Photography

I Brought My Photography Studio To The Forest And Found Some Squirrel Supermodels (65 New Pics)

I Brought My Photography Studio To The Forest And Found Some Squirrel Supermodels (65 New Pics)

Among these pictures, I’m thrilled to share my experience of observing and photographing my squirrel friend Wonky and her babies with you.

Last year, I was fortunate enough to have my outdoor squirrel studio right next to where Wonky had moved her babies to a new squirrel drey. This gave me the perfect opportunity to observe and photograph them as they explored their new neighborhood.

Through my photographs, I aim to showcase the unique personalities and behaviors of these creatures. Each shot is carefully composed to capture the essence of the squirrel and the beauty of nature.

For me, wildlife photography is a passion, and I’ve developed a close relationship with these squirrels over time. Patience, observation, and an open mind are essential when it comes to capturing the beauty of nature, and I hope this shows in the pictures.

Thank you for joining me on this journey and for allowing me to share my story and photographs with you.

If you would like to see more of the photos I previously posted on Bored Panda, click here, here or here.

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Union County photographer participates in the World Photographic Cup

Union County photographer participates in the World Photographic Cup
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ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Each year, the best-of-the-best from around the globe compete for the honor of winning the World Photographic Cup. In the same manner as the Olympic Games, the cup awards individuals’ images with gold, silver and bronze medals. Then, teams earn points based on an aggregate score of the top ten images in all categories. The World Photographic Cup is awarded to the national team that receives the highest overall score.

This world cup celebrated its 10th anniversary and was created to strengthen ties of friendship and fellowship in the art of photography worldwide. This year’s champion is Mexico, followed by the United States team in second place and Australia in third place.

Roselle Park master photographer Mario Cornejo participated in this year’s event with images in the commercial and wedding category. His images were exhibited at the FURAMA ¨Singapore Convention Center,” within WPC 2023, with the auspices of the “Asian Federation of Photographers.”

Cornejo is the owner of MC Productions Photography studio, located for almost a decade at 481 East Westfield Ave, Roselle Park.
His studio is one of the most awarded in the state of New Jersey. It should be noted that he is past president of the Professional Photographer Association of New Jersey and winner of several state, national and international awards, including two Kodak Elite awards.

With a photographic career of more than 20 years, Cornejo and his studio staff are part of the Roselle Park family and have captured the best moments of hundreds of families in our community.

MC Productions is also dedicated to commercial production with numerous audiovisual products, from TV production, documentaries and audiovisual content services in general.

“For all of us who are part of the MC Productions family in Roselle Park, it is a source of pride and great joy to have reached the maximum international exposure with our images such as the World Cup of Photography and to show our images to the world,” Cornejo said.

Photos Courtesy of Ivone Cornejo

Eruptions, explosions and a sexually explicit hoover: V&A Photography Centre review

Eruptions, explosions and a sexually explicit hoover: V&A Photography Centre review

Paul Trevor’s Constant Exposure, a patchwork print of black-and-white television stills, looks just like life in the age of the smartphone, quite a feat when you consider that it was created back in the 1980s. A news anchor, a war plane dropping bombs and bare breasts are among the multitude of jumbled images. Standing in front of it in the V&A’s new Photography Centre, I can’t help but laugh – here I am contemplating a work about the everyday onslaught of pictures in a new suite of galleries filled with them.

But that’s the thing. While out in the real world images come at you hot and heavy, in here they offer a respite, access to another time and place. Spread across seven 19th-century galleries in the north-east wing are 600 works out of the museum’s 800,000-strong collection that stretch from the 1840s to the present. There’s a lot – a lot of images and a lot of labels – but take your time and you’ll be duly rewarded.

Simone d’Aillencourt photographed by Richard Avedon in 1959.

The first couple of galleries opened in 2018 and have been rehung with a focus on energy in photography. That’s as vague as it sounds, but the outcome is less muddled than you might think. I find myself lingering in front of Adolphe Braun’s still life of jostling flowers mid-bloom, and William Henry Fox Talbot’s delicate depictions of leaves and ferns. My favourite: the ghostly sciagraphs of reptiles taken by James Green and James H Gardiner in 1897, soon after X-rays were discovered, presented in a glass vitrine as if they’re real specimens ribbiting with life.

