The Duellist

Oh God, it’s been ten days already since I wrote my last blog. It’s time to keep you up to date with what has happened. Well, I was very, very busy changing things around. In other words, I did a massive spring clean of my photos, galleries, websites and so on.

After buying the Topaz Labs Software Bundle I reprocessed many of my photos. This software is just fantastic and brings out that little extra of already excellent photos. Whilst doing that I reorganised my photo library, kept only the best of the best in there, aka the ones I work with in galleries. I also changed galleries from being location-based to subject-based (i.e. The Beach at Hastings is not in “England-Towns-Hastings” anymore, but simply in “Coastlines”).

The next step was to reorganise my website http://www.oliverkluwephotography.zenfolio.com. That meant deleting the old categories and most of the old photos, setting up new galleries and loading up the new photos. I also changed the look of the website so it stands out a bit more.

Next on the list was my profile at viewbug.com. Deleting and renewing. New albums, new photos. This was well worth it. I joined them in September 2012 and got 3 awards and 97 peer recognition before the change. Now, after the remake, I got 101 peer recognitions and 1 award in just a few days. Check it out yourself: http://www.viewbug.com/member/oliverkluwe

DeviantArt.com got recommended to me, so I opened up a gallery there, too. In just one week I got 437 favourites and followers. As it is free, it is well worth having a look at it: http://oliver-kluwe.deviantart.com/

Last not least I joined Pixoto.com. That is where the title of today’s post derives from. Pixoto is about duelling images. You always have the choice between 2 photos. The more duels a photo wins, the higher up it is in the rankings. There are daily, weekly and monthly awards in all categories and under certain circumstances there are cash prizes to be won every week. I think this website is great fun and I’m adding new photos there every day. By the way, I “earned” ten awards in the first two days. http://www.pixoto.com/oliver.kluwe

In between all this computer work I have been to London for a couple of days. I stayed in West Hampstead. On the first day I walked there from Charing Cross and took a few photos of Trafalgar Square and Regent’s Park on the way. The next morning I went up to Primrose Hill which is such a great location to take images of the London skyline. Unfortunately I had only my wide angle lens with me, so buildings seem to be a bit small. I’ll have to go there again!

What’s next?

I am working on the last of my galleries which is on artistwebsites.com / finaartamerica.com. I added ten categories so far and expect to finish the work by the end of the coming week. If you are interested, have a look: http://oliver-kluwe-photography.artistwebsites.com/galleries.html

Finally, I went for some location scouting this morning. On a 2-hour walk I found a waterfall, some flowers and some palm trees that might be worth taking photos of. When scouting, I only take my Galaxy III with me and take some snapshots. Back in the office, I have a proper look at them and decide, if the location is worth going back to and do a proper shooting.

And that’s exactly what I am going to do now before having some more duels at pixoto.com. Maybe I’ll have a “shoot-out” with you readers there one day, too.

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Photo of the Day

Foggy London- taken from Primrose Hill.