Oh my gawd. No words can describe how this Star Wars geek (and lover of toys) feels while looking through these photos by photographer extraordinaire Avanaut. Go check out his Flickr page to see more...
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Last October, photographer Jason Lee's über-creative pictures of his two daughters became viral. I was quick to share the item on my Google Reader and tweet about it, but I don't believe I ever blogged about the father, his camera, and his two adorable girls. Jason Lee is a wedding photographer by trade, but when his mother became ill with non-hodgkins lymphoma in 2006, he set up a website called http://kristinandkayla.com to keep her up-to-date and cheer her up with whimsical pictures of her granddaughters. Kristin and Kayla are incredibly adorable in their own right, but the way that their father poses each shot to give each scene a curiously playful spin is what makes these photos so unique and loved by...
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What if old-school video game characters were to invade our world? Would you be able to spot them? What if they continued to exist in their 8-bit graphics glory? Illustrator Aled Lewis shows us just that in his Flickr set titled Video Games vs Real Life. As the set shows photos from June 2007 to now, I certainly hope that he will continue this project because I can't wait to see what he comes up with next! Via Bit Rebels. ...
Continue readingI hardly ever read wedding blogs anymore so I am probably wayyyy late on this...
Continue readingI must be living under a rock, because I only just discovered that Prince William is engaged to be married to his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton. Two official engagement pictures were released to the public over the weekend, and I have to say that I love the work of fashion photographer Mario Testino, who was chosen to document the royal engagement. Not only does the couple look exquisite, the photos (especially the more formal portrait) have a painting-like quality to them that makes them seem appropriately regal. I'd love to know what type of equipment Testino shoots with, what settings he used, and what type of post-processing work he performed, if any. Kate's engagement ring, which is prominently displayed in the first photo,...
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