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Happy Waterdrop

Andrew Faulkner — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:00:44 +0000

ƒ/9.5, 1/2 s, 100 ISO

This was posted by guest photographer Andrew Faulkner of fadtastic.net to celebrate the two-year birthday of Shifting Pixel. More information.

The Happy Waterdrop was captured during an experimental project where I took photos of waterdrops in my sink. I expected the odd decent shot of a waterdrop to come out but when I saw the Happy Waterdrop appear I was amazed. Surely a one in a million. Since its birth, the Happy Waterdrop has travelled to 5 continents where it has appeared at water roadshows, in chemistry books and a Lake District brochure. Most important of all, a copy sits above the bath at home, bringing a smile to me every day.

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Jeff Ngan — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:00:53 +0000

Bronwen

This was posted by guest photographer Jeff of Equivocality to celebrate the two-year birthday of Shifting Pixel. More information.

I can’t photograph ugly people. Call me shallow, but it’s the truth. I mean, sure, there’s inner beauty, but that doesn’t come out in a photo.

With the esthetically challenged, there’s no good angle. Okay, so you can use a telephoto lens for feature compression, you can use a certain perspective to de-emphasize unflattering features, but these techniques only go so far.

I liken it to a chef trying to cook a delicious meal with a bunch of ingredients he doesn’t himself enjoy eating. A photo, in it’s essence, is supposed to be visually pleasing.

And nothing beats a pretty face.

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Nils Geylen — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:00:41 +0000

This was posted by guest photographer Nils Geylen of NDNL to celebrate the two-year birthday of Shifting Pixel. More information.

This is the ‘New Exchange’ in my home town, Antwerp. It is the nineteenth century reconstruction of a 1531 original, which in turn was a successor to the ‘Old’ Exchange, also a replacement for yet another, earlier building. A confusing story, but it paints the picture of Antwerp quite nicely.

If Reno is the biggest little city in the world, then Antwerp no doubt is the smallest big town on earth. These days, over a hundred languages are spoken in Antwerp, and people from all over the world come and visit or live here. The museums are packed with priceless art and the cafés are brimming with the bold ideas of the young and trendy. Fashion, music and design can be found everywhere, but any corner shop may have a history dating back centuries. Yet people still know their neighbours here, and you could walk from one part of town to the other quite easily. Day or night. I love that. And I love going out and taking pictures of it.

Thank you, Joe. I’m happy and honoured with the opportunity to show you this. Happy blogging anniversary.

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Dave Wild — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:00:33 +0000

ƒ/22.0, 20 s, 200 ISO

This was posted by guest photographer Dave Wild of publicenergy to celebrate the two-year birthday of Shifting Pixel. More information.

Whenever you’ve given a present from somebody and they have made it themselves, the standard response is ‘Oh that means so much – making it yourself makes it that extra bit special’. The truth though is that you’re thinking ‘You cheapskate!’ That being said, I made this image for the 2nd birthday party of Shifting Pixel – a fellow of the 9rules photography community and an inspiration – both in terms of photography and presentation.

The image isn’t typical of my own photos, but I didn’t want to give away a typical image. This is a special occasion so I needed to do things differently. The image is made up of things that I had lying around, hopefully arranged in a pleasing manner.

If you’re interested in how this “cake” was made, the ingredients were: A broken PC, a bag full of laptop keys, a torch and an old bendy tripod. Mix gently and expose for twenty seconds in a dark room – tint for taste and resize before consuming.

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Miles Storey — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:00:28 +0000

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This was posted by guest photographer Miles Storey of Mute to celebrate the one-year birthday of shifting pixel. More information.

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Bob Smith — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:00:02 +0000

This was posted by guest photographer Bob Smith of No Traces to celebrate the one-year birthday of shifting pixel. More information.

I shot this up in northern Ontario just at the Blue Hour. For me, that
time is just magical.

Technical information — Canon 5D – Canon 15mm fisheye lens.

Shot at ISO1600 f/22 for 5 seconds. Can you spot the ducks?

Thanks so much for the opportunity to participate in the celebration!

Here’s to many many many more great images from Shifting Pixel!

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My Day

John Washington — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:00:53 +0000

ƒ/22.0, 1/3 s, 50 ISO

This was posted by guest photographer John Washington to celebrate the one-year birthday of shifting pixel. More information.

A group of young men celebrate a birthday on a scorching hot beach at Blackpool.

I took the photo the other day. These lads had been playing football on the beach as the sun went down and before they called it a day they had one last dip in the sea. I snapped away with the intent of capturing movement and briefly spoke to the subject of the photo. It turns out that it was his birthday and they had travelled from manchester to celebrate.

My work is listed on gomma and file magazine and that’s about it really. I started out in art from the age of five and was obsessed with drawing for many many years. I eventually had my own small business supplying graphics and photography to public organisations and small to medium businesses. I am currently just starting a career lecturing in graphics and photography and this is exactly what I want to do. I am passionate about art in general, although photography is where my heart lies. I love the concept of blogging because it empowers people with the opportunity to be seen and heard. I have a love hate relationship with my own blog mainly because I sometimes struggle to realise what I want to achieve with it. I’m inspired by everyone and there are many blogs I admire.

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where’s the cake?

Susan Burnstine — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:00:46 +0000

This was posted by guest photographer Susan Burnstine of Outafocus to celebrate the one-year birthday of shifting pixel. More information.

Title: Kids These Days
Goat model: Neo The Goat
Location: Los Angeles, CA.

On behalf of Neo The Goat I’d like to wish Shifting Pixel the happiest of birthdays.
Actually, the goat just wants cake— but I’d like to wish Joe another great year of Shifting Pixel.

Happy Birthday!
Susan B. Outafocus

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