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Photography: Rainbow Ghosts Inside The Bronson Caves

Facebook-Web-Design — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:25:47 +0000

I remember a few weeks ago when I wrote to you that I was going to try to write one photography post per day through the end of the month. Although a few days have gone by when I haven’t done that, for the most part, I’ve written about a collection of fabulous photographs or a creative photography technique each day.

I did that so I could learn more about photography because it’s an art that I’m very interested in. I have learned more in the past few weeks about this topic than I have in the past few years. The reason I’m telling you this is because many people think you have to know a subject inside and out in order to blog about it. I would humbly like you to consider doing the opposite.

To me, blogging is the most fun when we decide to blog about something we are unfamiliar with. By doing this, we get to learn about it with our readers and experience it along with them, instead of taking on the role of an authority. The whole process of choosing the topic, researching the information, writing the post, responding to comments, it’s all one big learning experience, and I definitely recommend it if you haven’t tried blogging from that perspective before.

Today I’d like to write about the Bronson Caves in Los Angeles. These particular caves have been used in Hollywood movies and television shows for decades. Photographer Brice Bischoff, who is known for using colorful reflective light in his photographs, decided to use the Bronson Caves for his latest backdrop. Using colored paper, long exposures and motion, he was able to create these smoky rainbow colored ghosts. You can visit Brice’s blog to view a complete movie history of these caves, which dates back to 1932. You can learn more about Brice’s photography at Brice Bischoff. I just love these!

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The Breathtaking Photos Of Spectacular Places On Earth (Earth Hour Special)

Facebook-Web-Design — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:37:52 +0000

Earth Hour is globally celebrated environmental event organized by World Wide Fund for Nature. This is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights. Following Sydney’s lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008. Earth Hour 2011 is taking place on March 26, 2011 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., local time and we are trying to showcase few of the millions of stunning photographs to give it a tribute and to create some awareness about this event. We would appreciate all of you who can create awareness in your circle and do whatever you can for our beautiful earth. You might be interested to see how we celebrated Earth Day in 2009 and how we celebrated Earth Hour in 2010.

I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing these in detail it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about Earth Day and motivate you to save your planet. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

You are welcome if you want to share more creative photography that our readers/viewers may like.Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well. You can click on the titles to see its larger version and to go from where the images has been taken and learn more about their creators to appreciate them.

Overflying Egypt desert, 10000m above by Pablo de Gorrión

Meditation by Mikhail Kristev

Colors of earth by Dionys Moser

Blue Laguna Hvar by Ilija Veselica

Forest like a Dream by Silviu Vlasceanu

Return as always by Peter Svoboda

Highway to Hell by Mikel Lastra

A Day on The Top of Mount Titlis by Evan Pratama Ludirdja

Godzilla’s footprint by Ilan Shacham

Road by Krzysztof Browko

Diablo Beach by Örvar Atli Þorgeirsson

Every day like this by Dorin Bofan

Winter’s Grip by Ian Plant

Way trough the woods by Adam dobrovits

Rising Shadow by Karsten Wrobel

Tuscan coast by Antonio Grambone

Winter on Plitvice by Kresimir Tubikanec

Daybreak by Roman Lipinski

Shelf ice on the shores of the IJsselmeer by Bas Meelker Photography

The Outer Shadows by Alexandre deschaumes

The lone man by Yan Zhang

Rays of Storr by Gary Howells

Enchanted little canyon by Norbert Maier

Arnia beach by Martin zalba

Autumn by Pawel Kucharski

Terra by Ralf Greiner

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Weekly Graphic Design Inspiration – N.01

BlogPoster — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:21:20 +0000

Graphic designers can draw inspiration from anything and everything. In this article I have gathered a series of designs from some of my favorite graphic designers and artists from which I have created many logo’s and designs myself, using their designs as inspiration and perhaps somewhat of a motivational tool to create my own pieces of art.

Here are 30 inspiring images/things/designs, categorized into the following 5 categories: Handmade Designs; Design for Print; Creative Photography; Logo Design; and Typographic Design.

