If you are a student who loves photography, this is the chance to fuel you passion even further!
This is the deal:
The Google Photography Prize is open to students in higher education aged 18 years and older from all over the world. Pick just one of the ten categories, share up to eight of your best shots in a public Google+ album and complete the submission form by January 31, 2012. Please follow our Google+ content policies when sharing your photos.
So, still 6 days left. I'm sure you are aware that the photography that lies in your closet is no good. Let the world see through your viewfinder! Good luck, but most of all - have fun!
A big congrats to my friends from Montepass.com on winning the first prize for the best business idea. Last year they launched their first campaign in Montenegro with DAA Montenegro which still is a big hit. Needless to say we are already working on new stuff and improvements. This year together we'll take Montepass another step further! All in due time. . .
Make sure you check out the animation we've put out on YouTube, subscribe and comment if you like it!
It's been the sweet hell during last couple of months. We were on our phones and on the street all day long trying to find a better place for our office. Well, it was somewhere during December when we found this amazing place where we felt like it was the one we wanted. Yesterday was the first day here, we've moved in with new computers and equipment. While I was in charge of the installation of equipment, Bada took some time to lighten up our space with some of the materials we designed last year. More to come soon!
As announced in my previous blog post, the new video is now out and streaming. Student Parlament of University of Montenegro, in collaboration with daa Montenegro have managed to whip out this striking promo video! Well, to be honest - in the beginning I didn't know what to expect. I got a call from Bada referring to the project, and I have to admit I was unsure, to say the least. But then we sat down, and I got briefed. As usual, he knows how to deliver a good idea, and since we are a great team for years now, I fully understood what he wanted. So, my answer was YES. YES to the idea of non-profit, activist promo video for students. I believe many of the things they want is legit. The shooting took place in 2 cities - Cetinje and Podgorica, with more than 50 people included. There is no acting in the video. These students protest their current status. Luckily, the shootings were done rather fast, which was great considering the fact we were on a very very very very, almost nonexistent budget (yet everything costs). Thanks to all the students who participated in the video, I hope you get what you want and deserve on this democratic and peaceful protest. Thanks to the people who organized the shooting on the Faculties, as well as Deans of the above mentioned.
For me, it was a great experience and lots of fun.
In the next two days a new piece of work will be published. My one and only daa is contributing to a public event during this week. I had to take a snapshot from the video, although it's not fully ready. Raw footage for the win! We shot in 2 different cities with crew counting more than 50 people. More info coming soon. . .
Well, I just finished cleaning out my temporary files in Win7. 23GB of nothing useful.
There is a safe and efficient way to do it. Windows stores these files in a folder called Temp which is located on your hard drive disk where you have OS installed. For example the default location is C:/<USERNAME>/App Data/Local/Temp.
Fear not, this folder might be hidden. If you access folder options you can change settings so that Windows Explorer reveals all hidden files and folders. If you like these things the easy way you can go to Run program on windows (Windows key + R) and just type %temp%. Windows will open the Temp folder for you. When you are there just delete everything you can. If an error occurs that a file/folder cannot be deleted - skip it. The explorer is using those files to run itself. Good luck cleaning out your closet!
Finally I got my hands on some new stuff I've been waiting for. Zoom H4N portable digital recorded with accessories, 3 Dolica ND filters (0.3, 0.6, 0.9) for my 17-40mm f4 L and Tiffen Circular Polarizer for my 50mm f1.4.
It's been a while since I felt the need to shoot some forest scenery. Yesterday we went to National Park Lovcen, Montenegro, and hiked through the forest. The autumn colors dominated low contrast forest while the fog wasn't really helping. It was a good day to test out some settings on my 7d. I used my fave lens 17-40mm f4 L without any filters on it. Did some post processing in Photoshop (brightness and contrast etc).
While I was missing in action, I took a day off and went hiking with an expedition to a remote place in the mountains here in Montenegro. For this shot I used my Canon 7d with Canon 17-40mm f4 L lens. Had to run to a nearby hill for the vantage point. The line of people introduces to the midpoint of our hill where we were heading. It was an amazing day indeed.
More of the series can be seen on my Flickr account. . .
