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Behind the Scenes of South Carolina Gamecocks’ Photoshoot

Rebecca Britt — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:39:13 +0000

I find athletic themed shoots to be especially interesting considering the amount of effort and expertise that goes pulling off that one perfect shot. Follow James Quantz Jr in this behind the scenes video as he takes on the challenge of shooting the South Carolina Gamecocks. [more]

Samsung’s New Campaign With Chase Jarvis Is A Colorful Mess

Patrick Hall — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:49:36 +0000

I woke up this morning to find an email from Chase Jarvis’s camp showcasing his new photo campaign for the Samsung 9 Series Monitors. It feels like ages since Chase has released one of his epic behind the scenes videos, so I was excited to see he’s still alive and kicking the creative cloud (pun intended). If your imaginative juices don’t start flowing after watching this video then it might be time to put your camera into retirement. Check out the behind the scenes video and then [more]

Hilarious New Animal Species Created in Photoshop

David Strauss — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:04:26 +0000

Thanks to redditor Gypp and his amazing sense of humor and creativity in photoshop, the world now has an abundant new array of animals to appreciate. How would you like a Guinea Lion or a Purilla to be roaming in your neighborhood? Which one would you keep as a pet?

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Wyn Wiley Shoots Gymnasts In An Awesome Way

Chris Lambeth — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:02:56 +0000

Wyn has been featured on Fstoppers quite a few times. Why? His work is outstanding. He comes up with some really cool concepts for shots. From using LED’s on a basketball shoot to powder with Gymnasts. He does it all perfectly. [more]

“Shining” A Series Of Glowing Street Silhouettes

Aaron Lindberg — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:30:54 +0000

Eduard Zhikharev, lead motion designer at Transparent House in San Francisco, created a interesting conceptual series Shining, a body of work that depicts glowing figures from street scenes that his wife Olga Tsybulina had photographed one day. I reached out to Eduard after running across the work on Behance and asked him about the series. [more]

How To Light and Compose a Parkour Photoshoot

Rebecca Britt — Thu, 02 May 2013 04:45:32 +0000

Posing multiple people can be a difficult task as it is, but throw in parkour performers into the mix and the shoot can quickly become tedious, but if done correctly the results can turn out nothing short of amazing. In this video Benjamin Von Wong walks you through the lighting set up he used to bring a three dimensional feel to the photographs. He also explains the different composing techniques he uses to get the posing and composition spot on for the shoot. [more]

Fadewood Studios Eagle Faction Photo Series Reveal

Chris Lambeth — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:05:10 +0000

A photographer and digital artist by the name of Terrence Blanton has released a new website and photo series called “Eagle Faction” that is explosive and very influenced by Call of Duty and Battlefield. Terrence got ahold of a local Airsoft team to help create a fictional series about a team of former military and outdoorsmen that band together to help salvage their local territory of America after a collapse and invasion in the year 2023. [more]

Creating a Photo That is a “Vision of the Future”

Jaron Schneider — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:03:34 +0000

Aaron Nace from PHLEARN wanted to make an image that was based on the idea of a future where the sun had become so bright that humans would be forced to see the world through technologically-advanced glasses. Watch how they went from concept drawing to finished photo in their most recent tutorial. [more]

Combine Multiple Exposures To Maximize a Landscape Photo’s Potential

Jaron Schneider — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:46:43 +0000

Ok so many of you will not be fond of this technique. That is totally your preference. But for those of you who like good HDR photos, the guys are PHLEARN show a method that will teach you a method to get faux-HDR final images that will make some of your images go from good to great. [more]

Edward Hopper’s Paintings as Photographs (NSFW)

Nick Fancher — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:02:24 +0000

Richard Tuschman is a fine art photographer, whose works has appeared on a number of book covers. His latest project, Hopper Meditations, has him recreating famous Edward Hopper paintings in an unconventional way.

When I first saw his images, I was struck by the quality in them. They appear to be a composites, but it also looks like he may have been using a tilt-shift lens. Even if they were composites, I was fascinated by how he found locations that perfectly mirrored the original paintings. Tushcman’s secret? Dioramas. [more]