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Surreal Seascapes by Kieran O’Connor

Christopher O'Donnell — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:17:24 +0000

Kieran O’Connor has a unique talent: photographing the unpredictable nature and drama of the ocean. Based in Australia, he has used his gift to inspire others by capturing the beauty of the coast in a single, surreal moment.

When asked how he would describe his work, Kieran had the following to say:

“I haven’t been a photographer for long, in fact only in 2009 did I pick up my first DSLR. It started through traditional art, being a landscape painter I used a little point & shoot to capture reference photos for my work. It grew on me very quickly and I was fascinated at the concept of recording a moment in time, a personal moment. My love of photography took off and eventually overshadowed my desire to keep painting. I found more joy through the lens than I did through the paintbrush.

I’ve been lucky enough to have always lived near the coast and I am constantly inspired by the oceans ever changing wild beauty. There is no better fulfillment than standing on an empty beach as the sun rises and taking those moments home with me and then sharing them with others. I want viewers when looking at my work to feel something, I want to pull them into a scene and have them feel as if they can almost smell the salt spray or feel the water lapping at their feet.”

To see more of Kieran’s inspiring work, you can visit his portfolio site: Kieran O’Connor Photography. You can also follow him on his Facebook page and G+.

12 Superb Pictures by J.M. Barclay

Stephanie Kay-Kok — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:06:42 +0000

According to J.M. Barclay, a photographer from Detroit, Michigan, ‘the term artist represents someone who can take something and turn it in to something that is meaningful for someone else.’ Barclay’s photos make simple scenes and objects look unique through imaginative color and texture, drawing your attention to hidden points of beauty.

For more pictures, visit Barclay’s shop on Etsy.

Little Light

Lets Go Around

Golden Whisper

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Pie Filling

Summers Day Dream

Words Of Wisdom

Come Together

Spools Of Joy

Bumbershoot

Banner Day

It's Spelled Love

“In The Memory of Stones” – Photography by Alain Etchepare

Christopher O'Donnell — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:02:34 +0000

Alain Etchepare’s work is centered on the fascinating possibilities of interpretations and evocations offered by man-made structures, whether modern or ancient, not in didactic form or documentary form, but rather by trying to stimulate the spectator’s imagination and by touching him through dreamlike or poetic visions. By approaching his images as actors as opposed to mere spectators, people are able to become part of them through his eyes only, and through the traces that they leave…superb or hideous, useful or destructive.

Alain resides in both France and Turkey. To see more of his evocative work, you can visit his online portfolio here.

Or to see more images from his study of Cathares entitled “In The Memory of Stones“, you can click here.

“1208. The Roman Catholic Church and her inquisition pursue the Cathares movement in the south of France. The pope declare them heretic. The “perfect” cathares found safety in some castles, but they will be being exterminated until the last.

What story can they tell us, what have they really seen?

Swept by the wind and the mist, pounded by an unforgiving sun, frozen by the harsh winter, these old Cathares stones still stand, the last remaining witnesses sentenced to keeping this terrible tragedy in their souls.

Roaming these paths, climbing the narrow, spiraling staircases, brushing against these stones, gazing at the horizon from the top of a keep, who can but imagine the noise of the weapons, the burning infernos, the screams of terror and wails of isolation, the despair of surrender, the stupidity and cruelty, the smell of death.

Everywhere we go they whisper to us, reminding us how man, the very same who erected them, is capable of the worst absurdity.”

-Alain Etchepare

A Journey Through the Unknown with Klaudia J

Christopher O'Donnell — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:20:31 +0000

The incredible Klaudia J resides in Slovakia – her love of photography and the creative digital body is evident in the dream-like quality of her work. Klaudia also works as a graphic designer and photo manipulator.

Photography is part of life. Through her work, she captures the eye of the world and offers us a glimpse into a realm of inspiration and imagination.

You can connect with Klaudia via her popular Google+ page, or directly through her photo blog and view her powerful collection of soulful images.

10 Beautiful Pictures by Yuliya Art

Stephanie Kay-Kok — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:11:04 +0000

Yuliya Art is a photographer from Ontario, Canada who has an incredibly wide range of artistic abilities. Besides taking pictures, she also paints, draws, designs jewelry and produces digital artwork. Having varied interests has undoubtedly given her a unique edge on photography, as her beautiful work shows.

You can browse through more of Yuliya’s photos at her blog or etsy shop.

Friendly Neighborhood

Sunset on the Lake

Apple Story

Breath Of Fresh Air

Sunny Plums

Before the Storm

Silver Light

Back Yard

Majestic Castle

Blue Iris

11 Outstanding Pictures from Kevin McNeal

Emily Hildebrand — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:30:04 +0000

Kevin McNeal is a 40-year-old professional landscape photographer from the Pacific Northwest. He has lived there for the last six years after working on a cruise ship. Now he lives and travels the world, exploring some of the most stunning places. Kevin is a self-taught photographer who has now been doing photography for six years, and learned from reading books and following his favorite photographers on the internet. He made a serious promise to travel two hundred plus days a year, in an attempt see as many locations as possible. Kevin is also associated with the guys at Photocascadia, which features some great landscape photographers from the Pacific Northwest.

To see more of Kevin and his work, check out his Flickr Photostream.

