Review: The Cowboy - Imaging Resources Photo of the Month

"The Cowboy," "Darn Kids," and "All hands on stick" were chosen as January's winners. Congratulations to Edwin S. Loyola, Anupam Pal, and Morris Bennett Altman!

In the "very much late is at least a bit better than never" department, we're pleased to present the monthly winners of our Photo of the Day contest for January, 2007. It seems we're perpetually behind on the bread-and-butter work here, but that's no excuse for letting things get *this* far behind. We'll do better going forward, we promise!

At any rate, here's a look at the winners for January, and some thoughts from the judges on them:





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First Place
The Cowboy, by Edwin S. Loyola
(Edwin won a Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Printer.)
This photo drew the judges' eyes for its painterly qualities, and the feelings it conveys of loneliness and isolation in the face of an impending storm, and the welcome relief of safe shelter. Faith-oriented viewers will also find a powerful metaphor for the role of God and the provision offered through a community of believers. (The cross on the building indicates it's a church.) It's not clear (nor does it matter) how much of the lighting in this shot was found in the original scene, or how much was constructed in Photoshop, but the dark clouds and general heaviness on the right side of the picture nicely phrase the sense of foreboding, and provide emphasis for the shelter offered by the church building. The position and pose of the cowboy and his horse also works well: If they were already on the path and heading toward the church building, the image would still have evoked the sense of threat and shelter, but wouldn't have been as strong. As it is, the man and horse are clearly altering their path, from a heading that would lead them into the storm to one that leads to the shelter. The implication of an abrupt change in direction in response to the looming threat adds a level of urgency that otherwise would not be present. Finally, the sepia-toned rendering of the image adds to a sense of historicity, but also removes the possible distraction of color, letting the tonality of the image do its work unimpeded. A nice shot, and very well executed.


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Brilliant work! excellent cinematography!!!
please visit the site!

From : Paolo A. Dy
Director | Cinematographer | Screenwriter
Manila, Philippines

Hey guys!

My newest short film 'QWERTY' is finally on the website of the Steven
Spielberg/Mark Burnett competition ON THE LOT.

http://films.thelot.com/films/19175

Please check it out and leave a review or rating :) The more
views/discussions, the bigger the chance of the film getting into the main
competition, so please comment away! :D

QWERTY is a suspense-thriller. A mentally-afflicted young man named Benny is
accused of murdering Professor Chavez, his longtime benefactor. Chavez'
lawyer, Dan Ortega, is called in to figure out what really happened. The
answer lies in Benny's mad obsession with the professor's old typewriter, on
which he types relentlessly, day and night.

I had a great production team and an absolutely fantastic cast including
Michael Williams, Miguel Faustmann, Cathy Azanza, Arvin Trinidad, Altair
Alonso, Boyd Tinio, and Irra Cenina.

And there's an AMAZING final scene that took the team days to set up :)

Thanks in advance for the support!! Please forward this to everyone :D


Cheers,
Paolo


About On The Lot

ON THE LOT, executive-produced by Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg, will
give aspiring filmmakers from around the world the chance to earn a
$1-million development deal at DreamWorks.

Airing next spring on FOX, this unscripted series will feature a cast of 16
undiscovered filmmakers who will compete to win the support of the show's
viewers, as their fate will be decided by a weekly audience vote.

The competition will air over two nights weekly, with a one-hour "Film
Premiere" episode, followed the next night by a half-hour "Box Office"
results show.

After a global search, applicants will be winnowed to a group of 16 talented
filmmakers. These finalists will be brought to Hollywood, where they will be
divided into teams and begin the journey toward their "big break."

Every week, the hopeful filmmakers will produce short films from a chosen
genre, running the gamut from comedies to thrillers, personal dramas to
romance, sci-fi to horror. They'll have access to the best resources the
industry has to offer -- professional writers, cast and crew, and maybe even
Hollywood celebrities.

After the teams have battled time frames, budgets and all the usual chaos
that goes along with filmmaking, their films will debut and be critiqued in
front of a live audience during the "Film Premiere" episode. Judges will
include a high-ranking motion picture executive, a prominent film critic and
a succession of well-respected guests, such as directors who are experts in
the week's featured genre. But the filmmakers ultimately will be judged by
the harshest critics of all … the public.

