Articles from Noam Galai

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?

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?

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.

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.

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...

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. We all hope you had a great Valentines day and spent it with someone special.

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. Look at the images below and share with us in the comments your own light beam photos.

Photo: Rick Elkins

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, don't you think? Check out these great images and tell us which one is your favorite from this set in the comments. Ready? dive in!

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. Here is what Jasper had to say about his project:

This week I decided to feature some of the best weather-related images found on Flickr.

31 megapixel? with a wireless interchangeable lens (yes, a wireless lens!)? and all of that inside a phone? at least that's what the guys from WVIL claim. Watch this video from CES 2011 (world's largest consumer technology tradeshow in Las Vegas) and tell us - is it real or is it fake?

Meet Jeff Harris, photographer, who in 1999 decided to start a personal project of taking a self portrait every day, and continues doing it to this day. He wanted to make it different than most of the 365 projects and make it more like a documentary in stills.

Doesnt matter if you're a pro, semi-pro or a beginner - you can always learn new things. Check out this great trick for all you fashion photographers out there. This might save you some post processing time and more importantly, people wont judge you for retouching the models in your shots.

Do you have secret tricks of your own? share it with us below.

Hey everyone! My name is Noam (yeah, from The Stolen Scream) and I'm one of the latest addition to the Fstoppers team. Each week I’ll be bringing you some of the most interesting, amazing and unique photos from Flickr.