Maroon Bells Sunrise, Colorado Rockies

Painted Light Ruby Beach Olympic National Park

Mt Shukasan From Picture Lake In Winter

Vancouver-Mt Seymour Provincial Park BC Canada

Jefferson Park Wilderness

Bonsai Rock At Lake Tahoe

Nova Scotia Fall Colors, Canada

The Ramparts Tonquin Valley, Jasper, Canada

Mt Assiniboine, British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Rockies Light

Colorado Fall Colors Mixed With Snow

14 Stunning Pictures from Raceytay Photography

Stephanie Kay-Kok — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:17:13 +0000

Raceytay has often said, “I don’t take photographs, I make photographs.” Her incredible pictures prove that a background in graphic design can be handy for creating photographic works of art.

To see more photos, visit her etsy shop, Raceytay Photography.

Smile

This way wonderland

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Fiery autumn

Release

Field of Poppies

Hope soars

In winter with warm tears I'll melt the snow

Fly away home

Wolf moon

Cambridge dreams

Snowneressness

Burning sky

Wonderland

10 Awesome Pictures from Elyse McDaniel

Emily Hildebrand — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:30:39 +0000

Elyse McDaniel is a 20 year old college student that has a passion for taking pictures. She never goes anywhere without her camera. She loves life, nature, and fashion, so she incorporates all three into her photos. Elyse thinks that the feeling she gets when she takes “the picture” is one of the most amazing moments ever, and for that reason she will continue to take pictures for a long while.

To see more of Elyse, check out her Facebook Page and her Flickr Photostream.

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The Beauty of the Night Sky by Rogelio Bernal Andreo

Luis Argerich — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:40:57 +0000

Orion's Deep Field - Belt and sword

Rogelio Bernal Andreo is an award winner astrophotographer born in Spain and living in California. He constantly produces images that show the beauty of the night skies beyond what words can describe. In this short feature, I will just show some of his work and briefly comment what it takes to create photos like these.

The Pleiades (M45)

To create beautiful astrophotos you need good equipment. A solid mount to be able to hold everything without flexure or vibrations and with the ability to track the stars accurately to prevent trails. Then of course you need a good telescope. You also need a guiding scope to help the mount track the stars. A notebook will help you point the telescope and focus. Power sources for all the equipment and of course a good camera. Most astrophotographers use specialized CCD cameras and filters to create images, some of them use DSLRs.

Andromeda (M31)

Once you have all your equipment unless you live in a very special place you will need to carry all your gear to a dark location. Light pollution is a big enemy of astrophotography. You need dark skies to achieve longer exposures and capture more photons. Every photon is critical to make an astrophoto. So you have to research locations with dark skies and travel there with all your gear on a day without the moon and with good weather. If this starts to sound difficult then wait, there’s more!

Widefield Rosette and Cone nebulas

You have all your gear, you travel to a dark location and weather is fine, then you are ready for an astrophotography session. You have to setup all your gear, make sure the mount is well aligned, turn everything on, find a guide star, make sure the mount is tracking good. Find your target, focus carefully, make some test exposures. Finally you are ready for what is known as the “capture” process, in other words, taking the photos that will be used for the final image. For good astrophotos you may need to take hundreds of photos devoting a single night or even multiple nights to just a single deep sky object. Some of the photos by Rogelio are mosaics so the work is multiplied by 2,3 or more depending on the number of photos in the mosaic.

Rho Ophiuchus Widefield

Once you have all the photos the processing begins. The idea of pointing the camera and pressing the shutter to take a photo doesn’t exist in astrophotography, you need processing and you need a lot of processing to create a great photo. The data is in your photos but you need to squeeze every possible photo to have detail and color in the nebulas. Think about faint dark interstellar dust and how difficult it is for the camera to pick up detail in such a dim and distant object, you need a lot of processing to be able to see that in a photo with an acceptable result.

Clusters, Hartley, and the Heart

Processing implies a lot of work and a lot of artistic decisions, the difficult thing is to achieve a photo that is both astronomically accurate and beautiful at the same time. Rogelio does that merging art and science with a masterful touch.

Orion, from Head to Toes

If you are familiar with the night sky take a look at this photo of the Orion constellation to realize the amount of work that Rogelio does with his photography. You will recognize the Orion belt in the Middle. Red Betelgeuse and Bright Rigel at the shoulder. The Orion Nebula is also visible and near the belt you will find the horsehead nebula. The big red arch is known as Barnard’s Loop. Take a look tonight and see the photo, you will be marveled by the amazing things that the sky hides from our sight and that can be captured in a photo.

Visit Rogelio’s website for more amazing photos.

10 Great Pictures from Alanood Al-Rasheed

Emily Hildebrand — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:30:12 +0000

Alanood Al-Rasheed, or Anoodonna as you may know her on Flickr, is a 22 year old management student from Saudi Arabia. She is a member of many photography groups that are mainly interested in the design and editing part of photography. Her love of photography started in 2007, and since then has learned most of her photography skills by herself. Now, she offers training courses in photography basics and high speed photography, and also holds many workshops.

To see more of Alanood Al-Rasheed’s work, check out her website, Fotoblur, and Flickr Photostream.

Little Cowboy

Red Umbrella

Coca Cola

Milk vs Coffee

I miss you

Red

Innocence

My Dream

Pure

My Small World