STEEM PHOTO JOURNAL #3

Welcome to the third 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!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Captivating
Photographer's Story
Curation
Travel
Stats
Contest
Participants

CAPTIVATING

Finding visually exceptional photo posts on the Steem blockchain. No text needed.

by @kieranstone

by @annaabi

by @scottdphoto

PHOTOGRAPHER'S STORY (featuring @melinda010100)

''I started taking photos as a child with a plastic Girl Scout camera that I received as a gift from my parents in 1964. It used 127 films and had one shutter speed and since it was the only camera my family owned, I became the official photographer of the family.

I started taking photos when I began traveling. I got my first passport at age 40 for a trip to Russia and wanted to capture the experience to share with family and friends. And after that trip came Taiwan, Greece, many countries in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Bonaire, and almost all of the states in the USA. And I took pictures everywhere I went.

Today, I am so excited to be able to have Steem as a reason to sort through old pictures and relive the wonderful memories!

I have several cameras around, including a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ200, but the one I grab most often is a Canon Powershot SX420 IS, partly because it is WiFi compatible and I can download the photos easily to my phone.

I use Pixlr for most editing, and I love all the filters and options available to turn some of my less than ideal photos into something useable!

I have learned only by trial and error and asking questions of people that seemed to know what they were doing. I am definitely an amateur photographer who just loves taking pictures.''

CURATION

Featuring exceptional authors worth curating.

@victorbz
One of the great B/W photographers on the Steem blockchain. Based in Israel and mostly presenting analog photography.

TRAVEL

Showcasing visually entertaining travel post.

Exploring Bangkok's Airplane Graveyard

STATS

TOP 20 Effective curators in Photography category

¹	Account	Votes	Authors	VAS(%)	Contr. (SBD)	Share %	Eff.
1	@sweetsssj	28	11	92	1314,96	8,44	6,69
2	@isteemd	51	23	16	585,27	3,76	6,23
3	@esteemapp	132	80	4	123,36	0,79	4,56
4	@good-karma	131	80	4	61,38	0,39	2,27
5	@hendrikdegrote	33	28	5	123,44	0,79	1,6
6	@roelandp	282	93	2	27,22	0,17	1,17
7	@surpassinggoogle	31	27	7	59,15	0,38	0,74
8	@alexis555	41	21	16	70,18	0,45	0,68
9	@jawnz	56	10	100	141,7	0,91	0,66
10	@redes	42	25	16	53,05	0,34	0,61
11	@steepshot	202	84	10	14,3	0,09	0,56
12	@newhope	35	15	16	68,05	0,44	0,47
13	@davidding	16	10	54	100,07	0,64	0,46
14	@onceuponatime	21	11	47	88,43	0,57	0,45
15	@grandpawhale	112	58	2	15,85	0,1	0,43
16	@slowwalker	25	14	15	66,25	0,43	0,43
17	@mangos	48	23	15	39,71	0,25	0,42
18	@ocdb	21	8	39	104,75	0,67	0,39
19	@daveks	53	11	78	76,78	0,49	0,39
20	@oldtimer	23	13	60	61,35	0,39	0,37

TOP of photography related categories from the TOP 200 categories by rewards

¹	Category	Authors	Posts	Reward (SBD)	Share %
1	photography	2162	6554	15530,79	5,027
2	travel	655	1485	7982,018	2,584
3	photo	316	602	1621,71	0,525
4	colorchallenge	265	559	1438,183	0,465
5	photofeed	62	168	1053,505	0,341
6	streetphotography	139	236	369,637	0,12
7	monomad	81	217	367,39	0,119
8	foodphotography	159	247	299,535	0,097
9	landscapephotography	176	294	294,444	0,095
10	animalphotography	220	305	285,24	0,092
11	macrophotography	124	210	271,872	0,088
12	steepshot	96	216	258,354	0,084
13	smartphonephotography	141	221	256,769	0,083
14	travelfeed	34	58	246,108	0,08
15	cityscapephotography	66	88	213,945	0,069
16	colourfulphotography	101	163	210,296	0,068

A table explanation

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.

CONTEST

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: Romsdalen area near Åndalsnes - central Norway
Photographer: @photovisions

This week’s theme is LANDSCAPE!

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!

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Winners of the previous round with the theme STREET PHOTOGRAPHY:

All winners are getting 0.5 Steem.

SPJ Contest submission by @marekwojciakcom

SPJ Contest submission by @minnowhale

SPJ Contest submission by @nolasco

MONTHLY Leader-board:

¹	Author	Portrait	Street	Landscape	B&W	Total
1	@marekwojciakcom	7	10			17
2	@cave-man	9	7			16
3	@nolasco	8	8			16
4	@twodorks	10	-			10
5	@txatxy	6	4			10
6	@photoquest	4	6			10
7	@minnowhale	-	9			9
8	@maquemali	5	-			5
9	@boddhisattva	3	-			3
10	@photobe	2	-			2
11	@ijmmai	1	-			1
12	@ykdesign	0	-			0

PARTICIPANTS

COVER: Photographer: @photovisions
Captivating by @photofriend
Photographer's Story by @claudiaz
Curation by @brumest
Travel by @jpphotography
Stats by @boddhisattva
Contest by @photofriend | judged by @axeman and @brumest

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Previous issues: #1 | #2

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