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  • Charlie bit me. 

  • Charlie bit me !!!!

  • carsten's voice makes me angry

  • boots should have been eliminated, that was a terrible photograph.

  • Wait are you guys just all assuming he didn't take it? I watched the whole thing and it didn't seem like they proved anything...

  • @EleanorM True dat

  • 4:13 = TITS!

  • Unfortunately I didn't know about this contest soon enough to vote, but I completely disagree with this one... The boots picture was really lame in my opinion.

  • Hey guys - it is all typical. British guy stealing somebodys idea... Just a young lad talented, and modest... At the end of the day - that is what creates commercial photography, and who cares about J.Bieber haircut, photoshop, copyrights ? To me - there is a doubt even about him taking actual photo. No friends around to picture you using a camera ? Are you Edward from Twillight-emo-saga or what ? Fuk this competition... Sold out...

  • Kai is flirting with Nat lololololololol

  • I would like to eliminate the one with the boots just not feeling it

  • That was so obviously photoshopped. The billboard wouldn't cast a shadow that perfect.

  • 4:44 subs?

  • From the looks of it he didnt even correct the resolution of the billboard to the photo itself as a new layer...

    Thats a skool boy error!

    That, and theft of someone else's intellectual property. That was a BIG MISTAKE!

    In this competition my favourite contestant was Hessel...

  • I haven't really paid attention to this show, but I have to comment on this. As a designer I really do not mind someone photoshopping a photo together. To me the aesthetics of the picture is most important, not the timing/situation. HOWEVER, you can't do actual work with components that doesn't belong to you. As he clearly did. But the worst part here is the fact that he lied about the capture. That makes one question the persons ethics. I have NO respect for this guy now.

  • and i thought Charlie is awesome but he is a cheater after all. now i'm not sure if he is really the one who took his other entries. Shame on you dude.

  • i want to punch him in the face at 16:15

  • @tokekkk don't you mean all the time?

  • People pls... judge the photos, not people.

    personally I would have handed the photos to the judges with no name what so ever.

  • Wtf mate, hessell should hav at least gotten into the bloody finals even tho he's not the most phenomenal of the bunch the broad should've gotten knocked out of the competition

  • Charlie lied cheated used other peoples photos as his own

    yet they kept him in i live in Hk im so ashamed they did not kick him out

    i believe show has really lost its way

    so ashamed they kept him in paints a very bad pic about Hk that they sided with him

  • OOOH Charlie, now everyone in the world knows you are a CHEATER

  • @o9a6la bet he loves his fame now how did they keep him in

  • OH MAN! HESSEL COULD HAVE WON IF GIVEN THE CHANCE!:(

  • CHARLIE'S SUCH A LIAR. Sigh

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  • Charlie also emailed the owner of the blog (after the blog owner had emailed him about the banner) and said that he had no idea the image was online, and that his sister had bought him a print of the image and that's how he came to have it! Sure...your sister copied and pasted someone's blog banner and printed it out as a gift...wtf?

  • holy smokes pinocchio!

  • not supporting charlie in any way but just saying that the photo he took is fair enough showing that i can be taken from a phone camera...i know because i do that most of the time..adjusting the contrast to max, saturation to min, and sharpness to plus one notch..you will get roughly the same halftone as charlie's photo.

  • 13:04 BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES BLAH BLAH BLAH LIES LIES LIES

  • Hessel photos are bit better than Forest so I believe Hessel should have gotten second

  • 13:07 BULLSH*&T Story ..you CHEATER ..god I hate cheaters

  • charlies a idiot!

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  • @MangoNoir lol lame liar. sister gave u that for ur bday? goshhh stop lying

  • wat a farkin cheat

  • I bet Charlie's not even brit :|

  • @em0potatoe He is.

  • busted

  • PLAN59: "We own the images we've made — they represent a considerable investment in equipment, source materials and labor over the past five years. Every jpeg and gif on this site is copyrighted and marked as belonging to us. Please, no borrowing without getting permission." -plan59.com/about/about.htm

    DRTV: "The submission must not contain material that violates [..] privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement."

