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In this post we want to give you 12 tips for taking great group photos.
One of the most common types of digital photographs is the 'group photo'.
They happen everywhere from weddings, to camps, to parties, to sporting teams, to school etc.
There must be thousands of group photos taken each day around the world – however unfortunately many of the group photos that I see in my friendship group and on Flickr would leave their photographers disappointed with the results for a variety of reasons.
Common group photo mistakes and problems include:
While there will always be such challenges with Group Photos there are a number of things you can do to help improve your chances of getting the shot you're after:
There is nothing that will make of people posing for a photograph turn upon you faster than you not being prepared. People don't like to be kept waiting so think ahead about some of the following aspects of your photo:
The place that you have your group stand is important to group shots for a number of reasons. For starters it can give the photo context – for example a shot of a sporting team on their playing field means more than a shot of them in front of a brick wall. The other reason that choosing locations carefully is important is that it can have distractions in it.
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Choose a position where your group will fit, where there is enough light for the shot and where there is no distractions in the background. Also avoid setting up a group shot directly in front of a window where the light from your flash might reflect back in a way that destroys your shot.
One of the best ways to avoid the problems of not everyone looking just right in a shot is to take multiple photos quickly. I often switch my camera into continuous shooting mode when taking group shots and shoot in short bursts of shots. I find that the first shot is often no good but that the one or two directly after it often give a group that looks a little less posed and more relaxed.
Similarly – shoot some frames off before everyone is ready – sometimes the organization of a group shot can be quite comical with people tell each other where to go and jostling for position.
Also mix up the framing of your shots a little if you have a zoom lens by taking some shots that are at a wide focal length and some that are more tightly framed.
Try to get as close as you can to the group you're photographing (without cutting some members of it out of course). The closer you can get the more detail you'll have in their faces – something that really lifts a shot a lot.
If your group is a smaller one get right in close to them and take some head and shoulder shots. One effective technique for this is to get your small group to all lean their heads in close to enable you to get in even closer. Another way to get in closer is to move people out of a one line formation and stagger them but putting some people in front and behind.
In most cases your group will pose itself pretty naturally (we've all done it before). Tall people will go to the back, short people to the front. But there are other things you can do to add to the photo's composition:
Pick the moment for your shot carefully. Try to choose a time that works with what is happening at the gathering that you're at. I find it best to do a group shot when the group is already close together if possible and when there is a lull in proceedings.
Also towards the start of events can be a good time as everyone is all together, they all look their best and if there is alcohol involved no one is too under the weather yet.
In order to get enough detail in your subjects you need to have sufficient light. The way you get this varies from situation to situation but consider using a flash if the group is small enough and you are close enough for it to take effect – especially if the main source of light is coming from behind the group.
If it's a bright sunny day and the sun is low in the sky try not to position it directly behind you or you'll end up with a collection of squinting faces in your shot.
I've been in a number of group photos where the photographer almost lost control of his subjects by not being quick enough but also by not communicating well with their group of subjects. It is important to keep talking to the group, let them know what you want them to do, motivate them to smile, tell them that they look great and communicate how much longer you'll need them for.
Also important is to give your subjects a reason to pose for the photograph. For example at a wedding you might motivate people to pose by saying '((insert name of couple being married here)) have asked me to get some group shots' or at a sporting event 'lets take a group photo to celebrate our win'. When you give people a reason to pose for you you'll find they are much more willing to take a few minutes to pose for you.
Another very useful line to use with group is – 'If you can see the camera it can see you'. This one is key if you want to be able to see each person's face in the shot.
If there are more photographers than just you then wait until others have finished their shots and then get the attention of the full group otherwise you'll have everyone looking in different directions.
Of course you don't want to be a dictator when posing your group or you could end up with lots of group shots of very angry people. The best photographers know how to get people's attention, communicate what they want but also keep people feeling relaxed and like they are having fun.
Large groups of people can be very difficult to photograph as even with staggering people and tiering to make the back people higher you can end up being a long way back to fit everyone in.
One solution to this is to find a way to elevate yourself as the photographer. If I'm photographing a wedding and the couple wants one big group shot I'll arrange for a ladder to be present (I've even climbed up onto church roofs) to take a shot looking down on the group. In doing this you can fit a lot more people in and still remain quite close to the group (you end up with a shot of lots of faces in focus and less bodies). It also gives an interesting perspective to your shots – especially if you have a nice wide focal length.
There are a number of reasons why using a tripod when taking photographs of groups can be useful. Firstly a tripod communicates that you're serious about what you're doing and can help you get their attention (it's amazing what a professional looking set up can make people do). Secondly it gives you as the photographer more freedom to be involved in the creation of the posing of your subjects. Set your camera up on your tripod so that's ready to take the shot in terms of framing, settings and focus and then it will be ready at an instant when you get the group looking just right to capture the moment.
If you have a very large group and assistant can be very handy to get the group organized well.
An assistant is also incredibly handy if you are taking multiple group shots (like at a wedding when you're photographing different configurations of a family). In these cases I often ask the couple to provide me with a family or friend member who has a running sheet of the different groups of people to be photographed. I then get this person to ensure we have everyone we need in each shot. Having a family member do this helps to make sure you don't miss anyone out but also is good because the group is familiar with them and will generally respond well when they order them around.
Yes YOU should smile! There's nothing worse than a grumpy stressed out photographer. Have fun and enjoy the process of getting your shots and you'll find the group will too. I usually come home from a wedding which I've photographed with an incredibly sore jaw-line from all the smiling because I find the best way to get the couple and their family to relax and smile is to smile at them. It really does work.
One more quick tip. Get a little Creative!
This post has been updated from its original form – originally posted in June 2006.
Great post. In my experience the top tip has to be to take multiple shots - rather than using the camera on burst mode as you say above I will often take two or three in succession to hopefully avoid blinks and then talk to the group hopefully to create a different expression and do the same again. The 3-2-1 count down is also great for avoiding blinking!
Getting up above a large group is always a good idea if you can - always handy to have a ladder in the boot! I would also add that for smaller groups, a mid to zoom focal length often looks much better than shooting wide angle as it is more flattering and can blur out the background.
How about camera settings? What aperture would be appropriate when you have multiple rows or single rows of people? Where should the focus point be? Should we use multiple focus? Is it possible to take a picture of a group of people but still have the background defocused?
Darren, your tips will come in handy, thank you. Photographing groups can be rather challenging. Don't get me wrong, I love a challenge, but even by asking 'can everyone see me?', it doesn't guarantee that everyone is in full view. Sadly, on occasions, I have found that despite asking the question, some camera-shy people have (probably intentionally) hidden themselves just everso slightly. As the photographer, it's not easy to spot at the time.
Some really good tips here, Darren. I think rapport is absolutely key to getting group pictures, especially large ones. I always say "if you can't see me then I probably can't see you" as getting every face in is one of the toughest tasks! That and getting a shot of kids without one of them giving the bunny fingers or poking their tongues out...
thanks for another great article with some interesting tips. Love the reply about Microsoft group shots - I'll have to look at that.
Not sure I like the idea of asking everyone to close their eyes and then open them on the count of three... That takes a lot of trust and in a wedding party there can be a lot of people... I generally find that by being professional and efficient, the shots come out beautifully - just making sure everyone is looking at the camera! Keep engaging your subjects - smile and talk to them. Susie
The high angle is very useful if you can secure a shooting position. It helps see faces in the back row, people looking up reduced baggy shins and it is different. As a rough rule, divide the number of people by 3: that's how many shots you need to be almost sure you get one with all open eyes. Finally, count to 3, but shoot between 2 and 3. Of course, today's digital cameras enable lots of shots, which can be sorted and discarded when you find the "winner."
How do you position everyone if there are, say, 5 adults and then one smaller child? Firstly, how do you get the smaller child into the shot nicely, without having everyone leaning in to them, and secondly, if the adults are all about the same height, how do you position them and avoid their heads hiding each other?
I'm just sating out with indoor portrait stuff. I usually do weddings. Can someone tell me what is the best lighting systems are out there? and how many lights should one have for a large group.
As a wedding photographer I often have to take large groups of people and It's fairly easy to cut and paste individual faces in Photoshop so that you get all the group with eyes open and great smile's.
