Photography Jobs

Two sides of the same coin some people say, but can you capture an interpretation of these two very strong emotions in one image, or a series of images? This week “Love and Hate” is the photography project prompt we’d like you to tackle.

Do you already have something that depicts love, can you add another that depicts hate. The challenge we think is to get the two together in one image which is strong enough to those who look at it to feel what you’re attempting to show.

It would be great to see your images so please post a reponse in our comments box with a link to your project that answers this brief.

Time for another Pixaday photography project prompt. This week it’s “Cleaning”. It’s a chore to some but to others a joy. Cleaning offers the opportunity for photographers to interpret how this activity is enjoyed or loathed or just merely endure by both people and animals.

Think of how a cat spends hours cleaning it’s fur with it’s tongue. Or perhaps you may have caught a roadsweeper doing his job, but in a way most particular to them. There was a great story last week of the roadsweeper who has become something of a local celebrity because he dances as he clears the roads in North London of litter. His routines have been caught on camera (albeit video) and is watched by thousands on Youtube.

You don’t need video to capture movement, so think about how you’d maybe portray the movements involved in “cleaning” using still photography.

Don’t forget, if you use this prompt, we’d love to see your work, so post a link in the comments so we can take a look.

A photography exhibition by the Greenwich Group of London Independent Photography at the Viewfinder Gallery London SE10 Wednesday 20th to Monday 25th August.

This is the first exhibition by The Greenwich group, and the grand title Greenwich Annuale (shades of Venice-on-the-Thames) reflects the openness and inclusiveness of the group – anyone who had ever attended a Greenwich Group meeting was invited to enter one image, with each submitted image being accepted. Over the past year members have shown work from the Peninsular and the Park, Creek Road and Kraków, Maze Hill and Mozambique, Croom’s Hill and Colorado, Greenwich Reach and Gdansk; family homes and family albums; high noon and two in the morning.

London Independent Photography (LIP for short) is an informal group of over four hundred amateur and professional photographers of all ages, backgrounds and levels of expertise. For over twenty years its members have come together to build a programme of practical workshops, master classes, talks and exhibitions. Its satellite groups meet up each month in various homes, galleries, studios and pubs throughout London to share work, arrange exhibitions and talk photography. The Greenwich LIP group, established in May 2007, is open to anyone, LIP member or not. Experience ranges from those who have spent a lifetime in photography, to those who spent last weekend and those still opening the box.

Participating photographers include:

Neville Austin, Quentin Ball, Nicky Boyd, Corina Ashleigh Brown, Diego Campos, Anita Chandra, Natalie Chant, Dawn Collins, Anne Crabbe, Nathalie Crouch, Melany Darke, Brian Daubney, Robert Davies, Jenny Dawes, Orde Eliason, Anne-Marie Glasheen, Tony Hale, Matt Holland, Chris Hudson, Jenny Johnson Burrows, Martin Jordan, Sam Kemp, Marysia Lachowicz, Jennifer Lanier, John Levett, Stefan Lubomirski, Dave Mason, Michael Rogers, Paula Salischiker, David Thorpe, Duncan Unsworth and John Whitfield.

About Viewfinder Photography Gallery

Viewfinder Photography Gallery is a not-for-profit gallery space in Greenwich. Since the first exhibition in November 2005, Viewfinder has devised and programmed photography based exhibitions to provoke and expand image making and discussion

Location: Linear House . Peyton Place . London . SE10 8RS . UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 8351

There’s an opportunity for young photographers and writers interested in photojournalism to take part in ‘NOISE Guerrilla Reportage’. The competition is for young people under the age of 25 who are interested in reporting on local issues, youth culture or anything that they think is of interest to them and to others.

The Guerilla Reportage project is part of noisefestival.com and for your efforts you could receive the following

• Get the chance to be mentored by your local BBC station (18-25 years, UK only)
• NOISE ‘Dream Job’ placements in leading media companies such as BBC, Film24, etc (18-25 years, UK only)
• Prize of £1,000 worth of creative equipment of your choice for entries that explore local roots, heritage and identity - where you come from, who you are, and what it means for your future.
• During the October showcase, the best pieces of work will be showcased via NOISE media partners across the UK and Europe. (All Ages up to 25)
• The opportunity to develop and get your piece aired nationally & internationally on either television, radio, online or in magazines (All ages up to 25)

How to enter:

You can submit stories using words, illustration, blogs, mobile phone pics/clips, photos, film/video, podcasts or animation. Audio/visual pieces should be no more than 3 minutes long. Word and photography can be submitted as blogs, articles or photo-stories of not more than 3 pages

The deadline for submissions is 31st July 2008, see www.noisefestival.com for more information on submitting your story. You never know you might get a job in photojournalism out of it.

If you’re looking for photography jobs, and are perhaps just starting out with not much of a portfolio, then sometimes doing spec work or volunteer work will give you those all important ‘tear sheets’, references and contacts you need to further your photography career. Here, we will try to assist you on the road to starting your photography career by listing photography jobs that we come across. Read the rest

It has been a while but we will be re-instating the Pixaday Project Prompts. However such is our level of staffing that we will be publishing them once a week instead of once a day. The first is today. We will try to keep them to the same day so that you that subscribe will see the Pixaday prompts coming on a regular basis.

So today’s Pixaday prompt is ‘Books‘ This is Pixaday Prompt #51

The people of the West Midlands have gathered together over 100, 000 photos as a contribution towards a record breaking attempt to create the biggest photo mosaic and they want your help. The culmination of a six month project, The Big Picture collected the photographic memories of loads of people and now they are putting together the project to display this photo mosaic to the world.

The Big Picture want volunteers to help and are staging a number of ‘thinktanks’ throughout the coming weeks. If you would like to volunteer, you can contact them at workshop@inthebigpicture.co.uk.

For more information go to www.inthebigpicture.co.uk or call 0121 685 2600

Not my career because I am not a fashion photographer, however I do know fashion photographers and other who work in the field of fashion photography. My only link with fashion photography directly is what I see when I watch America’s Next Top Model. I am fascinated with how fashion photographers work with the models and the results that they get which is truly amazing in some cases. Read the rest

There is a bursary available for photographers from the West Midlands who want to take part in the International Photography Festival, Rhubarb-Rhubarb. The closing date for applications for this bursary is Friday 21st March 2008

Rhubarb-Rhubarb, is the UK’s International Festival Of The Image, and has opened up it’s bursary scheme for submissions to all photographers from the West Midlands, UK.

Twelve places are available on this bursary scheme. Successful photographers will be able to attend the Rhubarb festival and receive mentoring in the run-up to the festival, including advice on how to prepare your portfolio for viewing by national and international expert reviewers.

The Rhubarb Festival bursary scheme is only open to photographers from the West Midlands, so if you live in that area, be sure to apply.

For an application form please e-mail Sean McGarry or call 0121 773 7889.

The digital photography age has probably claimed another victim as Polaroid announce they are to stop film production and close four US factories. Polaroid stopped making cameras last year, and will concentrate on producing electrical goods including mobile printers and digital cameras. Read the rest