  • one of the biggest pet peeve of most if not all photographers: Someone takes credit or edits your work. Recommend disqualification for plagiarism. As the saying goes ''Sorry Charlie''.

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  • I want to beat the hell out of that kid.. Hate Liars..

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  • If someone has been submitting photos that are not their own then this whole contest should be voided. People who have actually been taking photos have been eliminated. How many more of this "5 time winner's" photos been doctored?? Man, DigRev has a real mess on their hands.

  • The image is all over the net and in other photoshopped images, Yes he shouldn't of lied but as others have said nearly all photo's are shopped in some way.

  • @bulb66 so its ok to reward people who cheat and lie ?

    makes you think are any of his photos real or pulled off the net

  • @Puppyjans And we only see an edited version of the skype call between Kai and the contestants so we don't really no what was said and as i understand it there is nothing against using photoshop in the DigitalRev rules. Until we hear from digitalRev or Kai or Charlie we don't know enough to make comments on kicking him out.

  • @bulb66  he stole pics and passed them off as his own it cant get any worse for him

    and lie about it is shameful i don't believe any of his photos are his

    someone pointed out in the rules you cant use copy-rite photos but he has..... even then he did not ask the owners if he could use them Dont forget he was not even using his own photos answer me that hows that not cheating please do tell me ......

  • @Puppyjans This is also being discussed on Facebook and someone had already pointed out that the image is on loads of websites and none of them list copyright ownership, meaning that the person who had this on their blog was also against copyright!!!!! Also You, or I or anyone other than those who work for DigitalRev no what was said in the FULL UNEDITED skype call. Until an official post is made he should stay in the comp he's a great photographer.

  • @bulb66 how none of the pics are his ?

    please read again photos taken with a *mobile phone* his where Not how is using Photoshop sat at your pc pulling photos of the internet

    using your mobile ???? then passing off some others persons photo as your *own* the same as using a mobile  ? the skype call does not remove fact he cheated lied passed off other persons as his own ??

  • @Puppyjans Where is it said he didn't use a Mobile Phone???? And who's to say he didn't use a mobile editing app to make the photo?????

  • @bulb66 shut the hell up

  • @Puppyjans

    +1

    He actually can be sued by the ownership, in this case by "plan59".

  • @ProostBurp be worth seeing how this ends......

  • @Puppyjans I was wondering.. It's Thursday 1th...(almost two weeks since the IMTP episode 8th was released)...It does not supposed that the new challenge as well as the last chapter (9th) must be already filmed and ready to be released next Tuesday?? And untill now DR seems to keep their lips sealing...hmm??

  • @Puppyjans I totally agree BULB66 has no clue

  • @Puppyjans I think bulb66 is a cheat and a liar too

  • boot him out hate cheats hope he gets sued by who owns the photo

  • in fairness of the competition where other competitors played fairly and took the photo with their phone and didnt photoshop it.... and the fact Charlie blatantly lied... i think he should be disqualified... this is a photography challenge NOT a photoshop challenge... otherwise every one could have taken a photo and used photoshop to alter the image to the right effect. It defeats the comp.

  • So, did DR desqualified Charlie already, or he's still into the competition? 

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  • At this stage they should have made the judgments based on the whole run of photos. Like Reinierbonis mentioned.

  • @MangoNoir The artwork you stole is either still under the copyright terms of the original owner or it's under the terms of Plan59. Either way, you've literally stolen a non-fair use image and used it in your work where you presented it as your own. READ CAREFULLY: plan59.com/about/about.htm

  • @theblackkite your the guy who actually found out about the whole thing hessel told me? if I may ask: how did you find out? did you already know of the photo? and I'm actually very pleased you found out, it's revealing a lot of characteristics about certain persons...

