Champagne wishes and Caviar dreams.

This quote from the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" by Robin Leach. The problem is the lifestyle of the normal means some of us have to work hard to obtain the things we want. Today I want to share with you someone's dream. Tracie Cimaglio is a local photographer who shared this dream with me. Putting it simply she is a mom with a camera and a dream. She is attempting to raise funds for a trip to Africa. I believe in supporting others when I can. Click on this link: Just a Mom, A Camera and A Dream.

Small donations help. Please give if you can.

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Photographers you should know- Neil Leifer

Today's photographer you should know is the legendary Neil Leifer. Neil has been a professional photographer since his teens and has been in the photography business for 50 years. Although his website says "Fine Art Photographer" Neil has published 16 books with 9 of them being his sport photography.  I'll always remember the iconic sports photos that appeared in Sports Illustrated. Make sure you view his work at Neil Leifer.com. Here is a link to one of his most famous photos Ali-Liston.

 

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Flickr- Sharing your work online

A few weeks ago on November 8, 2013, I posted some thoughts on sharing your work online. Here is a link to that article. I said then that I would follow up on some of the services. Today, I would like to talk about the benefits of posting to Flickr. Flickr is one of the older and largest photo sharing/gallery sites in the world. Flickr is owned by Yahoo and they recently made some interesting changes. First of all its free. It now offers 1TB (terabyte) worth of storage. The photo communities there are very well established. It is a photo sharing site I use (not very often as of late). It is a site that our photo club (Hampton Roads Digital Photography Club) will hopefully be using more. So why should you post on Flickr?

You should know that I am a strong advocate of sharing your photos online. When I started as a photographer in the 70's there were not many outlets for you to share your work. Today, the internet has made it possible for hundreds of people to view your work. It still takes time and hard work but it can be done. The other benefit is you also get to view the work of hundreds of photos and photographers. If you want to improve part of the process has to be viewing the work of others and sharing your work. The more you do that the better your work will get. 

Flickr has groups such as HRDPC Project 365. If your interest is Landscape there is a group for the subject. Check it out and I look forward to seeing you there. Here is a link to my Flickr page or you can click on the link at the top of the web page.

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Photographers you should know- Billy Dodson

Today I would like to introduce you to Billy Dodson. Billy Dodson is a African Wildlife and Landscape photographer located in Williamsburg, VA.  Make sure you check out his images and website at : Savanna Images. Members of Hampton Roads Digital Photography Club will have the wonderful opportunity to see Billy's excellent presentation on December 10th. This is an event for "paid" Hampton Roads Digital Photography Club members only.

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