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Saturday, August 27, 2005

PixiPort:Artistic Nudes Fine Art Photography Art Gallery

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Pixiport:Books Of Fine Art Photography by Photographer Helyn Davenport



Monday, August 22, 2005

Pixiport:Fine Art Photography Photographers In The News Pixiport Ezine Art Magazine

Pixiport:Fine Art Photography Photographers In The News Pixiport Ezine Art Magazine: "Making a multi-layered image, using photos, painting and Blending Modes.
You can build up a picture from as many layers as you want - as many as your computer's memory can cope with! This picture, which will have over 30 layers of photographs and painting, will have the appearance and atmosphere of a Victorian Pre-Raphaelite painting, using present day photographs.
1.Choose a background for the picture. If, like this one, the subject is architectural, you may have to use the Edit... Transform...Perspective? command - to straighten up the verticals. It is a good idea to have a rough plan of the finished picture so that you can choose your photographs from stock, or take new ones especially for the picture. If you want to use an artist's painting for inspiration, this is fine, because it gives you a pre-ordained structure but the components of the picture must be photographed by you. (It is NOT a good idea to scan any part of another person's artwork without permission, because of copyright.)
2. Make a loose selection of a figure, using the Lasso Tool and super-impose, as a layer, on to the background. In the Layers Palette, select Normal blending mode. When making very loose selections, it is easy to clean up the edges by going to Layers?Add Layer Mask?. Reveal All. Now take the paintbrush, and paint around the edges of your selection, which you will see disappearing. If you paint out too much, you can use the keyboard command 'X' and paint the edges back in again. Toggle 'X' and paint more background and so on. Thus, using also a bit of magnification, it is easy to get a perfect selection. "

Pixiport:Fine Art Photography Photographers In The News Pixiport Ezine Art Magazine

Pixiport:Fine Art Photography Photographers In The News Pixiport Ezine Art Magazine: "Alessandro Bavari was born in Latina, a coastal town south of Rome, Italy, on april 1963.
Grown up in an italo-french family, he was early attracted by artistic matters and decided to attend art college, where he began making photomontages at the age of 15.
Then, he studied scenography, photography, history of art and various other topics at the Academy of Fine Arts, in Rome, where he developped strong grounding in the techniques of oil, watercolours and engraving, while experimenting at the same time methods mixing tar, glue, industrial paint and exploring photographic printing techniques.
During these years, he took the habit of making numerous photographs everywhere he goes : human and animal matters, objects and architecture, pictures and landscapes, fossils and materials, which join his mental museum, also strongly influenced by indo-european cultural myths and allegories as well as 14th and 15th century artists.
Since 1993, he adds digital manipulation to his art, developping a personal artistic language using industrial and organic products from nature before incorporating photographic process, then computer digitalization, which leads to 'a kind of contamination among the arts dissolving the boundaries which distinguish them'.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
08/2002: (Photography) University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA 02/2002: (Photography) RMDAC gallery - Denver, USA 01/2001: ZoneZero, (Photography) 'Sodom and Gomorrah, a reportage from the lost cities' - MEXICO 04/2000: Adobe, (Photography) - UK
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
12/2001: (Photography) Jyvaskyla Art Museum - FINLAND 08/1996: (painting) Cultural palace: Modern Art Museum - LATINA, ITALY
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Pixiport:Fine Art Photography Photographers In The News Pixiport Ezine Art Magazine

Pixiport:Fine Art Photography Photographers In The News Pixiport Ezine Art Magazine: "Ken Weissblum

Like most artists, there are several influences on my work as a photographer. My training and practice as a psychoanalyst facilitates free associations that are reflected in my images, and it enables me to work intuitively with my models (nudes). Residing and working in New York City affords me access to a diversity of cultural genres, in particular dance, which is the primary source for my models. I engage them as collaborators, giving them the freedom to respond to a concept or interact with an object as I visually capture their expressions and movements. I am inspired by the Dutch Masters to search for unusual ways to utilize light, and, like the Surrealists, I shape my fantasies into dream-like realities. "

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Pixiport:History of Notable Women including Artists,Writers, Photographers and Politics

Pixiport:History of Notable Women including Artists,Writers, Photographers and Politics: "History Of Notable Women
Including, Artists, Writers, Politicians, Poets, Photographers"

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Pixiport:Fine Art Photography Art Portals Black and White, Color Digital Art Photos Ezine Art Magazine

Pixiport:Fine Art Photography Art Portals Black and White, Color Digital Art Photos Ezine Art Magazine: "Pixiport Photographers In The News"