#1 Handmade designs

#2 Design made for print

#3 Creative photography

#4 Logo & type designs

#5 Typographic design

Conclusion

To summarize, we designers can take inspiration from all things in life. These designs illustrate the range of designs from which I myself take inspiration from and have used to help me design logo concepts for clients. If anything I hope this will motivate you to keep designing and trying new styles and methods for your next project.

About the Designer

Paul Curran is a freelance logo designer from Northern Ireland. Paul (also known as ‘PC Design’) was one of the Top 5 UK Graphic Designers on DesignCrowd in 2010. You can contact and hire Paul through his graphic design portfolio on DesignCrowd.

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Inspiring and Design Defining Film Posters from 1960s

Facebook-Web-Design — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:33:47 +0000

Film poster art in general, is a combination of a carefully selected layout, beautiful typography, imaginative illustration, creative photography and precise color selection.
They do not only give you an insight or a glimpse into the film they are promoting, throughout the decades, they allow a keyholes view into the social values, political views and cultural movements of there times.

And nothing more epitomizes this than looking at movie posters from the social revolution and design defining time that was the 1960s.

Please note, that by clicking on each image you will be taken to the original, and not necessarily to a larger version.

Movie Posters from the 1960s

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Beautifully Captured Impressive Photographs Dedicated To Labour Day

Facebook-Web-Design — Sat, 01 May 2010 08:31:56 +0000

International Workers’ Day or Labour Day is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement. This is celebrated as a national holiday in most of the countries on 1st May (except USA, Canada, UK and some other countries) and that’s why its popular as a May Day too. This day commonly sees organized street demonstrations and street marches by millions of working people and their labour unions throughout most of the countries of the world. We thought to give some tribute to this day and selected few really beautiful photographs that captured their hard-work in a single shot. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing these in detail it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about Labour Day and motivate you to give them some respect as much as possible. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

You are welcome if you want to share more creative photography that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and do not forget to become our fan on facebook as well. You can click on the image to see its larger version and to go from where the images has been taken. Click on the images to go from where the images has been taken and learn more about their creators and to appreciate them.

Coal mine workers, minus (below sea level) 485 meter underground by Yavuz Sariyildiz

Hagalat kelim by Sasson haviv

Team Work by Hamry Wabula

Saltmine by simondeg

Ceramics maker by Thaib Chaidar

Workers on leary way by sparth

Fish Market by Antonio Grambone

The yak man by chavi

Master Of Puppet by Ario Wibisono

Hell’s mercenaries by Sorin onisor

Hand Made by ATK

Stannic by Utku temel

Sound of the craftsman by Takashi

The Glassblower by Stefan Nielsen

Sewing worker by Robert

Knitting by Ali noohi

Sand Collector by Mitchell Kanashkevich

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30 Creative Photography Examples using the Polar Panorama Effect

BlogPoster — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:57:21 +0000

Wee Planets, Tiny Planets or the Polar Panorama effect, whatever name you prefer, is the technique of taking a 360° panorama image and using Photoshop (or any other decent image editor) and creating a circular or round image that wrap the panorama around to make it appear like a tiny/wee planet.

22 Motivational And Excellent Photography Dedicated To The Labor Day

BlogPoster — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:25:05 +0000

Labor Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from the labor union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. The majority of countries celebrate Labor Day on May 1, and it is popularly known as May Day and International Workers’ Day. But why we are talking this? Because today, Labor Day is celebrating all over the world, and we are trying to take part by giving labors a warm tribute. Today, we are posting another post that probably will make you look twice. In this post we are listing 22 Motivational And Excellent Photography Dedicated To The Labor Day. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about Labor Day and motivate you to appreciate them. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

You are welcome if you want to share more creative photography that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at smashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well. Click on the images to go from where the images has been taken and learn more about their creators and to appreciate them.