Indeed, the group pix are nice especially the wedding pix. But how can one get a good shot with details when it involves a large group without an elevator?
great lesson! Simple but very key...
There is a really cool app for group photos called groupshot which you should add to this article. It is so easy to use and works so well. as for this post, it is excellent. I loved the picture with the kids in the water. Awesome!
Great tips. Do you have any tips for taking photographs of bands?
I have location and time sorted but I've taken a few for them before and one of them always pulls a stupid face.
This work is for my GCSEs (I'm in high school in the U.K) and I need a way to make them all look serious and sullen (in a way)
They are an Up and Coming rock band and the next set of photos I'm taking could be used for their next album cover and to put onto posters
Thanks x
This is a really pratical information, which in general can be applied to most photo situations. I know for myself I try to get a lay of the land, as it were before getting the subjects involved, it not only saves time but helps give a sense of purpose when you directing and setting up the scene.
Location, location, location ... just like real estate the more relevant the location the more the photo will appeal.
I know I already shoot more shots than I need to and and in fact I am working on cutting back, that said I agree multiple shots is a win and shooting people getting into position sometimes brings out the winning shot.
I admit large scale of 20+ people I still have not done, smaller groups yes.
Actually here is a group shot I have done, simple, relevant to the people involved and quite fun.
Could someone tell me what to set the can on to get the sharpest group photo... Do you let the camera choose the focus ? I only have a 7 point and 9 point so it doesnt cover a family of 16 ... Or do you focus on the person in the middle with the center focus ? Please help !!
Thanks for having such helpful tips!! I really learned a lot from this. I just started out doing photography this summer semester at college. I have fell in love with it ever since. I look at things so much more differently than I would have before. I want to minor in photography, so hopefully I can be known around. :)
Nice tips. Indeed the last pic is very unique, nicely conceptualized. Thanks for sharing.
Boy did I needed this article badly! I will be carefully taking my family pictures! Thank you very much
Thanks for the wonderful tips. I will definitely be studying this article until Wednesday when I have to take group shots of 15 people. God Bless!
any ideas/tips for photographing kids birthday parties and babyshowers
Hello, i am just getting started with photography & all of these tips were great BUT i can not seem to figure out how to get the whole group to get in focus? even when i use all the AF point selection someone always seems to be out of focus...so what settings do you use to take pics of large groups? do you do a higher
Fstop(aperture) to get everything in focus ? THANKS for your help!
WOW! im really interested in photography and im only 14. im like a beginner at this and reading this has helped me alot and its only been a few minutes and i already know things about photography!! thanks
Great article it helped so much to be ready for my family shots!
Seriously awesome article! You clearly did a great deal of exploration on this, so great task. I am going to make guaranteed to bookmark your webpage too!
OK. So how did the photographer do the last picture? 360 fisheye?????
I often taken take group photo in class with Dslr but always have blurr vision of the people on both ends.
Can anyone help?
Hi, As a Regimental Photographer I take a lot of group shots, (Courses, Exercises etc) and as it is for the military I have little to worry about with people not looking at the camera, or not being to deep etc), but there is always something to learn so thank you for this great piece, very much like the fisheye, I am now thinking about using it for a kids school fun day photo with them all in their fancy dress, printed out in a circular frame would look great and all the kids can see their full costumes, and as for the grass area? well, that is the perfect space to put some text in! Thanks again!
What I am wondering is how to get everyone sharp...which lens do you use? yes tripod helps but still,
I have a Canon 5 D and am not sure my camera is set properly....a fixed 50mm 24-70mm and a 70 to 200mm...please advise...thanks!
Okay....HOW did they do the final shot???? I WANNA KNOW!!! :D
this was so incredibly helpful thank you so much
Hi I was wondering I am taking a picture on saturday of a Tai Chi group of 125! there is only a small stage that is about 1 foot by 12 feet long. This is the biggest group ever taken...and I don't know how to get the best shot! There is a staircase I'm told in the University when you first come in other than that what would you suggest? I have a Nikon d300 with a wide angle of 17-55mm that's the only wide angle I have other than a telephoto lens?
can you give me any ideas? thank you so much Deborah Besanson
These tips have been a great help!! They make ne wish to take more and more photos, each one trying to do something better! Thank you very much! I am always checking upon this website!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
. Thanx now after reading this i am sure i can click a good group picture..
Where do I put my focus point in a group shot or a shot of two people or more.How do i do It .Help.i keep getting a bit blurred
The circle photo would really have been more fun if everyone was ying on the groung with their heads together and their feet out like a sunflower. Has anyone tried that?
this is absolutely amazing, this helped me so much!
Very nice tips on "Group Shots". I would love to see a follow up article on how some of the shots were taken, as well as how to use Reflectors, Back Lighting, Light Meters etc.
Wow! Really great tips!!
I'm not good at taking group shots but after reading this post, I think I'll be more confident about taking group shots.
Thank you so much for this very helpful tips.
Great tips! Love reading all tips and a great photo at the end. I look forward to using a ladder at a reception in a month to take a group photo.
Very informative article.
I would like to know the appropriate settings (Aperture, Shutter speed, ISO) for an indoor group photo (Eg: people in 3 rows). When I compensate low light with higher apertures it results in low DOF with some out of focus faces and low shutter speeds results in less sharp images due to movement of people posing for the photo.
Great tips! I'm hoping to land a group gig, and these are handy things to remember...I'll check out some of your other sections.
That shot with everyone standing in a circle is really great. I love your use of creativity to pull off a great shot.
Thanks for the group photography tips!
I am often called upon to photograph a local dance group comprised of people of all colors. If I expose for the darkest skinned, the lightest are washed out, and if I expose for the lightest . . .
What I do now is shoot a wide exposure range and (gasp) build my final shot with Photoshop using the stamp tool.
If anyone else has an easier way to cover this situation, I'd love to hear it.
Photographing groups of people can be especially challenging when the people being photographed aren't as excited as you are about getting a good photograph. While shooting weddings, I sometimes encounter wedding guests that aren't into being photographed. This is when your personal appeal and your ability to talk to others can be very useful.
Thanks for your hints. I hope with this knowledge group photos can be easier.
Thanks for sharing this article. Large groups can be a photographic challenge if you are not prepared. Weddings can be extra challenging because people seem to be extra fidgety and ready to get to the party. So, be sure you know how many people you will be dealing with and what shots you want beforehand.
I really like the last picture of a 360 round picture...I wanted to know how it was done. I'm going to the Philippines soon for a family reunion and I think this will be a great idea since we are a huge family. Kindly please let me know, I would appreciate it very much.
The tips are great but, what about camera settings ie, ISO, Av, Tv, or Manual settings information. No one includes this kind of information............. It is important too.........
I realy could have used these tips when I was starting out! I was recently looking over my photos from the first wedding I photographed and was so dissapointed by the group shots! Mostly because I didn't make sure that everyone was focused on me. Everyone is looking every which way at the other family taking the pictures. I have learned now to stick up for yourself and ask the other family to refreain from getting their snapshots until you are done. Afterall, they are paying YOU for good photographs. And if you have a really unique way of shooting or a unique setup, you don't want uncle harry taking the picture and getting your creative credit.
Great article, it touches all the bases. All groups have reluctant individuals who aren't comfortable in having their picture taken even with other loved ones. Take the extra time to get their attention, gather them to a spot you have previously scouted out for background, lighting and angle. Tell them it will only take up a few minutes of their time and to pretend to like everyone for a moment! Continuous mode shots are great since your odds increase in capturing a memorable photo with everyone present and paying attention to your camera.
This is very helpful information. There is a lot to get out of this and I look foreward to trying out some of the suggestions tonight. Thanks.
Another life saver, Darren. Thanks. Looking forward to trying it out in a few hours. :-)
Great article! As a photographer with experience photographing for wedding clients I wholeheartedly agree with tip #8 about taking control of your subjects and the situation. If the photographer doesn't come across as having full control of the situation your subjects can quickly lose confidence in you and this will come across poorly in the finished portrait.
That last shot is Amazing. Great tips all around. Keep up the information and the good work you do for the pro's and novice alike. I am sure I speak for a lot of people when I say thank you for what you do here.