  • @OrsonMyles I've seen the image of the girl before. I'm a designer and a big fan of midcentury modern design. I've seen pretty much every image on plan59.com. I recognized it straight away and couldn't understand why that image would be on a wall in Kings Cross. I didn't recognize the text over the image: "For The Love of Ellipses", but I Googled it and found the blog. Everything pointed to Charlie cheating, so I messaged Hessel, Forest, DigitalRev, Plan59, etc. to bring this all to the surface.

  • @theblackkite well done mate

  • @MangoNoir Digging that hole deeper with more lies eh Charlie... shame!

    You should remove yourself from the final and have Hessel take your place.

  • @MangoNoir Your sister gave you a printed version of my blog's title card? Honestly, it's not a big deal to me that somebody used it. As I said, I don't own the actual illustration. But my blog's name is on that image, and I find it hard to believe your sister found my dinky American blog and printed out it's banner for a birthday present.

    But it's not my contest, so best of luck.

  • ALSO: plan59.com/about/about.htm

    "We own the images we've made — they represent a considerable investment in equipment, source materials and labor over the past five years. Every jpeg and gif on this site is copyrighted and marked as belonging to us. Please, no borrowing without getting permission."

  • As the owner of that blog, and the maker of that "billboard," I own no rights to that font, or the original image. It took 10 minutes to make it. It's a shame that Charlie apparently couldn't spare the same 10 minutes. Whoever posts these videos should contact me for proof of blog ownership.

    Sorry, Chuck.

  • @grmcrckr25 Seeing as how the advertisement was created in 1954, US copyright laws protect the image from being part of the public domain until 2049. I would say Charlie/DigitalRev's use of the image would be 'for profit' and 'commercial' usage. 

  • I would like to know which one of Charlie's friends posed in front of a white wall on his bicycle so he could be added later with photoshop motion blur to his uninspiring photograph of a brick wall. ellipseslove.wordpress[dot]com

  • Natasha used HTC!

  • @MangoNoir Charlie, photoshopping and retouching is fine in photography and in this communication; when you communicate it as being part of the proces. Which you didn't.

    At 13:06 in this episode's video you try to make everyone believe that all you did was take the shot, that all the elements in your photograph were there when you took it and it didn't take any post-processing. You lied to everyone by making us think this is a pure street-shot, of a moment happening and going away.

  • Honesty lasts but cheating doesn't.

  • stop playing fucking annoying music over the top of everything... PLEASE

  • Name

  • Talented....

  • My two favorite artists are still in it !!!

  • I'm happy Hessel's gone. I didn't like his work right from the start. Congratuations to Charlie, I'm glad he keeps on winning and I hope he wins the whole competition.

  • Mark Chung seems a little bit unusually quiet in this episode. Hahaha

  • The only DRTV video I've disliked... I think you guys should have thought out the process a little more. As in, JUDGES.

  • I really liked Hessel's photo... =(

  • The submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another's rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement. plan59.com/av/av115.htm

  • get charlie out of the competition please! cheater!! his photos are not original.

  • fuck charlie, gay son of a bitch

  • @MangoNoir The image you used isn't a stock photo either, you dont have fair use of the image. Poor judgement.

  • @MangoNoir You are the Internets Most Talentless Photoshopist

  • DISQUALIFY CHARLIE, HE OBVIOUSLY CHEATED: plan59.com/av/av115.htm

    And bring Hessel back, you can't just arbitrarily crop participants' photos!

  • @eggroll9000 how is he cheating? do you know for sure that he photoshopped that picture in? because otherwise you look foolish and plain rude for pointing fingers at someone.

  • @Daisygocrazy Sadly, it is for sure.

  • @Daisygocrazy plan59.com/av/av115.htm

  • @theblackkite I still don't understand what this picture means lol. You guys keep posting it but can't back it up with words.

