About Us

20-06-2010

This group is intended to show and promote Street Photography, PhotoJournalism and Urban Life.
This group is not a dump, so submit only the works that make you proud.

Preliminary outlines. These are subject to change according to co-founders input.

You'll find 7 galleries inside:
:bulletblack:Featured
:bulletblack:Street - BW
:bulletblack:Street - Color
:bulletblack:Street - Toned
:bulletblack:Photojournalism
:bulletblack:Urban Life
:bulletblack:Expression

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Galleries explained:

Featured (restricted)
Street - BW (classic street look) - photographer is more passive than active after releasing the shutter. Accepts lens distortion correction, levels, sharpness and cropping.
Street - Color - photographer is more passive than active after releasing the shutter. Accepts lens distortion correction, levels, sharpness and cropping.
Street - Toned - Accepts lens distortion correction, levels, sharpness and cropping. Toned BW goes here (sepias, blues, etc.).
Urban Life - photographer is more passive than active after releasing the shutter. Accepts lens distortion correction, levels, sharpness and minor cropping.
Photojournalism - - photographer is more passive than active after releasing the shutter. Accepts lens distortion correction, levels, sharpness and cropping. All photos submitted here require a description.
Expression - this folder is intended to offer photographers a wider latitude on editing. Here the photographer no longer plays a mere passive part upon the captured subject. All heavily edited photographs must be submitted here (HDRs, cross-processing, tone-mapped, etc.) Please do not insist on this matter.

:bulletred:This is a bullshit free group, bullshit will be deleted.
:bulletred:No textures allowed on any photo submitted.
:bulletred:If there's no people in it, it's hardly a Street Photo. This doesn't apply to photojournalism.
:bulletred:No people posing. This doesn't apply to some sub-galleries of photojournalism; for example: Editorial.
:bulletred:No portraits of your friends acting cool or depressive on an alley.
:bulletred:No cute photos of animals, unless that animal has a human inside it and it's in a public place not posing for the camera; or if it's taken within a photojournalistic setting, where the animal's condition are the focus of a newsworthy story. Example: Political Photojournalism.
:bulletblue: Just because a person is facing the camera it does not mean it's not candid. Just because a person is not facing the camera it doesn't mean they're not posing. Please use common-sense and beware of the bullshit detectors.

:bulletgreen: At least once a month we will offer a 3 month subscription to one of our members.

Roles:

The Outstanding Folder acts as an internal favourite and exists for admins who feel a particular work deserves special recognition.

Admins:

:bulletgreen: Can vote.
:bulletblack:Featured (automatically approved)
:bulletred:Outstanding (3 votes needed)
:bulletblack:Street - BW (automatically approved)
:bulletblack:Street - Color (automatically approved)
:bulletblack:Street - Toned (automatically approved)
:bulletblack:Photojournalism (automatically approved)
:bulletblack:Urban Life (automatically approved)
:bulletblack:Street and Urban Expression (automatically approved)


Contributors:
:bulletgreen: Are allowed to vote.
:bulletblack:Featured (3 votes needed)
:bulletblack:Street - BW (allowed)
:bulletblack:Street - Color (allowed)
:bulletblack:Street - Toned (allowed)
:bulletblack:Photojournalism (allowed)
:bulletblack:Urban Life (allowed)
:bulletblack:Street and Urban Expression(allowed)

Members:
:bulletblack:Featured (restricted)
:bulletblack:Street - BW (2 votes needed)
:bulletblack:Street - Color (2 votes needed)
:bulletblack:Street - Toned (2 votes needed)
:bulletblack:Photojournalism (2 votes needed)
:bulletblack:Urban Life (2 votes needed)
:bulletblack: Street and Urban Expression (1 vote needed)

Founder

damien-c2
damien-c2
general photography Tramp
Founder
I show up here because I got here first.

Co-Founders

bQw
bQw
Street Tramp
Co-Founders
Who the heck are you?
I'm Brian.

Okay, what I mean is "what are you doing?"
I'm typing at my computer. Well, I mean by the time you read this I will obviously already have finished typing and saving it and will probably be doing something else... .

That's NOT what I mean! I mean, what makes you so special?
My fingerprints?

You're a jerk.
No. I'm a Brian.

WHAT DO YOU DO HERE AT dA?!?
Sheesh. No need to yell. I'm the Street Photography Gallery Moderator. It's the cooliest, awesomest gallery in the whole of the universe! I feature Daily Deviations out of the Street Photography gallery, try and keep it on-topic, and poke fun at the other galleries, which are less-awesomest then mine.

I'm currently interested in stalking you. What are you outside of DeviantArt?
In a previous life I was a software engineer. Then the bubble burst on that and now in my current existence I am an Elementary school teacher. I was born and raised in the South Bay area of California (err...not Oakland, but the SoCal South Bay...Torrance, Hawthorne, Carson, etc... .). A few years back I took a software engineering contract in Taipei, Taiwan and moved 10,000 Km to the left. I've been here in the R.O.C. ever since.

Brian, will you FAQ me?
FAQ #61: What is a Daily Deviation?
FAQ #18: Who selects Daily Deviations and how are they chosen?
FAQ #873: What do I do when I disapprove of a Daily Deviation feature?
:faq82:
FAQ #84: What are the Core Values of the Community Relations Department?

eyalbin
eyalbin
RangeFinder Tramp
Co-Founders
Street photographer from Haifa, Israel

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Dionisic
Dionisic
Tramp
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Seiglie
Seiglie
Tramp
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mflorin
mflorin
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snaplife
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kmetjurec
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hersley
hersley
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