J.R. Durruthy
I am not sure when I read your article, but I really wanted to make a group photo like "weaving major & tractor dan".
I wrote about my experience at
Thanks for the inspiration...
Great tips. You mentioned using different angles, my favorite is looking up! Recently did an entire blog post all about shooting from alternate perspectives. The main image was taken while I was laying on the ground next to the wedding parties feet.
these are really awesome tips and pics...bundle of thanks
I am sure they will come in handy when I take my next group photo. I have always found it very difficult to motivate people to pose for a photograph.Thank you for your tips
What's suitable setting for group photo using dslr ? A priority or Manual ?
One thing that I do when shooting a large group, 150 to 200 people is to manually focus on the second or third row. I will zoom in so my focal point is as large as possible.
This technique moves my plane of sharpness where I want it to be 1/3 in from the front of the focal point and 2/3 of the group will be behind my focal point.
I then zoom back to crop the group and I always shoot on "two" more eyes are open. I enjoy your forum.
I love the tips. I have just been asked today to shoot a close relative's wedding and I have only shot one other just for fun. This is exactly what I was looking for as well as the other blog for tips on weddings.
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sweet, this is perfect for the teenager who constantly goes out to hang out with friends...such as me
Good ideas here. Thanks for the info!
i want to learn proposal photograph for merriage, and engagement in studio. I have studio in india. I want also learn lighting effects and single light photography
Great article. Making the formal wedding photos fun is always a challenge. I'm always looking for new ways to do. Thanks you!
The last photograph seems photoshoped..... it has been worked up and joined using multiple shots on a photoeditting software.... i didnt get how it was being done? cud u explain....
Hello, thanks for the article. It is very usefull. Within a few days I have to photograph the members of the local council. First individually, later as a group. I wonder if I should bring studio flashes. A lot of light is important for details. Thanks again.
I know this was posted sometime ago but it doesn't make it any less of a gem! Thank you for a fantastic guide to group photography. I picked up a lot, here and all over DPS.com.
Thanks again!
Alex | Zen Elements
another great post. I have found all the post here very informative
Your tips are terrific! I've really loved reading every single article on here that I could on Digital Photography School, please keep it up and thank you so much!
thanks for the great tips.. these are really useful for me.. ^^
These are great for photographing people....I would love suggestions on how to photograph items. I'm having a hard time with my lighting and set up on my web items. Thanks!
This website was very useful for me when I took my first 15+ people family portrait. I feel as though I did a great job and the family, even a year later, is buying more and more prints from me and they just booked me for a new one. Thank you for your group portrait photography advice you have made this a great resource for the public, amateurs and professionals. Thanks again!
Group photographs are always a little more complicated. Nice tips I'm sure they'll come in useful sometime soon.
The light is the most important of all. Without light you got nothing
Photos of groups are my biggest bugbear, I really hate those 'stand & stare' shots that you continually see. Now armed with some new tips & tricks from DPS, at least my shots will be fresh & imaginative ... thanx guys
omg ...why didnt you tell me this last week lolol...i took a couple of group photos at a wedding ..yuk ...one out of focus ..the other one not light enough...and still one of the people in the group missing and one person out of focus ...i should have just put my camera on automatic to make sure i didnt screw it up ..oh well it was my first wedding ..i have some of the pics on flickr ...not that good at all ...next time i will be more ready ...thats a promise
Great job, and some very very good tips. Love the poses, especially since everyone know how hard to get a large group to stay still.
What great tips! I'm an amateur photog myself - but I've been learning from the people in my flickr groups. This will help me.
I LOVE the fish-eye shot! Imagine printing that out on a circular bit of photo paper for all of the participants. Very imaginative!
Wow, great tips. We do a lot of group shots. We are shooting three hundred people, on a lift and in the sun this evening.
It is always a challenge to find interesting ways to shoot groups. We usually divide the group in two and ask one side the turn toward the middle and then the other side and hands at their sides. Unless we are looking for a little action or movement.
It's not easy to blan and to arrange a Group shot.
If all the people wear the same clethes you can reach a pattern effect.
Def. good planning and preparing goes a long way. You def. want to do your home work before starting any photoshoot.
Cool article, and some really creative examples! *smile*
What I'd like to add is this:
If you have some basic skill with image editing software like Adobe Photoshop, then you can do as suggested - shoot a couple of pictures in rapid succession - and then actually layer these on top of each other in Photoshop and, using for instance the Eraser tool, choose exactly those faces that have come out the best and hide the rest.
It takes a bit of skill, though, and you will likely need to do a bit of retouching also to avoid edge effects. Also I recommend having the camera on a tripod.
Hmmm, and I noticed there was no comment on light in the article. OK, here goes: AVOID having the sun in people's faces! Soft light is best. Also make sure to find a neutral background, as in the nice shot of the group from above, with a brick circle as backdrop. Good luck!
Make sure no one else is trying to take the same photo at the same time since a lot of the people in the group will be looking at them instead of you.
Russ, there is no magic formula :) Just keep shooting until you get at least 2 or 3 really great shots.
Tried some of them on my photoblog, but never put them, prefer pictures without people on the blog:
I have seen a formula for calculating the number of shots needed to have everyones eye open in a group shot. It is something like the number in the group divided by 2 multiplied by 6. I am not sure . Does anyone know the formula?
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I have seen a formula for the number of shots necessary of a group to have at least one with all the eyes open. I seem to recall the number in the group multiplied by six then divided by two. Does any one knpw for sure.
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i am satisfied with ur information. it is very useful to me. i hope you can give more information about taking pictures at different angle to make it more creative,in that way i will find the information very very useful. i really need the information in taking photos at different angles to improve my picture quality.
thank u very much,
I am a beginner and I am really learning a lot from these tips. hoping for more tips with tutorials. :)
thanks for all the great suggestions! I have to take photos at my high school reunion, and they have to be good enough for those present (40 middle aged women!) to want to purchase copies from me. I take pictures all the time of places and things, and occasionally people, but never large groups, so all these good ideas are sincerely appreciately.
I am also using my new Olympus E-410 and I'm still learning new things about what it can and cannot do ;-)
btw...just discovered your site, and will come back often, I'm sure!
That last shot really is the highlight of the article. I think one of the commenters is right though with all the grass and dirt as the focal point. A creative work-around could be a unique circular mat in the middle.
It's nice to see someone giving some thought to one of the more mundane and "not-so-fun" shots at the wedding.
My mother just recently passed away(Dec. 5th). My father had taken quite a lot of photographs of us as children(he was a photographer). I need to make copies of them all and I had in mind digital photographs to copy them all and then download them to cds so we don't all argue over who gets what picture)since more than one of us is in the photos). I'll be making about 6 copies of the photos once downloaded onto cds, in fact I may have to make more because there are so many photos. I plan to let them print what ever picture they decide to do(because there are so many). Thing is I need some tips on making great copies of the original photos in order to do this, so if they want they can do an 8x10 picture(which alot of them are). I have an Olympus digital camera. Any help/tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the tips. Very helpful for this newbie wanting to learn.
Thanks for the tips. Great photos.
Thanks for the great tips. One can never learn enough.
those pictures are so cool
Hi, thanks I have picked up some good tips from the information you have given, could you tell me what is the best setting to use when performing a group shot, i have been using f11 iso 400 speed set at 125, i get a good shot but would like it to be better. Thanks
Awesome photos. I didn't read your story, but the pics ae very cool.
Hmm, I guess that must be why they call it DIGITAL Photography School.
Awesome tips in this post! I'm definitely going to try the "group shot from above" trick at an upcoming family wedding. Thanks for the ideas!
Everyone says the last shot is cool....creative yes....a goog group photo...no. Unless the photo was supposed to be of the dirt and grass center. Would you hang it on the wall as a family portrait?...you can see more of the dirt center, which is where your eye is drawn than of the people. Creativeness is key, but the focus should always remain on the people...not dirt.
Not to mention that some of the faces are darker than the others, so the photographer put little thought into the lighting.
This shot was done similar to how real estate photographers take 360 shots to show in 'video' form on mls/realestate web sites. Its done in multiple overlapping shots after which its all software. Boring.
