Amazing Cinemagraphs by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg

National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30. For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. Could You Solutionize That For Me? When Clients' Dumbest Requests Become Art Ah, the relationship between creative professional and client. A give and take ballet as old as commerce. Caricatures abound on both sides. On one side you’ve got the "suit"--the sausage-fingered, short-sighted philistine whose imagination is as limited as his power to make meaningful decisions on the direction of a project.

Wild Scenics Pictures [ View fewer images per page ] Click here to show (or hide) search and display options [ For a large image and details: click on photo to stay in current window, click on photo ID to open new window.] 20 Breathtaking Fireworks to Get You Into the New Year’s Spirit Fireworks have always been a symbol of joy. In the past they were all about noise and a light in the sky. But now, these fireworks are about making pretty light patterns in the sky.

25 Unusual Places to Get Design Inspiration Credit: photo by by Phantasy Photo on Flickr One of the most frustrating situations you can encounter as a freelance designer is when you’re all ready to go but the ideas just aren’t flowing! You struggle to retain focus but staunchly refuse to accept defeat, until your screensaver goes on. Over the last couple of years we’ve done our best to provide sources of inspiration for just this occasion, with articles on getting inspiration such as: One site that has been mentioned throughout is Creattica, a gallery of great design and inspirational imagery. It’s a great place to start with your search for ideas and has a wealth of outstanding design in almost every category imaginable!

20 Still Photos With Subtle Motion! Awesomely Inspiring Inspired from motion photography I can’t stop myself from sharing such an awesome piece of artwork and photography based on animated GIFs.Like what you’ve seen in most GIF animation, cinemagraph is a product of still photo with minor elements moving on. It’s nothing impressive on technique but what makes cinemagraph unique is it brings back certain part of the photo to life, thus making the entire photo more realistic, attractive and sometimes even thought-provoking, just like the magical newspaper from the movie Harry Potter. 1. He asked… and I said YES! 2. A One Man Mobile Studio At Burning Man When acclaimed studio photographer Eric Schwabel goes to Burning Man he doesn’t leave his passion behind. In 2010 he took a clever hand built “light suit” to the massive festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert and captured the plethora of beautiful, colorful revelers in engaging detail. Below we catch up with Schwabel for an exclusive interview about his experiences on the dusty playa.

Rare and very interesting photos Interesting and very rare photographs, you may never see. The first McDonald’s. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. Capital of Brazil, on the beginning. Pius XII and Hitler. How To Draw Hands Tutorials So everybody knows that the hands and the fingers are one of the hardest things to draw. So here is a personal collection of different hand references, hope to enjoy it and never stop practice. Hogarth hand poses from Iron Giant (middle of page) Mickey Mouse Hand Model Sheet by Les Clark ca. 1932 Merlin hand poses via Deja View Gifts for Photographers - Photo Gifts - Green Gifts Type to Search Like Us On Facebook Follow Us On Twitter Follow Us On Pinterest Good Housekeeping Sign Up For Our Newsletter Sign Up

Home Decorating - Design And Ideas If you enjoy in good wine and you didn’t trow away the old corks you can create interesting home gadgets that are both interesting and creative. Home decorating can be improved using one of the 25 home ideas with corks we presented here. You don’t need to spend money for your home, you can easily recycle and reuse the old corks for coasters, maths and much more. Stamps Thread Spool Corks Wreath Pictures of Moments Speak More than Thousand Words...... Picture can speak thousands of words. Random pictures of insignificant moments always been the most important and most valuable. Photographers and painters beautifully imprint huge number of events, objects and types. Some do it by accident on the momentary desire.