This series is now nominated for the Belgian Belfius bank photojournalism award 2013. I won this award 2 years ago. Couldn't submit pictures last year but was in the jury, and now, this year I'm nominated again! That's really great news, especially 1 day before my birthday!-)

As a photographer every now and then I may criticize amateur photographers through Gurushots. It's a paid review and takes quite some time and effort, but it's a really nice way to help others, and to build my ego!-)   This week my review became the Critique of the Week. Don't ask me why. Do they do a word count? Is because of the wonderful tips I gave. Is because of the word EDR that I am introducing in this critique?   Well I don't know but find out for yourself..   Critique of the Week    

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© Estate of André Kertész All photos copyrighted by the estate of Andre Kertesz. Also many thanks to Michael Meinhardt for helping me edit this text.  Andre Kertesz is one of the greatest photographers who ever lived.

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Can war photography change the world? TrustLaw (blog) The albino boy dressed in filthy, torn clothes leans over, resting one hand on legs so thin they look as if they could snap, the other clutching an empty corned beef tin.

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Use  Google Maps Business 3D Photos Program to show your business

In Virtual Reality 3D 360 panoramic pictures that beat video! Now also in Belgium.

Google Expands Google Maps Business Photos Program

Just yesterday Google expanded the Google Maps Business Photos program with 7 new European countries.

Hotels, restaurants and shops can make maps visitors walk right into their venue using Street view in maps with 3D 360 degrees VR photography.

Make your google profile and hire a Google Trusted photographer  like me right now.

(I am one of them in Belgium with my new business BIZBUZZ)

Readh the bizbuzz-photography leaflet

English: Google Street view coverage (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

 

 

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Yes this is where I work from. Between my livingroom and the kithchen, so everyting at reach! Just a small peek into the private/working live of a photographer. I used to rent a studio but I just love working from home.

Another photography award. It took a lot of time just uploading your work. It seems the quality of photography nowadays depends of your social network. Yes, I am a loner. I work alone, I photograph alone and I'm not even on Facebook. And I don't have time to share my work, or to upload my work to every site on the damned net asking for it. I need all of my time just to earn a living with photography, in real live. But for this time, and this time only, I ask you to visit this site, and to vote for my work or to donate 1$ here. Yes a symbolic 1$ http://wildeman.see.me/exposure2013 http://www.wildeman.see.me exposure award

At Photoshelter, an online archive and photographers site, I started a new agency just yesterday. About 50 photographers from Belgium have their archives available on Photoshelter indivdualy, so I thought: Why not put them all together? So whenever your looking for great photography from a Belgianphotographer  you can search and buy your editorial images directly from the photographer's through the agency. Better prices than buying it through a normal agency, and here the fee is for the photographer himself, so you're helping photographers stay alive. http://www.photoshelter.com/va/BELphotos Image via CrunchBase                      

What the Duck cartoon on Credits S0 right. Some people still think credits are a gesture. Sorry, but credits are the first rule of photography, obliged, and they don't pay the bill. CREDITS: Thanks to http://www.whattheduck.net

I found this great document to be filled in by photographers themselves. So they can see how prices are nowadays in photographyland. Don't be shocked by some really poor paid images and assignments. Readers and buyers of printed news, now you knows where your money doesn't go!-) And let's praise the photo-editors who still pay photographers a healthy amount of money for there work. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Apt8CXh0qSbtdEU0aklWQ0VmZmxKc2t0WDdsazh2TVE&chrome=false&gid=0