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Real-Life Tetris: Items Fit Perfectly in Street Sculptures

23 Jan

[ By Delana in Art & Sculpture & Craft. ]

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Those of us who grew up playing Tetris credit the game with teaching us everything from patience to time management to packing skills. For Swedish artist Michael Johansson, Tetris also seems to have instilled a love of organization. Johansson’s Tetris-like organizational art pieces are fun and satisfying in that everything-in-its-place kind of way.

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Johansson collects used objects which have already enjoyed a long life and turns them into larger-than-life sculptures. He seems to have a magical sense of space, fitting items of different sizes and shapes perfectly into doorways, windows, and all types of unlikely spaces.

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Because the objects are old and show some signs of wear, Johansson believes that his art gives them a new past – a “fake history.” He lovingly crafts these combinations of (usually) unrelated items into sculptures that rely not only on the skill of the artist, but also the size, shape and color of the objects themselves.

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Without the whole, each individual part of these sculptures would not make sense as art. And like Tetris, it is the coming together of many pieces that really makes the projects fun. One can step back and look at the amazing tableau of these combined objects or step closer to appreciate each individual object. Either way, Johansson’s real-life Tetris leaves us all feeling like winners.

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Pick Up Our Brand New Portrait eBooks and Get a Free One [Limited Time Only]

23 Jan

Portraits_cover-350.jpgToday I have great pleasure to announce a brand new dPS eBook that I know is going to help a lot of people improve their portrait photography!

Every time we survey our readers on what type of photography they do most – Portraiture comes in as the #1 response.

So over the last year I’ve been on the look out for a great portrait photographer to write a comprehensive guide to the topic. When I met Aussie celebrity photography Gina Milicia last year I just ‘knew’ she’d be great at it and was so excited when she agreed.

Gina’s new eBook is available today – it is called Portraits: Making the Shot and if you pick it up during its launch we’ll throw in a special bonus eBook with it for free.

What this Portraits: Making the Shot Covers

Gina has broken down her guide to portraiture into 5 great sections:

  • The Rules: learn the 10 commandments that Gina uses to guide her photography to consistency (and brilliance)
  • The Gear: discover the best portrait gear with some tips on buying great second hand additions to your kit.
  • The 3 Amigos: This is where many beginner photographers get themselves into a twist, but it’s a lot simpler than you might think. Learn how aperture, ISO and shutter speed work together.
  • The Lights: Step-by-step instructions on using light meters, balancing daylight and flash and creating beautiful skin tone.
  • The Moves: Every pose you’ll need and how to create it, as well as tips on finding inspiration, the importance of preparation and insider tricks on directing the shot.

Free Bonus Portrait Recipes eBook

As a companion to Portraits: Making the Shot Gina also put together a 2nd great ‘Recipes’ eBook in which she shows 14 of her favourite portraits and shows you the ingredients she used to take the shots. In each recipe you’ll learn about how Gina set the scene, what gear she used, how she lit the image, what settings she chose and how she posed her subject.

Once you understand how these different ingredients work together, you can begin to create your own signature style of shooting portraits.

This Recipe eBook will normally retail for $ 9.99 but pick up Portraits: Making the Shot today for $ 19.99 and we’ll throw it in for free as an early bird bonus (effectively a 33% discount).

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As usual Portraits: Making the Shot is covered by a 60 day money back guarantee (if you don’t find it helpful just let us know and we’ll refund your money) so you can have confidence that it and the bonus Recipes eBook will be a worthwhile investment in your photographic learning.

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Studio Lighting Setups for Portrait Photography: Part II

23 Jan

This is another in a series of articles on studio lighting that I put together with help from Karl Leopold at ImagesForever.net in Melbourne, Florida. Karl graciously opened his studio to me and patiently went through the basics of lighting a studio portrait. Last time we went over a fairly basic three-point lighting setup for studio photography and that was Continue Reading

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Dj Premier and Dynasty -Epic Dynasty (Official Video)

23 Jan

Album: DJ PREMIER presents: YEAR ROUND RECORDS–“GET USED TO US” www.yagirldy.com www.twitter.com/yagirldynasty Hair: Natural Essence Salon & Barbershop Makeup: DaLonde’s Custom Make-up & Photography Directed by : Jeff Osborne For Booking or Info: bookdynasty@gmail.com Available on iTunes Now!!! itunes.apple.com DreamPusher is also available on iTunes!!! itunes.apple.com special thank you to DJ Premier and team. shouts to Gordon and Black. RIP Guru. as always, thank you #teamDY for the continued love and support! From Queens to Tampa and far far beyond… pushin’ fwd as always. ya girl, ~dy
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Nice Visual Art photos

23 Jan

Check out these visual art images:

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Un número dedicado a explorar la visión y propuestas de Marcel Duchamp.
No su vida, no su obra; tan sólo algunos de sus conceptos.
Realizado con aportes de artistas, pensadores y diseñadores de todo el mundo
combinados con la explícita intención de producir a su vez un objeto duchampiano.