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

PixiPort:Artistic Nudes Photo Art Gallery

PixiPort:Artistic Nudes Photo Art Gallery

Friday, August 05, 2005

PixiPort:Fine Art Photography Contest

PixiPort:Fine Art Photography Contest

PIXIPORT-Famous Snippets,Quotes and Soupcons

PIXIPORT-Famous Snippets,Quotes and Soupcons: "Snippets, Quotes and Soupcons"

Pixiport:The Voice Behind The Lens Michael Dubiner

Pixiport:The Voice Behind The Lens Michael Dubiner

Pixiport:The Voice Behind The Lens Michael Dubiner

Pixiport:The Voice Behind The Lens Michael Dubiner

PIXIPORT-Art Photography Marketing and Buying Fine Art Online

PIXIPORT-Art Photography Marketing and Buying Fine Art Online: "A Right-Brained Guide To A Left-Brained Industry-Marques Vickers
Forget for a moment the traditional assumptions regarding the fine arts industry. The stereotyped mythology about artists, galleries and auction services are undergoing a substantial reexamination. The rules are changing, as are the rule makers. This is the visionary sequel to California figurative artist Marques Vickers' 2000 ground breaking publication 'Selling Art On The Internet'.
Written from the dual perspective of a professional visual artist and collector, Vickers commentary is oriented towards an emerging breed of Internet savvy artist entrepreneur and informed fine art buyer. Slicing through the traditional marketing and investment rhetoric of the art world, he illustrates present and future sales and buying trends and opportunities for both original and reproduction artwork.
'A Right Brained Guide' features over 1200+ website references in seventy-five categories making it an indispensable guide to understanding and maximizing Internet usage. Among the referenced categories include artist and collector reference and research resources, website development services, direct mail sources, licensing outlets and agencies, consumer and business auction exchanges, barter outlets, domain name registration and reseller service, e-commerce services, search engines and indexes, online media publications, payment services, delivery, website hosting and troubleshooting services. legal and appraisal outlets, and virtual fine art marketplaces.
The publication is uniquely distributed on a packaged compact disk in both Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat pdf software formats (making it both Windows and MAC compatible). Delivery within the United Sates and Canada is included with the purchase price. (ISBN #9706530-2-6)"

PixiPort:Special Photo Artist Invitational Exhibition Of Fine Art Photographers

PixiPort:Special Photo Artist Invitational Exhibition Of Fine Art Photographers

PIXIPORT:Digital Photoshop Tips Image Editor

PIXIPORT:Digital Photoshop Tips Image Editor: "Adobe Photoshop and Painter
By
Carol Tipping "

PixiPort:Photo Journalist Renee Falcke Press Photographer

PixiPort:Photo Journalist Renee Falcke Press Photographer: "Meeting Ren?e Falcke
Interview by Mia
First, some minor clarification between a press photographer and a photojournalist: A press photographer works for a newspaper; whereas, a photojournalist presents a news story primarily through photography with a supplementary written copy. I've noticed in the few weeks I've been corresponding with Ren?e Falcke that I've used both terms interchangeably and wondered which title adequately fit Ren?e. After interviewing Ren?e, whom I've come to know on a more personal level I realized neither description really suited her whole being. For one, journalism often demands sensationalism and capitalizes on 'newsworthy' events. But what is considered newsworthy to some becomes questionable to others when ratings are the primary force behind a media's intent to sell. For true syndication, newsworthy is the headline grabber, an immediate response to a situation without much regard for the human-interest story. The story comes later in the form of flash bulbs, microphones shoved in people's faces, and answers jotted down hastily to inane questions such as, 'how did you feel about losing your entire family?'--Well, just how would anyone feel under such tragic circumstances?! As a viewer I am appalled by this degrading approach to stripping the person of his/her dignity. Not far behind are tabloids with their gossip columns and tell-all approach. So I felt reluctant to classify Ren?e as a photojournalist. Ren?e, however, has no reservation about how she perceives herself:"

Famous Quotes For Artists and Writers

Famous Quotes For Artists and Writers

Pixiport-Fine Art Photography of Artistic Nudes Art Gallery

Pixiport-Fine Art Photography of Artistic Nudes Art Gallery: "Artistic Nudes Fine Art Photography
Elena Vasilieva


Fine Art Photographer"

Inside The United Nations Photo Essay

Inside The United Nations Photo Essay

PIXIPORT-Inside the United Nations: a photo essay by Judah Harris

PIXIPORT-Inside the United Nations: a photo essay by Judah Harris