I, too, have discovered Microsoft Research's "Group Shot" and LOVE it. What a timesaver! When I do a group shot now, I ask everyone in advance to 'hold' their pose once I start clicking for at least 3 seconds or so. I put my camera on continuous shooting and take a burst of shots. It never fails that there are always closed eyes, strange expressions, etc. and with Group Shot, these are very quickly and effectively eliminated and I have gotten fantastic composites in minutes. I highly recommend it--and the best part is that it is FREE!
how was the last picture taken? i love it :)
These are nice tips!
Thanks for the insight.
These tips are awesome! Thanks for sharing all of this great info. The group stuff rocks!
nice! thanks for all these.. ^_^
I really needed to hear all this. I'm bringing my new camera to a big birthday party in a couple weeks and I've been wondering how I'm going to get good shots. I've seen so many party photos of the backs of people's heads, etc. I feel more confident about doing this for my friend. Thanks so much.
I love this site
I have lots of group photo jobs this summer and this was perfect for me.. lots of great tips
Great advice - from all of you. I don't focus much on group shots, but these are indeed wonderful tips. I love the staggering example, it looks so good, but relaxed.
One of the great tips that I got for group pictures is to ask the group to close their eyes and open them at the count of 3. 3...2...1... open.. wait a second and shoot you will avoid the problem of blinking subjects.
Welll! these sounds more or less pretty much basic! and nothign about the light has been specified. Well the focus of light gives more impact on the picture than the ppl. May be may be im wrong. Anyways would like to know more about photography as i hike to capture my dream snaps.
Group photos are one of my favourites. Thanks for the fantastic tips and great insights.
These are great tips. And beautiful example photos as well.
Thanks for the tips. I like the pics of what not to do as well.
Getting up high is incredibly helpful in these shots. I also find people like groups shots of themselves taken from high up more often, because it's a bit more of a unique angle.
LOVE that last photo.
Groups are very tough to deal with, but making sure they know who is in charge is very important and ideal for the situation.
Check out how to make the Planet Shaped Amazing Circle photo
That last photo is amazing (assuming PS doesn't stand for Photoshop)!
that 'high up' thinge reminds me the fish-eye effect so popular in 90s..
I applaud you for the excellent tips for large group pictures. I will be using some of these tips for an upcoming wedding and family day,including some close friends. Thanks a million. I would like to find more tips regarding lighting the subjects for that really special picture.
I like the idea of giving them a reason to take a picture.
"For example at a wedding you might motivate people to pose by saying '((insert name of couple being married here)) have asked me to get some group shots' or at a sporting event 'lets take a group photo to celebrate our win'. "
Nice article. In the past I've used Microsoft Group shot -http://research.microsoft.com/projects/GroupShot/ to easily combine multiple photos into one good one. For those of us w/kids, it's a must.
Here's a "Little Planet" panorama tutorial:
Cool tips. I really like that picure at the bottom where they go around all 360. That was very clever. I also like your tip about getting high up. I was at a wedding, and the photographer got as high up as she could but the room wasn't tall enough. It might be best to take them outside cause they look so very cool.
Yup, tripod's the way forward. Once everything is framed up, it means you can get out from behind the camera - pop your head up (not too far away otherwise everyone will be looking in an odd direction) and say 'Big smile'! Works every time. When the person you've identified as the most reticent is smiling, that's when you click.
Whoa! The last photo is way cool. For the most part, I use a tripod for group snaps - specially when I want to be in the snap ^_^.
If I am taking the snap, I generally wait till everyone is relaxed and ready before taking the snap.
One trick I got from one of Scott Kelby's books is to get everyone to close their eyes and open them when you count to three. This way everyone will have their eyes open when you take the shot.
Great tips... although I know they are read than performed. Curiosity has me with the last shot... how was that taken?
Group shots is an area I'm really weak in, but I totally agree that you have to take loads of shots. I usually have to warn the group that I'll be doing that because they'll have dispersed and everyone will start talking and sitting down.
I love catching the interaction between people when they think that the photos are finished however! :)
Great story! For my sister's wedding we had a firetruck come and the photographer went up on the ladder and took pictures from way up into the sky. (The Groom's brother-in-law is a fire fighter.)
Great tips! I especially like the ideas/examples with unique angles or post techniques (such as the spherical one at the end)... these are some great ways to improve a boring group photo and make it visually interesting.


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Yesterday, 27th of March, 2008 was the BIG day for us. In coordination with Department of Education, Ministry of Education, we distributed Mero Sanu Sathi, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Laptop, to the students of 4th graders of Janajyoti Ni Ma Vi, Ugratara-8, Janagal, Kavre as a part of first ever pilot distribution of the laptop in Nepal, codenamed "Sunrise". The laptops were distributed amidst a program chaired by Purna Bahadur Khatri, Chairman of School Management Committee. The officials from Department of Education, Nepal Government were also present in the distribution ceremony.
Along with the laptop, the school also received a School Server which contains extra books and contents that can be accessed on the laptop through wireless connection.
As the children start using the laptops, OLPC Nepal Community will be closely monitoring the performance and influence of laptop on the children along with its usage by them. Our real work has just begun..

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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
June 2009
Climate Study Takes Close-up Look at Washington State
PNNL experts help supply science basis for action strategies
These figures show a regional model of fall precipitation and winter temperature changes predicted for Washington State in the 2040s. In contrast, a global model of the same area over- and under-predicted many of these changes. The comparison shows the specificity and thus, the value, of the more detailed regional model. Enlarge Image.
Result: A report to which Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers made major contributions is providing the scientific foundation for climate change preparation and planning in Washington State. Commissioned by the State Legislature, the Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment is the most detailed examination ever on how climate change could affect the state.
PNNL climate physicist Dr. Ruby Leung and atmospheric scientist Dr. Yun Qian developed one of the two regional climate change scenarios used in the assessment, which was released in February 2009. Economists Dr. Michael Scott and Michelle Niemeyer prepared an economic assessment of Yakima Basin water supplies.
An international reputation for expertise in regional climate modeling and analysis led to the Laboratory's participation in the project directed by the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group. The study projects that, by 2020 and into the 2080s, Washington will experience higher temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, and lower summer water supplies. The report also details the potential economic impacts of these changes on families, businesses, and communities.
Why it matters: Understanding the likely direction and magnitude of future climate changes and impacts is essential for managing the risks— and exploiting the opportunities—of climate change. More than 800 policy makers, resource managers, and decision makers are using the findings as they develop those strategies.
"Much of the strength of Climate Impacts Group comes from its varied membership, drawing from leading institutions around the region such as PNNL," said Spencer Reeder, lead climate change policy strategist for the Department of Ecology. "This type of collaboration will be critical as we face up to and develop solutions and strategies in addressing climate change in our state," he added.
Method: The assessment started with 20 different climate models from research groups around the world. Two global scenarios, one of low greenhouse-gas emissions and the other of medium emissions, were created for each model. Translating global climate change projections into impacts on Washington State required making the climate data more regionally specific.
PNNL researchers built highly detailed regional models and tailored the scenarios to reveal climate changes and consequences for the state. Researchers created six "average climate change" scenarios for the Pacific Northwest and then downscaled the scenarios to create higher-resolution climate projections for particular geographic areas. These actions produced models that account for the influence of smaller features than can be resolved in a global climate model and yielded composite climate scenarios suitable for analysis of specific local climate impacts.
Finally, the team quantified impacts at scales useful for decision-making in eight sectors of the state's economy: hydrology and water resources, energy, agriculture, salmon, forests, coasts, infrastructure, and human health. The assessment also addresses the need for adaptive planning and adaptation options within each sector.
The Washington assessment is the first to combine such a diverse and detailed set of climate models, fine spatial resolution, and hydrologic modeling into an integrated climate impacts assessment. Few other states have as much information on their changing climates.
What's next? An important goal of climate research is to reduce and characterize uncertainty in the climate change projections so that they can be more useful for assessing climate change impacts and developing adaptation and mitigation strategies. PNNL researchers play a key role in reducing uncertainty through improved process understanding and modeling of climate processes such as clouds and aerosols. Leung and Qian also participate in the North American Climate Change Assessment Program to use multiple global and regional climate models to better quantify uncertainties in projecting climate change. Scott continues to work on climate impacts and adaptation in Northwest irrigated agriculture and on forecasting the impacts of climate change, demographic change, and technology adoption on the western U.S. power grid.
Acknowledgments: The 2007 Washington State Legislature funded the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group to conduct the study. Co-principal investigators were Dr. Edward Miles, UW professor of marine affairs and head of the Climate Impacts Group, and Dr. Dennis Lettenmaier, UW professor of civil and environmental engineering. PNNL and Washington State University were principal partners on the study.
Research Team: Ruby Leung, Yun Qian, Michael Scott, and Michelle Niemeyer represented PNNL on the team, which included more than 50 experts from the United States and Canada.
Reference: Littell, J.S., M. McGuire Elsner, L.C. Whitely Binder, and A.K. Snover (eds). 2009. The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment:Evaluating Washington's Future in a Changing Climate - Executive Summary, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.


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|2011-07-26, 07:40
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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|2011-07-26, 14:05
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Shibuya Psychic Research
21.5 was again excuted wonderfully. I like that both OAD's were told thru other ppl's eyes. Damn Moto. The brain part almost made me jump, I was like, oh gawd! Didnt expect it. She kinda reminded me of Nao in that she was left with nothing but unlike Nao wasnt a Shiki. Seriously I could watch several more of these OAD's but the manga will do.
|2011-07-26, 15:59
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|2011-07-27, 21:45
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Finished it a few hours ago (and now I see some mentions of extra episodes that I haven't watched, so maybe finished isn't quite the right word) and want to get one thing off my chest:
Die, Seishin, you spineless, cowardly traitor! Die! And take Sunako with you to hell, will ya?
Ah, that felt nice. I don't know if it was intentional or not but I saw Seishin as the embodiment of pseudo-intellectual who always tries to see the situation through every viewpoint, never takes quick decisions and uses a lot of lofty phrases he doesn't really understand. Which would have been harmless enough, if he weren't playing with people's lives.
I loved the show's dark atmosphere and the OST but I am not too crazy about the plot. There is always a big problem with those town and villages where people die every day and no one finds it all that odd. The show tried really hard to draw a parallel between shiki and humans but didn't do it too well. It really bothers me when part of the fandom of such shows (cough, Buffy, cough) defends the supernatural killers with phrases like "well, humans can be complete monsters too". Yes, they can but generally the vast majority of humans do not murder for pleasure. If only a small percentage of shiki, vampires, werewolves or whatever supernatural creatures are in a given show bother to fight their nature, why should we blame the humans who fight back and kill them? If you have met ten shiki so far and all of them were killers, would you be inclined to believe the eleventh one when he claims he is actually a nice guy?
Anyway. grumbling aside, I haven't watched an anime series so quickly (in just a few days) since forever, so I enjoyed it overall. I am just sick of woobie vampires, so that's mostly my problem, not an objective problem of the show. I really liked Natsuno, Ritsuko and Toshio (only later on, he was a bit of a moron early on). Megumi and Tatsumi were interesting villains. Sunako...I am so tired of scary little girls, to be honest.
|2011-07-27, 22:27
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Except that the humans not only were killing Shikis,they started going after people that were simply bitten (and being bitten once isn't deadly,they could have recovered) or supposed "traitors" when they had no proof and sometimes were just innocent people.
The humans were also in denial about the shikis still being the same people they were when they were alive.
It's one thing to accept the fact that "hey,I'm going to have to kill this person I'm very fond of to survive,so be it", and another to try and confort yourself by saying "this isn't the person I once knew,so it's ok to kill that person" because the latter is a complete lie,the shikis still had memories and emotions so they still were very much the same person.
|2011-07-27, 22:29
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|2011-07-28, 00:25
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|2011-07-28, 04:02
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Spoiler for slight manga spoilers:
p.s. let me just try to place myself in the range of opinions here, just in case anyone thinks I'm trying to defend the shiki by saying that "the humans can be monsters too":
I look at each character in accordance with the context surrounding each of their struggles/decisions etc. There are characters on both sides whose actions I can't condone, but I try to understand exactly what brought about those actions.
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|2011-07-28, 05:55
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Except the difference doesn't come from simply turning into a Shiki.
It comes from waking up in an organisation that forces its members to kill by saying "kill or be killed" or "kill that person or we'll kill them ourselves anyway"
And just by Karica67 I'm not trying to defend the actions
I'm just saying the situation was a whole lot more complex than some villagers were making out to be.
In the end to me a war was fought because a few extremists on both sides wanted to fight it and in the process lots of innocent blood on both sides was shed for the interest of those few extremists.
|2011-07-28, 13:23
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|2011-08-09, 04:31
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The manga makes it clear that shiki like Nao who had given into their darker impulses were no longer human and unlike a human criminal, had no chance of redemption. It also showed that Nao's family had been friends with the family of the guy with the hat whose father had been shot. His son had also been killed by a shiki before. Nao either did it or stood by and let it happen. That's why he wanted to destroy her.
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|2011-08-09, 05:08
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|2011-08-13, 05:56
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Trendy Backwater
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After finishing the series, I'm very confident in saying for me this was the best series about vampires, or I may go as bold to say this was the best one for me in all medium that portrayed vampires. It was a bit slow in the beginning but it paid off with the ending almost spectacular beside the few complaints, it was still an appropriate conclusion. It took its time to build the plot and never rushing anything. Its execution is one of the better I've seen in the anime. It was very moving and poignant in many scenes, it makes me think.
Even in the process of watching it, I was eagerly waiting for that bloody end for shiki. I found a lot of them irritating, overindulgent and disrespectful. Here they just come to small town and do what they please, stomping the rules and regulations of the town. That's why I probably found the ending satisfying if not brutal but most shiki had it coming. The villagers not realising they were slowly being killed by vampires, I thought was natural when they are just small town folks not interested in superstitions.
|2012-04-17, 10:01
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: england
Age: 29
i have just finished watching this for the first time and really enjoyed it. my biggest surprise was that at the start i disliked the shiki and wanted them to be wiped out but then i ended up feeling a bit sorry for them at the end.
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Designed to be used with a suppressor, this one-of-a-kind rifle allows you to combine signature reduction capabilities with the flawless reliability of the original Barrett® M107. An all-new bolt carrier group has been designed that is key to making the rifle suppressor-ready. its titanium four-port muzzle brake is engineered to work seamlessly with a quick-attach Barrett .50 BMG Suppressor.
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Car News
Audi Makes Changes for 2012
Audi has revealed its 2012 lineup - and it includes a powerful new engine for its flagship sedan. The luxury automaker recently announced updates and pricing for the new model year, including an all-new version of the upscale A8 sedan.
Starting from $133,500 and available only in long wheelbase guise, the new A8L W12 will serve as the luxury sedan's flagship model. Featuring a 500-horsepower, 6.3-liter 12-cylinder powerplant teamed with an 8-speed automatic transmission and Quattro all-wheel drive, Audi says the A8L W12 will reach 60 mph from standstill in just 4.4 seconds. Standard features include ventilated, massaging seats, a panoramic sunroof, the rear-seat entertainment system and Wi-Fi hotspot capability.
Completely redesigned for last year, a standard A8 featuring a 372-horsepower, 4.2-liter V8 and Quattro all-wheel drive starts at $78,750 for 2012. The long-wheelbase A8L adds nearly $6,000 to the bottom line, with 2012 prices starting at $84,700.
Aside from the A8's all-new flagship variant, much of the Audi lineup sees minor changes for 2012. Pricing for the automaker's compact A3 hatchback is unchanged for the new model year, with base-level 2.0T models offered from $27,270 and TDI clean diesel variants starting at $32,250. The base price for a 2012 A4 sedan has increased $300 since 2011, with 2012 models starting at $32,500, while the sporty A5 will also see a slight increase, jumping $200 for 2012 to start at $37,100.
Audi's midsize A6 exchanges its standard 3.2-liter V6 for a 2.0-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine meant to help drop the model's base price and increase its fuel economy. At around 33 miles per gallon highway, the new engine certainly helps gas mileage - and with a base price of just $41,700, nearly $4,500 cheaper than last year's A6 3.2, it also succeeds in making Audi's midsize sedan more affordable. For 2012, the A6 3.0T retains its 300-horsepower supercharged V6 and remains priced from just under $50,000.
As pricing and details regarding the Audi R8, TT and A7 have already been released, the automaker's only other recent news relates to its SUVs. The midsize Q5 and larger Q7 SUVs will both see minor price jumps for 2012, with the Q5 starting at $35,600 and the Q7 at $46,250. Audi says its entire 2012 model range will arrive on dealer lots soon.


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James Powditch
Aden Young in 'Once upon a time in the inner west'
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Actor Aden Young has appeared in films such as Black Robe, Metal Skin, Cosi and Paradise Road. He was in the Sydney Theatre Company production of Hedda Gabler starring Cate Blanchett, the New York season of which featured in the ABC documentary In the Company of Actors. Most recently, he has been collaborating as editor with Paul Cox on Salvation and Kalaupapa Dreaming.
"We both live in Sydney's inner west in Marrickville and I met him when he shot his short film The Rose of Ba Ziz at our place last year," says James Powditch.
Powditch is a huge film buff and collects old movie posters. His portrait of Young is conceived as a giant billboard. The six panels are painted on paper then glued down like a movie poster in the street over other old posters.
Film references abound. The title is a play on the Sergio Leone 1968 spaghetti western C'era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West). Young, with his classic matinee idol looks, is depicted as a cowboy, echoing a famous image of Steve McQueen in Sam Peckinpah's Junior Bonner. There are also references to Apocalypse Now, Reds and The Warriors. The text is a reworking of the original Once Upon a Time in the West poster and includes other little jokes: The (Marrickville) Metro is a shopping centre Powditch and Young both use, Addison & Addison refers to the name of the road where they both live.
Born in Sydney in 1966, Powditch is well known for making inventive, witty mixed media constructions that incorporate painting, assemblage, collage and screen-printing. This is his first time in the Archibald though his portraits have hung in the Salon des Refuses for the last four years. He is also represented in this year's Wynne and Sulman Prizes, in both of which he has been a regular finalist since 2002. He won the 2007 Mosman Art Prize and was a co-winner of the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 2005. A finalist in last year's Dobell Drawing Prize, his work has also featured in the ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sculpture by the Sea and the Woollahra Sculpture Prize. He has been regularly included in the Year in Art Exhibition at the S.H. Ervin Gallery. He has held numerous solo shows and is represented in regional and corporate collections.


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What if you spent a week eating the right diet, exercising and stimulating your brain with fun-to-do mind games?How about adding some stress-reduction techniques? What if you did all this and, at the end of the week, got proof your brain was healthier? And suppose you saw these benefits no matter what age you started -- 40, 60, even 80? A healthier brain usually means greater longevity. And greater longevity with less fear of developing Alzheimer's. It's not only possible, it's probable that a personalized program can build individual brain strength, says Dr. Gary Small, director of the UCLA Longevity Center at the university's Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior. Small is also a professor of psychiatry at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine. Small developed a breakthrough program for keeping brains younger, and he will describe his program at the June 12 WomanSage meeting. His new book is "The Alzheimer's Prevention Program: Keep Your Brain Healthy for the Rest of Your Life." Gigi Vorgan, a writer and producer of feature films, is coauthor of the book with her husband. Together, they also wrote the New York Times best-seller "The Memory Bible." I talked to Small about the quizzes and self-evaluation included in his new book: Q: There are some 80 million baby boomers starting to reach 65, and studies show that right now, 1 in every 2 people will develop some sort of dementia by their 80s. That means 40 million people! What can be done? A: We can't guarantee some of these people won't get dementia, because genetics are partially to blame here. But the idea of the book is to take care of what you can and stave off symptoms as long as possible. A brain-healthy lifestyle should let you stave off symptoms for at least four or more years. The hard part is to make those healthy behaviors routine for people. Q: What's your plan? A: First, educate people so they understand the connections between good behavior and good health. Next, introduce some brain games that are easy, stimulating and work! My seven-day jump start program is not daunting. It's fun, actually. And besides helping your brain, you may lose a few pounds. Q: Is this program for everyone? A: It has two important components: It will bolster brain health and it will help you with age-related cognitive decline. But it won't do everything, of course. If you want to get an assessment of where you are, contact us at UCLA. We can do an assessment. Q: How quickly can I expect results? A: If you've been sick and on your back, when you feel better you start physical therapy. And you start at a lower level and train until you get to the next level. With memory exercises, you build up gradually also. What do you tell people they need to do as they age? Well, first they need to have an advance directive in place. That's critical. Then, we are finding people can live for many years with good nursing care. So after the advance directive, it's important to take control of your brain health. You know, genetics only determines the future for about a third of us. If we learn to eat right, exercise and manage stress right now, it will help us so much in the future. It could even increase your life expectancy. (Contact the writer: email@example.com)
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John Adduci
by Victor M. Cassidy
John Adduci is one of Chicago's best sculptors, but the public hardly knows his name. He earns his living out of sight—from commissions and private sales. He rarely exhibits in art galleries because dealers would rather show paintings which are easier to sell.
Dad's Body Shop
Curving forms, energy, movement, and balance are key themes in Adduci's work, which hovers between abstraction and figuration. His sculptures recall the body; many suggest a human presence. Almost all originate from a narrative of some sort, an idea that sparks his imagination. When ideas come to him at two in the morning, the artist jumps out of bed and makes drawings. He can't sleep, anyway.
Adduci works mostly in bronze and aluminum at pedestal and plaza scales. Bronze is his favorite material, but it costs three times as much as aluminum so he waits for a commission that pays for it. He never paints his sculptures and may not finish the surface, preferring to regrind a piece when it gets dirty.
The artist has lived with sculptural form since childhood. When he was ten years old, he washed cars at his father's auto dealership on Chicago's south side. Later, he worked in the body shop where journeymen taught him welding, metals fabrication, painting–and how to work fast. These experiences decisively influenced his sculptural vision. "My forms are very concentrated and lean toward a purity of line," he states. "For me, they must be right on."
My Pi (2010), Adduci's newest work stands at the corner of Chicago's North Avenue and Orchard Street. Twelve feet high, it's one of twenty outdoor pieces in the 2010 Lakefront Sculpture Exhibit (LSE), which will be up until mid-2011 in Chicago's Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods. Sculptors all want to be in the LSE because it generates sustained publicity, which leads to commissions and sales.
My Pi recalls the Greek letter that we remember from geometry class. It's typical Adduci. Welded together from aluminum sheet, it has a wire brushed surface that captures the light. My Pi's curved legs, tilted top, and precarious balance make it look ready to step off its platform and take a jaunt through the neighborhood.
"All the Action!"
My Pi seems almost to move. "Look at all the action in my work!" Adduci exclaims. "I put sculpture into motion without making it kinetic." Acknowledging a debt to Boccioni, the Italian Futurist, he adds: "I've never met a circle—or a curve—that I didn't like." Curves and spirals in his sculptures recall carnival rides, the rib cage, and the spine as they draw our eye all over the piece. Swoops and flutters look like flying limbs or garments blowing in the wind. Exaggerated backward bends make us laugh.
Another recent sculpture is Whip It (2009), a 12-ft.-high bronze that Adduci made on commission for a park in Altoona, Manitoba, Canada. Full of extravagant curves, Whip It "suggests high energy, looks like a hockey player," the artist says. "People play hockey up in Manitoba," he adds. "They love this piece—all that spinning around, movement, flailing arms and legs." As he was working on Whip It, Adduci surfed the Internet for images of hockey players and even watched a game.
Whip It is not just one sculpture but several, depending on where you view it from. "I want surprises when I walk around the piece," Adduci says. "I want to see something new, not just the back side." To get these effects, he starts his sculptures with drawings and then constructs a metal model, which he tinkers with, often for weeks, turning it around and around to see it from different angles. ("I've been accused of being obsessive-compulsive," the artist confesses.) As he builds the full-sized piece, he follows this same procedure but makes smaller adjustments.