HARDWORKED HAND by Cristian Naidin

Rice by SyAmsi

Traditional farming by Janusz Wanczyk

The Sweets-Maker by Mitchell Kanashkevich

Sand Collector by Mitchell Kanashkevich

Rural Moments by Rui Pires

Hard at Work by Mitchell Kanashkevich

Tea Maker by Mitchell Kanashkevich

Working at the Ijen Crater by Mitchell Kanashkevich

Pulling out the morning catch by Mitchell Kanashkevich

Old work by maurizio blasetti

A Fisher of Fish by Robert Larson

The Chilly Bearers by Prateek Dubey

The Long March by Richard Ford

Foundry by Marcin Toczyowski

Indian Fishermen by peterd

The Cleaner by Lars D Jensen

Goldsmith by Jure Kravanja

Tanneries by Luisa

Men in the Farm by Christian Aslund

Horsemen. Calcutta by Claude Renault

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28 Beautiful And Inspiring Photographs Dedicated To Earth Day

BlogPoster — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:46:25 +0000

Yes, we know that SmashingApps is dedicated to designers and developer but I think it would be good if we can be able to give some awareness and knowledge to our readers for some environmental issues. Today, Earth Day Network is celebrating a Earth Day all over the world, this is a day when they try to create awareness and educate people about keeping their environment clean and motivate them to Go Green for their sorroundings. Today, we are posting another post that probably will make you look twice. In this post we are listing 28 Beautiful And Inspiring Photographs Dedicated To Earth Day. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about Earth Day and motivate you to save your planet. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

Earth from above by pipipink

Morning by Krzysztof Browko

Goðafoss by Ragnheidur Arngrimsdottir

Morning impression by Przemyslaw Wielicki

Central Balkan by Vladimir666

Flowing Water & Ice Formations by Doug Roane

Morning Sun by Norbert Maier

Planet Earth by steler

A Reflective Morning by John Parminter

Gold Fields by Janusz Wanczyk

Sea by jtangen

Morning line by Janusz Wanczyk

Mountain Waves by Alan Czekierda

Dream about a green valley by Janusz Wanczyk

Two valley view by Bergljot

Autumn curve by Janusz Wanczyk

Lovely Old Lane by Northman

Morning valley by Janusz Wanczyk

Elf’s Land by Alexander Maslarski

Thin Ice by Doug Roane

In the mist’s sea by Janusz Wanczyk

The Sky Goes All the Way Home by Mark Broughton

Strolling on the Dolomites by Robert Strahinjic

Glacier Formation by Axel Gimenez

Sea by Boots

Pangong Tso by Prateek Dubey

The Other Side by Stefan Bingham

Seljalandsfoss by Henrik Spranz

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21 Brilliant Photos That Look Like They’re Photoshopped But Are Not

BlogPoster — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:32:26 +0000

There are hundreds of posts available on the internet about photoshop and photo manipulation. You probably have also seen many photos or images that have been photoshopped and inspire others. Today, we are posting another post that probably will make you look twice. In this post we are listing 21 Brilliant Photos That Look Like They’re Photoshopped But Are Not. These are not photoshopped in terms of that all the objects and their actions are real but might be editied for colors and adjustments. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about these photographers. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.

Infinite Possibilities by Philip Perold

She by Adam Holweg

Cloud Shadows and Rays by philliefan99

In Memoriam by Frank Daske

Bubbles by Flor

Torch for Seattle by hb19

Fall by A. Zahron

A cloud of tea by Gilles Pinault

The metallic eye by Diego Salom Pedemonti

Seemingly by Jean Leopold

Water by Katosu

holding on to daylight by hb19

Trampet in the Sunset by Hye

Falling Up by nikki.jane

Magic Mushroom by CSD

Nelly by chriskaula

Rose Of Many Colours by Jonathan Jones

Ball of Life by BigRPhoto

ZIPPER by KPK

Clouds by Jotamyg

Dancing Water by Nevery

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21 Fantastic Examples Of Brilliant Photography With Humor

BlogPoster — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:20:41 +0000

Photography can become more interesting and inspiring when it has creativity and humor as well . Today, we are showing you 21 Fantastic Examples Of Creative Photography With Humor. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about these photographers.

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