  • @Daisygocrazy It means a few things. First that Charlie photoshopped a photo that was supposed to be a 'cellphone' image. Second that he stole an image from a blog (ellipseslove.wordpresscom) and subsequently, Plan59.com, which is a violation of US copyright laws. Lastly, he broke the rules of the contest as per DigitalRev: The submission must not contain material that violates [..] privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement. He should be out.

  • @theblackkite What you're speaking of is called postmodernism - postmodernist art borrows different features or characteristics from different eras and recreates something new, or at least tries to. It's just mixed media. So what you're seeing is an artist that took that image put text on it and used it for advertisement, and Charlie used it for his photo. Neat huh? ellipseslove.wordpress dot come

  • @eggroll9000 NOTHING IN THE RULES SAID THEM CANT PHOTOSHOP OR ALTER AN IMAGE. HE IS SAFE

  • @goldenboi24k He used an image from a blog without permission. I wouldn't say he is safe.

  • @goldenboi24k what about stealing ?

  • @eggroll9000 wow this really pissed me off Charlie you are going to HELL

  • Charlie is already a commercial photographer, while for the others photography is a hobby. So while others shoot with their heart, Charlie makes photos to please the judges.

    Second thing that already been mentioned is that mister Atkinson knew from the beginning the size of a prints DRTV shows to the judges (he is a commercial photographer, remember?) But did he share his knowledge with the others? No.

    And his last photo. He photoshopped the key subject to the photo. That's just lame!

  • Charlie's Photoshop was good enough... but the shadows didn't work well out-door... somebody has put that billboard just after that cyclist passed by... i think...

  • @vhagua Why would there be a billboard in London for a blog based in Chicago that no one reads? That photo has been doctored. I wonder if the cyclist is even real... lame.

  • Charlie cheats... ellipseslove[dot]files[dot]wor­dpress[dot]com/2010/03/cropped­-creepy-bread-advert-copy1.jpg

  • Was Charlie's actually photoshopped? The image of the girl is an old advert from the US as seen here: plan59.com/av/av115.htm

  • @theblackkite this is definitely photoshopped... plan59.com/av/av115.htm & ellipseslove[dot]wordpress[dot­]com/

    

  • @theblackkite Dude, bring Hessel back! Charlie photoshopped that shit! ellipseslove[dot]wordpress[dot­­]com/

  • It's a shame Hessel is kicked out of the competition :( :( ..... overall his work is far more outstanding then the other competitors. I wish him all the best. And for the three remaining..Go for it.. Surprise us :) and remember ....You don't take a photo..You make one !!!!!! .. free after Ansel Adams....

  • Charlie lol so cuuuteee

  • I liked this episode a lot! Thanks!

  • Hessel's was the worst this time, but overall, I think he was up near the very top when you look at his work in general.

    On the other hand, Forest has been consistently poor. Also, he seems to have just gotten lucky this time. He seems to just pull out his camera at any random moment that looks good to him. Maybe he can see what looks good, but there's very little effort involved. His pic this time was good but I really hope he doesn't win next time.

  • Ok, to everybody outhere, just for you information. Natasha's, Forest's and Hessel's photos were deliberated cropped by DR team before print them. So the judges saw the cropped vertions! Except Charlie's photo that was not cropped!

    Charlie knew that DR team used to print 5x7, but he keeped that information just for himself, information that he only shared last week!! Don't believe me? Ask Natasha, Forest or Hessel.

  • Hessel's was really really SHIT this time!

  • @SimonSchmidt1997 Thats was, because his photo aswell as Natasha's and Forest's were deliberated cropped by DR team!! Except Charlie's photo that was not cropped!!!! Don't believe me? Ask them!

  • 4:13 ...your welcome.

  • i think hessel has the top 2, very conceptual. Judges are off the rocks.

  • Hessel Performed well all series, i think he should have been there, but saying that i don't think his photo was all that great

  • they never spoke again..

  • When we hear the judges judging the photo, can we have the photo on the screen?

  • Come on please display the photos longer in the video. This is a photography competition and you are showing the photos on screen only once and for like 2 seconds?

