STEEM PHOTO JOURNAL #8

Welcome to the next issue of the Steem Photo Journal!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Captivating
Photographer's Story
Travel
Stats
Participants

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

by @faltermann

by @justinmullet

@axeman

PHOTOGRAPHER'S STORY (featuring @mjphoto)

''I started my photographic adventures at around 13 with my grandfather being a great influence. He was an avid globetrotter as well as a very keen photographer.

I first really utilised everything I had learned from him when I attended film school in Germany, and after that, it really took off as something fundamental to my everyday life. When I wasn’t busy filming it helped me massively to keep a photographic eye and develop a deeper understanding of composition.

I got my first gig abroad whilst still being enrolled in film school. This led to my decision to drop out of film school and take on the assignment.

And with this, my travelling adventures began! Like I said, “my grandfather was a big influence”. This particular assignment was a documentary about rhinos and poaching in Africa. This, of course, helped me tremendously to advance my career by leaps and bounds. Subsequently, I got my first photo book contract and the audience I craved for throughout my life.

Nowadays I switch between photography and writing as well as filming. I live in the Western Cape in South Africa and the stunning landscape’s present many fantastic photo opportunities, but as a commercial photographer I specialise in architectural and portrait photography.

My go-to cameras are Canon DSLRs (7D series, 5D series) but I am quite used to working with any camera I'm offered at the time.

My favourite subject would be the most aesthetic composition of any given situation. If you master that ability the subject won't matter anymore, just the picture.''

TRAVEL
Showcasing visually entertaining travel post.

Above 3900m || Lantang Trek || (Video, Timelapse, Panoramas)
by @cave-man

STATS

TOP 20 Effective curators in Photography category

¹	Account	Votes	Authors	VAS(%)	Contr. (SBD)	Share %	Eff.
1	@esteemapp	52	44	3	42,4	0,82	1,47
2	@sweetsssj	7	5	76	211,02	4,09	0,83
3	@good-karma	52	44	3	18,39	0,36	0,64
4	@jawnz	42	8	100	78,43	1,52	0,49
5	@hendrikdegrote	10	10	9	60,38	1,17	0,48
6	@slowwalker	21	16	10	31,44	0,61	0,4
7	@redpalestino	17	14	41	32,16	0,62	0,36
8	@kpine	11	3	46	148,11	2,87	0,35
9	@dhenz	6	5	78	54,23	1,05	0,21
10	@photoman	15	5	77	51,78	1	0,2
11	@onceuponatime	13	7	52	32,54	0,63	0,18
12	@esteem.app	52	44	3	4,78	0,09	0,17
13	@oldtimer	15	6	75	35,36	0,68	0,17
14	@ace108	39	16	19	12,55	0,24	0,16
15	@steem-ua	30	28	1	6,93	0,13	0,15
16	@sidneychildsh	62	34	100	5,21	0,1	0,14
17	@grandpawhale	32	26	4	6,37	0,12	0,13
18	@qurator	23	18	8	8,31	0,16	0,12
19	@warofcraft	71	44	20	3,16	0,06	0,11
20	@fminerten	6	4	100	32,23	0,62	0,1

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

¹	Category	Authors	Posts	Reward (SBD)	Share %
1	photography	1268	2844	5156,285	5,211
2	travel	331	554	1963,833	1,985
3	colorchallenge	137	238	566,877	0,573
4	photo	130	260	312,234	0,316
5	photofeed	54	115	293,79	0,297
6	landscapephotography	88	151	264,646	0,267
7	monomad	65	112	202,381	0,205
8	animalphotography	97	125	169,464	0,171
9	photocircle	16	29	95,763	0,097
10	dailypetphotography	23	42	90,025	0,091
11	photosoftheday	1	6	88,877	0,09
12	smartphonephotography	49	78	86,213	0,087
13	goldenhourphotography	51	66	85,227	0,086
14	foodphotography	74	103	74,392	0,075

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.

PARTICIPANTS
COVER by @photovisions
Captivating by @fotogruppemunich and @photofriend
Photographer's Story by @claudiaz
Travel by @fotogruppemunich
Stats by @boddhisattva

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