For their surreal series Eyes as Big as Plates, Finnish-Norwegian artistic duo Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen have created a thought-provoking set of portraits that use “wearable sculptures” to blend humans into the surrounding landscape.
The ongoing series began in 2011 as a play on characters from Nordic folklore, but the project has since expanded […]. petapixel.com
You don’t always get perfect locations or circumstances on every shoot, so in this video, we wanted to show you how to achieve 5 creative and unique portraits in a small parking lot. 1. Find a Frame We are all familiar with the popular compositional theory of leading lines, but in this instance, instead of […] petapixel.com »
2019-12-19 21:01
This was back in 2015, I created something fun and unique. If you guys are wondering what exactly is this, well these are just simple portraits shot with a small creative touch. I stuck Sprinkles (edible cupcake decoration) on my friend’s face thinking it would be cool and fun to experiment with. boredpanda.com »
2018-01-30 13:50
In my opinion, there’s an extra layer of believability — a tangibility, if you will — to using practical effects as opposed to relying heavily on post-production. Post work is limited by the breadth (or lack thereof) of imagination, which is why I try to get as much as I can in-camera. The first time […] petapixel.com »
2018-01-22 20:16
Here’s a 5-minute video by photographer Bill Lawson that shares 7 different DIY gobos (go-betweens) that you can use to introduce creative shadows to your portrait photos. Most of the items are available cheaply from a dollar store, and other similar things could work well too. In fact, many things found in a kitchen have the […] petapixel.com »
2017-12-04 20:01
Hey folks! This week was a fun one, you guys really show up for self portraits. No news this week, but there’s stuff in the pipeline for sure. We start with some creative self portrait inspiration from Arno Raphael Minkkinen. northrup.photo »
2017-09-29 18:36
ELEMENTS is a new project by Slovakia-based photographer Maria Svarbova. Each of the portraits in the series features some physical, real-world element that has been introduced to add a layer of 3D complexity to the underlying 2D image. petapixel.com »
2017-05-22 18:16
When you look at photographs by Eleonora Prignano, it's easy to sit there and contemplate the execution, use of warm colors, and what she had planned in her mind. Things about her work remind us of Henriette Sabroe Ebbesen -- and then it hits us.
I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian cult and was kept separate from the world (both physically and emotionally)," is how photographer Jaina Cipriano starts her interview with the Phoblographer. Truly, this will help define a lot of things with her.
"My identity as a queer artist and my passion for visual storytelling fuel my dedication to capturing these emotions in my work," says photographer Daniel Blake (he/him/his) to the Phoblographer in an interview.
"I struggled to find my identity as a painter; however, when I first started to use photography as a medium, I had found my personal style immediately," says photographer Henriette Sabroe Ebbesen to the Phoblographer in an interview.
"This was originally shot for New York Magazine in the summer of 2008," describes photographer Rodney Smith's Book The End about, the lead photo of this blog post. "The original concept was to create an essential New York picture and incorporate the great New York icon, the yellow taxicab.
If there was some way I could actually frame these flowers floating in ink, I would hang them around my home. Gravity would play spoilsport there, so the next best thing I can do is to get prints of these fantastic photographs by Robert Peek.
“I have lost count of many times I have moved, not only from home to home but away from cities and countries,” explains fine art photographer Jaqueline Vanek to The Phoblographer. “This is why photography has played an important role in my memories for years”.