Sculptures in Families
We might call Whip It the son of Yikes (2000), a 15-ft.-high bronze. Basically an elaborate X shape, Yikes could be a person who's so completely flabbergasted by something that his arms and legs are splayed out and whose trunk is curved back in surprise. Adduci suggests a less literal reading. "The things sticking out from the sides of Yikes could be arms or just gesture," he states. The commission for Whip It resulted when the client saw Yikes and wanted something in the same vein. "Those sculptures," says the artist, "become like a family or genre of pieces that have the essence of figurativeness to them."
Adduci's "Yin and Yang" sculptures, a second family, are more abstract with energy going in opposite directions. An example is the 24-ft.-high bronze and stainless steel Antipode (2000) on the University of Illinois Circle campus, a bowl-like profile leaning backward on its base with flat extensions on both ends and thick tendril-like forms emerging from them. In Antipode, energy goes diagonally up and down, from the past to the future, the artist says.
"My idea came from when I was looking at the site before they rebuilt the UIC Student Center," Adduci states. "You could still see the depressions of the original foundations of the homes that used to be there on Halsted Street right by Hull House. My dad grew up there. That could have been his empty lot." Thus, in the Antipode narrative, the past is the demolished house and the future is the campus.
Walking the Plank
Adduci has fond childhood memories of pirate books with Howard Pyle illustrations and he especially remembers the picture of a man walking the plank. A sword at the base of the victim's back pushes him toward the water and the sharks. To keep his balance and survive a few moments longer, he spreads his arms wide and stretches his chest as far forward as he can.
In OhBelisk (2002), Adduci applies this exaggerated posture to a monumental form with hilarious results. According to him, an obelisk is "the most stoic of forms and I said: 'Well let's bend him over and see what it looks like!' With the obelisk, you couldn't ask for a simpler shape—and to see it come alive was thrilling."
John Adduci has been working for a long time now and his enthusiasm for sculpture remains undiminished. "I still physically like the action of working," he says. "I love wrestling with the metal, climbing up the ladders, and stuff like that. It makes me feel good."


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Philippines Crocodile
The crocodile is surely one of the most awe-inspiring creatures on earth. Visiting the crocodiles at Melbourne Zoo is an opportunity to meet these animals close up.
The Philippines Crocodile is classed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (on the IUCN 'red list'). The species is under great threat from habitat destruction and practices such as dynamite fishing. The number of individuals surviving in the wild may be only in the hundreds. They are protected in the Philippines.
Melbourne Zoo is working with the Mabuwaya Foundation to strengthen recovery of the Philippines Crocodile in the northern Philippines. This is one of only two viable populations left. Your visit to the Zoo is an opportunity to learn more about the plight of Philippines Crocodiles in the wild and be inspired to take action to contribute to the protection and preservation of this species.
These freshwater crocodiles are native to the Philippines and are thought to have once occurred widely on all of the larger islands.
They are smaller than other crocodile species and grow up to 3 metres.
Philippines Crocodiles are golden-brown when young and become darker as they age.
They live in marshes, ponds, creeks and rivers. Their diet includes fish, snails, shrimps and small mammals, snakes and birds.
Females build nests of leaves, twigs and soil during the dry season. The males and female take turns to watch over the nest. About 15–25 eggs are laid. Eggs hatch after 65–85 days.
See them today in Lion Gorge at Melbourne Zoo
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What about rights? Do I give them up?
Not at all! Capture My Arizona is not a rights grab. Photographers control how their photos are used by opting in to specific uses for their photos. You will not find any blanket statements in our terms, which means photographers can be certain where and when their photos will be used. You also won't find any terminology like "in perpetuity" or "exclusive" in our terms of service, which means we never own the rights to your photo -- you're simply lending us rights for specific uses, and submitting your photo does not preclude you from using it in any way you see fit in the future.
What about attribution? I want my credit!
We understand, and we agree. Everyone deserves proper recognition for their contribution. In publications, in promotion and on the website, your photo will always be credited to you. In addition, we provide a way for you to promote your website and your photography services on the your profile. Folks who like your work in printed products can seek out your name on the Capture My Arizona site and order your prints (if you have that setup) or get in touch with you.
Why can't I upload?
- Be sure that you haven't previously uploaded the photo. Check your public photos on your profile page as well as your photos that are missing information
- Ensure that you have an up-to-date browser listed below:
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Why can't I see my photo?
In order for your photo to be publicly viewable it needs to have the required fields filled out. The required fields on a photo that you have uploaded are:
- Caption
- Category
- Place
You can edit a photo at any time by clicking on the edit button on that photo's page, or you can batch edit all of your photos by going to the edit photos page.
Please note: we cache lists of photos in various spots around the site which means it may take up to 30 minutes for your photo to appear in category lists and so on. As long as your photo has been saved with the above information, it will show up in a matter of 15-30 minutes.
What's a pixel, and how do I know if I have enough of them?
A pixel is a unit of measurement. It's what computers use to measure image sizes. We don't require your photos have a certain number of pixels, but if you want your photo picked for publications, it needs to be high resolution.
With that as the preface, it would be best to upload images of at least 2000 pixels on its longest side. To find out how many pixels your image has, open it in a photo editing, or photo viewing application. Most applications should have a straightforward menu system which should lead you to "image dimensions," "image size," or "get info." Once there, you should see the width and height of your image in pixels.
Bigger (or more pixels) is always better, so just upload the largest available version of your photo. We will accept all photos (even really small ones), but a photo is more likely to end up published in publications if it's bigger.
Do my photos have to be taken here?
Yes. This is a community of folks looking for the best of Arizona in photography, so photos should be from Arizona. It doesn't matter where you are from, but all photos should be of Arizona. When you submit a photo, we ask you where it was taken. It's an honor system, but we allow users to report a photo if it's not from the area. This "must be taken from here" policy is self-policing. We let the users' reports and votes weed out ones that shouldn't be here.
How much post-processing can I do to my photos?
Art is subjective, so ultimately it's up to you. That said, our editors prefer photos to digital art. When editors are picking photos for challenge winners, publications and so on, they are likely to skip over submissions that look like they came from photo-editing software instead of a camera.
For example, if you're trying to catch en editor's eye, don't turn your photo of a dog into a photo of a dog with a cape, saving a kitten from a tree. Don't spend 45 minutes in your photo editing application making an unrealistic scene. Don't make your photo look like a painting. Don't drop items into your photo that weren't there in the natural scene. Just don't mess with it too much. Use your own judgement but remember that other people and the editors have the ultimate call, and they're not going to vote for or pick a photo that doesn't look like a photo.
Cropping, toning, contrast, removal of dust spots are all examples of appropriate digital enhancement. Note: we do have a special category for HDR imagery if you're into that sort of thing.
Should I upload one photo multiple times and put them in different categories?
No, you shouldn't. Each photo can be entered in one category, and one category alone. Now if you've got a photo that's a little different and you want to put that in another category, that's fine, just don't upload the same photo more than once.
Should I embed a color profile?
We don't require it because most folks don't know what a color profile is. However, if you know what one is and you're looking to convert your image to a certain profile, we'd love to have it in sRGB. This isn't necessary if you don't know what a color profile is.
Will you edit my photo info?
We'd prefer not to, but if we want to use your photo in a product, we will be looking for grammar and spelling mistakes. We're human, too. It happens to us just like it does you. Otherwise, we won't be changing the information about your photo. We'd ask that you pay special attention to the details in your captions. If your caption tells us your photo is of your cousin Sally, we pretty much have to believe you. So far as the details of your photo, if at all possible, the caption you give us will appear "as-is" if your photo is selected for a product or publication. If your caption is too long, or redundant, or has parts that are not applicable to the photo, we may cut it down.
What about people photos and releases? Are famous people okay?
Photos of people in a public square are okay without any kind of release. Photos of family and friends are usually okay, but get their permission first. We probably can't publish models and famous people in a product or publication without their consent, but go ahead and post photos if you have them. Let us worry about the rights and such. If our lawyers feel we need to get in touch with the famous person or model, we will get ahold of you and make arrangements.
How do I submit a new photo?
You can submit a new photo from file (on your computer) or by transferring from Flickr (if you have an account there). Either way, all metadata (IPTC) data that exists in your photo will be transfered as well to make caption input super easy.
What are the guidelines for photo submission?
There are few hard-and-fast rules that must be followed, they are:
- JPEG format.
- You must be the photographer and have rights to upload the photo.
