Good Bye Summer: Collection of the Summertime Photography
Can you believe that the summer is basically over? We feel the cool breath of autumn more and more day by day. It’s a little sad that the summer has passed so quickly and cold winds are taking it away. If the summer was endless, we wouldn’t love it so much as we do. Without a doubt I can say that summer is a small life. At the long cold winter evenings, we think about summer as it’s the greatest dream. I went in search of some pictures that have perfectly captured this season. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Bottle Cap Portrait
Artist Mary Ellen Croteau was working on an artwork involving plastic bottle caps, creating tall endless strings that are strung vertically in colorful columns. She repeatedly noticed how some of the caps would fit neatly inside of one another creating new color combinations similar to the portraits of Chuck Close. Inspired, she became sidetracked and embarked on her own self portrait using the colors that “naturally” appeared in the bottle cap plastic. This work was submitted by John Mangahas as part of the Curatorial Contest of Awesomness that was held this past week on Facebook. Missed out on all the action?
Photographs from the Edge of the World
Mikko Lagerstedt is a self-taught photographer based-in Finland who only started shooting back in December 2008. Since then, he has captured a number of hauntingly beautiful landscape photographs showing both stars and self-portrait silhouettes hovering over the horizon line. His latest project is simply titled “Edge”, and features “atmospheric photography” of the Finnish landscape. Lagerstedt writes, I’m a graphic designer and self-taught photographer from Finland [...]
Portrait Drawn with Ballpoint Pens
Nope, not a photograph. This is an amazing portrait drawn by 29-year-old Portugal-based attorney Samuel Silva (he says art is just his “hobby”) based on a photograph by Russian photographer Kristina Tararina. Silva’s medium of choice is standard Bic ballpoint pens on paper and this particular portrait uses eight different colors, taking some 30 hours to complete. The drawing went gangbusters on Reddit last night and Silva fields a number of questions about his work over on deviantART. You can see many more of Silva’s drawings here.
Creative black and white photography by Giles McGarry
"I am an IT Consultant living in rural Suffolk but spending most of my life in the city. I started out taking photos to relax and to escape the humdrum of the city – this naturally lead me to the beach where I spent hours whiling away the time shooting long exposure seascapes. However a couple of years ago I rediscovered my first love – which ironically is the city. I’d spent years working there not noticing what was around me. Since then I’ve paid much more attention to my surroundings and finding those hidden gems that most people miss. I still like to escape and I use long exposure to do this – but now its in and amongst all of that hubbub." ~ Giles McGarry For more creative black and white photography by Giles McGarry, you can visit his flickr photostream here or his website here.
Top 50 Pictures of the Day 2011
Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day. Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the year that was.
Commercial Photography Techniques for a Fitness Brand
Commercial photographer, Dean Bradshaw, recently photographed an assortment of athletes for the 2012 Startrac ad campaign. In a short film documenting the shoot, filmmaker, Charles Thi, captures some of the equipment Bradshaw uses along with a few of his shooting techniques. The video takes viewers on a behind the scenes tour of the various sets used throughout the shoot. Being able to see how Bradshaw lit the different sets was pretty awesome, those of you who like to equipment spot will be treated to all kinds of eye candy in this one: For the photoshoot Bradshaw utilizes HDR processing techniques with excellent studio lighting to yield some pretty incredible end results:
Top 50 Pictures of the Day 2012
Jun 28, 2012 *Update: The Top 100 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2012 have just been published. Click here to check out the most up-to-date post! After the positive reception from last year’s “Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2011“, we promised to highlight the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day’ at the end of every quarter, eventually culminating in an epic Top 100 for 2012. It’s hard to believe we’re at the halfway point for 2012. Please note the photographs themselves were not necessarily taken in 2012, they just happened to be featured as a ‘Picture of the Day’ this year :) Enjoy!
Kevin Van Aelst
The work of Connecticut-based artist Kevin Van Aelst. (via today and tomorrow)
Amazing urban & landscape photography
Martin Turner is a 36 year-old living in Bristol, UK. Photography is his hobby and passion, and he has been shooting for over six years. He mainly shoots architecture and landscapes, although has an interest in all forms of photography. His work has featured in numerous publications and recently featured in the Landscape Photographer of the Year book, his shot ’7 More London’ was projected onto the exterior of the National Theatre in London. For more amazing urban & landscape photography by Martin Turner, please check out his website here or drop by his flickr photostream right here.
Smithsonian Magazine Announces 9th Annual Photo Contest Finalists
Sarah Jackson Brian Day Savannah Whitwam Somnath Mukherjee Bridget Bailey Nimai Chandra Ghosh Paula Durham Smithsonian magazine has just announced the 50 finalists from their 9th Annual Photo Contest.
