As a fun spring event, we’ve decided to have a treasure hunt on The Lens Flare.
There are graphics of silver bars carefully placed on 2 different pages on the website, and the first person to find each one will win a free silver membership for a year.  If you already have a membership, it will […]

As photographers and artists, we often strive to improve our skills and seek the opinions of others regarding our work. Many art and photography sites set aside a place for this purpose, and The Lens Flare now has a comments and criticism forum for you to use (which is often referred to as C&C).
When using […]

I just took a look at the stats and noticed that there have been 1,032,978 visits since I started tracking visitor statistics in the middle of 2006. A million visits is a big milestone for TLF, and I wanted to thank all of you for visiting the website.
Here’s to the next million visits!
Brian

I moved the website to a new server today.  I’ve tested the features, but there’s always a chance that I missed something.  Please let me know if you encounter any errors or problems.  The new server should be as fast, if not faster than the old one, but I won’t know for sure until we’re […]

For the past year, we’ve been working on a software application for online communities. The system currently makes it possible for you to create a niche website, blog, and business card. You can create and join groups and talk to others via a messaging system. Your profile is listed in a directory based on your […]

We’d like your feedback.
We’ve been busy programming a new community system from the ground up with many new and exciting features. We’re now working on adding TLF’s features to the new code, and we need your help determining what is important. We’re planning on spending time programming and improving the features that are the most […]

JPG Mag sent an email this morning saying that they will be closing their doors and shutting down their site on January 5th.  I know many of you had accounts with them, and it’s a sad day for photographers everywhere when things like this happen. The poor economy is affecting everybody, and we’ll likely see […]

I’d like to congratulate the winners of the last several contests.
Hannibal The Crow won the Gardens content with his excellent cactus photograph.

Karen won the Winds of Change contest with her windmill picture.

Bubba Linn won the “What is it?” contest with his image of a glass ball from a railroad car.

Tanya won the Food contenst with […]

Free Macro Lens Rental for the Winner of October’s contest, “Food Photography”.
We’re going to run an extra contest in October with the theme “Food Photography”, which will run from Oct 1 - Oct 15.
I’m excited to announce that the winner of this contest will receive a free lens rental and the runner up will […]

Congratulations Jas for winning the Single Tree contest. The image depicted is of a lake in New Zealand with a single tree growing out of it. The lake is named Lake Wanaka. This place sure seems to be a wonderful solitary spot in which to reflect and relax. Great picture, Jas!