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Photo of the Day | April 06 | The Poser, by Anish Kharkar

L&C Team — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:52:56 +0000

The Meerkat is well known for its altruistic and social behavior in the wild. This Meerkat in the Isle of Wight zoo was kind enough to pose for us for a long time, making it the perfect model every photographers dreams about.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 500D with 55-250mm | Focal Length: 146mm | Exposure: 1/200sec at F/5.0 | ISO: 640
Title of the photograph: The Poser
Photo of the Day Award Category: Wildlife Photography
Photograph Location: Isle of Wight | United Kingdom
Photographer: Anish Kharkar (Vacoas, Mauritius)
Anish Kharkar is originally from Mumbai, India, but shifted to the beautiful island of Mauritius around 11 years back. He immediately fell in love with its splendid natural beauty and multi-cultural lifestyle. He has completed his Masters in Aerospace Vehicle Design from Cranfield University (UK). For him, photography first started off as a hobby and then evolved into a passion. He has always tried to capture the beautiful moments of life through his camera so as to remember them forever. His main interests include Macro, Astrophotography, Pet photography, and he is eager to learn other styles and techniques of photography.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anishkharkar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anishkharkar

Photo of the Day | March 02 | Through the Eyes of Aidan, by Keith Riley

L&C Team — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:19:58 +0000

Taken with a Nikon D70 and 70-300mm lens, providing the lovely shallow depth of field and isolating the subject from the background. The arbitrary crop draws you into the subjects eyes, which are the main focus in the image going beyond recording likenesses and resulting in a sense of immediacy and sincerity.

Technical Info: Nikon D70 | Exposure: 1/1,000sec @ f/5 | ISO: 100 | Focal Length: 210mm
Title of the Photograph: Through the Eyes of Aidan
Photo of the Day Award Category: Portraiture Photography
Photograph Location: Newquay, Cornwall | United Kingdom
Photographer: Keith Riley (Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom)
Keith Riley fell in love with photography after embarking on a Photography A level course to aid his composition as a graphic designer. It was a turning point in his career, which resulted in a BA (Hons) in Photography. He started his photography career with a Nikon D70 and now he mostly uses a Nikon D700 with a Nikkor 50mm f1.4D AF, Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G AF-S and Nikkor 28-300mm f/35-5.6G ED VR lens.

His goal is to be as creative as possible towards anything he does. He is inspired by art in general and whether he is photographing weddings, fashion or portraits he is always on the lookout for a different take on an image and aspiring to learn new techniques. He has a genuine interest in people and people’s faces and strives to capture that perfect moment infused with soul, motion, and emotion.

Portfolio: http://www.keithriley.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KeithRileyPhotography
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/keithrileyphoto | https://www.twitter.com/neda_r

Photo of the Day | February 29 | Into the world of Nemo, by Anish Kharkar

L&C Team — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:52:50 +0000

‘Finding Nemo’ is certainly one of the best animated films of all time. The people at London Aquarium were quick to identify this and have numerous Nemo-themed tanks which are loved by the public. They include popular characters such as Dori, Marlin and an occasional baby clownfish – Nemo.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 500D | Canon 18-55mm f4-5.6 | Exposure 1/50sec @ f/5.6 | 53mm | ISO 3200
Title of the photograph: Into the world of Nemo
Photo of the Day Award Category: Underwater Photography
Photograph Location: London | United Kingdom
Photographer: Anish Kharkar (Vacoas, Mauritius)
Anish Kharkar is originally from Mumbai, India, but shifted to the beautiful island of Mauritius around 11 years back. He immediately fell in love with its splendid natural beauty and multi-cultural lifestyle. He has completed his Masters in Aerospace Vehicle Design from Cranfield University (UK). For him, photography first started off as a hobby and then evolved into a passion. He has always tried to capture the beautiful moments of life through his camera so as to remember them forever. His main interests include Macro, Astrophotography, Pet photography, and he is eager to learn other styles and techniques of photography.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anishkharkar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anishkharkar

Photo of the Day | February 22 | Apples in Autumn, by Anish Kharkar

L&C Team — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:57:29 +0000

The first time I experienced a ‘true’ autumn was when I went to UK for further studies. I was immediately struck by the vivid colors of the foliage all around me. Apples, pears and other fruits which had fallen from the trees were scattered all around the football ground and gave me an opportunity to experiment with my recently purchased DSLR.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 500D | Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 tele-macro lens | 300mm | 1/400 seconds @ f/5.6 | ISO 200 | Exposure bias: -0.7 step
Title of the photograph: Apples in Autumn
Photo of the Day Award Category: Nature Photography
Photograph Location: Cranfield | United Kingdom
Photographer: Anish Kharkar (Vacoas, Mauritius)
Anish Kharkar is originally from Mumbai, India, but shifted to the beautiful island of Mauritius around 11 years back. He immediately fell in love with its splendid natural beauty and multi-cultural lifestyle. He has completed his Masters in Aerospace Vehicle Design from Cranfield University (UK). For him, photography first started off as a hobby and then evolved into a passion. He has always tried to capture the beautiful moments of life through his camera so as to remember them forever. His main interests include Macro, Astrophotography, Pet photography, and he is eager to learn other styles and techniques of photography.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anishkharkar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anishkharkar

Photo of the Day | November 15 | Sunset from My Window, by ClÃ¡udia Vieira

L&C Team — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:19:13 +0000

Every day I watched the sunsets on the marsh across the road from us in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, UK. Occasionally, I captured them; if ever sunsets can be captured. The trees took on a definite silhouette in Winter. Sunsets are cliché these days, dominated as photography is by intertextual references. Still, I like to remind myself it’s a wonder-full world.

