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Created on: September 16, 2006, 01:18am
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Welcome


Please feel free to introduce yourself in the Introduction thread. As the owner of the cult I would personally like to welcome you, and also thank you for joining.

This cult's main focus is [obviously] photography. This is a safe zone away from the huge photography cults on VF for people who want to learn. This is a smaller cult so that you can feel comfortable enough to work your way up to the big cults that require a lot of skill and technique such as Photographers; a well renowned photography cult with only the best.

You can find tutorials by clicking here, and tips and tricks by clicking the button to the left.

If you think you have what it takes, join











Rules


• Photos or comments containing any pornography or discrimination against one or more social, racial, sexual, or ethnicity are completely forbidden.

• There is a thin line between overly graphic material and art. If your thread is going to include any imaging or other content which include blood, or any other bodily discharge please put a warning on the thread title. [This includes, but is not limited to: Photos containing bleeding or other pain, personal bodily harm, bulemia, anoexia or any other eating disorders, ect] Please take the discretion into your own hands.

• Do not use/take/borrow/steal any image or content from this cult or the profiles of any of it's members without the sole permission of a cult administrator or the artist him/herself. This includes using an image for layouts, banners, or any other graphic design.

• All photos cannot be sumbitted more than once for contests. Even if the contest is something completely opposite ends. If you enter a photo previosuly used in another contest, the entry will be deleted.

Any posts that are in violation of these rules will be edited by the cult administrators. Anyone member of -Photography- and/or Vampirefreaks found using images without consent will be reported to the VF administrators for theft of copywrite material.














Tips & Tricks


• Pick up a pair of large lensed sunglasses. Find your subject, set up your camera, and cover the lense of your camera with the lense of the sunglasses. Make sure you check that you can't see the frame of the glasses in the lcd screen. [Submitted by -CINNAMONsensation]

• Sometime's it's better to not rely on your cameras flash,get into a more well lit area then use it,it will fill the shadows more but wont make everyone look white and artificial [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• ALWAYS shoot high resolution,nothing worse than having a great photo and it's no bigger than a webcam frame [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Digital users should always remember white balance,it can make pictures more rich(warm),neutural,natural or cool colored [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Don't be afraid to be bold and fill almost the entire frame when taking portraits [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Shoot manual,leaving it all up to the camera can work out fine but for the ultimate creative control and those difficult photos manual will always be best [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Web optimise your images by resizing them (keep the full size originals) in photoshop etc,this will make it quick and easy to upload them almost anywhere [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• When digitally shooting black & white shoot color first,your camera doesn't produce b&w as well as you can in post production. [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Tracing paper can be a quick and easy diffuser for a flash [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Sheets of white cardboard can be used as reflectors,if you want a silver reflector simply scrunch up some aluminium foil then straighten it out and glue it down to one side (un-scrunched aluminium will cast really solid light where as scrunched then flattened lights more subtly) [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Always take notice of shadows,they make or break alot of photos. [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Smaller apertures will make for greater focal length and depth of field but at a cost of shutter speed. [Submitted by NecroOptic]

• Always keep the crap ones. (Once they're on your computer, they don't always look so bad) [Submitted by: Pierrot_The_Clown]

• Take care of your camera like it's your very own child. [Submitted by: Pierrot_The_Clown]

• Always keep spare batteries with your camera, skiing behind reindeer on a frozen lake is a beautiful thing, having the batteries go dead when you want to take a picture, SUCKS [Submitted by: Pierrot_The_Clown]









Contest Winners



Artist:
likes___flying
Contest: Subject Contrast


Artist: FinalIllusion
Contest: Focal Points


Artist: Roses4theDeadxxx
Contest: Best Halloween Costume


Artist: xxMyBrutalRomance
Contest: Children


Artist: x_SteFFeH
Contest: Nature


Artist: faint
Contest: Architecture


Artist: perjury
Contest: Flower


Artist: NecroOptic
Contest: Best Self Portrait


Artist: Steph-
Contest: Best B&W








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