It will be FOX viewers whose votes determine which film should be left on
the cutting-room floor. On the next night's "Box Office" results show, the
director whose feature garners the fewest votes will be sent home.

The competition continues and directors are eliminated until only the most
talented filmmaker is anointed the winner and heads to DreamWorks … ON THE
LOT.

Photographer wins 'David v Goliath' copyright battle
Home » News » Photographer wins ‘David v Goliath’ copyright battle
January 17, 2007
Chris Cheesman

Lawyers acting for a photography enthusiast have claimed victory in an international copyright wrangle after his wildlife image was used on an overseas stamp without his consent.
Keen wildlife photographer Mark Johnson won an undisclosed sum from the New York-based Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC) after a dispute over the publication of his photograph of a rare snail.
'This was a David and Goliath case,' said Peter Harrison a lawyer from Leeds-based firm Walker Morris which was asked to represent Mark by his attorneys in North Carolina.
The image appeared on a set of stamps issued on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, prompting lawyers to take action against IGPC, a stamp agency they claimed had designed and produced the series on behalf of the island without seeking Mark's permission.
Though Mark is a US citizen, Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory.
Mark's photograph depicts a pair of Florida Tree Snails, one of which had a 'normal', right-hand spiral shell while the other was 'sinistral' - displaying a left-hand spiral which experts consider rare. To find the two side-by-side is particular unusual.
The picture was published as part of a series of stamps called the 'Molluscs of the Caribbean'.
Announcing the copyright victory, Harrison added: 'Mark Johnson is one individual and IGPC is a global corporation. The case may seem small and light-hearted but it illustrates an important principle of international copyright law; that individuals have a right for their work to be protected.'
We understand that in return for recognition of his copyright and his role as a photographer, Mark has now given his permission for the stamps to be produced and sold.
Patrick Cantrill, who heads the intellectual property group at Walker Morris told AP that the British lawyers applied the Bern Convention, an agreement made between member countries to protect copyright on an international basis.
At the time of writing AP had not received comment from IGPC on the case.
'We asked the IGPC to acknowledge Mark as the rightful owner of this rare and possibly unique image and to pay him a sum in settlement based on a royalty of all stamps sold. This they did,' continued Harrison.
'Our client is happy with the settlement and has given his permission for the image to be used by IGPC.'
Mark, a former US Army major, is understood to have stumbled across the stamps by pure chance while staying in the Caribbean.

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LET THE WORLD DISCOVER YOUR TALENT.....
Share your Vision with people everywhere - Nikon invites the images that capture your emotions...

The Nikon Photo Contest International has been held by Nikon Corporation since 1969 to provide an opportunity for photographers around the world to communicate and to enrich photographic culture for professionals and amateurs alike.

“At the heart of the image” is not only the brand statement of Nikon Imaging Company, but it is also the theme for the 31st contest, in which entries are invited in two categories. The first category is free subject and the second is entitled “Smile, Smile, Smile!” and entries to each category are accepted as prints sent by conventional mail or as JPEG images sent via the Internet. With this theme and these categories, we look forward to receiving expressive images from around the world that are true to people’s emotions.

For more information on our brand statement, please access the following Web site.
http://www.nikon-image.com/eng/brandcontent_e/index.htm

Theme for the 31st contestst : At the heart of the image

Application Period.. Sept 1 - Nov 30 2006


GOOD LUCK

once again....THANK YOU!!!
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Total Number of Entries : 1543

FESTIVAL JURY:
Alexander Sutulov - Chile

Was born in Concepción, Chile, in 1962. He attended the Institute of Contemporary Art in Santiago from 1980 to 1984 and continued his study of art at the University of Utah from 1985 to 1987 with emphasis in painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture.

Daniel Armstrong - Austrália

Lecturer in Photography, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria

M. Teresa Siza - Portugal

Directora do Centro Português de Fotografia
(http://www.cpf.pt)


Currículo (resumo)

Maria Teresa de Melo Siza Vieira Salgado Fonseca
(Matosinhos, Portugal, 19 de Fevereiro de 1948)

Licenciada em Filosofia, (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 1970); Professora efectiva do ensino secundário, de Filosofia, Comunicação Social e Fotografia (1970 ¬ 1997); Professora do curso superior de Fotografia da Árvore, Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Artístico, de 1984 a1989; directora do curso de 1986 a 1989; Directora-adjunta e comissária de exposições dos Encontros de Fotografia de Coimbra de l991 a 1996.
Directora do Centro Português de Fotografia/Ministério da Cultura desde Junho de 1997
Fotógrafa e autora de textos sobre crítica e história da fotografia.

Mir Lada - Canadá

Photographer and conceptual digital photo illustrator, combines photography, digital imaging, and 3D computer illustration to create unique visual solutions for advertising, corporate, and editorial clients.

www.mirlada.com

Pere Freixa - Catalunya (España)


Nacido en 1966, es licenciado en Bellas Artes por la Universidad de Barcelona en la especialidad de imagen (1989), es profesor e investigador de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Imparte docencia de fotografía y fotografía digital en los estudios de Comunicación Audiovisual. Ha coordinado y dirigido diferentes cursos y postgrados sobre imagen y fotografía digital, dirección de arte y diseño en Internet. Como Investigador participa en el grupo de investigación EIC (experimentación en Comunicación Interactiva) participando en proyectos de ideación y desarrollo de modelos interactivos culturales y educativos.
Desde 1996, junto a Mar Redondo, empieza la realización de proyectos fotográficos que se han expuesto y presentado en diversas salas y que se han publicado en: Los objetos de este espejo están más cerca de lo que parece, Actar, Barcelona, 1997, ISBN: 8489698279. Barcelona Acròstic, Ajuntament de Barcelona y Editorial Destino, Barcelona, 2002, ISBN: 8476099940. Hybrida, el 1985 jo tenia 15 anys, Catálogo Caja Madrid, Barcelona, Primavera fotogràfica 2004. Artdaki 2004, V mostra d’art al carrer, Catálogo Centre Municipal de Cultura, Cervera, 2004. A propósito de las Marilyns de Newman, Culturas 208, La Vanguardia, 14 junio 2006.

Sacha Dean Biyan - Canadá

Sacha Dean Biyan is an international gypsy who speaks five languages and has lived in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America. He grew up and went to university in Montreal where he earned a Master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. He worked as a consultant in the aerospace industry for over ten years before diverting his attention fulltime to photography.

Biyan now works as a fashion photographer and photojournalist specializing in high-end editorial, advertising, fine art and travel photography. His images have appeared in numerous publications, and he has shot for clients such as Sony Music, Adidas, Lexus, the Gap and Discovery. He has exhibited his work in Florence, Paris, Barcelona, Tokyo and Sao Paulo, and his images are also held in several private collections. He is also the author of the fine art book ‘Spiritus Mundi’, a culmination of seven years of travel to some of the most remote corners of the globe.

To find out more, visit eccentris.com and sachabiyan.com.

Susana Pérez Tort - Argentina

Nace en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires en 1951. En 1971 se gradúa en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Manuel Belgrano y en 1974 como Profesora de Escultura en la Escuela de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires. Es titular de la Cátedra de Historia del Arte en la Escuela Superior de Formación en Arte. San Nicolás de los Arroyos. Investigadora y columnista del Diario El Norte, San Nicolás y de Rosariarte, Rosario, Santa Fe. Como narradora ha merecido el 1º Premio en el Certamen Cuentos para Mujeres organizado por la ONG CEIM, 2º Premio Feria del Libro San Nicolás de los Arroyos y Mención Especial del Jurado en Premio Santa Clara del Mar.
Desde 1999 produce obra digital, animación e imagen fija.



Voting, jury and prizes

Everyone visiting the www.festimage.org website by 31 May 2006 can vote on the works accepted into the contest, as per the method shown at the said website;

By 5 June 2006, those contestants whose works are among the 50 vote-getters, as selected by the public, and who shall be immediately notified thereof, shall resend their works to the organizers of Festimage.

