you to write at least 100 words — otherwise it won't accept your text. You may have noticed that most comments look like this:

"Nice shot!"

"I like it."

"Wow that's so kewl!"

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate those comments too, but they don't exactly facilitate artistic growth. What do all these comments have in common? Right, they're short. And that's exactly the benefit of the critique feature: The 100 words limit forces you to actually think instead of verbalizing your spontaneous emotional response. And once you've thought about a piece of art, you are much more likely to provide meaningful feedback that can actually help the artist. Of course, it's still just your opinion and other people might disagree, but it's much better than the comment examples above.

I've noticed a little problem with the critique feature, though: People just don't use it. I'm currently watching 64 people and only one of them (^kkart) writes critiques on a regular basis. I've gotten one critique so far (guess by whom — right: ^kkart) and I've written seven. By the way, critiques have another positive effect aside from getting feedback: The watchers of the person who wrote the critique might view it and thus see your work. ^kkart's critique got me a lot of s and a couple of new watchers.

In my opinion the critique feature can be a really powerful tool, but only if people use it. If you have a subscription and you've requested or written critiques, feel free to comment and let me know about your experiences. I'm interested in your opinion.

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Hi there.

Today I'm featuring my friend =00AngelicDevil00, because she was the first person to correctly guess what my picture Color Space shows. Here are some of her works, but there's much more in her gallery:







By the way, she breeds hamsters at home... I just had to mention that.

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