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News
Ryu shot Croatia vs Serbia which was good, and figure skating while ill which was bad. Matt shot one soccer match and took the rest of the month off to recover from illness. Notice a trend?

Master Class
Ryu and Matt continue their discussion (blog posts: here and here) sparked by a reader question about creativity vs stock photos.

Training Ground
Training Ground is now on video. If you’d like to participate (and we think you should), enter your pictures in the Flickr thread and make sure to tag them BLFSTG201304.

You Win
Our March 2013 themed competition was “Unique (and thoughtful) Composition.”
The winner was J. Jakobson with this well-composed Formula 1 picture:

Second place was a windsurfing picture by Brendan Bank, and third place was a well-lit hockey picture by Skaugvold.
The April 2013 themed competition is “Tight and Detailed”. Goto our BLFS flickr group page for competition rules and to enter.

Special thanks to…
Our new producer Robb Massar
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