STEEM PHOTO JOURNAL #2
Welcome to the second issue of the Steem Photo Journal!
The SPJ is a @photofriend community project aiming to create a ‘must-read’ for every photo-enthusiast here on Steemit. The journal is intended to inform, entertain and engage the readers.
Besides the contest, which will be always present, sections of the journal may vary depending on the authors involved in the issues and will respond to the readers’ feedback!
Vlad Moldovean was born and raised in Brasov, Romania. After completing his schooling, as is the case with so many young people Vlad was not entirely sure in which direction to steer his life.
He decided to sign up for college and attended classes, but it did not take long before he was bored and restless. In his spare time he was toying with photography and discovered his passion in life. He quit college and was inspired to follow his calling.
In the early days, Vlad started out by watching videos online about photography and lighting techniques and put together a DIY studio in his bedroom. He called it his “Ghetto Studio”, starting off with cheap halogen lights, white cardboard and pringles cans in order to practice the techniques he was learning from the videos.
Initially he practiced his techniques on still life photos and later progressed to photographing people, most of which were his friends.
Over time he invested in speed lights and a few lenses but the background he uses remains unchanged to this day i.e. a white wall or a black cloth, and most of his photography is still created in his bedroom to this day. Over time he discovered that what he enjoys the most is a mixture of fashion photography and digital composition. Today he also specializes in retouching, and still photographing mostly his friends rather than professional models.
He has proven that it’s not necessary to buy the most expensive equipment in order to produce really excellent photos nor does it require expensive courses in order to learn about photography. He has proven that all it takes is passion and perseverance.
A few years down the road and Vlads’ work has been published in various magazines, was featured on 500px, fstoppers and many other photography blogs. His biggest achievement to this day was being published in "Best of the Best Photographers 2017"
This is indeed a remarkable success story, and all of this was achieved with relatively little capital outlay and driven purely by his passion for photography.
Great animal portraits - good approach towards the nature can be seen in every shot. I have been watching his pictures from a long time and I can surely say it is a professional nature photographer worth following and support!
She only uses manual focus vintage lenses. Interested in fine art photography and editing. Her work definitely deserves our support. Worth to check!
¹ | Account | Votes | Authors | VAS(%) | Contr. (SBD) | Share % | Eff. |
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1 | @esteemapp | 137 | 92 | 4 | 170,68 | 0,9 | 5,91 |
2 | @sweetsssj | 26 | 9 | 96 | 1467,53 | 7,74 | 4,97 |
3 | @isteemd | 45 | 28 | 13 | 461,85 | 2,44 | 4,86 |
4 | @good-karma | 136 | 92 | 4 | 85,96 | 0,45 | 2,97 |
5 | @newhope | 59 | 35 | 16 | 143,14 | 0,75 | 1,88 |
6 | @liondani | 57 | 37 | 56 | 109,08 | 0,58 | 1,52 |
7 | @hendrikdegrote | 35 | 24 | 4 | 113,14 | 0,6 | 1,02 |
8 | @alexis555 | 46 | 24 | 17 | 98,74 | 0,52 | 0,89 |
9 | @ripperone | 57 | 26 | 16 | 82,14 | 0,43 | 0,8 |
10 | @roelandp | 193 | 76 | 2 | 26,65 | 0,14 | 0,76 |
11 | @michalx2008x | 133 | 119 | 7 | 13,92 | 0,07 | 0,62 |
12 | @surpassinggoogle | 38 | 33 | 3 | 47,09 | 0,25 | 0,58 |
13 | @redpalestino | 28 | 16 | 54 | 95,53 | 0,5 | 0,57 |
14 | @davidding | 18 | 10 | 53 | 143,92 | 0,76 | 0,54 |
15 | @redes | 37 | 25 | 16 | 56,33 | 0,3 | 0,53 |
16 | @jawnz | 54 | 9 | 100 | 153,67 | 0,81 | 0,52 |
17 | @steepshot | 179 | 82 | 9 | 13,83 | 0,07 | 0,43 |
18 | @grandpawhale | 97 | 60 | 2 | 18,39 | 0,1 | 0,41 |
19 | @slowwalker | 23 | 11 | 21 | 94,87 | 0,5 | 0,39 |
20 | @s4s | 19 | 12 | 43 | 80,9 | 0,43 | 0,37 |
¹ | Category | Authors | Posts | Reward (SBD) | Share % |
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1 | photography | 2659 | 7509 | 18958 | 5,338 |
2 | travel | 779 | 1668 | 9069 | 2,554 |
3 | photo | 370 | 721 | 2102 | 0,592 |
4 | colorchallenge | 289 | 616 | 1845 | 0,52 |
5 | animalphotography | 233 | 293 | 582 | 0,164 |
6 | photofeed | 54 | 139 | 551,97 | 0,155 |
7 | landscapephotography | 181 | 302 | 474,86 | 0,134 |
8 | macrophotography | 136 | 256 | 456,51 | 0,129 |
9 | monomad | 95 | 212 | 413,47 | 0,116 |
10 | goldenhourphotography | 127 | 152 | 361,68 | 0,102 |
11 | foodphotography | 177 | 264 | 337,91 | 0,095 |
12 | smartphonephotography | 161 | 239 | 331,69 | 0,093 |
13 | dailytravelphoto | 4 | 4 | 326,21 | 0,092 |
14 | travelfeed | 35 | 66 | 312,46 | 0,088 |
15 | urban-photocontest | 16 | 20 | 312,27 | 0,088 |
16 | streetphotography | 150 | 247 | 305,86 | 0,086 |
17 | steepshot | 102 | 247 | 270,53 | 0,076 |
18 | photomag | 30 | 101 | 270,40 | 0,076 |
Votes - Each curator distributes a certain part of the reward pool with his votes (upvote / flag).
