The following photos are among my favourites and were chosen from different news agencies. Not all are exactly considered as photojournalism since some do not clearly convey any news, but they’re part of photojournalists’ daily shoot. The common characteristic is to provide viewer a different outlook and standpoint. Remarkable composition is something that is noticeable in all with a light theme of abstract in most of them. The description was quoted from their website followed by the name of news agency and photographer. Enjoy!



A National Food Authority (NFA) worker carries a sack of rice inside a warehouse in Manila. (AFP/Jes Aznar)



A man looks at a painting during a preview of ARCO, the Spanish international contemporary art fair in Madrid. (AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)



Canadian actors performs during the play "The Tempest", from "Lemieux. Pilon 4D Art" company, during the 11th Ibero-American Theatre Festival in Bogota. (AFP/Rodrigo Arangua)



A Palestinian boy climbs on a metal structure, part of the border wall between Gaza and Egypt blown up by Palestinian militants earlier this week, in Rafah January 26, 2008. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)



Indian paramilitary soldiers march during a final full dress rehearsal for India's upcoming 59th Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (AFP/Raveendran )



A model wears a creation by Spanish designer Vicky Martin Berrocal during the Simof 'Salon International of Flamenco Fashion' in Sevilla. (AFP/Cristina Quicler)



A man walks past a giant photograph of a bearded man in a Berlin street. (AFP/John MacDougall)



A model's hand is painted to look like a snake's head by Italian animal hand artist Guido Daniele at Harrods department store, in central London. (AFP/Shaun Curry)



A girl tries to climb a snow-packed wall in a labyrinth at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo in northern Japan February 5, 2008, JAPAN ( REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao )



Middle school students walk along the corridor of their dormitory at a boarding school in Hukou, Jiangxi province, China, March 12, 2008. (REUTERS/Nir Elias)



A child peers over a barrier into the corral where the fighting bulls are kept on the eve of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 5, 2007. (REUTERS/Eloy Alonso)



A farmer walks on a dried-up pond on the outskirts of Baokang, central China's Hubei province, June 10, 2007. (REUTERS/Stringer)



Christie's employee Zoe Schoon walks past British artist Damien Hirst's piece "Untitled" at a public preview of the Post War and Contemporary art sale at Christie's auction showroom in west London February 2, 2007. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)



Indian brides display their hands decorated with henna in traditional bridal patterns prior to the start of a multi religious mass marriage in Bavla, some 35 Kms from Ahmedabad. (AFP/Sam Panthaky)



Boca supporter : A supporter of Boca Juniors waves from under a huge flag before the start of Argentina's first division football match between Boca Juniors and River Plate at "La Bombonera" stadium in Buenos Aires. (AFP/Juan Mabromata)



A girl straightens her overcoat as she passes one of the monuments in the open-air museum of World War II in Kiev. Ukraine, along with Russia and other post-Soviet countries celebrated Victory Day on May 9, 2008, marking the end of the war. (AFP / Getty / Sergei Supinsky )



A bride crosses a lake on a horse on the set of a photo shoot, in Shidu, southwest of Beijing. A Chinese company runs group tours to the area for soon-to-be-married couples, to that they can shoot their wedding photos in spectacular settings. (AP / Oded Balilty)

Hello everyone!

It's feeling good when your photo wins even third place in a contest, specially when that's your first competition! Thirst For Life has won the third place in "Experimental Photography Contest" among 331 participants. I preferred to put this shot in the contest rather than "Set Me Free" since I learned and experienced more techniques in Thirst For Life. So dare and go ahead...challenge your works in some competitions!

This time I would like to share some of my favourites in photojournalism considering timing from various professional photographers. Although features like continuous shooting with speed of sometimes 10 frame per second in DSLR cameras (like Canon 1D MARKIII) make this job less painful but still professional skill is a need to be on the right time and click at the right moment. So let’s have a look at some samples:




REUTERS/Beawiharta
Indonesian children play at a flooded rice field at Serpong district near Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 4, 2007.




"Bangladesh: When the Water Comes," June 1993, National Geographic magazine/ James P. Blair
A young herder does refreshing backflips off water buffalo taking their daily bath in the Turag River just west of Dhaka.




REUTERS/ Juan Medina
Picture of the Year, Lead Awards 2007. A would-be immigrant crawls after his arrival on a makeshift boat on the Gran Tarajal beach in Spain's Canary Island. The first time I was looking at this photo, it took me a while just staring at it. It’s brilliant.




REUTERS/Henry Romero
The shadow of a player is seen reflected on a poster during an U-23 soccer match between Mexico and Paraguay soccer match at Caliente Stadium in Tijuana City, Mexico, February 27, 2008.




REUTERS/ John Gress
Honorable Mention, Sports Photojournalist of the Year 2007. Michigan defensive back Jashaad Gaines (29) keeps Notre Dame wide receiver David Grimes from making a catch during the first quarter of their college football game in South Bend, Indiana.




DDP/AFP/Robert Michael
Austrian Thomas Morgenstern jumps during the first round for the Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf, southern Germany.




REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
Kenneth Ferrie of Britain hits from a bunker on the 7th green during a practice round for the 2007 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 3, 2007.