Contestants may not vote on the work with which they have entered the contest;

The jury, whose members may not participate, shall be made up of individuals of any nationality and whom organizers recognize as having technical and artistic merit, and who shall accept to take part in the even, free of charge;

Organizers shall provide the jury with the top 50 works, as voted by the public, and which have met the requirements set forth under no. 15 of the present rules;

The top five works, as selected by the jury, shall be awarded the following prizes:


1st prize - 5.000,00 €
2nd prize - 2.500,00 €
3rd prize - 1.000,00 €
4th prize - 750,00 €
5th prize - 500,00 €
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Results of the jury’s decision shall be announced on the www.festimage.org during the month of June;

If, within 60 days after being notified that he/she has won one of the prized, a prize-winning contestant does not reply to organizers, or does not provide organizers with those identification data that they asked to give, he/she shall no longer be entitled to such a prize, which shall be paid only via bank transfer

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ABOUT FESTIMAGE....

Festimage is an event promoted by City Council of Chaves, a city located in the north of Portugal.
In realizing Festimage, the Municipality of Chaves basically wishes to achieve two objectives: to divulge, among city residents and visitors, the art of photography and digital art and, in taking advantage of the communication facilities provided by the Internet, to include authors from the most diverse origins in this divulging initiative.

The works that are accepted in Festimage shall be divulged in various ways. For starters, the Internet, where they will remain online until the next edition of the event. Afterwards, the 50 works garnering the most votes on the part of users of the Festimage site shall be reproduced on paper and shall comprise a traditional exhibit, to be organized at the city's Cultural Center from 8 to 31 July 2006. At the same time, some of the finalists shall be enlarged to bigger formats and shall remain on display until the end of the summer, in a few streets and squares in the city’s historical center. Finally – and also during the summer months, at night – all the works that are accepted shall be on multimedia display in leisure areas of the city where all the most frequently visited sidewalk cafés and bars are found.
The expected multiplicity of the authors' origins, as well as the multiplicity of the ways in which they will be shown, put on display and exhibited, will shape the festival’s image which the event designation advertises.

The only way to enter Festimage is via this web site. The photographers and creators of still digital art just have to register and send us one of their works. And the top 50 vote-getters, to be voted on by the jury – which will classify the 5 best works – will only have to re-send them in a larger format, so that they may be printed and enlarged.

For their part, visitors to the site who wish to take part in the voting to select the top 50 works will also only need to register.

Festimage is an event promoted by City Council of Chaves, a city located in the north of Portugal.
In realizing Festimage, the Municipality of Chaves basically wishes to achieve two objectives: to divulge, among city residents and visitors, the art of photography and digital art and, in taking advantage of the communication facilities provided by the Internet, to include authors from the most diverse origins in this divulging initiative.
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The works that are accepted in Festimage shall be divulged in various ways. For starters, the Internet, where they will remain online until the next edition of the event. Afterwards, the 50 works garnering the most votes on the part of users of the Festimage site shall be reproduced on paper and shall comprise a traditional exhibit, to be organized at the city's Cultural Center from 8 to 31 July 2006. At the same time, some of the finalists shall be enlarged to bigger formats and shall remain on display until the end of the summer, in a few streets and squares in the city’s historical center. Finally – and also during the summer months, at night – all the works that are accepted shall be on multimedia display in leisure areas of the city where all the most frequently visited sidewalk cafés and bars are found.
The expected multiplicity of the authors' origins, as well as the multiplicity of the ways in which they will be shown, put on display and exhibited, will shape the festival’s image which the event designation advertises.

The only way to enter Festimage is via this web site. The photographers and creators of still digital art just have to register and send us one of their works. And the top 50 vote-getters, to be voted on by the jury – which will classify the 5 best works – will only have to re-send them in a larger format, so that they may be printed and enlarged.

For their part, visitors to the site who wish to take part in the voting to select the top 50 works will also only need to register.

HERE'S THE LINK: http://www.festimage.org/index.php?gc=Ver%20imagens&n_pagina=14

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