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 Flickr Spotlight - Light Stenciling Is The New Light Painting

We all know the classic way to light paint photos, usually with a flashlight or a similar light source, but recently a new technique came to life: Light Stenciling. The idea is simple - instead of moving a flashlight in the frame to create shapes, you use a computer display (iPads, iPhones, Laptops) to add characters and items to the image by placing a graphic on top of a black background. The results are really awesome, so check out some of the best stencils we could find on Flickr.

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight – Lonely Trees

Trees are something that we're used to seeing together, in groups, or at least a few feet away from each other. This is why pictures of lonely trees are so magical. It makes you stop for a second and think about the place, and even make your own story for the picture. Check out this set of amazing lonely tree images chosen out of thousands of pictures on Flickr.

[Humor] How You REALLY Look Like When Posing For a Picture

Dean Fleischer-Camp, who brought you 'Marcel The Shell' (together with Jenny Slate), decided to make a funny video showing how ridiculous people look like when posing for a picture. All he did was taking a short video of his friends posing for what they thought is going to be still photos. Genius. Scary how ridiculous we all look when posing for a picture.

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight - Underwater Wrecks

Underwater photography is a kind-of-rare form of photography. Its way less accessible for most of us, as most of us cant afford the super expensive DSLR underwater housing, and Intagram will probably fail in this mission as well. Most of underwater shots we get to see are of nice looking fish, or a cool coral reef - but this time we're bringing you something even cooler - the best underwater shots of sunken wrecks: ships, planes and cars.

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight – Full Frame Scanography

I bet most of you never heard of the term "Scanography" before, but its ok, I just learned about it a week ago. The idea of Scanography is using a regular paper scanner as a camera, and take pictures of whatever can fit in or around the scanner. The results are somewhere between scary to magical. Check out the best Scanography photos found on Flickr!

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #13 – Smoking Portraits

Smoking is totally bad for your health, and the health of the people around you. BUT, I think we can all agree smoking is awesome for your pictures. With the right light, location or theme, you can get great and memorable shots when the model is smoking.

Personally I never smoked, and never going to try, but I really enjoy looking at portraits of smoking girls and guys. Check out this collection of 15 amazing portraits of smoking people.

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #12 – The Beauty of Sunsets

Sunsets are probably one of most photographed 'subjects' ever. Almost every photographer out there is shooting something related to sunsets here and there, and it doesn't matter if its a pro shooter or just someone who started - beautiful sunset is just something that is hard to ignore. This week I bring you some of the best sunset images found on Flickr. Some are what you expect them to be, but some are very unique and surprising - Check them out.

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #11 – Amazing Photos Of Dancers

From my experience as a photographer, dancers are the best models out there by far. I'll always prefer shooting a dancer with no modeling experience, than someone who cant dance and have some experience. They Know how to move, how to control their body and positions. They have grace, and usually with them I get the best results. So to prove my point, this week I'm bringing you some of the best dancing photos found on Flickr - Check them out and tell us which are your favorites!

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #10 – Levitation

Levitation photography always makes me wonder how it would be if one day we'll all get a special power that will allow us to levitate or fly around. This week i'm bringing you 15 of the most beautiful levitation photos found on Flickr - check them out and tell us in the comments which are your favorites.

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #9 – Amazing Athlete Portraits

As some of you may know, I started my photography career as a sport/basketball photographer, and I'm a big sports fan in general. This month is one of the craziest months in sports world-wide with March Madness, Champions League Quarter Finals, Euroleague Quarter Finals, and of course some really great NBA games - so I thought it's a great time to do a post related to that topic: Athlete Portraits.

[Humor] What Happens when Ellen Directs A Photoshoot

Check out what happened when Ellen Degeneres "directed" a photoshoot by telling the photographer exactly what to say to her models through an earpiece. I think Ellen got the potential to make it big in the photo industry. Don't you think?

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #8 – Depressed Clowns

Clowns are usually known for making kids happy (or scared to death), and for smiling and laughing all the time. They are also known for being active and with a lot of good energy. But what happens when clowns go back home and back to reality?

[Update] The Stolen Scream - One Year Later

Its been a year since "The Stolen Scream" video was published here on Fstoppers- and what a crazy year it was since then. In this post I will update you on some of what happened with this story. The video was viewed over 330,000 times, and the story itself was featured in many big news outlets (Gizmodo, Time, American Photo Mag, MSNBC and others), and became a case study in many colleges around the world. Its even on Wiki now.

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #7 – Stare At The Stairs

Few years back I traveled with my family to Italy, where I captured one of my favorite images to date - random girl sitting on very old stairs. This week I decided share with you some great images where the stairs are the main object. Using the stairs makes me tired, but photographing them is a lot of fun. Check out the Full Post, and share with us some of your own stairs shots.

[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #6 - The Magic Of Hot Air Balloons

This week on "Flickr Spotlight" I decided to bring some of the 'magic' of Hot Air Balloons. Never been on one, but something about them is making images look so unique and interesting. Dont you think? Check out the Full Post to see some of the best Hot Air Balloons pics out there, and then let us know if you ever got to photograph one yourself...
[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #5 – Amazing Kissing Couples Photos

In honor of Valentines day, this week we decided to feature 15 amazing images of love. Or more specifically - Kissing. There are a lot of kissing images out there, some known and some are less - here you get a chance to see some of the best unknown photos on the net. Check out the Full Post to see the images and let us know which is your favorite!
[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #4 – 15 Images Of Natural Light Beams

Natural light beams are always magical. You dont get to see them too often, but when you do - you have to stop and stare for a second. This week I collected 15 of the best light beam images found of Flickr. Check out the Full Post and share with us in the comments your own light beam photos.
[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #3 – 15 Images Of Splashing Drinks

This week I chose to feature some awesome splashing drinks photos. No, not the usual water-drop pictures, when I say splashing i mean splashing. There is something very interesting about all that mess, dont you think? Check out these great images in the Full Post and tell us which one is your favorite in the comments.
[Pics] City Silhouettes: Portraits Made Using Cities, People And Glass

Photographer Jasper James, who usually does advertising and editorial photography, decided to do a personal project he called "City Silhouettes". The concept is very simple - photograph cities through silhouettes of people. Check out this amazing set and read how this project started in the Full Post
[Pics] Flickr Spotlight #2 – 15 Images Of Extreme Weather

This week I decided to feature some of the best weather-related images found on Flickr. Not just rain or lightnings, but also sand storms, snowpocalypses, and other extreme weather related events. So check out the pictures in the Full Post and tell us which is your favorite picture from the set. Also feel free to show us some of your weather photography in the comments! Ready? lets go!