Authors - This part of the pool he distributes between a certain number of authors.
VAS (vote average strength) - For general awareness, we can estimate the average vote strength in percents (%), with which the curator votes.
Contr. (SBD) (Contribution in SBD) - The distributed part of the pool is the contribution of the curator, it is calculated in SBD. In this case, the author's reward is taken into account. The curator's reward is not taken into account.
Share % - The percentage of the curator contribution among the contributions of all curators, we can also estimate for information purposes in %.
Eff. - The effectiveness of the curator is estimated in conventional units.
The SPJ’s contest is a monthly photography challenge, constituted by four parts (one a week) with different themes. The four recurrent themes are: portrait, street photography, landscape and black and white.
The way the winner is selected is the following: every week the ten best submissions will be selected by our judges and receive 1 to 10 points, based on their ranking. At the end of the month the points received in each of the four weeks will be added together, resulting in a monthly winner.
The photographer of the month will win 5 Steem! In addition, every week, the three best submissions will be rewarded with 0.5 Steem each.
Location: Danyingon Market in Yangon, Myanmar
Photographer: @jpphotography
How it works:
Post only your own original content adhering to the weekly theme.
Create a post entitled ‘SPJ contest submission by username’, using #spj as your first hashtag.
Copy paste a link to this post in the comments section below (deadline: Monday 12pm CET).
Upvoting and resteeming this article is not mandatory, but highly desirable, as it will contribute to the success of this contest.
The winners will be published in the following issue of the SPJ.
You can join the contest at any point!
¹ | Author | Portrait | Street | Landscape | B&W | Total |
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1 | twodorks | 10 | 10 | |||
2 | cave-man | 9 | 9 | |||
3 | nolasco | 8 | 8 | |||
4 | marekwojciakcom | 7 | 7 | |||
5 | txatxy | 6 | 6 | |||
6 | maquemali | 5 | 5 | |||
7 | photoquest | 4 | 4 | |||
8 | boddhisattva | 3 | 3 | |||
9 | photobe | 2 | 2 | |||
10 | ijmmai | 1 | 1 | |||
11 | ykdesign | 0 | 0 |
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Thank you so much! Congratulations everyone!
felicidades
Thank you 😊
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Congratulations :)) great job!
Thank you 😊
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My entry:
https://busy.org/@marekwojciakcom/7t2mff-spj-contest-submission-by-marekwojciakcom
the monochrome portraits are beautiful.
@twodorks you were at the bottom and now the top..great art and you keep at it. Used your Used iPad mini and made 3 cents on your submission. Great job! I started following you after that. Congrats!|
Congrats to all the photographers.. :) great job
I know I couldn’t believe it! Thank you for the kind words.. I will keep trying! 😊
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This post is a treasure, so much and valuable information to absorb! Congrats to all, the featured, the winners, and the @photofriend team!
You are amazing!
Thanks for choosing my photo to be a winner <3!
felicidades guapa
Gracias, querida! Es que Steemit esta mui bajito, necesitamos de toda la suerte del mundo, lol!
Congratulations :))
Thanks :))) <3 <3!
I was on the path of hopelessness. But these past three days @photofriend certainly helped so much to lift me up. I woke up with a big smile today.
Congratulations @twodorks and @nolasco(The master)
congratulations
Thank you! I just got lucky to be included 😅 congrats!🍾
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Congratulations :)) creative photography :))
Thanks guys @ykdesign, @txatxt and @twodorks
Thank you for featured my photo, @photofriend! Congratulations everyone!
Congratulations to the winners
https://steemit.com/spj/@photoquest/spj-contest-street-photography-village-life-by-photoquest-3753000d635a8est
very nice presentation indeed thanks @photofriend
Congratulations to the winners! Amazing shots!
Upped and Steemed