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deviantART: by:unknownphotographers http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:unknownphotographers&section=today deviantART RSS for by:unknownphotographers en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:15:03 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Welcome to the NEW UNKNOWN||Photographers!!! http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/19959993/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/19959993/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:20:22 PDT UNKNOWN||Photographers

||Members (370)||Rules/Submission Policy||Contests||Polls||

Updates
9/12:
Still looking for people to help volunteer with the club...
I've started my classes in college so I can't run this by myself...

~crystalic-angel

8/14:
So, I read every note that was sent for the past 2 years and just finished. I decided that deviants who requested to join up to 1 year ago would be added to the club. I think that anyone before that has probably forgotten about this club and if you still would like to be a part of this club, but have not been added please send me a note requesting to join

There were way too many submissions to upload and my computer cannot handle the stress of all the files. I'm looking into a new way that perhaps might be less time consuming and strenuous on any uploaders or me. So, if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to leave a comment or send a note!!
Also, still looking for any help!! And I'm thinking of having a contest for a new icon. Any takers??
All the love you guys!

~crystalic-angel

7/30:
Sorry it's taking me so long!! I have a lot of messages to go through and it's very time consuming...

~crystalic-angel

7/14/2008:
Wow, it's been a year and half! I'm really sorry you guys. You have no clue how bad I feel for abandoning this club. I'm about to give the typical excuse of that I was really busy and literally had no time. But it is true. I didn't even log onto my own account for a year. So, I'm going to try and start the club back up again but I'm really going to need help. This club was getting hundreds of notes a day and I couldn't keep up with them and neither could ~Betzibu. So, give me about a week to sort through all of the notes and then this club will be back!! Also, any volunteers would be readily welcome and appreciated!
Once again, I love you guys and this club and I'm so sorry I left.

~crystalic-angel

About?

The concept of "Unknown Photographers" is inspired by the Unknown Artists program and *theunknownartists, where many unknown artists can come together and have their art recognized. UA is a wonderful program but it is for all art medias; the Unknown Photographers is specifically for photographers to have their photographs noticed.

Here at UNKNOWN||Photographers, we strive for photographs that are not "the best" but our best. This group is not only for photographers to post their art, also to improve with the critques of others. You do not have to be a photographer to join as a "critic." At UNKNOWN||Photographers our aim is to not only show our accomplishments off but also to improve.

How to Join?

To join all you need to do is send a note to either ~unknownphotographers or ~crystalic-angel with the subject "Join" and which membership level you would like to be.
However there are a few requirements before you can join:

To become a UP (unknown photographer) you must have fewer than 150 watchers or less than 10,000 pageviews and you must be a photographer.

If you have over 150 watchers or more than 10,000 pageviews, feel free... ]]> ~unknownphotographers Welcome to UNKNOWN||Photographers! *Update* http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9917443/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9917443/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:56:05 PDT UNKNOWN||Photographers

||Members (370)||Rules/Submission Policy||Contests||Polls||

Updates
7/30:
Sorry it's taking me so long!! I have a lot of messages to go through and it's very time consuming...

~crystalic-angel

11/22:
Hey guys, these past few months have been really hectic for the UPA with our workload and school schedules. Right now, I'm opening up the positions of uploaders. ~Betzibu and I simply do not have the time to upload anymore. I am sorry that he has been pretty much on his own in this club and the club receives so many notes a day and so many submissions it is hard for 1 or 2 people to keep up with it. So in addition to opening up the position of uploader, the photo limit is going to have to be restrained even further. One photograph every 2 weeks. This also allows the members to enjoy the photographs more instead of thinking 'oh, just 100 more photos from UP'
I am very sorry for the long hiatus but hopefully these two measures will help increase the efficiency of the club

If you would like to help out by being an uploader, just note ~crystalic-angel!

~crystalic-angel

11/16
Hi, ~Betzibu here. Long time no update huh? The past months have been hectic. I have a lot to study for school, for the big exam next year and for the exam after. I apologize for leaving the club on hiatus for so much time, but I was really really busy, this exam being a very important step in my life. I think I'll have the time to update more on Sunday but until then please don't submit anything. I already have 183 notes to read. Thank you for the understanding.

9/28:
My internet connection is working like a snail (to use gentle words

) so unfortunately these are the only updates for today, expect a lot more tomorow. Also, we'll be starting a new poll with the older deviations here on U||P and after that we'll start cleaning. More info tomorrow...

9/23:
Hi, ~Betzibu here. Sorry about the last two weeks but I was a bit busy preparing for my final year of school, which started last week

. Starting the 1st of October I'll be very busy but I'll try to update as frequent as possible. I still have to catch up with all the submission requests so be patient, your deviations will be posted soon.

In other news, it's contest time - this will be a long one

, you can submit your entries untill the 26th of October, the voting period will be until the 30th and the winning deviation will be featured until the end of the year. The theme of the contest will b... ]]> ~unknownphotographers POLL: Silhouette Contest Tie-Breaker *Closed* http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9254694/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9254694/ Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:11:04 PDT The Silhouette Contest

Here are the two entries, again, we apologise for the inconvenience we caused:

Days Can Be Erased by =nickmid23

To The End of the World by ~iamgoatman

Deadline
September 5th, 2006

THE POLL IS NOW CLOSED !!!