-el medio como instrumento intelectual que transpasa su especificidad y se burla de ella
-la obra independientemente de su carácter representativo e interpretativo
-”arte”, en términos de convenciones, lo más “amorfo” posible
-”obras” en las que la obra no es una finalidad en sí misma sino una excusa
-interpretaciones o, mejor dicho, lecturas que pueden convivir a pesar de ser aparentemente excluyentes
-objetos “anestesiados estéticamente”, anulados en su probable complacencia de la mirada, “rectificados”,”asistidos” para otorgarles una nueva -a menudo, insólita- significación. Como en la elección de los “ready-mades”: “basada en la indiferencia visual y en la ausencia total del buen o mal gusto”
-obras “definitivamente inacabadas”
-rrose sélavy, su alter(-)ego
-ajedrez, máquinas ópticas, matemáticas, geometría, “artefactos”
-la “pintura mental”, “pintura de precisión”, el rechazo de cualquier elemento en el que la mirada se pueda recrear con fruición

-texto, – bloques, – fotografías, + mixed-media, + pintura, + ilustración.
-toda la revista está en castellano e inglés.

(descárgala gratis y comienza felizmente el verano -o el invierno-)

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This issue plays around the conceptual universe of Marcel Duchamp. Not his life, nor his works, just some of his concepts.

– the medium, as an intellectual tool which goes beyond its specificity mocking it.
– the work, regardless of its representative and interpretative character.
– “art”, in terms of conventions, as “amorphous” as possible.
– “construction”, in which the work is not it’s purpose, but an excuse.
– interpretations, or rather readings which can coexist despite being seemingly exclusive.
– objects “aesthetically anesthetized,” lapsed in their likely sight complacency; “rectified”, “assisted”, to give them a new –often unusual- significance. As with the choice of “ready-mades”: “based on visual indifference and a total absence of good or bad taste”
– works “definitively unfinished”.
– rrose sélavy, his alter (-) ego.
– chess, optic machines, mathematics, geometry, “artifacts”.
– “mental painting,” “precision painting”, the rejection of any element in which sight can be delighted.

– aesthetics: – text, – blocks, – photographs, + mixed-media, + painting, + illustration.
– the whole magazine, in spanish and english.

(download it. it’s free. and start enjoying summer -or winter-)

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edit(ing), direct(ing) + complements
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art direct(ing) + design(ing)
estudi prats
insistAnçao, correct(ing) + additional stuff
r | v
listen(ing)
hernán dardes
musicaliz(ing)
albert jordà
translat(ing)
kiddo | emilia cavecedo
frontcover(ing) concept fot
une autre sensualité
backcover(ing) concept borrador
UU – dou _ ble _you et aa
open(ing) concept
nacho piédrola + salaboli & fp porta

-structure:
accesories, lisa kehoe { kiddo | emilia cavecedo, lisa liibbe lara, josean prado, oriol espinal, mark valentine sullivan, hernán dardes, alfredo de la rosa, jonathan minila } => meta
{ pepo m.-the secret society, r | v, leah leone } => hilarious
{ pancho lorenz, natalia osiatynska } fernandoprats => rage

=> meta kiddo | emilia cavecedo, nacho piédrola, salaboli, lisa kehoe { lisa liibbe lara, mark valentine sullivan + shari baker, oriol espinal, gabriel magri, naomi vona, mara carrión }
=> hilarious { d7, olivier gilet, jef safi, special spatial guests }
=> rage { brancollina, gabriel magri, natalia osiatynska, bill horne, UU, christy trotter } simon fröehlich

ysinembargo#16… sensualmente inacabada.

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Shallow Depth-of-Field Demonstration on Canon EOS 60D (1080P HD)

23 Jan

Shot in 1080P @ 24fps on the new Canon EOS 60D. This is a demonstration video of super shallow depth-of-field achieved with a wide open aperture @ f/1.2 on the Nikon NIKKOR 50mm f/1.2 AI-S lens. Focus pull demo.

 
 

Carpenteria californica flowers opening time lapse

23 Jan

Time lapse Carpenteria californica flowers opening. The single flower opens over a period of a day. 4 min interval between exposures. Filmed by Neil Bromhall for my website www.rightplants4me.co.uk Nikon D300 with 55mm lens with growlight and studio flash.

Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band really rocked the house at the 2010 “Let The Good Times Roll Festival” held in Shreveport, Louisiana. They got the people out of their seats and onto the dance floor. I had a awesome time. For more information about Keith Frank or his band go to www.KeithFrank.com For more information about the “Let The Good Times Roll Festival” go to www.rhoomega.com
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Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX Lens Review (Now in HD!)

23 Jan

My review of the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX Lens

 
 

Legally Blonde the Musical Part 11 – Whipped Into Shape

23 Jan

No Copyright Infringement Intended MTV Presents Legally Blonde the Musical Starring Laura Bel Bundy & Christian Borle
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Lesson 6 – Camera Modes (Photography Tutorials)

23 Jan

In this photography tutorial we will be talking about different camera modes (auto mode, program mode, aperture priority mode, shatter speed priority mode and manual mode). Music: Kevin MacLeod. (Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0”)
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Video compiled by sebastiasz | CREDITS ARE AT THE END OF THE VIDEO ——– All images used in this video were taken by the astronauts of Expedition 29 (Commander Mike Fossum, Flight Engineer Dan Burbank, Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa, Sergei Volkov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov)…