Making new cool friends via Internet was always my favorite online activity. Especially in the creative circle of people. Some of them are now my real (I also call them face-to-face) friends and I’m such a happy person because of that.

This special blog post is about my new dear online friend Ana also-known-as le vent le cri. Ana is a young 16-years-old photographer from Croatia and you can see some of her shots in this post. FOR MORE VISIT HER AWESOME FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM!

In photography everything is about the light, right?

I’d like to introduce you my new Flickr group “FEELING THE LIGHT“. Last month I saw so many comments as “Wow, look at that light” or “Love the light…”. So I wanted to start a collection of all those beautiful shots, hoping people will understand what I want from them.

Unlike a conventional camera Nadia has no display of the photographs to be taken, but rather gives the judgment of aesthetic quality to the machine, displaying only a current rating as feedback about when and what to snap.

The world is full of many different new technologies and each is more or less useful. Artificial intelligence has been a topic that is approached with hope, fear, cynicism, curiousity and caution.

I took up photography because I wanted to be able to create something artistic without drawing it all out. I love drawing but sometimes it’s very difficult to illustrate certain things so I use photography instead.

You can’t find so much information about Jolene on the internet, but I’ve tried to find out a bit more directly from her. Her really real name is Jolene Yeo and she lives in Singapore, wow! She’s 18 years old taking a diploma in Apparel Design. Jolene speaks Chinese and English as well.

It’s my habit writing last minute posts before I go somewhere. Last minute writing is good because all thoughts are fresh, can we call them like that? Ok, let’s see what is this all about…

I worked hard over two loooong months to finish my portfolio and prepare to enroll the Academy of Arts – Photography department, in a very beautiful town Novi Sad, Serbia. This morning I’m going on a 600-km-long-trip from Novigrad to Novi Sad by car and my uncle goes with me. My dear friend Jelena, also know as Queen of the sunset, will be my host for a week or maybe more. Bags are ready, batteries are charging and my eyes are closing. Before I tap “Publish” I just wanna say “Big Respectable & Lovely Thank You” to all of my friends and supporters who wrote a few very kind lines for me. Hope my parents will sleep well these days.

I’M GONNA DO MY BEST, REALLY!

As I wrote, we have more news from lovely Natalija…

Matteo Bertolio has worked on a visualeyes production in Shanghai for their client ORIS – SWISS WATCHES. For this project they were investigating for a suitable upcoming artist who fits to the CULTURE COLLECTION of their client. You can also see these images in one of the latest issues of Victor Magazine by Hasselblad.

Hanspeter Schneider has worked on a visualeyes production in Paris for “Magazin Z”, which is a fashion suppliment of the NZZ, Switzerland’s most read newspaper. The production took place in a beautiful appartment in Paris and with 10 models on set. The shooting was accompanied by a TV station and documented in the daily reportage of GLANZ & GLORIA. Nice work!

With Camera+ you’re able to use your iPhone to shoot the best photos you possibly can. Packed with several useful features that your standard camera app doesn’t include, your pics will improve the instant you start using it.

I know Apple has just presented the new iPhone 4 featuring a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and HD video recording but I think this little app will kinda upgrade your iPhone camera features until you buy a new iPhone. You really have to try it out, it’s amazing!

Day two was a bit slower for me and I had much time for talking with my friends photographers, made many new contacts. Weather was perfect and the official program was interesting. Make sure you have read my first report!

There are no Boundaries, or? (Lecture and Workshop), by Bruna Kazinoti

Very interesting lecture by Bruna was actually a presentation that gives an overview of contemporary international photographers and a selection of Croatian artists. Bruna has graduated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerpen, Belgium, and she has published material in magazines such as Dazed&Confused, Qvest, Sleek and many others. She brought some of the recent editions of the world’s leading magazines and we talked about boundaries in photography. After the discussion participants had an opportunity to tell their own story through their photographs, with one-hour-limit for shooting. Commendable!

This whole environment is very pleasant, surrounded by photographers and photography lovers – GREAT! This is third year of the photography festival Photodays, already, and I’m third year here too, proudly. Rovinj was always the most photogenic city for me and it’s like ideal for similar events. Press centre has kindly hosted me and helped with anything I needed. I’m satisfied with the day 1 at Photodays, I’ve met many people from the photo industry. I only missed the colour management (calibrating monitors) workshop by Dean Žvorc. From many exhibitions and workshops I chose these two below to write a bit more…

This weekend (4th & 5th June) I’ll be attending the largest and my favorite regional photography festival, Rovinj Photodays. The official festival program is published, there are many interesting workshops, presentations, exhibitions, portfolio reviews and panel discussion about current trends in photography, from galleries to the commercial industry. I’m also very happy about the camera obscura workshop hosted by my mentor, oldschool photography legend Borislav Božić, founder of the photo club Rijeka.

I’ll press cover whole event proudly as the official blogger. My camera and laptop goes with me, so stay tuned here on Die without Art for fresh updates directly from Rovinj.

