New York artist, Michele Abeles, is often described as “post-Internet”, a term justified in her case because of her extensive use of post production systems, including Photoshop. For Abeles, a camera is not always geared towards capturing a moment from the past, but is instead a device to help her generate a new moment, a new event. For...
There is definitely something otherworldly and strangely surreal about Stefano Bonazzi’s art. Whether it’s a blindfolded woman, decked out in a black evening dress, being ‘protected’ by a bear in the middle of a vast wilderness, or another masked lady finding herself surrounded by wolves, his subjects find themselves in a seemingly...
Astronaut and chemical engineer, Don Pettit, recently proved himself to also be an adept photographer, as he took a series of long exposure photographs of our Earth whilst aboard the ISS. These awe-inspiring photographs, taken at speeds of up to 28,000 km/h, are truly one-of-a-kind and give all of us the chance to have the kind of glimpse at our...
Today in Art Tools, we take a look at the best photography strobe lights. These lights are great for portrait and location photography because they are brighter, lower temperature and use less electricity than constant lights. Strobe lights also have constant color temperature for excellent skin tone rendering. They can be operated with a battery...
Earlier in 2014, acclaimed British photographer Shirley Baker passed, aged 82. She was a documentary photographer born in Salford, a truly working-class city in northern England whose urban plight was to inform most of her work for years to come. Like many street photographers of the 1960’s, she sought to capture the essence of working class...
In this edition of the Art Tools series, we take a look at some of the best digital photography books for beginners and for those looking to take their skill up a notch or two. To that end, we’ve put together a list of some of our favorites for the best digital photography books. The Digital Photography Book :Part 1, by Scott...
These candid everyday artistic moments of street photography were captured by professional photographer, Jesse Marlow – who resides in Melbourne, Australia. (source)
British artist, James Sutton (aka Jam Sutton) directs music videos and does some awesome, lush, slight surreal photography. These digitally manipulated photographs were done for Rollacoaster Magazine.
William Miller bought an old Polaroid camera form a garage sale and realized it took really crappy pictures. He then started playing with the development process of the film and found he could create all sorts of cool abstract images. Here’s what he came up with…
Professional photographer, Alex Koloskov was born in the Ukraine but now lives California. Alex, who has developed a technique for creating and capturing artistic splash images, is entirely self taught.
The photography of Julie Blackmon is inspired by the works of 17th century Dutch and Flemish painters who also tried to capture the beauty in the hustle and bustle of everyday domestic life. These stylized photographs inject a bit of fantasy into the domestic… or maybe they draw out the fantastic which is present in what is commonly...
