Technical Info: Nikon D7000 with 18-105mm | Focal Length: 18mm | Exposure f/16 @ 1/15s | ISO 800
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | May 04
Award Score: 62 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 11, Skill 11)

Title of the photograph: A Moment to Live
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada | United States

Photographer: Munish Singla ( Los Angeles, California, USA) Registered Photographer
Munish Singla is a hobbyist photographer from California. A software engineer by profession, Munish loves to travel and meet people. He started photography few months back. Now, he believes photography to be a very powerful medium to free the imagination, and believes that ‘the sky is the limit’. He does not want to stick himself into any particular genre of photography, and wants to capture the beauty, peace, joy, pain, emotion, and madness of the world through his photographs. As self-taught photographer, he wants to continuously learn, improve and grow in this field.

Flickr: hhttp://www.flickr.com/people/62774132@N02/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msingla.sng
Twitter: https://twitter.com/munish242

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Technical Info: Nikon D90 with 18-200mm | Exposure 1/3200sec @ f/5.6 | ISO 500 | Focal Length 150
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 16
Award Score: 66 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 16.5, Style 12.5, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Sahara Palms
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: N’kob | Morocco

Photographer: Abdellah Azizi (Ouarzazate, Morocco) Registered Photographer
Born in Ouarzazate in 1987, Abdellah Azizi is a passionate photographer from Morocco, who loves to photograph South Moroccan landscapes, people, folklorists’ bands, and the life of the rich part of Africa. After finishing high school, Abdellah applied for the Institute specialized for film industry, where he studied for two years on techniques of lighting, and griping. Then he moved to Casablanca to study camera work, and audio-visual post production for a year. He started to work as camera an assistant, lighting technician, and also worked for a local e-magazine, as videographer. The e-magazine didn’t have a photographer, so they asked him to do some photo assignments for them, and they liked his work. From then Abdellah moved to photography. There are lots of other reasons too, but the main one he believes is the freedom he enjoys in this medium.

Portfolio: http://www.facebook.com/aziphoto
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aziphoto
Twitter: http://twitter.com/azifoto

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Technical Info: Canon 5D Mark II with EF 100-400mm | ISO 400 | Focal length 400mm | Exposure 1/400sec @ f/11
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 09
Award Score: 66.5 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 12.5)

Title of the photograph: Sunset in Batumi
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: Black Sea coast line in Batumi | Georgia

Photographer: Sergiy Kadulin (Kyiv, Ukraine) Registered Photographer
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1967, Sergiy Kadulin grew up in the family with his sister and mother, as his father died when they were two years old. He graduated from the military aviation academy (avionics engineer), and later on, from MBA school (IBR school, based in Ukraine). While majority of his professional career was with information technology, where he worked for such companies as American Power Conversion, hp, Microsoft, and now working with Apple as director of Apple VAD in Ukraine, but photography is his greatest passion and hobby.

Sergiy’s first experience was with his grandfather’s camera (made in 1936), and while he was studying in school he started mode in-depth learning of photography, including dark room processing, shooting on color films, etc. His first own camera (shared with his sister) was Smena-8M, which was very popular in Soviet Union as basic and very affordable camera for children. In upper class his mother gave him a gift – Zenit-12SD, which was his first real film DSLR and he enjoyed it for many years. Later on, while being on business trip in Canada, he bought Minolta with set of lenses, which was far more advanced one. Large part of his film photo collection was made with it. Sergiy was quite skeptical towards digital photography at the beginning, and switched completely to digital workflow by late 90’s until early 2000. About 7 years ago he graduated from the professional photography course in the Kyiv School of Photography, and later on, continued to study (distance learning course of professional photography) in New York Institute of Photography. He also attended number of training courses in different other schools and on top of it, learn new interesting areas online. He did his first photo exhibition in April, 2011, which was named “Sikkim. Beginning” and was devoted to his trekking in Himalaya, Sikkim, India, in 2010.