Result: 6 votes, 2 for "Days Can Be Erased (Marlboro Man)", 4 for "To The End of the World" ]]> ~unknownphotographers POLL: Silhouette Contest *Closed* http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9254663/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9254663/ Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:30:47 PDT The Silhouette Contest

Remember this contest from a while ago? Well, now it is finally time to vote on the winner! The winner will get a month feature along with a special feature (which you guys will all see soon).
So one vote per member and yes, you must be a member to vote. Just reply to this journal with the number you wish to vote for.

Here are the entries to refresh your mind:
1) Where Sky Meets Grass by =monkeyman1988
2) Sunset Sky by *firefaeriesrule
3) Pawleys Island Sunset by *Enutpnut
4) Again II by ~osyr
5) paddlin' along.. by ~escrimador
6) Little Adjustment by ~dadoubler
7) Washington by *themagicrat
8) Silhouette by =carpetmankent
9) Light by ~Lilla-My
10) Days Can Be Erased by =nickmid23
11) Beltane - Of The Fire by ~two-truths
12) Twilight by ~garceth
13) Seaweeds by the Afternoon by ~alxa
14) To The End of the World by ~iamgoatman
15) Easy - Lucky - Free by *inalittlewhile
16) Deep Blue Something by ~munchkinmaayan
17) Oblation by ~zerofunk

Deadline
July 26, 2006

THE POLL IS NOW CLOSED !!!

Result: TIE! ]]> ~unknownphotographers Archives II http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9043202/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9043202/ Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:29:00 PDT July/August 2006

8/31:
Hi guys, as you by now know, =crystalic-angel still has some problems that need to be taken care of so that means you'll be stuck with me untill she comes back. She does have a pretty busy schedule but, from time to time she'll check the club out. I wish her all well and good luck with the school year (God knows I'll need luck too).

So, first of all, sorry I didn't submit anything today but I was a bit busy with the members list which starting tomorrow will have a new layout. I've also updated some of the users that have reached the point where they became Senior UPs.

And about the Silhouette Contest, there is a problem that I must tell you about. I've counted the votes and To The End of the World by =iamgoatman seems to be the winner by one point ahead of Days Can Be Erased by =nickmid23. But, the last vote was made by a person who wasn't a member of U||P. It is true that she did sent us a join request but none of the admins could read it. We apologise for this and I think it's right that we consider this a tie and make another poll untill the 5th of September where members could vote their favourite of the two deviations. The winner's deviation will be featured untill the end of the month.

Best wishes,
~Betzibu

8/30:
Hey guys, it's me, =crystalic-angel and I'm really sorry that I left the club for almost two months. I really did have some pretty big issues going on and they're not all resolved, and on top of that my 11th grade year has started and I've been loaded down with work and projects so just when I thought I could get on more...I can't. I'm really sorry to ~Betzibu who had to pick up my slack but I did update the gallery a bit to start getting back into things. Submissions still aren't open until we're completely caught up but that will be very, very soon. I promise

If it isn't open by this Sunday you can come and annoy me on my userpage.
Also, I think everyone needs to go to ~Betzibu's page and leave him a really big thank you (I especially need to do this). So, I apologize once again and I promise that submissions will be open by Sunday!!!!!

8/30:
Say hello to our new affiliates:

Ok, I've finished with the join requests, now comes the hard part...

EDIT: 6000 hits...

8/29:
Hi people, ~Betzibu here. I'm back from my holiday and I can now start updating. =crystalic-angel had a problem and had to put U||P on hiatus but that was almost two months ago. I hope everything is alright, I'll send her a message to see how she's doing. There was some action, from what I see, here not to long ago but I don't know if it was her or one of the other UPAs.

So, I should get back to business, please be patient because I have about 120 notes from you so that will take some time.

Also, I've made a template of how a contest feature deviation will look like after we start cleaning the older deviations ([link] . The monthly one will look the same, but those will take time to make too because of the fact we that we have to ask the Senior UPs, the Alpha UPs and the Critics to vote for their favourite photographs of every week until now. But all in due time.

EDIT: I'll first start with... ]]> ~unknownphotographers POLL: Older Deviations *Closed* http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9043193/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9043193/ Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:56:34 PDT Question:

What should be done with the older deviations? Should we:

A. Do like *photography-key does and delete deviations that are older than 2 months?

B. Ask the critics, senior UPs and alpha UPs to select 1, 2 of their favourites from each month and make a monthly feature like *theunknownartists do with 4, 5 best deviations?

C. Take the contest entries for each contest and make a similar page as the ones from *theunknownartists with details (winner, second place, third etc.)?

Reason and effects:

Well, the main reason would be the big number of deviation that will grow to a even bigger one and the effect will be again, tidiness.

So? A, A & C or B & C? What say ye?

Deadline:
1st July 2006 12:00 AM (+0 GMT)

THE POLL IS NOW CLOSED !!!