National Geographic/ Bruce Dale
A time-lapse exposure captures the streaks made by stars over sandstone formations in Utah. Photographers capture "star trails," the movement of stars across the night sky, by keeping the camera shutter open for hours instead of seconds. The same technique applies to capture aurora, but you need to be aware of having some special equipment to keep your camera and lens warm enough!




AFP/Sanka Vidanagama
Reaching new heights : A disabled Sri Lankan army soldier takes part in a sports meeting in Colombo, which was arranged as part of welfare for the thousands of troopers wounded in a conflict between government troops and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels.

Hello everyone!

It’s a long time that I eagerly follow and enjoy press photos in various media and news agencies. Photojournalism and documentary photography were always along my favourite categories in photography. So many breathtaking images are captured by amazing photojournalists around the globe every day. Some are in a war zone or human conflict, and some in a public event, social gathering, politics or simply every-day life. I personally exclude paparazzi and celebrity photography from this style since I don’t perceive any sort of art in that type of work but bothering people!! Anyways…I would like to share some of my favourites from various photojournalists based on different perspectives (angle, timing, human conflict… ) with you. Today, we’ll have a look at some photos which illustrate the best of “angle”. The name of news agency and photographer are followed by the picture:




REUTERS/ David Moir

One of the best shots I've ever seen. The picture received 1st Prize as The Art of Entertainment, shows dancers from the Nederlands Dans Theater take part in a dress rehearsals for their forthcoming Edinburgh International Festival performances at the Edinburgh Playhouse,Scotland. Amazing angle came with wonderful color composition.




REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Look at this angle! How could it be better?! Got 3rd Prize of Georges Bendrihem Prize. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah listen to the national anthems during a welcome ceremony in Berlin.




AFP/Roberto Schmidt

Oliver, an eleven-year-old boy, looks from behind men forming a security barrier during the funeral of Kenyan Member of Parliament Mugabe M. Were, in his home town of Port Victoria in Kenya's Western province. The focus on little boy with blur image of PM made this shot unique!




REUTERS/Larry Downing

The US election fever is rising! Barack Obama stands in front of Hillary Clinton as they arrive for George W. Bush's annual State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 23, 2007. Great angle, isn’t it?!




REUTERS/Jim Young cription

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton listens to his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, speak at a campaign fund-raiser in Washington March 20, 2007.




REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

A woman prays as she attends a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution at the tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's late leader, in southern Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2008. Wonderful capture with special consideration on both lighting and angle.




REUTERS/Jim Young

Three-year-old Faith Mang'ehe, whose mother is HIV-positive, attends a roundtable session with her mother on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief with Bush at Amana District Hospital care and treatment clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, February 17, 2008. So touching image! Obviously not because of Bush!! , but for the excellent composition and smart focus.




REUTERS/Pepe Marin

Spanish matador prepares to perform a pass to a bull during a bullfight in Coliseo de Atarfe bullring in Atarfe, near Granada, Spain, February 28, 2008. Photographer did an outstanding job on angle standpoint! I mean look at that!!




REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Preparing to serve during the men's preliminaries of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou February 25, 2008. Magnificent job by the photographer in terms of both angle and timing!




REUTERS/John Gress

Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, as seen through a window under an exit sign, campaigns in Appleton, Wisconsin February 18, 2008. All its concept comes out of its amazing angle!




REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Kenyans watch a live broadcast as legislators elect a new speaker for the country's parliament Mombasa, January 15, 2008. Look at that irony between two sides of the wall!




REUTERS/Stringer

A student practises weight-lifting at a physical education school in Changzhi, Shanxi province January 9, 2008.




REUTERS/Jason Lee

20 deaf dancers in performing "Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva", or "Guan Yin", a Chinese goddess, in Beijing February 19, 2008. Feeling music through speakers and guided by hand gestures, a troupe of deaf dancers in Beijing take steps to champion the rights of disabled people across the world.

It's been a long time away from DA after spending overwhelmingly busy weeks and now time to back on track (but slowly ). To warm up, I’ll start to feature my friends’ works in this and future journals periodically, as my appreciation . Also thanks to “Mynti” [link] for CSS layout.

Cheers.




...more to come.

Dear all friends,

I’m glad to tell you that the “Set Me Free” was chosen as DD in the website!! My sincere appreciation goes to DeviantArt staff and all friends and supporters here. The comparison between this shot and “Thirst for Life” is quite interesting. For “Thirst for Life” I spent plenty of hours and more than 400 shots (continuous) till finally captured what I wanted. Maybe that’s why I've still kept it as the feature of my gallery. But for “Set Me Free” I was just driving by and only for a second I turned my face towards the city and that was exactly the moment that the statue was between me and the city! And instantly I realized THAT’S IT!... and here we go!

Since I received bunch of print requests, the photo is now available for print, but normally I’m not looking for earning money out of my works; it’s just my hobby. Also these days I’m extremely busy with a lot of daily-life stuff and apparently this will go on for another or maybe two more weeks. But hopefully thereafter I’ll start to post new photos and explore my friends’ galleries more than before.

Cheers.

The "Set Me Free" has been chosen as the featured photo for the month of February by members vote in "Night-Shots" club . I'm glad to hear that and hope you liked it. Thanks for all supports.

Clubs that I'm member of: