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Beautiful Examples Of Lomography Landscapes

David — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0000

For a change, today I have a slightly different topic of inspiration for you, far away from the world of web design and development. Being a massive fan of the popular photographic style of lomography I thought I would share with you some of my favorite examples of beautiful lomography landscapes.

Warning

EIR

7/7

Santa Monica Beach

Tupiniquim

Vacations

el lido bonito

Lonely Lighthouse

Scenic Strandhill

Sunset at Kuta Beach, Bali

Tiano

Lomo Beach

Scarecrowindisguise

Frauspatzi

Elvismartinezsmith

Corzh

Suizidekid

Straight to the Top

Hxloon

Frauspatzi

30 Amazing Optical Illusion Pictures

Sarah Anderson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

The human brain is an incredibly amazing organ. It is capable of everything from complex calculations, philosophy, social interactions, and many other tasks, all while also maintaining vital functions. Without the interactions between the hemispheres in the brain, creativity would not manifest itself in humans.

However, the brain makes use of patterns and natural observances to make inferences about an object. Optical illusions take advantage of this, by tricking the brain into making an inference about the scene that is not true.

Prepare to be amazed, puzzled, and possibly even confused by these awesome examples of optical illusion photography.

25 Best WordPress Photography Themes

David — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

If your a photographer capturing beautiful photos, you will want your website to showcase and present your images in a complimentary way. Using WordPress as your CMS will allow you to easily manage your content and give you the option to choose from a range of suitable WordPress photography themes. The photography websites templates featured all focus on the photographers work making these themes perfect for showcasing your best images. Take a look at 25 of the best WordPress photography themes I have collected:

Apolo

Fotos

Artiste

Photolux

Slash WP

Flashlight

Photopassion

Fiatlux

Sideshow

Footage

Victoria Portfolio

Photox

Infinity

Reveal

Blogfolio

theStyle

Photography

Anthem

Deep Focus

ePhoto

Cleanistic

Photofolio

Brick + Mason

Photonika

Syntax

30 Examples Of Large Background Images In Web Design

David — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Using a large background image on your website provides a new depth and impact on the user, as internet connections become faster and monitor resolutions increase it is more viable to use big background images for your website. I have collected not only websites using large background images, but also websites using illustrations and animations. Using big background images is not possible in every design project but when used in the right circumstance large background images can provide a great accompaniment to the website content.

Quayside

Smoking Takes Lives

Poco People

VivaCom

Boost Up

Me & Oli

Scotch & Soda

Starck

Garnie

5emegauche

One Million Trees

Givers

Cast

the art of re use

Fruita Blanch

Revista VLOV

Team Viget

Werkstatt

Reverse Buro

Maersk Fleet

Ceroideas

Rahul

Emannzipation

Playaway

Sta Travel

Tasty Nut

Simon & Comet

Union Station Neighborhood

Transmission Inc

Terre d’evenemets

How To Make A Lomo Stye Photo Using Photoshop

David — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:00:04 +0000

Follow this tutorial to see how I recreate the popular lomo style photography effect on a rather dull and dark photo. Photos taken with modern digital cameras lack the processing faults that older cheaper cameras would encounter when processing rolls of film. In this tutorial I will recreate some of the imperfections to create a cool lomo style photo.

Finished Product

Original Photo

Color Adjustments

I first would like to adjust the colors in the photo, they look dull and dark. In Photoshop, select Image -> Adjustments -> Curves.

Select the Channel setting to ‘Blue’ withing the Curves settings, I adjusted the input and output until I was happy with the colors.

How To Create The Vignette

Using the Elliptical Marquee tool in Photoshop, draw out an oval shape selection, I set the feather to 50px and draw the oval to cover a majority of the photo.

Choose Select -> Inverse. With the oval and image still selected, select Image -> Adjustments levels.

This will create a masked layer, allowing you to add a vignette effect around the edges of the oval shape. You can adjust how subtle or how intense you want the effect using the sliders, sliding right will make a lighter subtle effect and sliding left will create a harsh dark shade around the photo.

Additional Effects

I will duplicate the original image layer and add a blur to it. Select the layer and choose Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. Set the blur radius to 8.0.

Place the layer with the blur effect above all other images so the blur is on top and visible, select the Elliptical Marquee tool and cut out an area roughly similar to the Vignette, set the opacity of the layer to 60%, this will result in subtle blurred edges.

To complete the image, I again duplicated the first image layer, with this I then wanted to add some subtle noise. Select the layer and choose Filter -> Noise -> Add Noise. Set the noise level to 60% and set the layer opacity to 20%. The will add a subtle amount of distortion to the image.

End Result

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Lomo Inspiration

If you have never explored lomography, here is a few great examples of lomo photography:

An Introduction to Mastering Slow Shutter Speeds

Stu Greenham — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:10:09 +0000

Another great post from Photo Tuts + looking at methods for improving slow shutter shots.

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