Photographer Creates Scenes from Star Wars and LOTR using LEGO Minifigs

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 …

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Time Lapse Video Shows Extent of Photoshop Retouching on Model

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 …

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‘Before They Pass Away’ – Photo Series Documenting Rarely Seen Indigenous Tribes

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 …

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Photographer Documents Wife’s Battle With Cancer

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 …

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Ordinary Men Pose as Underwear Models

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 …

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An Underwater Look at Senior Portraits | Interview With Cheryl Walsh of Alt-Senior

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 …

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Victoria Secret Models With and Without Makeup: An Unfair Comparison

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 …

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