We go from froggy silhouettes to vast railways with soaring, whale-like roofs. Captured on camera are advances in cars, trains, planes. Disasters both natural (the eruption of Mount Vesuvius) and not (the atomic bomb). Moon landings. All hand in hand with advances in the medium: created without a camera, Man Ray’s Le Souffle (1931) is an experimental type of photograph achieved by placing a fan on light-sensitive paper. Unfolding chronologically, the display unravels the history of both photography and the world. Among the most poignant portraits are Bill Brandt’s sooty impressions of mining communities in northern England and Wales, and Dorothea Lange’s images of migrant families forced to abandon dried and damaged land in dust bowl America.

See something that piques your interest? Delve deeper in a gallery dedicated to photographic books. Since they first appeared in 1843, four years after the invention of photography was made public, such tomes have provided an alternative, more intimate way of looking. More than 20,000 books from the Royal Photographic Society’s library are available to visitors on request, while others are at your disposal on open shelves. I spy everything from Susan Sontag’s seminal collection On Photography and monographs on Diane Arbus and Nan Goldin to Kodak data books and Photo Lab indices.

Brian Griffin’s Big Bang, 1986.

My feeling is that it would have made sense to go straight from the opening galleries to the library, which takes so much of what we’ve seen so far and translates it to the page. Instead, we pass through a digital gallery housing a specially commissioned work that will change every six months. First up, The Zizi Show by Jake Elwes, an all-singing, all-dancing deepfake drag cabaret that draws attention to the bias in AI. With a colourful cast of kings, queens and more, the artist celebrates community and difference.

Jo Spence’s Libido Uprising, 1989.

That’s a thread that runs through the contemporary galleries, too. Recent acquisitions include a series of beautiful blue-tinged self-portraits by Tarrah Krajnak. Born in an orphanage in Peru in 1979 and adopted by Slovak Americans as a baby, in 2019 she projected media photos of the political upheaval that took place in her home country during the year of her birth on to her body. The result: a striking exploration of identity and a multi-layered historical narrative.

A colourful echo of the makeshift homes set up by those families photographed by Lange in the US, Gauri Gill’s 2020 series The Village on the Highway depicts the temporary dwellings assembled by rural workers on major routes into Delhi. Protesting new laws that threatened their livelihoods, and banned from entering the capital, they remained in lodgings fashioned from farming equipment for over a year, when eventually their voices were heard. Wrapping around a corner are carefully considered images of tarpaulin-topped trailers, camp beds, stoves. A bumper sticker behind an empty deckchair reads: “Good Luck.”

If you’re still not sure about how cameras work, you’ll find out in the final room, where you can experience the camera obscura. Step into a light room and your image will be projected upside down on to the wall of a dark room for others to see. A neat way to wrap up, and a reminder that the things we encounter every day on our smartphones aren’t exactly as they appear.

This AI-powered Photoshop rival is the end of photography as we know it

This AI-powered Photoshop rival is the end of photography as we know it

Photoshop has been steadily adding AI-powered tools to its menus in recent years, but an incredible new demo from an independent research team shows where the best photo editors are heading next.

DragGAN may not be a fully-fledged consumer product yet, but the research paper (picked up on Twitter by AI researchers @_akhaliq and @icreatelife) shows the kinds of reality-warping photo manipulation that’s going to be possible very soon. This AI-powered tech will again challenge our definition of what a photo actually is.

While we’ve seen similar photo editing effects before – most notably in Photoshop tools like Perspective Warp – the DragGAN demo takes the idea and user interface to a new level. As the examples below show, DragGAN lets you precisely manipulate photos to change their subject’s expressions, body positions and even minor details like reflections.

The results aren’t always perfect, but they are impressive – and that’s because DragGAN (whose name is a combination of ‘drag’ and ‘generative adversarial network’) actually generates new pixels based on the surrounding context and where you place the ‘drag’ points.

Photoshop’s neural filters, particularly those available in the app’s beta version, have dabbled in similar effects for a while, for example giving you sliders for ‘happy’ and ‘anger’ expressions for tweaking portrait images. DxO software like Photolab also has U Point technology that lets you point at the part of a photo that you’d like to make local adjustments on.

But the power of the DragGAN demo is that it combines both concepts in a pretty user-friendly way, letting you pick the part of a photo you want to change and then completely changing your subject’s pose, expression and more with very realistic results. 

When a refined version of this technology ultimately lands on smartphones, imperfect photos will be a thing of the past – as will the idea of a photo being a record of a real moment captured in time.

DragGAN also offers more granular controls, too. If you don’t want to change the entire photo, you can apply a mask to a particular area – for example, your dog’s head – and the algorithm will only affect that selected area. That level of control should also help reduce artifacts and errors.

The research team has also promised that in the near future it plans “to extend point-based editing to 3D generative models.” Until then, expect to see this kind of reality-warping photo editing improve at a rapid pace in some of the best Photoshop alternatives soon. 


Analysis: The next Photoshop-style revolution

A woman sitting on a beach in an early version of Photoshop

An early demo of the first version of Photoshop, showing the iconic ‘Jennifer in Paradise’ photo being edited. (Image credit: Adobe)

These AI-powered photo editing tricks have echoes of the first early demos of Photoshop over 35 years ago – and will likely have the same level of impact, both culturally and on the democratization of photo editing.

In 1987, the co-creator of Adobe Photoshop John Knoll took the photo above – one of the most significant of the last century – on a Tahiti beach and used it to demo the incredible tools that would appear in the world’s most famous photo editing app.

Now we’re seeing some similarly momentous demos of image-manipulating tools, from Google’s Magic Eraser and Face Unblur to Photoshop’s new Remove Tool, which lets you remove unwanted objects in your snaps.

But this DragGAN demo, while only at the research paper phase, does take the whole concept of ‘photo retouching’ up a notch. It’s reforming, rather than retouching, the contents of our photos, using the original expression or pose simply as a starting point for something completely different.

Photographers may argue that this is more digital art than ‘drawing with light’ (the phrase that gives photography its name). But just like the original Photoshop, these AI-powered tools will change photography as we know it – whether we want to embrace them or not. 

How to photograph the Hollywood sign

How to photograph the Hollywood sign

The Hollywood sign is easily the biggest star in Los Angeles, and both easy to photograph and very elusive.

It sits atop Mt. Lee looking down at Los Angeles, so it’s easy to spot all over town. But if you want to get up close and personal with it, you have to climb to get there. The best shot is through a residential neighborhood, and the folks in Beachwood Canyon have put up blockades and no parking signs to keep you away.

So what to do? There are several, authorized ways to see the sign without bothering the residents, however, so if you’re not up on the options, please read up.

Viewing only

Griffith Observatory, one of the busiest tourist attractions in Los Angeles, has a viewing area of the Sign, by the James Dean statue, but the Sign looks tiny in the distance. I wouldn’t make this my first stop. The Ovation Mall (formerly Hollywood & Highland) has a similar viewing area on the fourth level, and the sign is even more distant than from Griffith. Parking is really hard to come by at the Observatory and city officials recommend taking public transportation there. You can also park in the Greek Theater parking lot during the day and take a shuttle bus up the hill. (Or climb the mile yourself.)

That said, anyone coming to Los Angeles should definitely visit Griffith Observatory. It has the best scenic views of the city in town, especially at magic hour.

Easiest to get to

Lake Hollywood Park, which is near Universal Studios, has a way better view of the sign, public parking, and facilities than Griffith or Ovation. This is probably the most logical stop for out-of-town visitors, due to the ease of getting there. However, know that there are only so many parking spots, so you’ll want to get there early before the spaces are all gone.

Hikes

For the best views of the sign, you’ll have to work for it. The Brush Canyon hike is off Bronson Avenue, has plenty of parking (more than Lake Hollywood) and facilities. It will take you at least one hour to hike uphill to get to the Sign, but you’re afforded two great, close-up views. Here’s where your jump in front of the sign will work out perfectly. From this vantage point, you’ll also get killer views of Los Angeles from high above.

From the Brush Canyon hike, you can also take it all the way to the top, directly behind the Hollywood sign letters, with the city in the distance. Everyone visiting should do this at least once.

Brush Hike gives you one more bonus: a chance to go into the “Batcave” used on the 1960s “Batman” TV show, which you’ll pass as you climb.

The Mt. Hollywood Griffith Park hike, which starts at Griffith Observatory, is a longer climb that will also take you to Mt. Lee. Expect two to three hours of climbing.

Tough

Cahuenga Park Trail

Here’s how Allhikes.com describes it: “Get to know this 3.9-mile loop trail near Los Angeles, California. Generally considered a challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 36 min to complete.” The Hollywood Sign Trust, which manages the Sign, calls this one “hard”, even though it’s the shortest of the hikes. That would be because it’s the steepest.

The Hollywood Sign Trust, which manages the Sign, is celebrating the Centennial all year long, but the actual birthday is considered to be Dec. 8th.

And the Trust has a great birthday present for everyone. It’s announced plans to build a Visitor Center that would make visiting the Sign way easier. The idea is that visitors would park, board a shuttle bus and get whisked up to a special viewing area.

“Over the years, visitors and locals have expressed great interest in a ‘close-up’ experience where they can learn more about the roots of the Hollywood Sign, its legendary stories, and the epic hopes and dreams the Sign continues to inspire,” said Jeff Zarrinnam, chair of the Hollywood Sign Trust.

So let’s all say Happy Birthday and hooray for Hollywood!

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How Photographers Can Benefit From ChatGPT

How Photographers Can Benefit From ChatGPT

Photography is the art of preserving fleeting memories in eternal frames. The transformative potential of ChatGPT is altogether recognized by the whole creating a buzz. Staying ahead of the curve is essential for professional photographers, and leveraging ChatGPT for photographers is an innovative approach. Artificial Intelligence is not a replacement, but a supplement tool streamlining the work of photographers and bringing real transformation from a novice to virtuoso.

Assistance offered by ChatGPT or AI software for photographers is impeccable as it allows them to cross horizons and amplify their art. Every photographer knows the struggle of the elusive muse, enter ChatGPT, the digital muse that resides within the domains of artificial intelligence.

Empowering Lens: 10 Ways ChatGPT Benefits Photographers

ChatGPT offers a myriad of benefits for photographers, revolutionizing their creative process and technical proficiency. From providing inspiration and composition advice to assisting in post-processing and troubleshooting, ChatGPT empowers photographers to achieve their artistic vision and elevate their photography to new heights.

1. Creative Inspiration: ChatGPT for photographers is a boundless source of inspiration through fresh perspectives for photography projects.

2. Composition and Framing: ChatGPT can provide valuable insights into composition techniques, helping photographers frame their shots more effectively.

3. Lighting Techniques: ChatGPT can assist photographers in understanding and mastering various lighting techniques. Whether it’s natural light, artificial lighting, or studio setups, ChatGPT can provide tips on achieving the desired lighting effects for different subjects and moods.

4. Camera Settings: ChatGPT can offer guidance on optimal camera settings for specific shooting scenarios. From aperture and shutter speed to ISO and white balance, photographers can seek recommendations to capture technically excellent images.

5. Post-Processing Tips: ChatGPT can act as a virtual assistant in post-processing, providing recommendations on editing techniques and software tools. Photographers can seek guidance on enhancing colors, adjusting exposure, and refining their images to achieve the desired visual impact.

6. Location Recommendations: ChatGPT can assist photographers in finding the perfect locations for their shoots. By describing the desired ambiance or subject matter, photographers can receive suggestions on suitable locations, both familiar and lesser-known.

7. Equipment Recommendations: With its extensive knowledge base, ChatGPT can offer insights into camera gear and accessories. Whether photographers are looking for a new lens, tripod, or lighting equipment, ChatGPT can provide recommendations based on specific needs and budgets.

8. Feedback and Critique: Photographers can seek feedback from ChatGPT on their work, gaining valuable insights and suggestions for improvement to refine their skills and artistic vision.

9. Technical Troubleshooting: When photographers encounter technical issues, ChatGPT can help resolve them by providing troubleshooting tips and solutions.

10. Industry Trends and Techniques: By asking questions or seeking information, photographers can stay ahead of the curve and incorporate new ideas into their work.

ChatGPT Tips for Photographers

1. Be Specific and Detailed: Photographers must be specific and detailed about their needs and requirements. Maintenance of clear articulation when seeking assistance is imperative. 

2. Context is Key: By giving context, ChatGPT can better understand your situation and provide more targeted recommendations.

3. Validate and Verify: As a photographer, rely on your expertise and judgment to evaluate the suggestions offered by ChatGPT and validate and verify them.