Result: 23 votes:

19 for B (or B&C - they come together)

3 for A

1 for "move to scraps"

]]> ~unknownphotographers Polls http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9024149/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9024149/ Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:58:53 PDT Instructions:

Unless stated in the question's page, this is a simple "yay/nay" poll. Just add one comment with yay if you agree and nay if you don't.

If you have anything else to say about the topic, state it under your vote.

The poll has a deadline so hurry !

Rules:

Do not vote if you're not a member of UP. To join, read the instructions on the main page.

Do not vote more than once.

Do not criticise another member's vote. Everybody has the right to sustain their own opinion.

There is/are currently 0 topic(s) we would like to ask your opinion about:

Older polls:

Silhouette Contest Tie-Braker Poll (done)

Silhouette Contest Poll (tie)

Deviation Names (passed)

Older Deviations (passed) ]]> ~unknownphotographers POLL: Deviation Names *Closed* http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9024145/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/9024145/ Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:57:36 PDT Question:

Would you agree to changing the names of the deviations to contain only the title and not both the title and the name of the author?

Reason and effects:

Some deviation can have a long title, the author can have a long account name and a deviation's max allowed length is only 30 characters. This can make the deviation's name appear very ugly, sometimes not even containing the full name of the author's account. (ex. "TreeSquirrel-Girlwithacigarett" instead of "Tree Squirrel - Girlwithacigarette" or "Tree Squirrel by Girlwithacigarette" which look alot tidyer)

Also, the author's name will always be contained in the description so it won't disatvantage her/him in any way.

So? Yay or nay? What say ye?

Deadline:
11st June 2006 8:00 PM (0:00 GMT Time Zone)

THE POLL IS NOW CLOSED !!!

Result: 19 votes total, 18 for, 1 against. ]]> ~unknownphotographers Archives http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/7670531/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/7670531/ Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:47:04 PST May & June
6/30:
Hey guys, I'm back!! Sorry I didn't come back yesterday but our flight was delayed so much that I didn't get back till about 2 AM so I was really tired and basically slept the whole day. It looks like ~Betzibu and ~Still-The-Same-Smile took wonderful care of the club while I was gone!

6/30:
Hi again, ~Betzibu here.
Sorry for the three days in which nothing happened here but I had some problems to take care of and I didn't have the time to look through the submissions. I will get to work right away.
=crystalic-angel should be back anytime now so please don't forget to vote on the poll we still have open: [link] . The deadline is very near.
Also, I would like to welcome our two new affiliates: ~photoImpact and ~Photography-reviewed

6/26:
4000 pageviews. Good job!

6/12:
~Still-The-Same-Smile here.
I've been ill (more like knocked out and/or attacked by a former friend), and now i'm much better and fit enough to be able to once again take on the duties of a UPA. So if any of you wonderful UPs would like to post any of your new deviations, i'm right here so give me a buzz.
Olga a.k.a. ~Still-The-Same-Smile

6/12:
I leave the club in the extremely capable hands of ~Betzibu while I am away (until June 28th) so all questions should be directed towards him and not me for the next 17 days. When I get back I will finally be posting the poll for the Silhouette Contest held a few weeks back.
Have fun everyone!!

=crystalic-angel
Edit:
Visit and say "Hi" to a new photography club and our new affiliate: =Shutter-Vision
Re-Edit:
Another poll concerning what will happen with older deviations is up, this time it will be opened until the end of this month.

6/11:
Ok. The poll is now closed. Out of 19 members only one disagreed with the suggestion of changing the structure of the deviation's title. I want to thank the ones that voted and to appologize for not choosing a later deadline, but I explained the motive yesterday. So, the majority decides, deviation titles will, from now on include only the name of the original photo; the author's name, as well as the link to the original work will be found, as usual, in the description.

6/10:
Hi. As you probably noticed by now we added a kind of poll. Its sole purpose is to ask for your opinion on changes we would like to make in the club so that it will become it more user-friendly. You'll find the poll link at the begining of the journal. I'm sorry about the small time allocated for voting but I want =crystalic-angel to see the result before she leaves.
Also, in other news... 3000 pageviews !!! Good job! Wooo!

6/9:
Hello there, I'm ~Betzibu. First of all I would like wish ~Still-The-Same-Smile a quick recovery and all the best. Get well soon! And last but not least, I would like to thank =crystalic-angel & ~Primacolors for entrusting me with the level of admin. I will not dissapoint you guys. Thanks again! It's an honour.
From now on I will try to update things in here on a daily basis so see you real soon.

6/8:
Welcome to ~Betzibu as a new UPA!!!

6/6:
I'm back! Ok guys, I'm sorting through the notes now so give me a chance to submit everything and add everyone to the member's list. Ok, so ~Still-The-Same-Smile is currently injured and unable to run this club while I'm gone, so I need somebody to volunteer!! Preferably, 2 members who have been her... ]]> ~unknownphotographers Members http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/7670274/ http://unknownphotographers.deviantart.com/journal/7670274/ Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:54:45 PDT UPA (4):