The overwhelming majority of photographers, even those who derive income from their images, practice their craft alongside their primary gig. And celebrities are no different. While they certainly have fewer budget constraints than the rest of us and easy access to fellow A-listers, there are quite a few with real talent who take their photography seriously. Here’s a look at a few of them. (via PhotographyTalk.com)
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I have been spending a lot of time on the Shoot for Love project lately and haven’t been shooting much, ironically enough. If you’d like to participate in the latest …
Jake Garn Photography
[ By WebUrbanist in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]
There is almost no industry left untouched by 3D printing, from cars to houses, but now things are really heating up with everything from stunning outfits and home-printable arsenals. These two extreme examples show just how diverse the adopting user groups have become – the technology has become untethered from hobbyists and is now found everywhere from the realms of high-fashion fans to anonymous freedom fighters.
Francis Bitonti & Michael Schmidt (images by Albert Sanchez and Jeff Meltz) have collaborated on a stunning dress for dancer Dita Von Teese, fully 3D-printed nylon from laser-fused plastic polymers. Stiff components are strung together in a flexible mesh making the resulting outfit fully wearable and definitely breathable. The entire creation was modeled on the body of the wearer, making for a perfect fit.
More on the concept: “Mr. Schmidt, in conjunction with Mr. Bitonti, applied the spiral formula to the computer rendering of the dress, in a mesh that would undulate around the body in the most feminine way possible. For this reason, Mr. Schmidt tapped longtime friend and muse Dita Von Teese, whom he deems as the consummate classical beauty. While the shape was built over a nude silk corset, most of the architecture of the silhouette, from the voluminous shoulders to the cinched waist, is the result of the hardened nylon powder. The floor-length gown moves and expands according to Ms. Von Teese’s body contours because of the netting pattern.”
Meanwhile, in the limelight for very different reasons, Cody Wilson is launching Defcad, a search engine for 3D-printable designs including medical devices, guns and other objects sites like Google and MakerBot can’t or won’t tackle.
From the site: “With 3D printed firearms, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, drones, and medical devices, the stakes will suddenly get much higher. Because 3DP is not about reviving manufacturing jobs or competing with assembly lines on cost. It is not about disrupting manufacturing. It is about disrupting copyright, IP, and regulation. It is about printing items whose prices have been set to infinity. It is about disrupting man-made forms of artificial scarcity. It is about DEFCAD.”
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Yep, how many times am I going to splash? Older clip I had saved, I think I’m going to upload a video every other day or something. We’ll see how it goes. Subscribe. #wolf-pack
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Music: —- fripSide – only my railgun (instrumental, abridged dub) 11eyes (Game) – Wild Dance Of A Thousand Blades (Disc 3 ver.) 11eyes (Game) – Look, my Sword (Heart), is as yet Unbroken! (Disc 3 ver.) (Original upload date: May 17, 2010) This is Part 1 of my High-Level Boss Monsters Solo series back in 2010, before the following updates were introduced: Damage Soaking Damage Splat Calculation Ancient Prison in God Wars Dungeon Nex armour The reappealing of the Unbalanced Trade Removal Capes of Distinction Polypore staff Left-clicking Attack boss feature New Combat Sound Effects Commander Zilyana’s redesign K’ril Tsutsaroth’s redesign Items/Abilities related to the Loyalty Programme Several Armour revisions Evolution of Combat It features the following bosses: King Black Dragon, Chaos Elemental, Dagannoth Kings, Kalphite Queen, and two other monsters that were bosses, but not bosses as there are more than one: Mithril dragon & Tormented demon. As for No Dragonfire Protection, it meant that no Anti-dragon/Dragonfire shield or Antifire/Super antifire potions was used, however, Protect from/Deflect Magic works the same way as Antifires, except more damage is taken compare to the potion. Using Antifire or Magic prayer by iteself reduces KBD’s Dragonfire damage to approx. 250’s. RuneScape is a trademark to Jagex Ltd. I do not own any of the contents used for this video, but used for the sole purpose of entertainment without profit. All music used in this video is copyrighted …
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Anastasia Katoa | 1993 – 2012
I shot this image of Anastasia in November of 2009. It was our first and only shoot, though we discussed shooting again we had a bit of trouble synching up again… I’m bad at that sometimes.
In February of this year, when news came to me that she had passed away, I visited her facebook page in tears. I gasped when I saw she had used this image as the cover on her facebook timeline. Then I sobbed.
I hope we all take advantage of every opportunity to capture something beautiful. Life is fleeting but what we do with our lives can be immortal.
Rest in love Anastasia Katoa, thank you for gracing me with your smile that one November night. You are missed.
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Michael Landon stars in this incredible true story of an Australian news photographer and his heroic rescue of the girl he loves from a country torn by war and tyranny.
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Time lapse Love in the mist. Nigella damascena flower opening. 4 min interval between exposures. Music ‘Alla Ricerca del Piacere seq 18’ by Teo Usuella Filmed by Neil Bromhall for my website www.rightplants4me.co.uk Nikon D300 with 55mm lens with growlight and studio flash.
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More from Scars on 45: bit.ly Scars on 45 cover The Cure’s “Friday I’m In Love” for Billboard’s Candid Covers presented by Nikon.
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A cover of Bon Iver’s Skinny Love; just the guitar, no vocals (I can’t sing, haha). You can sing whilst you watch it.. Video is from a Nikon D5000. Audio is from my iPhone 4 sitting in front of the Guitar. The guitar is a 30 year old Yamaha FG-375S with D’addario Electric Guitar strings. Apologies for the camera work, I had hoped the first few frets would be clearer in the video. I edited it together using Final Cut Pro. Please rate and comment, Thanks!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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