INTRO PHOTOGRAPHY

When photography is more than a hobby, it becomes part of the lifestyle of a person.  If everything you look arround has a camera perspective and the main ocupatopn in your trips is to take amazing photos; If you find the artistic perspective of every single scene, path, street, view... Can you feel this electric sense on your body before taking what you consider a great picture? The emotion of having create something new, original, unique and artistic.

Welcome to our blog of photography and young opportunities. Don´t be lazy, and find interesting opportunities and issues for your life developement. Don´t worry about any kind of pessimistic situation, we are young and we have the chance to create great and influential things. Just take your chance!

We are two amateur girl photographers who don´t want to go unnoticed in this life. 

 Hence, we are constantly looking for new ideas, new projects  and objectives. Here you have some photography tricks and general information which we hope can help you in your life.

Feel free to send us your opinions and critics, we are open to any advise and improvement.

We are happy to share our little and basic but growing knowledge about photography.

 Follow your own style and don´t be fear about showin your creativeness.

INTRO: YOUNG OPPORTUNITIES.

LADIES AND GENTELMEN, WELCOME EVERYONE!

In this section called ‘young opportunities’ you, YOUNG ENTERPRENEUR, will found some good opportunities to expand your knowledge, experiences and passions.

Some of you probably already know the field that interests you further in life, or the one that best gives to you, or even already know what to devote your life or what you want to become. But many others do not know yet what they want to do, what is your passion in life or that is what you do the best; which is something very normal and healthy as we are meeting our selves and developing our mind and body.

In both cases, this blog entry may be very interesting for you, as here you'll find some opportunities that will make you to reaffirm on your interests and expand them, or even you could figure out what you want to do in life, finding your subjacent passions.

For finishing, only remind you that obviously there are a lot more of good opportunities that you could find trough internet, advertisements, magazines, newspapers…  And I hardly recommend you to search for them, focusing on the fields you like the most, because I’m sure you will find really interesting events.

STILL SEARCHING AND MOVING YOURSELVES TROUGH ADVENTURES, EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH WILL MAKE YOU TO ENJOY AND LEARN AT THE SAME TIME, AQUIRING EXPERIENCES AND KNOLEDGE.

WE ARE YOUNG; THE WORLD IS IN OUR HANDS IF WE ATTEMPT IT.  

SOMETHING TO GET INSPIRED

For these fatal days when all seems to be gray and your inspiration and creativeness have gone out of your mind. Here we show you some phrases made by photographers which we hope will help you in a photographic day.

“A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one? “
"Which of my photographs is my favorite photograph? One that I will do tomorrow "

Imogen Cunningham 

“A still photograph is something which you can always go back to. You can put it on your wall and look at it again and again. Because it is that frozen moment. I think it tends to burn into your psyche. It becomes ingrained in your mind. A powerful picture becomes iconic of a place or a time or a situation”

Steve McCurry.

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
Ansel Adams

“For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.”
 Henri Cartier-Bresson

“Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference”
 Robert Frank

PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES

Do you want to improve your level taking photographs? Do you want to consolidate your knowledge and acquire a certificate title?

If you live in Madrid there are many opportunities to study photography and prepare your future orienting it into an audiovisual world.

The first option we recommend you is the school EFTI (escuela de fotografía e imagen) where there is a range of courses depending on your level and your purpose.

For instance if you are also interesting in fashion you can do a master specialized in fashion photography. There is a lack of courses or opportunities in this fashion field. However photography is a way of directly communicate the idea  of a clothes line style. So, it is a job very practice and demanded which may would give you new options in your professional life in a recent future. 

http://www.efti.es/cursos-de-fotografia/master-internacional-de-fotografia-de-moda

LA FÁBRICA FOTOGRAFICA

http://www.cursodefoto.com/cursodefoto/Cursos_de_Iniciacion.html

Here you can iniciate in the world of photography and also specialize in illumination , portraits, night photography, macrophotography.  

We offer you some of this courses and you can select which fits you more:

http://www.cursosfotografiamadrid.es/

http://www.keltiaimagen.com/

http://www.lens-fotografia.es/escuela.php

http://www.blankpaper.es/escuela/madrid/home/

http://www.groupon.es/deals/madrid-especial/curso-intensivo-fotografia-profesional-camara-compacta-reflex-digital/3657759

SIMPLE TRICKS

Are you sick of expensive filters and lenses out of your economic situation? Don´t worry you can experiment and find original and creative solutions to overcome this lack of material. Be creative and everything would be possible.

You can use a simple bag of plastic to create nice light effects. You have to encircle your lens with this paper, the one your mother use to preserve your sandwich. Then the broken edges would create an estrange light effects conferring your photos an amazing result. You can also partially paint the plastic and the light would create new color results.

We learnt this trick exploring the net in the blog of Jesse David McGrady.

http://mcgradycreative.com/

Another useful trick is to reverse your lens and hold it in your camera as it would be the original position. Yes, it would sound strange but it is used to take macro photos. The order of the lenses are inversed so it creates a macro focus in short distances which gives you the opportunity to make professional macro photos with an standard lens.

But you have to be cautious with your camera and take care of the lens because you can damage the stabilizer in the process of reversing the lens.

LOMOGRAPHY

If you are nostalgic about analog cameras. If you think that the aura which surrounds an analog photo is something special and unique. If you are not convince about your digital camera. Lomography is your chance!

http://shop.lomography.com/es/

From the roots of photography: Pinhole camera.

If your camera is a complement of your style, use the Sardina line. Its original design inspired by retro sardine cans will draw the attention around you wherever you go.

If you are obsessed about antique cameras and are a analog lover, the premium cameras would fascinate you.

There are many contest where you can participate and try your luck!

Heels and cigarettes is a fashion blog created by a couple from Barcelona who have givo you a challenge. You have just to send them photos showing your personal style and the best photographer would achieve the Fisheye Baby Gold Edition.

Here we give you the information and the basis of the contest, dare to participate!

http://www.lomography.es/magazine/competitions/2013/03/21/heels-and-cigarettes-y-lomography-spain-presenta-tu-personal-style

IMPROVING YOUR PHOTOS

Photoshop is the editor of choice for pro photographers, but sometimes it is hard to use and very expensive to obtain. When you want to do a little retouching in a photo you can use also other editors that you can download from internet.

GIMP was developed as a free tool for working with images and has become a free alternative to Photoshop and it is effective for many uses. You can download it for free in many pages like Softonic.

http://www.softonic.com/s/gimp

PhotoScape is a second category editor which is able to retouch and improve the quality of your photos. You can also download it for free in softonic.

http://www.softonic.com/s/photoscape

There are also many editors online with a fewer quality but that can help you in the edition of potos.  Here we give you some examples:

http://www.splashup.com/

http://www.aviary.com/

http://www.photoshop.com/

http://www.snipshot.com/

http://www.devicedriven.com/products.html

http://www.phixr.com/

http://pixenate.com/

http://fotoflexer.com/

The edition of your photos is something easy and useful to improve the quality of your style. Try this easy programs and you will see the improvement of your photos!