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Finnish photographer, Vesa Lehtimäki (known as Avanaut), has combined his love for photography, LEGOs and movies, to create extremely detailed photographs of scenes from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Using LEGO Minifigs, Avanaut creates make believe scenes complete with mini stories about what he imagines happens in the daily lives of the Imperial …
Just how much make-up and Photoshop magic is involved in a photo shoot? We’ve shown the before and after photos of girl’s with and without makeup in past articles and have debated on the use of Photoshop in creating a final image. Now see it in action with this video of a model being manipulated …
Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to recognize models under the age of 18 to be recognized as child performers. The law, that goes into effect on November 20th, 2013, will provide the same rights and legal protection as other child performers working in New York. New York photographers and designers …
In an effort to document some of the lasts indigenous tribes in existence for the purposes of preserving a historical record for future generations, British photographer, Jimmy Nelson, has traveled to numerous countries such as Ethiopia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Ecuador, India, and New Zealand. Using a 50-year-old, 4×5 camera, Jimmy’s three year project, “Before …
In about a week, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month will end. The pink ribbons will be put away. The 5k fundraisers will focus their attentions on another worthy cause. Day to day life will ensue and move on. Until next year. But for some (too many these days, unfortunately), like photographer, Angelo Merendino, the battle …
For 15 year old Rosie Hardy, she picked up a point and shoot camera to do what most girls her age would do, to get a really good selfie for MySpace. Soon, she found herself sneaking home from school early just so she could shoot with good light and doodling pictures of concepts she wanted …
For the past almost thirty years, a group of nomads have roamed the English countryside. Traveling in horse drawn caravans and touting the ideals of freedom and simplicity, these gypsies have eschewed some of the trappings of the modern world in favor of an uncomplicated way of life. [REWIND: Tips and Secrets of a Travel …
The media often offers mixed messages as to what the ideal standards for beauty are. For women, the pressure is strong to mimic the Photoshopped glamor of a female model adorning a magazine ad. On one hand, celebrities like Jessica Simpson or Kelly Clarkson are deemed as fat while anorexic waif-like Angelina Jolie or Nicole …
Looking for alternative ways to photograph seniors opened Cheryl Walsh up to the challenging world of underwater portrait photography. Cheryl began her career in photography by shooting a wide range of subjects – weddings, children, models, families, but discovered that photographing seniors made her the happiest. After an evening spent with the unconventional photographer, John …
Our society is used to perfection. The ubiquitous covers of glossy magazines with rail thin models and poreless, flawless faces distort our perceptions and expectations of beauty. Photographers joke about not being a plastic surgeon with Photoshop as their magic tool and yet we yield it like a scalpel ready to perform facelifts, liposuction and …
