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COVER
Capturing the physical, living & abstract features of
Landscapes
February 2010
Your Photos. Your Magazine.
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Our cover artist, Paul Phillips shows off his skills as February’s featured photographer.
Snapixel photographers take on the challenge of photographing land, sea and sky.
18 threesixfive - 365
47 Upcoming Themes
Caleb Long talks about his photo-a-day project and shares some of his favorites.
Grab a sneak peak of the themes for the upcoming months and start snapping!
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Theme: Landscapes
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Contributing: PHOTOGRAPHERS 38 3 Thamer Adam Oliver Al-Hassan 28 35 Bora Gowtum Baysal Bachoo
14 12 Anne-Marie Kjersti Jørgensen Lemay 8 4 Liesel Caleb Hardenberg Long
23 17 Cristina Jeff Closs Roman
24 9 Mirko CherylChessari McDonald
13 11 Dana Vicente Radloff Corona
26 33 Melissa Dennis McGarry Crain
31 40 Diego Chris Driscoll A. Rodriguez C.
18 8 Mukul Fabio Pannuzzo Soman
24 31 Emily RogerEisenhart Edwards
17 26 Roberto Paul Phillips Marinello
35 30 Eugene Jason Floriano Krimkevich
10 6 Simon Karen Schmautz Pollock
16 36 Henrik Alex Hadju Lehnerer
34 David Sina Fartoumi Schumacher
12 20 Ivan LieselWong Hardenberg
27 10 Steven Mike Seigafuse Gibson
33 14 Joey KjerstiColomobo Jorgensen
22 16 Vicente KaryonoCrown Sim
30 42 Katrina Kelly Kellogg Sohriakoff
35 22 Willian Alessandro Frederick Termignone Middleton III
32 Chris Leachman
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On the cover: “Mystical Forest” by Paul Phillips I This page: “Bleeding Color” by Caleb Long
Snapixel Magazine Issue 2
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Editor’s Note
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e’re honored to bring you the freshly redesigned second issue of Snapixel Magazine - our version of a themebased, community-driven, media publication.
All of the amazing images you see in the following pages were submitted and chosen by users of the online photography community, Snapixel.com. Each month we’ll publish an online PDF and an on-demand print version of Snapixel Magazine. February brings our Landscape Theme out into the open. With an impressive 268 submissions, Snapixel community members and staff voted on 26 photographs by 22 photographers. Each and every one of them is breathtaking and takes the viewer from the mountains of Northern California to the waters of Indonesia and Cape Town. This issue features Paul Phillips, who contributed the cover photo, Mystical Forest, as our photographer of the month. Caleb Long also gets a chance to chat about his 365 day photography project. We hope you enjoy this issue and can’t wait to see what you have to share with us next month! Cheers, The Snapixel Team
Snapixel assumes that all work published here is original. Images published in Snapixel Magazine are the sole property of the contributing photographers and are copyrighted material. No image may be reproduced without the express written permission of its owner. ©2010 Snapixel Magazine. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of this magazine is not permitted without the written consent of Snapixel.
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When you think of a landscape, what do you imagine? Mountain ranges and burnt red rocks? Sandy coastlines and splashing waves? Perhaps you see lightning, heavy flakes of snow or bustling cityscapes. In the following pages, you’ll experience the stunning diversity and beauty of our planet through the eyes of photographers from across the globe. Saturated in color and vitality, these are images not to be missed.