Sergiy’s favorite type of photography is travel and landscape; however he likes reportage as well. He does devote significant portion of his time to internal growth and development, which to his strong opinion, is the most important part of any creative human. He is trying to use photography as means to share his deep love to the world, to other people and nature, and pass warmth of his heart to them.

Website: http://www.serge-photo.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/
Gallery: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gallery/1414006/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/skadulin

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Technical Info: Nikon D3100 | Exposure 1/640sec at f/13 | Focal Length 55mm | ISO 100
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 02
Award Score: 57 (Value 10, Clarity 11, Composition 14, Style 11, Skill 11)

Title of the photograph: Liberty Sunset
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: New York | United States

Photographer: Ann Arthur (Birmingham, Alabama, United States) Registered Photographer
Ann Arthur was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia on September 24th, 1988. She grew up with 2 wonderful elder brothers. Ann graduated in Foundation in Law and then continued in B.Sc (Hons.) Hotel Management, both from University Technology MARA Shah Alam, Malaysia. She started working with JW Marriott KL in 2010 and now she is currently training at one of the Marriott properties in the United States of America, which is the Birmingham Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa, Alabama. Ann discovered her passion for photography during her time in university when she had to be one of the photographers for an event for her University. Since then, she never got her hands off the camera. She started doing photoshoots for a friend’s modelling agency and also assignments. She never had any awards or any achievements in photography, because all she ever thought was pursuing it as a hobby, and never had any intention on publishing her artwork. She has never taken any professional photography classes which she would love to, and to learn more about it someday. Her favorite types of photography would be more into travels, landscape, artistic, and events. Last but not least, she has discovered not only it’s a hobby, but also, photography has opened her eyes to a whole new different world in a different perspective, through the eyes of the camera lens.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29815873@N04/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kahuna.ann
Twitter.com: https://www.twitter.com/annspiration

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Technical Info: iPhone 4 | Exposure 1/100sec @ f/2.8 | ISO 1000 | Focal Length 3.9mm | Flash Did not Fire
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 31
Award Score: 60 (Value 11, Clarity 12, Composition 14, Style 11, Skill 12)

Title of the photograph: Sunset
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: Nova Lima, Minas Gerais | Brazil

Photographer: Patricia Saraiva (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) Registered Photographer
Patricia Saraiva born in the city of Apucarana, in Parana, Brazil, in 1969, daughter of Alda and Osmundo Saraiva. Lived with her parents and her two sisters, Angelica and Luciana, until the age of 16. Then, she moved to Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, to do the first and the second years in high school, and then entered the medicine college. There, she lived with maternal grandparents. She graduated from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais in 1993, specializing in next 5 years in Plastic Surgery. With the birth of her two children, Victoria and Andre, she started to take pictures of them and these were her first contacts with a camera.. She took photos that recordered growth, the rides, the games, the birthdays… The extent to which photographed, came to have their photos noticed and praised, as good quality and frame. Nowadays, whenever leaving home, and even within her medical bag, takes her camera and in the absence of that, she uses the phone’s camera, to record what calls her attention during the day, and during trips. Her first photographic exhibition, “Barcelona Balconies” occurred in 2011 in the city of Sao Paulo-SP-Brasil. In 2012, the same exhibition went to Belo Horizonte-MG, which ran for two months. She took records of the works of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, icon of Baroque art in Brazil, in the book: “The Aleijadinho-Catálogo Geral da obra” by Marcio Jardim(2012). Her greatest desire is to devote more time to photography and to improve her talent, which is her hobby and passion, through social networks and internet, where the photos are appreciated and known without borders.

