Claire's Blog Posts Tagged 'photography' (20)

Tsuneaki Hiramatsu's photos of fireflies and their light trails are nothing short of magical. The photos, taken in various places around Maniwa and Okayama Prefecture in Japan, are a series of slow shutter and multi-exposure composites that show fireflies as they mate after thunderstorms during the June to July rainy season. Light painting in photography is nothing new, in fact, it's a trend we…

Canadian photographer Danny Turcotte, owner of Catch-Light Photography, put his camera on a tripod and then used long exposures in the dark (with the shutter locked open) to create these colorful yet spooky light painting photos. Astoundingly, each of the photos in this series are from one single exposure. He did not use Photoshop or any other type of post processing software to achieve these…

Talk about uncanny! New York-based photographer Martin Schoeller (who you remember from here) recently took photographs of identical twins for an interesting National Geographic story. The intricate details of the photographs, caught by Schoeller's professional camera, exposes…

Andy Hemingway, a self-taught photographer, plays with red lights and long shutter speeds to create beautifully vivid light painting effects. The photographs are the second installment to his light painting series, which were taken at the EZ7 Skatepark and feature multiple subjects such as a skateboarder and rollerblader. The great thing about these wickedly cool photos is…

Rhode Island-native Thomas Jackson has been working on a new series of photographs with the idea of swarms which is defined, most typically, to be a gathering of flying bees. However, in all of his photos he does not include a single bee. Instead, Jackson creates swarms of everyday objects such as leaves, sticks and plastic cups to create surreal yet striking images. Jackson just…

Photographer Kai Ziehl of Hamburg, Germany has a remarkable eye for photography. His monochrome landscapes are emotional and breathtaking, evoking a sense of calmness from within. What is particularly striking about his photos is how they play with symmetry and lines, giving the eyes something to feast on. The photographs are not perfectly symmetrical; opposing sides resemble one…

New York-based photographer, Seymour Templar took these photos as part of an intriguing series called Social Lights: A Certain Night Life. The title is clever and points out how, in this day and age, we're so attached to our phones. In fact, all types of people, from different walks of life, seem to have their eyes glued on them. While these people are immersed…

Food isn't just for eating, as we've all seen, it can also be associated with art and photography. For prop stylist, Lisa Edsälv food art means designing cupcakes that replicate famous couture brands such as Chanel, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, and Vera Wang.

Each of the…

Like many of us, Kelley and Edmund fell in love with the Disney Pixar movie Up. In fact, they were so in taken with the movie (and with each other) that they decided to have an Up-inspired wedding. Taking on many themes from the movie including the bright, cheery colors to the bowties and argyle socks, they made it all about the details. They even replicated the…

Universally, children and teens always seem to brush off their parents' and grandparents' advice, believing that they already know everything and don't need to be told what to do. However, as Chacho Puebla grows older, he finds himself in his elders' shoes, giving his own son the same advice that he once thought was unimportant. As he reminisces about the kinds of…

Frank Neu's collection, Reflection, is completely captivating. It consists of women looking lost, deep in thought as they peer through the window. The separation created by the window makes the viewer feel almost distant from the subject in the photograph. The dazed stares also adds to this effect, making Neu's photographs seem very eerie, yet in a beautiful way. The blue hues…

Meet Luke and Chloe. They're not only amazingly talented photographers, they're also in love. The chemistry that they share is evident through their photography which blends their two different styles to create amazing photographs. Chloe’s style is gentle and romantic style while Luke’s is cinematic. Their photos are elegant with a hint of fantasy that bring out light and airy…

Gurbir Grewal is a 19-year-old full time student from Vancouver, BC and he is also the one behind these stunning long exposure photograph of fireworks streaking through the sky that were taken this past Halloween. "Fireworks were banned in my hometown and I haven't been able to buy them nor light them since I was a kid," he said. "Finally having moved out to a different city where they…

The ocean is like an entirely different world. That's why underwater ocean photography is always captivating and intriguing, there's always something new and unexpected to be found. Enric Adrian Gener's photography is especially interesting because of his ability to capture human forms as they peacefully interact with the clear blue waters.

When asked why the ocean…

Is there anything peculiar about this photograph? If you look hard enough you may notice that standing in front of all those fresh vegetables is actually a man! You may have heard about artist Liu Bolin. If not, it's probably because he's always camouflaged. Working with a team, Bolin has seamlessly blended himself amongst many different backgrounds including…