4. Embrace Collaboration: View ChatGPT as a collaborative partner rather than a standalone solution. Use its suggestions as a source of inspiration and a starting point for further exploration.

5. Provide Feedback: As you engage with ChatGPT, provide feedback on the quality and relevance of its responses. The feedback helps refine the performance of ChatGPT, making it even more effective and beneficial for photographers.

Honestly, ChatGPT for photographers is a wonderful opportunity to help them polish their skills. Although imperfections may arise, evaluating ChatGPT’s performance ensures an orchestration of accuracy and reliability. When the lens becomes foggy the ChatGPT tool is a beneficial tool that allows clarity to the photographers seeking inspiration.

My Photography is Suffering Without IBIS: A Parody

My Photography is Suffering Without IBIS: A Parody

The other day I started my day like any other. I woke up in the bedroom in my parents’ house at 12:30pm and started scrolling through my phone. After I rolled out and fell flat on the floor, I got dressed. Then I hopped in my car, drove to get Starbucks, and pumped it intravenously into my veins. That sweet, sweet java got me all wired. Soon, I pulled out Excalibur: otherwise known as my Sony camera. With jittery hands and lack of proper handholding techniques, I took photos as I pleased. Then I brought a tripod to photograph the night sky and turned off the IBIS. After shooting my photos, I took yet another shot but this time without IBIS on. And something horrifying happened.

What I’m about to tell you is going to seem shocking. So I ask that you steel yourself and that if you’re really in love with your camera, that you stop reading here.

When I took the photo without IBIS, my camera exploded. The moment happened almost as if in slow motion in cinema. My arms shook constantly as I refused to hold the camera the proper way, control my breathing, and do all the things that photographers have mastered for years. My shaking hands were too much for it though, and within moments the Sony camera ceased to exist. It was as if Dr. Manhattan had suddenly made it disappear from reality.

Had I become Dr. Manhattan?

How did these photographers of the past do it? Just what did they go about doing to ensure that they got sharp photos without IBIS? All I had studied was Cartier-Bresson, and so I always felt that sharpness was a bourgeoise concept that could only be solved with IBIS.

I panicked. And so I went home to get my backup camera, which had IBIS activated. But the truth is that my heart instead yearned to pick up my Leica. I drew the rangefinder to my eye, framed up an image, and snapped a photo. And again, the camera exploded.

Eventually, I realized that only cameras with IBIS could really be useful for photography and that only those could be worthy of being in the hands of one such as myself: Dr. Manhattan.

Finally, I picked up my other Sony camera and fired a frame. At least, a camera with IBIS that could stand up to the hands of a being that vibrates with such frequency to become one with the speed force. But even this one started to shake. Quickly, I deduced that the lens attached had image stabilization disabled. After turning it on, all was fine again.

Relief.

I pondered over the years how the great masters photographed without IBIS. Had Ansel Adams trekked into the cold and found stability only because of how large his ego was? Had the photographers who photographed on tin types before him done 50 pushups a day? And what about the more dainty ones like Vivien Maier? Was she stronger than we all believed?

None of this made sense to me. Why would someone use a camera without IBIS? Surely there must be entire communities and families of photographers using cameras without IBIS suffering.

Nikon D850 – Upgrade Your Photography Game

Nikon D850 – Upgrade Your Photography Game

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The N-D850 is a professional-grade camera that you’ve probably heard of if you’re in the market for one. This camera has been making waves in the photography world since its release. With its impressive specs and features, it’s no surprise that it has received such high praise.

I recently made the switch to the N-D850 from a mid-range camera, and I can say with confidence that it is worth the investment. The image quality is outstanding, and the autofocus is incredibly fast and accurate. The touchscreen and tilting display make it easy to access and adjust settings, which is especially helpful when shooting in challenging conditions. I also appreciate the durability of this camera. It has weather sealing that has protected it from some heavy rain. It is a bit on the heavy side, but that’s to be expected from a full-frame camera.

