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#ThePeopleAvenue

Where You Meet Real People

TPA Submission Guidelines

Wed May 15, 2013, 12:22 PM by *MARX77:iconmarx77:
Submission Guidelines

Dear friends, acquaintances, daydreamers, colleagues, photographers,
interesting human beings, their pets and everybody else...
These general guidelines are here for you to understand what this group is about and what not.
It is to help you select the best gallery for your photograph and to avoid any disappointment,
so please take 5 minutes and read carefully...




     General rules :


  • As group name may suggest 'The People Avenue' is all about PEOPLE.
  • Nude people are people too, we know, however,  nudity is not allowed at TPA.
  • Excessive logos, large watermarks annoying signatures are not welcome.
  • We promote only quality photographs here, so NO snapshots please. 
  • Most importantly: PLAY NICE!!  



Reflection of a MASTERpieceby - dukeofspade

    

     Photojournalism  : 

     Photojournalism, reportage, documentary photos.
     ( A few explanatory lines, including location and date is encouraged )



 
competitionby - arslanalp
 

     Street :

     
     Street and edge photos are also documentary types of photography,
     human interaction with other people or surroundings is expected.




the sweeperby - Gwangelinhael
 

     Urban and Rural :

     
     Urban shots still must have people in them, focus more on city life.




JOY OF BEING A HUMANby - praveenchettri

     

     Posed Portraits :

     Posed, studio, setup portraits only.
     This would be the place for your conceptual photos as well, keep in mind: People.




I Rolls Me Ownby - EarthHart

     Un-Posed Portraits :

     Also called candid portraiture, stolen moments, faces, strangers or not: UN-POSED.
     If you intended to shoot street but framed too close it is likely to be a candid portrait.




Heaven Sentby - BriPhotography2013

    Children - Infants : 

    Kids and toddlers in any situations.
    Random baby snapshots are discouraged - we wouldn't recommend submitting those here.
    Facebook or family albums are more suitable for those.




You can upload 3 photos a week, 

I guess what  we  want to say here is: Make It Count ! !

Good luck and don't forget to ask questions if something's not clear... ;) (Wink)



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#ThePeopleAvenue is the place to meet real people. 

As the name says: the focus of the group is on human beings, in all it's facets. 



The TPA Team :


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Header Photo: back stage - by Jan Rockar - *lightdrafter


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The Eye Of Overtown

Wed Jun 19, 2013, 3:11 AM by *MARX77:iconmarx77:
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The Eye Of Overtown



Born and raised in one of the poorest areas of the United States, Jovan "Bonna" Lamb admits that during his teenage years in Miami's Overtown neighbourhood he was "a young hoodlum becoming a thug".

Now 35 and a self-taught street photographer, Lamb has created for himself the kind of success that eluded many of his peers.

His talent and commitment to his community have made Lamb the "go-to guy" when anyone in Overtown wants a visual document of an event - from a baby shower, to a political rally, to a wake. "I try to be down for everybody," he says. "They become my sculptures and I become their artist."

Confessing only that he acquired his first camera as a result of some "criminal activity", Lamb says the shooting deaths of his brother and cousin led him to a personal epiphany that changed his perspective and likely kept him both alive, and out of prison. "Out of the blue I grew a conscience," he says.

Produced by Charles "Stretch" Ledford
Excerpt: BBC News MAGAZINE

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TPA Featured Artist Of The Month - May '13

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 1:47 PM by *MARX77:iconmarx77:
TSF

IgorBkr's Profile Picture
Igor Bekker 

PH_033013_01The People Have Spoken!
The Winning Picture, As Voted By Our Members.

 
“The audience is mother for the music”, to quote my guitar mentor. 
While it is more immediate and tangible in performing arts – it is true for any, including photography, of course.
A philosophical and highly arguable topic, touching on a global question: What is Art?
In my view, the audience is as important to art creation as an artist. 
The art is not an object, a piece of paper or canvas, not a sound or gesture, but rather an act – something (quite magical) what happens between a piece of art and an audient…
This is why I am here!…

  
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I guess, this is my (long) way to express my appreciation to all the viewers of my images, to DA, 
and to #ThePeopleAvenue in particular for featuring my work!
I am not really a photographer, and definitely not a “street photographer” – this is just a current incarnation of me aspiring to an artistic expression. 
I like to consider my images as “experiments”, as opposite to “art creation”. And this gives me an incredible freedom to do whatever I feel like, with no need to be consistent or please anyone (well, that and a steady “day job”).