Flickr: http://www.patriciasaraiva.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsaraiva
Tumblr: http://patsaraiva.tumblr.com/

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Technical Info: Canon 5D Mark II with 70-200 f/2.8 IS USM | ISO 100 | Exposure 1/100 @ f/3.5 | Focal length 70mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 13
Award Score: 68 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Sunrise in Himalaya
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: Tshoka mountain village, East Sikkim | India

Photographer: Sergiy Kadulin (Kyiv, Ukraine) Registered Photographer
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1967, Sergiy Kadulin grew up in the family with his sister and mother, as his father died when they were two years old. He graduated from the military aviation academy (avionics engineer), and later on, from MBA school (IBR school, based in Ukraine). While majority of his professional career was with information technology, where he worked for such companies as American Power Conversion, hp, Microsoft, and now working with Apple as director of Apple VAD in Ukraine, but photography is his greatest passion and hobby.

Sergiy’s first experience was with his grandfather’s camera (made in 1936), and while he was studying in school he started mode in-depth learning of photography, including dark room processing, shooting on color films, etc. His first own camera (shared with his sister) was Smena-8M, which was very popular in Soviet Union as basic and very affordable camera for children. In upper class his mother gave him a gift – Zenit-12SD, which was his first real film DSLR and he enjoyed it for many years. Later on, while being on business trip in Canada, he bought Minolta with set of lenses, which was far more advanced one. Large part of his film photo collection was made with it. Sergiy was quite skeptical towards digital photography at the beginning, and switched completely to digital workflow by late 90’s until early 2000. About 7 years ago he graduated from the professional photography course in the Kyiv School of Photography, and later on, continued to study (distance learning course of professional photography) in New York Institute of Photography. He also attended number of training courses in different other schools and on top of it, learn new interesting areas online. He did his first photo exhibition in April, 2011, which was named “Sikkim. Beginning” and was devoted to his trekking in Himalaya, Sikkim, India, in 2010.

Sergiy’s favorite type of photography is travel and landscape; however he likes reportage as well. He does devote significant portion of his time to internal growth and development, which to his strong opinion, is the most important part of any creative human. He is trying to use photography as means to share his deep love to the world, to other people and nature, and pass warmth of his heart to them.

Website: http://www.serge-photo.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/
Gallery: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gallery/1414006/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/skadulin

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Technical Info: iPhone 4 | Exposure 1/400sec @ f/2.8 | ISO 1000 | Focal Length 3.9mm | Flash Did not Fire
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 11
Award Score: 67 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Sunset in Central Park
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: New York City, New York | United States

Photographer: Patricia Saraiva (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) Registered Photographer
Patricia Saraiva born in the city of Apucarana, in Parana, Brazil, in 1969, daughter of Alda and Osmundo Saraiva. Lived with her parents and her two sisters, Angelica and Luciana, until the age of 16. Then, she moved to Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, to do the first and the second years in high school, and then entered the medicine college. There, she lived with maternal grandparents. She graduated from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais in 1993, specializing in next 5 years in Plastic Surgery. With the birth of her two children, Victoria and Andre, she started to take pictures of them and these were her first contacts with a camera.. She took photos that recordered growth, the rides, the games, the birthdays… The extent to which photographed, came to have their photos noticed and praised, as good quality and frame. Nowadays, whenever leaving home, and even within her medical bag, takes her camera and in the absence of that, she uses the phone’s camera, to record what calls her attention during the day, and during trips. Her first photographic exhibition, “Barcelona Balconies” occurred in 2011 in the city of Sao Paulo-SP-Brasil. In 2012, the same exhibition went to Belo Horizonte-MG, which ran for two months. She took records of the works of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, icon of Baroque art in Brazil, in the book: “The Aleijadinho-Catálogo Geral da obra” by Marcio Jardim(2012). Her greatest desire is to devote more time to photography and to improve her talent, which is her hobby and passion, through social networks and internet, where the photos are appreciated and known without borders.

