http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine An entire Lightstalkers thread via RSS/XML. en-us The international collective of photographers Luna (www.lunaphotos.com) is pleased to announce the release of the first issue of the new online magazine Lunatic. The magazine Lunatic will be online on June 20th 2007. Lunatic gives the opportunity to photographers to promote original stories and images. It also aims to provide space for creative work within contemporary photojournalism. Lunatic has been designed as a book. We love books but their diffusion is nowadays too restricted. We want to open new doors and encourage national newspapers and magazines to publish original images. Photography is not only about information. It also is a fantastic personal way of writing stories and expressing ideas and emotions. Lunatic is a bi-annual image online magazine presenting new work from known and unknown talented photographers from all around the world. The target audience of Lunatic is the photographer community, the picture editors who want to discover new creative works and all people interested in contemporary photography. The first issue publishes creative quality images from Bernd Arnold, Elisabeth Blanchet, Karl Blanchet, Cyril Cavalié, Francesco Cocco, Markus Lokai, Frederic Pauwels and Christophe Smets. The magazine is available on www.lunaticmag.com Lunatic is sponsored by:  Contrasto (Italy) www.contrasto.it  Digital Railroad (USA) www.digitalrailroad.net  DOUBLEtruck Magazine (USA) www.DTzine.com  Visum (Germany) www.visum.info  zReportage Zuma (USA) www.zReportage.com  ZUMA (USA) www.ZUMApress.com Media Contact Person: Karl Blanchet Karl.blanchet@lunaphotos.com Phone: 0044 7815797906 London Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:56:07 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine Very interesting Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:56:02 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78172 really good work ! N Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78199 Thank you all for your support. Karl www.lunaticmag.com Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:18:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78221 looks fantastic..some very smart, poignant work. thank you and congratulations! Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:33:38 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78226 Liked the images, concept, and presentation. Hate the sound and the navigation. I like the page-flip thing, but could not navigate back to the contents. I might be in the minority, but I find web pages that start playing sounds when loaded really annoying. It seems very invasive for stuff to happen on a page without my clicking a button. And I didn't see a way to turn the sound off. I like reading online stuff at work or in Starbucks on a laptop, etc. I would rather have optional sound than mandatory sound. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78250 I was annoyed by the music too, but there is an off button on the lower left. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:31:19 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78251 In Firefox, maximized, I see only the main panel and a hint of something below it, which I can't see or reach. So I can't turn the sound off. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:36:28 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78253 It seems that the menu below the page does not appear on some screens. We will make a change. On this menu, you have: a turn on/off button for the music and a button to directly go back to the menu. Karl Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:29:42 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78267 Karl Nice work. Look forward to being inspired by future issues. I do have to agree with a few others that having the music default to 'on' is less than ideal but,in truth, it's only a mouseclick away from being turned off. For interests sake,check out the photographer site,www.johnhuet.com. He's also using the magazine template but without the page turning effect. Nice navigation bar along the bottom. As i understand it,he had different designers/art directors 'guest design' each chapter. Might be an interesting concept to keep in the back of your mind as a way to have some of Lunas editorial clients participate in the creating of your ezine. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:02:05 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78271 Great magazine! Markus Lokai shows a wonderful work. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:14:20 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78282 Wish you all the best with the mag Karl. Design looks pretty much the same as "NeoCollective":http://www.neocollective.com except that NeoCollective has small tabs on the side so one can easily take a shortcut to different artist without going back to the index page. Yeah, music is annoying but makes one feel good and powerful when click 'music off' button... Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:30:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78285 Wonderful! I like design and photos and stories as well. Good job! I introduce the Lunatic on my blog "Street Photography", sorry in Japanese only. http://blog.livedoor.jp/street_photograph/ Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:19:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78358 Many thanks, Yas Karl Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:10:42 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78370 very nice! loved it! great work. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:43:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78382 Great work. Thanks for posting this! Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:06:33 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78390 It's very nice, I would like to submit some work, how could I? thanks Agustin Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:47:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78403 Dear all, we are still at the very early stage of Lunatic. The next step will be to find sponsors. The first issue was self-funded (except the distribution). We will need to raise a few $,£ and euros (other currencies will also be very welcome) before we launch the second issue. I will ask you to give us a bit more time (we have just released the first issue) before you submit any new work. We will keep you updated on this issue (submission) as soon as we are clearer on deadlines. But the priority will be sponsoring. Any good ideas from you are welcome. Karl Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:20:05 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#78631 Thanks to your coments, we decided to change the music and improve the full screen option. Thank you for your feedbacks. www.lunaticmag.com Karl Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:11:04 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80193 very nice work indeed.. keep it up! Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:46:22 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80194 beautiful work "Ruediger Bergmann":http://www.rcb-arte.de Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:00:29 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80195 THis is incredible, exactly the sort of project that photojournalism needs right now to exemplify the unparalleled creative potential for multimedia audio-visual journalism. Great work, really really great work! How do we submit work? Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:20:05 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80232 ps. i really like the music! Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:41:40 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80236 Excellent. A joy to look at, great pictures, great design. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:09:12 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80286 Very good, very sticky, love the music! Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:25:44 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80298 :))) I looked at the magazine when you first posted at the beginning of June and indeed, i like this new version much much more (the music makes sense now :)))))....and it's not as intrusive and it makes aural sense to me as im "flipping" through the magazines...i like most of the stories (content) and i like the ease of navigation too...im happy that' you've made some modifications and have a rich amalgam of story (pics), content (theme) and music...its a lovely product...congrats all and well done to the Lunatic team ;))) cheers, bob Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:53:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80306 Thank you all for your nice encouragement. Karl Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:01:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80308 great magazine, thanks. the flip page effect was getting somehow annoying at first but i learnt to put up with it cheers petr Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:49:07 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80341 Looks great. Little slow loading the pages towards the "back" but that could just as easily be this end. Love the music, what is it? Congratulations and good luck. Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:25:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80351 Looks pretty good, although I will venture a wild guess here and say that there arent too many Sarkozy fans in some of those pics. I actually like the flipped page effect; I can't say all that much about the music-I didnt listen to it. I always turn the music off. I know I shouldnt, that it is there to enhance the overall experience, but if I want to see pictures and music together I'll turn on The Tube Network or go to a movie. Overall, though, great stuff. Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:04:56 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#80406 Very good work. Good luck and congratulations! Best, Ken Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:10:19 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#83005 Wow. Great work. jack Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:57:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#83009 I love it! I agree that it would be nice being able to go back to the main contents from any page, but I love the concept, the design, the navigation, and very especially, the content. If you don´t like the music, simply turn it off. Congratulations. Miguel Pereira www.miguelpereira.es Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:09:09 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#83062 love it! congratulations. i added the link on my website Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:17:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/lunatic__a_new_creative_photography_ezine#83065