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I am trying to show in my images something what is “interesting” to me. 
If anyone else can find an interest in it as well – this is all I can ask for. 
Yes, the word “interesting” is a main criteria for art in my book – the “first test”: if it is not interesting – nothing
 after that really matters, no technique, concept or charisma can fix that…


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Anyway, I have started to take pictures last August with a basic “point-and-shoot” camera, purely as a supplemental study of composition for my drawing and painting “experiments”, I’ve decided to undertake at the time (after a 25 years break from visual arts). Soon enough I found myself enjoying the photographic process more than I expected to. I wanted to have more control of what I am capturing, and “graduated” to a DSLR in a month…
And here we are!


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My current photographic interest is in what I call a “slightly surreal aspects of everyday life”, which I observe all the time. 
The less significance the events in the picture have – the better. 
I’d like to show how incredible these ordinary moments are frozen in time…


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How successful I am with that – is another question …
~ Igor Bekker 




Some of Igor's Other Works:




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EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ON deviantART. Ed. June

Journal Entry: Sat Jun 1, 2013, 3:52 PM
Photo made by *dukeofspade

Featured Gallery | Journals | Who's behind? | Guideliness | Home


Hello Everybody,

For this edition I chose the wonderful photographer Tomi Pajunen :iconpajunen: from Finland.

His photos show many aspects of life, from urban life to landscapes, from people to flowers, you find everything in his wonderful photos.


Street life in Tallinn by *Pajunen

- Please, tell us something about yourself. -
I'm 43 year old, married and have two daughters. I live in a small town in Southern Finland.
I've worked for a big IT company for 13 years. In my leisure time I take photos,
listen to music, play guitar or watch movies, sometimes travel with my family.


Iron Wheels by *Pajunen


- When did you start to take photos? And how influenced it your life over the years? -
I had an old film camera, when I was about 10 years old, but I wasn't excited about photography
at the time. I was more interested in drawing and such.

Many years later in 2005 I bought my first digital compact camera and began to be more and more interested in photography instead of drawing, digital art or photomanipulations. My first DSLR camera I purchased only in 2011.


The Bottle Player by *Pajunen


- Which photographers influenced you? -
I get ideas from photos I see on deviantART or from music or movies. My late
father used to take a lot of photos in 1970's when I was a child and maybe that's why
I miss the 1970's and its color scheme. It can be seen in some of my photos.
I must admit that I don't know any famous photographers and because of that they
haven't influenced me. I don't consider myself a Photographer, but just an ordinary
guy who likes to take photos.



Her light yellow bike by *Pajunen

- What do you enjoy photographing most? -
I like to take photos of many different things, but I guess I like most taking urban and rural
scenery photos. In street photography I try to take photos so that people are not clearly
recognizable, because I want to respect other people's privacy.



Woman with umbrella by *Pajunen

- What equipment do you use? -
Nowadays I use Canon EOS 550D + EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (kit lens) and Samyang 8mm Fisheye + circular polarizer filter. I edit my photos with Paint Shop Pro 7 and Dynamic Photo HDR. 


Covent Garden Musicians by *PajunenStreets of Dublin by *Pajunen


- Please choose 1-3 photos you have taken and explain why they are special to you. -

Because this group #ThePeopleAvenue is about people photography, I chose these 3 photos with people in them.


"Melancholia" - this photo is taken in July 2012 on our holiday on a summer cottage.
That's my older daughter standing at the end of the pier. It was so quiet and peaceful there and the
sunsets were beautiful.


"Rendez-Vous" - My younger daughter staring at a horse in the summer of 2006.


"Eye Over London" - Good memories from our trip to London in 2011.