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Fabio Panuzzo Jervis Bay Boderee National Park Green Patch Beach New south Wales, Australia [18mm, 1/500 sec. at f/20]
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Fabio Panuzzo Uluru Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park- Northen Territory, Australia [27mm, 1/160 sec. at f/13]
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Vincente Corona San Francisco Pacific Ocean Awakening
Michael Seigafuse Heavenly Blue Flooded tree under a winter moon [28mm, 1/6 sec. at f/28]
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Anne-Marie Lemay Forbidden While people were taking shots of the lighthouse behind, I decided to turn around and captured this scene. The cliff, long blocked out from
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Kjersti Jorgensen Rolling Stones Winter landscape from a Norwegian fjord [11mm, at f/22] 14
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Jeffrey Closs Frostflowers I enjoyed the idea of these summery flowers captured in frost. Taken on my property in November of 2009 [8.7mm, 1/80 sec. at f/2.8]
Karyono Sim Waiting For A Boat To Come..... A little wooden platform at Lake Beratan in Bali, Indonesia [22mm, 1/160 at f/11]
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aleb Long is the recent creator of Snapixel’s group, threesix five-365, where users post one photo a day, every day, for a year. With already over a hundred photos uploaded, the group is creating a fascinating gallery of photographs that motivate and inspire users to hone their camera skills through the tried and true test of constant practice.
How did you come up with the idea for threesixfive-365? Well, it’s not originally my idea. I had read a bunch about it all over the internet on different photographyrelated sites. In January 2010, I made it my New Year’s resolution to participate in this awesome project. Some people do a 52 Week project where you take one photo a week for 52 weeks. It’s a pretty strict project. How do you manage to stay within your timeline? It’s not easy and some days it’s hard to remember to take a photo. I always keep my camera near me, either at the computer or when I wake up. That helps me to remember to pick up my camera and get shooting. What are you hoping to get out of this project? Well, I’m hoping to gain some experience and some good shots. I’m also
looking forward to going through all 365 photos at the end of the year and seeing how much my photography has changed. What do you consider your most successful photo? I can’t really pick any one of my photos as my most successful. I like to go by Imogen Cunningham’s quote “Which of the photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.” What do you look for when you go out and shoot? Anything that catches my eye, or even expresses how I’m feeling or sums up the day. Most of the time I pick up the camera, and just start shooting at random things. Eventually I find something interesting and I go from there. Who do you draw inspiration from? I really enjoy looking at Ansel Adams’ black and whites. I find them very inspiring. I also like some of the spanish photographer Chema Madoz’s photos because his work is very creative and inspiring. Is there anything else you’d like to add? Don’t be afraid to try the project. If you don’t think you can do it, just give it a bit of a trial and see how it goes. If you find you don’t have the time, go for the 52 Week project and see how that works. Each photo from every day doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s a learning experience.
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Liesel hardenberg Mount Ararat and Khor Virap Monastery Picturesque wheat fields in Armenia, with Mount Ararat and Khor Virap Monastery in the background [16.5mm, 1/640 sec. at f/5.1]
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Liesel hardenberg The road that takes you to Gordon’s Bay One of the many beautiful sights along the coast of Cape Town, South Africa [35mm, 1/200 sec. at f/11]]
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Alessandro Termignone Panoramic View of Field Autumnal Panoramic view of field, Alpe Devero Natural Park, Italy [22mm, 1/160 sec. at f/13]
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Cheryl McDonald
Hope Shines Through
Morning light breaking through the fog in the forest - Santa Cruz Mountains [55mm, 1/30 sec. at f/5.6] 24
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PAUL PHILLIPS
Our Cover photographer Travels to Greece
Paul Phillips is a visual artist. His company, iOpeners, provides photography, video, illustration and 3D computer renderings. The main focus of the business is commercial and stock work. He works regularly with travel companies, magazines and commercial clients. Paul covers a variety of subjects including; travel, lifestyle, landscape, architectural, interiors and food. His client list is both national and international. As you will see on the following pages, Paul spends some of the year working on commission for travel companies mostly around the Mediterranean and in particular Greece and her islands. The islands are photogenic with their dramatic scenery, beautiful coves and clear sea.
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“The islands are so photogenic with their dramatic scenery, beautiful coves and clear sea.”
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I couldn’t help wondering what the old fisherman was thinking about as he gazed out to sea. This was Kassiopi on Corfu.
2. Skopelos Harbour The lovely harbour in Skopelos, composed of whitewashed houses with tiled roofs in narrow alleys and stairs. It is part of the Northern Sporades, and is located between Skiathos and Alonissos. It became very popular due to the Mamma Mia movie. 3. The Bay
This small church is near Oia and was photographed late afternoon when the sea had turned deep blue to match the color of the dome.
