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John Hyde. Digital Photography Tips: Digital Photography School. How to Transfer a Photograph Onto a Block of Wood. Beautiful Dreamy Photos. The Girl Who Loves to Levitate (14 photos) Natsumi Hayashi is a sweet-looking Japanese girl who, one day, decided to take self-portraits..of herself levitating. She can be spotted in and around Tokyo, equipped with her SLR and her self-timer. When she feels the moment strike, she presses the shutter button down and then, quite literally, "jumps" into place. What I love most about her shots is that they don't feel forced. Natsumi has a way of making us feel as though she naturally levitates throughout life.

When I asked her how others react to her jumping around Tokyo, here is a funny story that she shared. "So I stopped jumping and apologized to them by saying, 'I am taking jumping photos for my wedding party's slide show.' "Then, I took one of the best levitation shots of the entire series. " "We are all surrounded by social stress as we are bound by the forces of earth's gravity," Natsumi says when asked why she took on the series.

Natsumi Hayashi's website. Photos: Tetrapod beaches of Japan. Near Tappi Saki, Aomori (Photo: Mr_M_Montgomery) Hit the beach anywhere in Japan, and you are likely to see endless piles of tetrapods -- enormous four-legged concrete structures intended to prevent coastal erosion. By some estimates, more than 50% of Japans 35,000-kilometer (22,000-mi) coastline has been altered with tetrapods and other forms of concrete. Critics, who blame the tetrapod invasion on decades of excessive government spending designed to bolster the construction industry, argue that in addition to posing a danger to swimmers, surfers and boaters, tetrapods actually accelerate beach erosion by disrupting the natural processes that shape the coastal environment. Meanwhile, others have developed an aesthetic appreciation of the tetrapod landscape, as evidenced by a host of stunning Japanese tetrapod photos on Flickr. Location unknown (Photo: saksak) Location unknown (Photo: f l u x) Kawasaki (Photo: gullevek) Kobe (Photo: Joshua Richley) Hamamatsu, Shizuoka (Photo: seotaro)

LightBox - From the photo editors of TIME. Rare Color Photos From the Depression Era. Best Pictures Of The Decade: The Noughties. Lee Jeffries – We All Get Old. Nothing Lasts Forever. DOUGHNUT | STREET CULTURE - YAKUZA TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHY. 20 Captivating Photos Shot At Exactly The Right. There are some things in life that make me feel dated (notice I didn’t use the word “old” LOL). For example, sending a fax, writing in cursive (with a pen) and talking on any phone with a cord (and twirling it around my fingers) are all things that kids born in 2011 might never have the opportunity to experience.

I remember back in the days when people would say, “I wish I had my camera with me today, I could have taken some great pictures.” Now that practically everyone has a smartphone, we all have our cameras with us everywhere we go. That is evident in these photographs taken at exactly the right moment. The photography we see these days is phenomenal. People everywhere are taking fabulous shots and sharing them with the world on social media sites. There is one aspect of photography though that is still very intriguing to me because it is somewhat rare.