  • @yeahyoung why dont u pause it?

  • how stupid. they should be looking at the screen in full resolution than looking at the printed photo. if that's how the challenge was gonna be judged, then everyone should just shoot and crop it in the printed format. who's fault ? DRTV, judges, or photographers ?

  • WHERE IS THE BEER???

  • 4:13 boobs

    nuff said

  • Previous post was cut off. Here is what i wanted to say:

    P.S. what is up with this Graham guy? Does he even think before he opens his mouth? Just play the movie again and listen to his crap. "Not erotic because she has all of her clothes on" or "I'd love to see the girl on the poster scared of the subject in the foreground". Does every photograph you take have "a STORY" to it? Really! I think you are just full of shit. I think that bicycle accident you had really damaged your brain. Thank god y

  • I'm very happy with the judge's devotion on who gets to stay and who gets eliminated. I think the three photographers that are left are the strongest fro the bunch. The winner this time has raised the bar prototype high. The girl in the photograph does look scary. The photographer achieved what he wanted.

    P.S. what is up with this Graham guy? Does he even think before he opens his mouth? Just play the movie again and listen to his crap. "Not erotic because she has all of her clothes on" or "I

  • Uhsh!!

    

  • I said it in the last video and I'll say it again I feel they need bigger prints to show the judges. Those small prints just don't cut it imo especially for a photography competition.

    IDK how big you can get a camera phone picture, but for the rest I don't feel those small prints did them justice.

  • seems like charlie's got a hidden downs syndrome kid inside himself

  • Hessel :(

  • Hessel should've been in the finals god damm*t, overall he had really good photo's. To bad the jury only judges the last challange w/o looking at the earlier challenges. I mean Forest has been overall pretty sloppy and could've been eliminated already a couple of times. IMO Hessel has been taking better pictures than Forest overall so its a shame Hessel gets eliminated. Thumbs Up if you think the same as me!

  • @Reinierbonis i mean thats not how competitions work. if you're the worst in any given week, you lose

  • @Reinierbonis Thanks for the spoiler, dick. Thumbs down for requesting "thumbs ups" and trying to get that shit to the top of the page.

  • Charlie atkinson have my babies.

  • @RomainMenu04 yeah but......where did all the beer go

  • Very nice place to shoot with the judges and Kai. Less noise than the bar before and so beautiful!

  • the brit to win

  • the judge don't know what there're talking about

  • by the way, what is the grand prize ?

  • judges should judge photos solo.. not together..

  • With or without crop, Hessel's picture is aweful.

  • I actually liked Forest's picture the least.

    But oh, good job to everyone.

  • DigitalRev, you can at least go to the trouble of printing the pictures properly if your contestants are going to spend so much time and effort for your competition. I also think you should not tell the judges who shot each photo and keep the elimination rules consistent through the entire competition.

    Congrats to Charlie, sad to see you go Hessel.

  • 2:44 "Name"

  • OUCHHH CHARLIEEEEE! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!

  • Charlie is the worthy winner in my opinion. Solid photos through the whole competition. Just got to nail the last photo now.

  • Make sure that you WILL talk with the guy who lost.

  • Très clairement vous n'avez jamais regardé mon travail. C.B

  • well I don't think any of the competitors really did something special with the idea of an "Iphone\cell phone camera shot". The images look like they could have been taken with any other type of camera.

    I won't comment on "winners" and "losers" (I will say that Hassel was one of my favorites- good luck to you!), but it seemed like the judges weren't consistent with their opinions. They found intelectual reasons for photos they didn't like and dropped them for some they liked. it's a bit weak.

  • Natasha and Charlie are the best!

  • lol Mark is Name

  • 6:30 - "this shows where pictures and photography are going with iPhone" - I'm pretty sure that's an HTC @ 6:05 :)

  • @nitrowad HTC Legend to be specific....

  • Charlie's got style the others seem to cater to yuppys!