Technical Info: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT | 1/100sec at F/9 | IS 400 | Focal Length 50mm
Title of the photograph: Sunset from My Window
Photo of the Day Award Category: Sunrise & Sunset Photography
Photograph Location: Dorset | United Kingdom
Photographer: FuturePresent | Cláudia Gabriela Marques Vieira (Dorset, UK)
Cláudia Gabriela Marques Vieira is the Director of FuturePresent, a creative media studio, specialising in branding, print, web and social media design and consultancy, as well as photography. FuturePresent have over a decade of expertise in media design, consultancy and education. FuturePresent also have an established profile online and offline for quality film and digital photography.

Cláudia Gabriela Marques Vieira created FuturePresent in 2002. Cláudia specialised as a university lecturer in interactive media from 2002 to 2011. Those years of research and developing expertise in how internet culture works gives her a unique insight into the most successful design and digital photography solutions. Cláudia works individually or with collaborators to experiment with the boundaries of interactive media and understand how to design and promote social media networks successfully. Currently, Cláudia is focusing on heightening FuturePresent’s profile for art, nature and portrait photography; she’d rather be travelling around capturing the natural world on camera than absolutely anything else and sharing it with others in our FuturePresent Photographic Community on flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/futurepresent/

Website: http://www.futurepresent.org
Gallery: http://futurepresent.typepad.com/fotographs/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saphirai/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FuturePresent-Fotographs/76208127932
Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurepresent

Photo of the Day | September 16 | Even if I Fall, I´ll Shine by Ana Sylvia Encinas

L&C Team — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:50:01 +0000

It was the fall of 2010, late October; the streets in London were beautifully covered of Maple leaves, wonderful to my eyes, because I never get to see that type of tree or leaf, living in the desert in northern Mexico. I figured that probably for the people living in London, these type of sight isn´t good, they think of it as garbage ruining their streets and cleanness of the city, but to me, it was special, different from anything else I´d seen. I captured it, trying to capture the essence of the atmosphere of that time of year in the UK.

Technical Info: Nikon D3000 | Exposure Time : 1/100sec | Aperture: f/5.6 | ISO 400 | Focal Length 55mm
Title of the photograph: Even if I Fall, I´ll Shine
Photo of the Day Award Category: Still Life Photography
Photograph Location: United Kingdom
Photographer:Ana Sylvia Encinas Valenzuela (Hermosillo, México)
Ana Encinas was born in Hermosillo, México, and has had a passion for photography since she was a little girl. She got her first DSLR camera in december 2009, and since then she started discovering the magic of photography at another level, and exploring techniques that are bringing her to find her own style as a photographer. Ana is a master in marketing and an entrepreneur, owns and manages several companies, but spends most of her free time taking pictures and exploring photography. Photography is her true passion, and she´s working on developing her photography skills at the most.
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/aencinas
Facebook: www.facebook.com/anasylviae

Photo of the Day | May 24 | London Eye at Night by Ana Sylvia Encinas

L&C Team — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:33:34 +0000

It was a lovely and very cool october night in London, the first time I visited the city, and my first night there. Walking along the river, my eyes were delighted at the sight of the London Eye. I shot this long exposure to get this image, so golden, so inspiring, as I found the view right then, that night.

Technical Info: Nikon D3000 | Exposure Time : 30Sec | Aperture: f/11 | ISO 100 | Focal Length 18mm
Title of the photograph: London Eye at Night
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: United Kingdom
Photographer:Ana Sylvia Encinas Valenzuela (Hermosillo, México)
Ana Encinas was born in Hermosillo, México, and has had a passion for photography since she was a little girl. She got her first DSLR camera in december 2009, and since then she started discovering the magic of photography at another level, and exploring techniques that are bringing her to find her own style as a photographer. Ana is a master in marketing and an entrepreneur, owns and manages several companies, but spends most of her free time taking pictures and exploring photography. Photography is her true passion, and she´s working on developing her photography skills at the most.
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/aencinas
Facebook: www.facebook.com/anasylviae

Photo of the Day | April 15 | Vanity Table by Barry Cawston

L&C Team — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:00:34 +0000

This photograph was taken in my girlfriends parents house, parts of which have not been touched for over twenty years. The peeling walls, cobwebs and random personal belongings all combined to produce an image which gave an insight into the eccentric Victorian nature of her family. In May of this year we, as the Drugstore Gallery are going to have an Art exhibition in the house for more details please visit our website.