4. Small Fishing Boat Mouse Island is located in the bay of Kanoni just south of Corfu Town, Mouse Island and Vlacherna are the most photographed places in the whole of Greece. 5. Venetian Harbor
The Venetian architecture of the Old Town in Rethymnon, Crete. Taken early evening and showing the many waterside restaurants. Snapixel 010
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Jason Floriano Sunset in Jerome Simple yet beautiful sunset [26mm, 1/125 sec. at f/26]
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Roger Edwards Olympic Range On the Way to Hurricane Ridge, taken from the road leading to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State [50mm, 1/15 sec. at f/32]
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Chris Leachman North East Coast Northumberland Vibrant multicoloured beach huts next to Blyth beach at dusk [12mm, 1/10 sec. at f/12] 32
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dennis mcgarry Broken Innocence Like the gentle pure white snow, innocence is soft and flowing, yet easily broken by the smallest events
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David Schumacher Early Morning In A Vineyard This photo was taken just as the sun was rising on a morning in April 2009. The vineyard is in Guerneville, CA, just a short distance from the Russian River [18mm, 1/320 sec. at f/9]
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Gowtum Bachoo Tropical CloudscapE Tropical cloudscape during harvest time on the island of Mauritius
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Winter Trees On Summer Desert
Taken during summer at Saudia near Khobar city trying to imitating snowy view from a desert view [36mm, 1/90 sec. at f/9.5]
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Chris Driscoll Tropical Coast Wave crashing into rocky coast, Barber’s Point Lighthouse in the distance. Photo taken on Oahu, Hawaii [18mm, 1/320 sec. at f/9] 40
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Kelly Kellogg Second Beach The early morning light and a low tide highlights the patterns in the sand and the reflections of sea stacks of Second Beach. 42
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Kelly Kellogg Scattered Showers over the Palouse A thunderstorm races across the fertile farmlands of the Palouse. This location is near the border of Washington State and Idaho 44
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Thamer Al-Hassan Tuwaig Mountains
Photographer Portfolios
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38 Thamer Al-Hassan /RealFantasy1
20 Liesel Hardenberg /fortheloveofit
35 Gowtum Bachoo /rajeshbac
14 Kjersti Jorgensen /kjorgen
17 Jeffrey Closs /jcphoto
42 Kelly Kellogg /specialk
11 vicente corona /vcrown
32 Chris Leachman /stargatechris
34 David Schumacher /RustySterling
40 Chris Driscoll /comosaydice
12 Anne-Marie Lemay /DaizyB
10 Mike Seigafuse /mseigafuse
31 Roger Edwards /Tendrel
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30 Jason Floriano /Flomaster
24 Cheryl McDonald /cherylmcdonald
36 Alex Hadju /alexhajdu
33 dennis mcgarry /thezaphod042
8 fabio pannuzzo /freefabio 26 Paul Phillips /iOpeners 6 Karen Schmautz /Hick
16 Karyono Sim /simcreativeart 22 Alessandro Termignone /aletermi
Up Next: Next Is s u e B e a utif ul B lu r We are proud to announce that Lensbaby will be sponsoring the upcoming March issue of Snapixel Magazine. Many times, blurs are the root of frustration. But what if you looked at them from a different perspective? Blurs capture a series of moments, adding movement and once-in-a-lifetime photographs that can never be recreated.
Blurs are unique. They can be beautiful. What kind of beauty can you capture when you let the shutter speed slow and the exposure run rampant? When objects are smeared in motion across your images? We challenge you to make this the best issue yet.
Apr i l I s s u e Doc um e n tary April introduces Documentary Photography as the theme of the month.
to try your hand at creating honest, objective, and candid photography.
While documentary photography usually refers to a type of professional photojournalism, it may also be an amateur, artistic, or academic pursuit.
Find the poignancy in the simple and the raw. Capture the story of the common man or those who are ignored and oft forgotten.
Founded in the footsteps of photographers like Dorothea Lange, we encourage you
Find truth and you will find beauty.
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