This year's Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts in Belgium presents work by photographer Thomas Lailaender. His whimsical series entitled 'The Acrobatic Squad' shows "a special motorcycle unit of the Préfecture de Police de Paris in full acrobatic mode as they were practicing their hobby at the Bourget military base".
Make Magazine presents UC Berkeley's professor of architecture, Cris Benton.
For a professional photographer in the market for good business management software, Canon offers the Studio solutions package. This tutorial series outlines all the various functions and features of Studio Solutions, such as order processing, client files and managing your various photos for each product. Manage your professional photography business using Canon Studio Solutions - Part 1 of 8.
Infrared photographs can sometimes be challenging to work with using photo editing software. However, there are several separate techniques you can use, like adjusting the white levels, to maximize your infrared photographs when manipulating them in Adobe Photoshop. Enhance your infrared photography using Adobe Photoshop.
We've provided Google insiders, Google's community managers, authors, and celebrities for you to add to your circles. This week, we've discovered over 100 brilliant photographers for you to follow.
So you just bought Photoshop, a DSLR camera and your first flash. Now what? If you have some experience with photography, but you're not completely fluent with the software and equipment, WonderHowTo's newly featured World Lights! Camera! Photoshop! is essential.
Hello, life forms and inanimate objects the world over. This week's competition is the Hobo Image Macro challenge, and we want to see more entries! Don't be intimidated by the hobo's dull, yet threatening stare—it's easy to do! Just to prove it, here are ten pieces of Hobo advice I prepared earlier in the kitchen (I live in a studio; it's all the same).
Welcome to Photography Contests World! The purpose of this world is two-fold. First, it will serve as a directory with featured listings of all types of current photography contests. If you have ever tried to search for a photography contest to enter, then you are aware of how many contests are scattered all over the internet. Photography Contests World will strive to bring you information on as many contests possible in one central location, beginning with mostly USA and international contes...
When photographer Gerco De Ruijter set out to reveal "the Dutch culturally defined landscape"—a hard regiment of efficiency, gridded out by urban and rural planners—he came up with a beautiful aerial representation of abstract patterns. The series, entitled Baumschule, was captured using kite photography and curiously enough, a fishing rod.
Hongkiat has compiled a collection of beautiful examples of "Bokeh" photography (1, 2):
The prerogative of most fancy, pricey lenses nowadays is ultimate sharpness. However, if you're partial to that soft, out of focus look, you can make your own lenses to achieve this type of effect.
"Photo Grandpa" aka Fotoopa (that's photograndpa in Dutch) has created an amazing laser rig for ultra-high speed photography.
Artist Pery Burge uses water, paint and ink to create images that look like they might have been captured by the Hubble Telescope or under the super-zoom of a powerful microscope.
Learn professional photography by starting at the beginning. In this series of tutorials you will learn the technical aspect as well as the artistic side of photography - you'll be taking GREAT images in no time at all. With simple to follow instruction mixed with some basic camera techniques, composition and lighting, you'll be on your way to becoming a professional photographer or strobist!
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Sony's Bravia Balls Ad, David Michod's "Crossbow", James Nachtwey's war photography. Every once in a while, you get smacked in the face by art so powerful and sublime, it leaves you inspired, envious, or both. The mini documentary series, "California is a place", is no different. Led by filmmaker Drea Cooper and photographer Zackary Canepari, these 5-7 minute masterpieces tell the stories of unique individuals and groups throughout the Golden State. What really separates the quality of these ...
You don't need a 30,000 or even 3,000 dollar camera to shoot high-quality fashion photographs. A regular point and shoot and a lighting umbrella are all it takes to take quality images. Watch this video photography tutorial and learn how to take magazine quality beauty headshots with a point and shoot camera. Take top fashion photos with a point and shoot camera.
This video shows you how photographers can use Bridge to work effectively. You learn how to batch-rename files, add metadata and keywords, and rate, sort, and compare images. You also learn how to inspect images with the new Loupe tool, and create a slide-show with new transition options. Use Bridge CS3 in a photography workflow.
The as of yet undocumented DAT op code can also be used to read keyboard input by simply referencing dat 0. Here's the code from Notch's pastebin:
Ah, the image macro -- capitalizing on ppl iz stoopid and borderline copyright infringement since 1763. Sweet!
This is really cool. I tried it and it works pretty well for the price. It isn't as good as the winning prize, but can help you get to it!
Macro pics and video footage of a spider found in backyard.
I know this won't count for the contest but I think macro videography is underrated. This is one of my first attempts.
This was a quick snap shot of some flowers in my kitchen. I used a Canon Rebel XS with the 18-55 lens that had a screw on macro lens ($30).
Giveaway Tuesdays has officially ended! But don't sweat it, WonderHowTo has another World that's taken its place. Every Tuesday, Phone Snap! invites you to show off your cell phone photography skills.
In recent years, Russian marine biologist Alexander Semenov has built a stunningly beautiful collection of deep sea photography, capturing alien creatures only locatable in the hostile, icy depths of the far northern sea off the coast of Russia.
This is a Photoshop tutorial for digital photographers. Learn how to fix flash highlights. Here's a technique that will help you to fix the highlights that are created when taking flash photography.
“Domestic Stills” (Domestication, femininity and subversion) is an oddly interesting photography project by Namiko Kitaura in which the artist fries, washes and stitches flowers.
Joseph Ford's photography series couldn't have a more befitting name: If I Were President...
Fashion Photography goes 3D. And why not? I'm digging it. By Brazilian photographer Jacques Dequeker for the Ellus jeans campaign.
I usually enjoy my steak grilled, but using a cut of Grade A beef as a photography still-life works, too. Clever steak-art by photographer Dominic Episcopo.
Incredible high speed photography, capturing bullets piercing objects (via Flickr user Alex Andrea Broderick).
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