Flickr: http://www.patriciasaraiva.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/patsaraiva
Tumblr: http://patsaraiva.tumblr.com/

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Technical Info: Canon EOS 7D | Exposure 1/500s @ f/6.3 | ISO 400 | Focal Length: 144mm | Bias -1 1/3EV
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 07
Award Score: 68 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: A Call to Prayer
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: Istanbul | Turkey

Photographer: David Smith (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Registered Photographer
David Smith is a professional photographer, travel writer and keynote speaker based in West Vancouver, BC.He has traveled to over 90 countries and 6 continents and considers himself a “dream traveler capturing the world one smiling face at a time”. His travel images have been published worldwide with over 10,000 images of world travel, ethnic life and cruise ship adventures in his Interface Images online gallery at http://www.interfaceimages.com.

David frequently lectures on digital and travel photography; travel adventures, world culture and port destination topics. As a frequent guest lecturer with Holland America, Oceania Cruise Lines, Regent Seven Seas and Seabourn Cruise Lines in the last 8 years he looks forward to explore the amazing photogenic world in future. He also tutors and teaches digital photography classes and camera workshops for photographers at all levels at home between trips. He is represented internationally by stock photo agencies and his images and travel writings have been published internationally in magazines, books, websites, and newspapers (recently in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today Travel, Geo Saison Magazine and Frommer’s Travel Guides). He is a professional member of the Editorial Photographers Association and past President of the North Shore Photographic Society in West Vancouver, B.C. His presentations are known to inform, entertain and inspire his audiences. A 1969 B.Sc. (Hon. Chemistry) graduate of the University of British Columbia, he spent a 35-year career in executive management, entrepreneurship, corporate finance and business crisis management. Ironically, as soon as “they took chemistry out of photography” he followed his true passions and pursued digital photography and world travel as a full time career over 12 years ago. His wife Anna is also a published travel photographer, travel writer and cruise ship guest lecturer and workshop leader on exotic fabrics and world textile arts. He has recently published a series of popular Travel Photography online courses with live recorded video, audience Q&As, comprehensive handouts all viewable online 24/7 and downloadable to all tablets and smart phones.

Website: http://www.imagebyinterface.com
Gallery: http://www.interfaceimages.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagebyinterface/
Print Collection: 5-david-smith.artistwebsites.com/
Blog: http://interfaceimages.com/blog
Facebook: www.facebook.com/interfaceimages
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/interfaceimages
Skype: david.anna.smith
YouTube: www.youtube.com/interfaceimages

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Technical Info: Nikon D90 | Exposure: 1/200s @ f/14 | ISO: 200 | Focal Length: 26mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 06
Award Score: 66.5 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 16, Style 13, Skill 12.5)

Title of the photograph: The Strong Hold
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: Chimbuk hill, Bandarban | Bangladesh

Photographer: Tanmoy Saha Turja (Dhaka, Bangladesh) Registered Photographer
Tanmoy Saha has started photography since September 2007. Graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from North South University, Tanmoy has been working in Audio Visual department of ZANALA Bangladesh from June, 2012. He has completed Basic Photography course from Dhaka University Photography Society (DUPS), and Foundation Photography course from Pathshala. His favorite sectors of photography are portraits, landscapes, and wildlife. His photographs have been presented in Friendship Art Exhibition on its 3rd and 4th Exhibition at National Art Gallery, Bangladesh.

Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/turjas
Facebook: www.facebook.com/turjas

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Technical Info: Canon EOS 500D | Exposure 1/60 @ f/5 | Focal Length 41mm | ISO 500
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | February 17
Award Score: 66 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Evening Sky
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: Merseburg | Germany

Photographer: Jens Hieke (Dresden, Germany) Registered Photographer
Jens Hieke was born in 1967 and lives in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Though he was a graduate librarian, but working for a broadcaster for some time. He was always fascinated by the unlimited diversity of the world, and only a few years ago he discovered photography as a wonderful possibility to capture the transient, constantly changing beauty of humans, animals and things. Actually a man of words, the passion for photography is more than an addition to his other love, the literature. He had previously photographed with the Samsung NV24HD, but currently the Canon EOS 500D is his catcher.

Gallery: http://www.fotocommunity.de/fotograf/jens-hieke/fotos/1662451
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JensHieke

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