- No nudity.
- Taken within Arizona.
If you see a photo that doesn't follow these rules, be sure to report it (click the "report" link on the bottom-right of the photo's page).
In addition to the rules, to help guide the community of Capture My Arizona users, we have a few submission guidelines. These guidelines aren't rules, but we'd prefer you honor them. Our editors are fairly unlikely to pick photos that don't adhere to these guidelines:
- No borders.
- No obtrusive text (or watermarks) on photo.
- No collages.
- No enlargements. Just upload your photo in its original size.
- No heavy digital manipulations (fake items in photo, isolations, etc.).
- No non-photos (like drawings, paintings, and screen shots).
What is the size indicator when uploading?
The size indicator tells you how big each photo could run in print, if chosen for a product or publication. We print things at 300dpi, which means we need your original photo files. The size indicator is no guarantee that it would run at any particular size, but we thought it would be helpful to show you the potential size it could run.
What kind of caption are you looking for?
A good one. It takes a lot to write a caption, and we hope you're up to the challenge. Try to be concise but get everything relevant in. Be descriptive and pithy. Try to use proper grammar, punctuation, etc. We know everyone won't be perfect, so just do your best.
What category should I submit my photo to?
Picking the right category is super important. People usually browse photos by category because they are interested in a particular subject. If you submit your photo to an incorrect category, a voter may not dig your photo just because it's not what they wanted to look at, even if it's a great photo. We have a wide range of categories, so you should be able to find the right one for your photo.
How many photos can I submit?
While we don't have a cap on the total number of photos you can submit to Capture My Arizona, we do set a limit on how many photos you can upload within a 7-day period to 20. This is a rolling 7 days, meaning that if you were to upload 5 photos today, then use the remainder of your uploads tomorrow, you would regain 5 uploads 7 days from now, and then 15 again 8 days from now. The idea is to encourage you to upload your best photos a few at a time, every few days. If you submit photos that way, your photos will be seen by all sort of different folks on different days. Plus, 20 photos per week works out to about 80 photos per month or 1,040 photos per year!
The reason for this limit is simple: we want to see your best photos. We encourage you to personally curate your collection of photos so your Capture My Arizona profile showcases who you are as a photographer. After all, our goal is to find the best of Arizona, so let's start with your best. We want your best photos to compete against other users' best, and may the best of the best win!
What's required for the place field?
Places are proper names of towns within Arizona. When uploading a photo, start typing the name of a proper proper town and the results will pop up. Select the correct town name from the matching list. Please note: we use Yahoo's GeoPlaces API to determine valid town names within Arizona. We are working to improve this system. If you don't see the town name you're trying to enter, please pick one as close as possible. We hope to have an improved places system soon!


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PARIS — Today, I was able to spend some "me" time along the rue Saint Louis en l'Isle. This street is part of one of the islands in the Seine, sort of in the middle of the city. I came to know this street (and the island) when my family and I used to rent an apartment here. To me, this street has some of the most amazing shops in Paris. The best ice cream and sorbet can be found at Berthillon, whose primary location is on the island. Even in the middle of winter, you will find a line that circles around the block–people patiently waiting to buy some of their amazing confections. (Perhaps akin to the line outside of Target when Wiis became available.)A little further down, there is a tea room called La Charlotte de l'Isle. The owner is a chocolate artist of the first order. When you walk in, you are greeted by the rich smell of dark chocolate. She makes all kinds of figurines, cakes, cookies, and other structures from chocolate. Occasionally, she'll add in candied fruit or almonds. The reason for my visit today was to pick-up a pièce monter for a party. I learned that pièce monter means something that is built in stages. So, the creation was tall, with each "floor" made from almond cookie dough rolled thin, baked and then molded to form half cylinders. The occasional section was dipped in chocolate. (If I were faced with a "last meal", a pièce monter would be my request!) Besides ordering a piece of pièce, we frequently will stop in for chocolat chaud. This hot chocolate is NOT made from Nestlés powder — instead, our hostess melts chunks of chocolate with cream or half and half, and then serves it with a side of water.Also along this street is my favorite jewelry store. Thelma isn't a store where you would go to buy a diamond, but a lot of the jewelry is handmade with crystals and other semi-previous stones. Without fail, I visit the shop once per trip to Paris and inevitably I buy something.If you keep walking down the street, it opens up into a bridge that connects the two islands. Cross the bridge and you are at the back of Notre Dame. Today, the tour line was too long so I just stood outside and took some pictures. I did go into another church (much smaller and less ornate) along the same street to light a candle. Similar to visiting Thelma, I always try to visit one church to light a candle. Thought it's gotten to be such an expensive habit that I no longer light a candle for everyone on my prayer list– one has to suffice.


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By Greg Parrott
The 2012 football season will be underway in 48 hours. This Friday the Pike County Pirates will travel to Griffin to take on the Spalding Jaguars. The Pirates have been working hard in the weight room during the summer with 70 to 75 players attending each workout. Conditioning in the hot August days will pay off in the season as the Pirates will play some top notch teams this season.
Defensive players attempt to drag their opponent to the ground during the spring inter-squad game. Practices are underway and the Pirates' first scrimmage game is Friday in Spalding County.
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This is the PLC that I use to control everything. It's hooked into my home's wireless network so I can use my laptop to work on the system outside. It's really handy. This is one of the manifolds. There's another four valve manifold on the other side of the house. This is the user interface for the irrigation system.I'll see if I can get a few. Maybe some screen shots too.
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Yes, they're installed and working. Th little brass tags are stamped so I can tell which valve goes to which zone. I don't have the valve boxes yet. The complete manifold is almost four feet long, but each four valve half can be covered with one valve box. I used an NDS 113BC valve box on the four valve manifold on the other side of my house. I just need to get a couple. I've been looking at decorative rocks to cover the whole thing.neat. Are those manifolds already installed? Where's the box?
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Until a recent NBA preseason game, the last time Wayne Ellington played a basketball game in the Greensboro Coliseum was a 23-point outburst as his North Carolina team won an NCAA Tournament second-round game against LSU.
When he came back, it was with the Dallas Mavericks.
�It feels great to be back,� he said. �I love playing in North Carolina. This is my second home.�
After the Tar Heels won the national championship in 2009, his junior season, Ellington left school and was the 28th overall draft pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves. In three years with Minnesota, he averaged 6.1 points in 189 games, the majority off the bench.
Since then, the guard has had quite a ride. The Timberwolves traded him to the Memphis Grizzlies for forward Dante Cunningham in July 2012, kicking off a whirlwind 12 months. He played 40 games for the Grizzlies, including a 25-point performance against the eventual NBA champion Miami Heat last Nov. 11. But in January, he was shipped to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with two other players and a draft pick.
The Cavaliers didn�t bring him back, even though Ellington averaged 10.4 points per game. He signed with the re-stocking Mavericks in July, joining a new backcourt with Jose Calderon and Monta Ellis.
Following the Mavericks� 89-83 preseason victory against the Charlotte Bobcats, in which Ellington scored 12 points off the bench, he said he thought he might have found a permanent place.
�The way we play here, our style, I think it fits me great,� Ellington said. �I feel like this could be a place that could be long term for me.�
Another face familiar to Tar Heel fans wears the same blue jersey that Ellington wears now. Vince Carter, a No. 5 overall pick out of North Carolina after three years in Chapel Hill, is a key bench player for Dallas.
�I�ve always followed Vince and looked up to Vince, even when we weren�t on the same team,� Ellington said. �It�s great to be on the same team as him and learn from him. We get to talk Carolina all day.�
Ellington arrives with the Mavericks as they�re changing the way they play. Dallas missed the playoffs for the first time since 2000 last season and made some major changes in the offseason. They lost key players O.J. Mayo, Darren Collison, Elton Brand and Chris Kaman, while bringing in Calderon, Ellis and Ellington, along with guard Devin Harris and forwards Samuel Dalembert, former North Carolina player Brandan Wright and DeJuan Blair.
It�s a new-look Mavericks, and one Ellington is excited to be a part of.
�Playoffs is our No. 1 goal,� he said. �We want to get back to the playoffs, make a run, make some noise. We feel like we�re going to surprise a lot of people.�


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