Poulnabrone Dolmen by *Pajunen

Morning on Earth by *Pajunen


- Do you have a tip for other photographers? -
Well... Keep your camera with you as often as possible, you never know what
interesting things you may see next. And be sure to take a backup of your photos,
I almost lost mine once.




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in behalf of the TPA-Teams 

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Where can you find The People Avenue?


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Photojournalism / Street / Urban and Rural

Journal Entry: Fri May 24, 2013, 12:07 PM
Photo made by *dukeofspade

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If you like what you read, please :+favlove:  this article so it reaches more deviants. Thank you.

         Our folders are waiting for your submissions. Take a look at our Gallery [link]

         Share your art with us!


                                       
Our selections from the Photojournalism – Street – Urban and Rural Gallery


 



 



 



 



 




And don't forget!  

A STREET PHOTOGRAPHY EVENT!




Where can you find The People Avenue?


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Recent Journal Entries

WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE AVENUE






The People Avenue is the place to meet real people. As the name says: the focus of the group is on human beings, in all it's facets. We are a photography-ONLY group.

EXPLANATION OF OUR FOLDERS:

STUDIO PHOTO'S & POSED PORTRAITS [link]
This folder is for all pictures, that are made in a studio/studio performance/setting or for which someone has posed.
DA categories: Fashion, Glamour, Self-portraits, Classic, Emotive and Pin ups.
***
CHILDREN AND INFANTS [link]
The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority.

- Children
- Infants: babies, toddlers.
-Teenagers/Adolescents (not yet coming of age)

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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY – PHOTOJOURNALISM – URBAN & RURAL PORTRAITS [link]

This folder is for all photo’s that belongs in the following categories:
- Street Photography
- Photojournalism
- Urban and Rural Portraits

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY is NOT about streets. It's not about staged moments, people posing, friends acting cool in a back-alley.It's mostly about the correlations between humans and the environment. Between humans and other humans and other living creatures. How we function in society, how we stand, how we act, mainly how we act without being aware that we are being seen. Street photography heavily relies in the decisive moment. So timing = special.
More info here: Street Photography
PHOTOJOURNALISM: is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story.
Urban AND RURAL PORTRAITS: NO images of buildings, rural/city environment without the focus on people.
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CANDID STREET PORTRAITURE AND SPONTANEOUS PORTRAITS [link]
Candid Street Portraiture is a sub-category of Street Photography.

CANDID PORTRAITURE STREET: Working in the face of strangers, street portraiture pushes the boundaries of personal spaces and, for that matter, the photographer’s own comfort zone. It's all about candid shooting, getting in close to the subject with the subject unaware of the camera. The portrait can be just the face or whole body & all in between. Framing & composition are important but in a relaxed way.
The best of these portraits capture emotions as the story of the subject unfolds before you.
SPONTANEOUS PORTRAITS: not posed, but not candid either. The person is aware of the camera.

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CONCEPTUAL PORTRAITS [link]
This folder is for:
- CONCEPTUAL: Contemporary artistic representations of a specific concept or idea.


Photos are welcome in b/w and color, digital or analog.
All submissions need 3 positive votes before accepted and must be submitted into the correct folders.
Members are allowed 3 images a week and they can also suggest 2 favourites (favourites must NOT be your own work).

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What we want:

- WE GO FOR QUALITY INSTEAD OF QUANTITY! So, only submit your best :)

What is not allowed:

- Images with big and intrusive watermarks (including the DA watermark). You can add your signature instead on a discret place.
- Blurry/out-of-focus/soft images.
- Images which are of snapshot quality
- Horror, macabre and shocking images.
- Racism, hate or discrimination in any form.
- Embarrassing photo's of people.
- nudity in all forms.
- Suggesting to favorite must NOT be your own work. If so, it will be declined.


JOIN REQUESTS and WATCHING US

It would be great if you'd join us. Join-request are now automatically approved.:D

Of course you are also welcome to WATCH our group, if you like us and want to learn all about people photography, before you join us or you simply want to enjoy what's in our folders. Please do :)