World Photography Day?!
There’s been many people that have mentioned that they’ve never heard of World Photography Day. Why is that? World Photography Day wasn’t ‘created’ by a big brand as a marketing tool. Rather, it’s a day where photographers had started to come together to celebrate photography, just because they could. Any excuse to throw a party right?
Slowly, groups around the world have started to get on board with the idea of World Photography Day and you will see that there’s traces of World Photography Day being celebrated over the last 20 years or so. Each year, World Photography Day has gained momentum and this year, we’re hoping to bring photographers together once again with an even larger audience.
Tomorrow, August 19th is World Photography Day and as photography lovers, we’re celebrating! Why? Well, why not?
Help us spread the word on Twitter, Flickr and Facebook.
Let’s make this World Photography Day, the biggest yet!
Register and share your world with the world!
WPD 2010, Who’s in?
This is amazing, looking at our statistics, we have people from over 20 countries getting involved with world photography day so far. Thanks for your support and involvement everyone!
Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Philippines, Japan, India, Canada, Croatia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Italy, Romania, Singapore, Serbia, Spain, France, Mexico, South Africa, Nepal.
Don’t forget to help us spread the word! Without you, World Photography Day would be meaningless.
Support World Photography Day and help get the word out!
It’s great to see photography businesses like Snapshot Cameras in New Zealand getting involved. A thanks also goes out to Kathy and Catching Candid Moments for sharing World Photography Day with their website visitors.
Snapshot Cameras
It’s great to see Snapshot Cameras in New Zealand joining us for World Photography Day 2010.
Snapshot Cameras is proud to be Waikato’s only photographic store. If you’re looking for digital cameras, photo enlargements, photo books, studio hire or expert advice, visit the friendly and knowledgeable team at Snapshot Cameras.
Website: www.snapshot.co.nz
If you have a business and you’re getting involved in World Photography Day, let us know, we want to hear about what you’re doing on World Photography Day!
Help us promote WPD 2010
With your help, we can make World Photography Day the biggest celebration of photography ever! What an exciting thought that is!
So far, we’ve had fantastic response from photography lovers around the world but we still need your support to spread the word further. If you have a blog (photography related or otherwise), it would be fantastic to have your support in spreading the word.
You can find out what World Photography Day is about on our about page. Use this opportunity to share with the people around why you love photography and what you plan to do to celebrate in your world.
Don’t forget: On August 19th, this website will open it’s gallery for photo uploads from all you photography lovers around the world.
Don’t forget to let us know if you’ve blogged about us and we’ll add a link to your website in a thank you post
Logos
Here are some logos for you to use to link to us!
A new look website
Awesome! We have a brand new website that (we hope) better portrays what we are about at World Photography Day… Celebrating Photography :)
It’s still under construction but we hope you like the new look so far as much as we do.
Simple Photography Tips
We asked you: “If there was one photography tip you could share with the world, what would it be?”
And we received some great responses!
What our Facebook friends say
- Renee S
breath in before u snap away..so the photo wont be blurry lol - Kay W
Try to minimise sky in outdoor shots unless you are photographing clouds! - Courtney V
use good light i guess… and dont over photoshop haha - Ria W
take a quick scan of ur background before u shoot, u may want to take a step to the side – only takes a second but can save someone from having a pole sticking out of their head - Jane M
don’t use the automatic setting! - Salil K
Be a photographer rather than a autographer :) - Ken S
The harder you look the less you see … - Jody T
focus focus focus!! - Tania W
get low.. on your knee’s, on your stomach.. its a whole new world from that angle! - Stelios P
Learn to use MANUAL controls! the auto setting should be made illegal! - Nichola C
For portraiture… Engage yr subject, show them how to pose, don’t be afraid to move them or be a little bossy with good humour. People don’t always naturally pose well. And laugh and enjoy it with them. - Dave S
A camera is just a box with a piece of glass stuck on it unless you actually use it. So get out there and take some great photo’s. Oh, and remember to check in the corners of the frame, it’s surprising what can creep in! - Lisa O
use your zooooooom - Sherrianne T
The best advice I ever received was “zoom with your feet rather than your lens”. Your whole perspective changes with ever few steps that you take either backward or forward. - Joshua H
Capture the image the way you see it, to share it with others who couldn’t be to see it with you. - Lee D
Carry a camera where ever you go - Jamie N
Remember to look up… - Micha D
Try to view the world through the eyes of a child. For a child everything is new and exciting. That way even the ordinary can become extraordinary. - Lucy G
Take plenty of batteries!!!!
Have your own tip?
If you have some of your own tips, post them below and share them with us!
Choosing a WPD 2010 Theme
After asking you all whether you would be intrested in a themed WPD, we heard a loud YES so we’ve done a few basic polls and found the top three themes. Here they are:
Let us know what you want WPD 2010 to be themed as!
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Sharing YOUR work
World Photography day is all about sharing your work as photographers and we’re looking for ways to do just that. We recently asked you for quotes to display on our home page with your URL in it and received a phenomenal response. Thanks everyone!
As a next step to achieving this, we’re now adding your Facebook pages to our page favourites. If you have a Facebook page for your photography, let us know about it!
Similarly, if you have an idea on how World Photography Day could help you and others, share your ideas!
Check out our Facebook Page: World Photography Day
What do you love most about photography?
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We’re looking to put some inspiring quotes on our home page that shines a light on what photography is really about and we’re asking what YOU love most about photography.
If you would like to have your name, website and quote on the homepage of worldphotoday.org, just comment below and answer this question:
In a sentence, what do you love about photography?
The best quotes will be added to a quote rotation to be displayed on the home page. The details that you submit below (excluding email) will be used in the quote.
August 19th, Celebrating Photography
If you are a photographer, whether you use a SLR or Point and Shoot, Digital or Film, August 19th is a day to mark on your calendar.
World Photography Day is a day to celebrate photography!