Technical Info: Fuji FinePix S5Pro | Focal Length 45mm | f/4.5 @ 1/25th sec
Title of the photograph: Vanity Table
Photo of the Day Award Category: Still Life Photography
Photograph Location: United Kingdom
Photographer: Barry Cawston (Axbridge Somerset, UK)
Barry Cawston is a freelance photographer with a client list that includes English Heritage, The Guardian & The Sunday Telegraph. He also runs The Drugstore Gallery with my partner Soraya Schofield which showcases our work and eight other photographers. We have taken the gallery to the Affordable Art Fairs in Bristol, London & Paris and hope to exhibit at the New York AAF in 2012. He has won several awards for his photography Including The South West Art Award in 2011, the British Journal of Photography, Nikon Endframe Award. He has being featured in a TV art program called “‘Show Me the Monet” this May. He has recently had two solo shows in London, one at Capital Culture In Covent Garden and the other at Sarah Myerscough Fine Art in Mayfair ( who now represents me). He is hoping to do the Trans -Siberian Railway this summer for a show at Sarah Myerscough and in an art centre in St Petersbugh next year.
Barry’s work is quite varied but largely shot on a large format field camera and printed by himself in a traditional colour darkroom set up in the gallery. He trys and bring out the emotional element of an image in the print and often enlarge the prints to one or two meters.

Portfolio: http://www.barrycawston.com/
Gallery: http://www.thedrugstoregallery.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/barrycawston

Photo of the Day | April 04 | Two Coats by Barry Cawston

L&C Team — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:00:12 +0000

This photograph was taken for English Heritage and is off an abandoned part of a Silversmiths in Birmingham called J W Evans. At one time over thirty people were employed but the owner remained by 2009 and with the decline in staff so various parts of the buildings, which were a set of three classic terraced houses, were left to rot. What caught my eye were the two coats and the photographs of the dogs on the wall but the image is made to look like a painting by the bird droppings which cover the walls and floor.

Technical Info: Hasselbald 90mm lens | Shot on Kodak 400nc | 90mm lens | F8 @ 3oth sec
Title of the photograph: Two Coats
Photo of the Day Award Category: Artistic Photography
Photograph Location: United Kingdom
Photographer: Barry Cawston (Axbridge Somerset, UK)
Barry Cawston is a freelance photographer with a client list that includes English Heritage, The Guardian & The Sunday Telegraph. He also runs The Drugstore Gallery with my partner Soraya Schofield which showcases our work and eight other photographers. We have taken the gallery to the Affordable Art Fairs in Bristol, London & Paris and hope to exhibit at the New York AAF in 2012. He has won several awards for his photography Including The South West Art Award in 2011, the British Journal of Photography, Nikon Endframe Award. He has being featured in a TV art program called “‘Show Me the Monet” this May. He has recently had two solo shows in London, one at Capital Culture In Covent Garden and the other at Sarah Myerscough Fine Art in Mayfair ( who now represents me). He is hoping to do the Trans -Siberian Railway this summer for a show at Sarah Myerscough and in an art centre in St Petersbugh next year.
Barry’s work is quite varied but largely shot on a large format field camera and printed by himself in a traditional colour darkroom set up in the gallery. He trys and bring out the emotional element of an image in the print and often enlarge the prints to one or two meters.

Portfolio: http://www.barrycawston.com/
Gallery: http://www.thedrugstoregallery.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/barrycawston

Photo of the Day | March 28 | Books Napoli by Barry Cawston

L&C Team — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:00:51 +0000

This image was taken in an abandoned Palazzo. It had been used as a Records Office but the local authorities like the previous owners had long since departed leaving the records to tumble to the floor. Every room was a still-life but the books could almost have been an instillation. The room exuded an air of loss but the open doors and golden light from the window added a sense of hope.

Technical Info: Wista 5/4 Field Camera | Shot on Kodak 400nc | 90mm lens | F32 @ 2secs
Title of the photograph: Books Napoli
Photo of the Day Award Category: Artistic Photography
Photograph Location: United Kingdom
Photographer: Barry Cawston (Axbridge Somerset, UK)
Barry Cawston is a freelance photographer with a client list that includes English Heritage, The Guardian & The Sunday Telegraph. He also runs The Drugstore Gallery with my partner Soraya Schofield which showcases our work and eight other photographers. We have taken the gallery to the Affordable Art Fairs in Bristol, London & Paris and hope to exhibit at the New York AAF in 2012. He has won several awards for his photography Including The South West Art Award in 2011, the British Journal of Photography, Nikon Endframe Award. He has being featured in a TV art program called “‘Show Me the Monet” this May. He has recently had two solo shows in London, one at Capital Culture In Covent Garden and the other at Sarah Myerscough Fine Art in Mayfair ( who now represents me). He is hoping to do the Trans -Siberian Railway this summer for a show at Sarah Myerscough and in an art centre in St Petersbugh next year.
Barry’s work is quite varied but largely shot on a large format field camera and printed by himself in a traditional colour darkroom set up in the gallery. He trys and bring out the emotional element of an image in the print and often enlarge the prints to one or two meters.

Portfolio: http://www.barrycawston.com/
Gallery: http://www.thedrugstoregallery.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/barrycawston