Anya Kozyreva is a freelance photographer from Moscow, Russia. Her focus is the atmosphere shot, preserving the emotions of model and their freedom in the photo. Since 2009. Anya began creating her own photo business, am I wrong with the title? Anya is only 19 year old and I’m sure her career has just started. Good luck. Do not forget to check out her photostream on Flickr and follow her on Twitter.

One more busy but very creative week called *School of creativity – Novigradsko proljeće* is in front of me, a week which has changed my life exactly 8 years ago when I took my first photo with the fabulous camera obscura and actually discovered photography in the darkroom. I’m very grateful to all people who supported me when I was (only) 10 years old. Thank you friends, thank you family, thank you all. Then, about 8 years ago, photography maybe was not so serious business to me but now the whole story has changed and my teenage beginning deserves a spontaneous clapping, yay! Because it is for the win, really.

That’s simply my favorite week of the year because all my creative friends are coming to my town, my ex elementary school, to express their imagination. They are kids from all over the country, all ages – from 10 to 20. We have chose our workshop (for example: dancing, acting, singing, drawing, photography, filmmaking and many more) yet and then all together will be working under one topic – this year it’s a CIRCUS.

Introducing a new category “POSTCARDfrom”, yay! Iva and her friend Jelena who’s jumping like a kangaroo, just started a new collection of postcards here on DwA. Feel free to send your photos, illustrations, videos, words – anything to submit AT diewithoutart DOT com, just title “POSTCARDfrom”. Here is the only rule, you must tell us something about you and your place. Interact with us and follow the hash tag #POSTCARDfrom on Twitter.

Last few years when people saw me on the street they asked where is my camera. Hurey, they recognized me, I’m a photographer. So cool! They also started asking me for a review of their photos and some advices. No problem dear friends, you are so cute and I’m on your service 24/7.

In focus

Two years ago after my first solo exhibition titled “In focus”, journalist asked me a lot of questions. That was not my first time in media, but it was kinda serious. I published those photos on the internet and the feedback came very fast, thank you real-time-web. I’m very happy because the title of my first exhibition came true. I’ve finally got my audience. That’s the most valuable treasure which one artist can have. Respect to you all.

Remember, that’s was two years ago. Now, when people saw my growing-portfolio, they started hiring me. Awesome! I finally started making money from what I love to do, like in a dream. I worked whole summer to bought new equipment and I’ll do the same this year.

Let’s get back to the title, I finally found the battery charger without which I couldn’t work last two months. That’s two long months without photography. I’m a photographer, you remember that? And I need full-charged batteries to work. Photography is my biggest passion, I felt kinda lost those two months. First I thought somebody steal my battery charger, but fortunately I was wrong. It was hidden in the basket under brothers bed. How? I don’t know. Doesn’t matter, now I have to finish my school projects and get ready for the art academy. This is the last, but most difficult month before the summer. I wrote about my plans ‘n’ goals before and you will first know the details during next two months.

My name’s Yamille, I’m a 20 year old living in Mexico and a freelance photographer with a kick ass camera tattoo on my left arm.

I’m not gonna lie or say I was born with a lens, pencil, brush or anything that you want to read. I always wanted to be a professional musician, but after spending so many years playing and composing non-stop I took a camera almost four years ago. And it was love at first sight! Now, I get paid for doing what I enjoy the most. Clients include some of my favorite bands like Mono (JPN) and Chris Corner (IAMX). Being a photographer also means traveling a lot and sleeping on friend’s couches most of the weekends far away from home, partying like a rockstar and staying up until ridiculous hours of the morning working on lighting techniques.

My name is Giulia but you can call me just Yun, it became my nickname a long time ago and Internet knows me that way. Writing from Rome, Italy, right now I am attending my third and last year of Graphic Design at the Rome University of Fine Arts. During these three years I discovered photography and I just fell in love with the whole world it is, I bought a Canon 500D and though I am still learning how to use it properly, I can say I am making little progress. But let’s stop talking about me.

So today I’d like to talk about photography but in the opposite direction: we usually always see what a camera is seeing, the result of the photography process, what the artist wants us to see. Instead, I want to share with you some pictures of the little but powerful (and cute) monsters that let us capture all the good moments of our lives: the cameras themselves. I always thought digital but mostly analogic cameras are very fascinating and really great subjects; so, I wanna guide you through some photographs I like a lot that show us what’s behind every picture.

Copyright notice: Photos are linked to the photostreams of their authors on Flickr!

I discovered the following picture yesterday and I must say I really like the fact that the camera looks like a person, it’s the real and living subject of the shot.

Yey! We got new submission from DwA’s Flickr group. It’s actually just one photo, second one, but I was curious and searched for more. She’s “hiding” behind the nickname Cobeliks, but that’s just about name. Cobeliks publishes almost every cool moment from her life. You can follow her on Twitter and see her unrehearsed photos on Flickr.

I was thinking and dreaming so much about my future last days. At the end of high school, we, young people, have to ask ourselves many questions. What we wanna do in the future?

Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there—Bo Jackson