Nikon D850: Exceptional Image Quality

Nikon D850

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When it comes to image quality, the Nikon D850 is a photographer’s dream. With a 45.7 megapixel full-frame image sensor and no optical low pass filter, it captures incredible detail and resolution with virtually no risk of moiré. The RAW files are large, but the amount of data collected is impressive, allowing for extensive post-processing with stunning results. The camera’s low-light capabilities are also impressive, and autofocus works surprisingly well even in dim lighting conditions.Additionally, the D850 offers exceptional dynamic range, making it possible to capture details in both the shadows and highlights of a scene. The sheer amount of data collected in each shot allows for greater flexibility when editing, making it possible to bring out details that would be lost with other cameras. The D850 is a camera that can produce images that are truly breathtaking.

Nikon D850: Industry-Leading Autofocus

Nikon D850

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Its autofocus system, which is the same as the one found in the Nikon D5, is one of the standout features of the Nikon D850. With a huge number of autofocus points and incredible focus speed, it’s no wonder that the autofocus in the D850 is considered industry-leading. The autofocus system is accurate and reliable, even in challenging lighting situations.The D850 also offers focus shift shooting mode, which allows for focus stacking and makes it easy to create images with a greater depth of field. The illuminated buttons on the camera body are another nice touch, making it easy to change settings in low-light conditions. Overall, the autofocus system in the Nikon D850 is one of the camera’s standout features, and is sure to impress even the most discerning photographers.

Nikon D850: Impressive Video Capabilities

Nikon D850

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Impressive video capabilities are also offered by the Nikon D850, even though it is primarily designed for still photography. It can shoot 4K Ultra HD video, and slow motion up to 120 FPS at 1080p. While the autofocus system for video is not as good as for stills, it is still possible to produce high-quality video using manual focus.One of the standout features for video is the camera’s ability to create time-lapse movies in-camera, with the option for 4k or 8k time-lapses. This is a great feature for photographers who want to capture stunning time-lapse footage without the need for external software. Overall, while the Nikon D850 may not be the best choice for professional videographers, it is still a capable option for those looking to produce high-quality video.

Weather Sealed and Durable

Nikon D850

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A well-designed camera that is both comfortable and durable is the Nikon D850. It is weather sealed, making it possible to shoot in a variety of conditions without worrying about damage to the camera. The camera body is also well-designed, with controls that are intuitive and easy to use.The battery life of the D850 is impressive, and the camera comes with a range of power-saving features that can help extend battery life even further. Additionally, the camera’s tilting touchscreen is a nice touch, making it easy to take shots from a variety of angles. Overall, the D850 is a camera that is both well-built and built to last.

Dual Memory Card Slots

Its dual memory card slots are one of the standout features of the Nikon D850. The camera has one SD slot and one XQD slot, with the latter offering blazing fast read/write speeds. The XQD card can keep up with the D850’s continuous shooting mode, whereas an SD card may start slowing down during continuous shooting. The XQD card is also incredibly durable, making it a great choice for photographers working in rugged environments.While the XQD card is more expensive than an SD card, the benefits are well worth the extra cost. The D850’s dual memory card slots are a great feature that makes it possible to shoot for longer without worrying about running out of space.

Conclusion

Overall, the N-D850 is an incredible piece of technology that delivers on its promises. It may be expensive, but it’s an investment that will last you for years to come. If you’re looking for a camera that can handle any situation and produce stunning images, then the N-D850 is definitely worth considering.

Questions & Answers:

Question: Can the D850 take 4k time-lapse videos?

Answer: Yes, the camera can take 4k time-lapse videos and even 8k time-lapse videos using the interval mode and full resolution photos.

Question: Is the touchscreen easy to use?

Answer: Yes, the touchscreen is very responsive and easy to use. It allows you to focus and shoot by simply touching the screen and has a high enough resolution to display your photos and videos beautifully.

Question: Is the camera heavy to carry around?

Answer: The camera is a bit on the heavy side, but it is very well designed and comfortable to hold. It’s a beast of a camera, but the weight is not uncomfortably heavy.

I’ve Collaborated With Various Brands To Bring Their Products To Life Through Creative Product Photography (15 Pics)

I’ve Collaborated With Various Brands To Bring Their Products To Life Through Creative Product Photography (15 Pics)

Step into a world where product photography defies expectations. In this project, I’ve collaborated with various brands to bring their products to life in extraordinary ways. Experience the delight of an ice cream cone adorned with Christmas balls, the fruity transformation of a wine bottle, the whimsy of a gin bottle turned into a miniature house, and the symbolic beauty of a gin bottle as a wedding ring.

Get ready to be captivated by these thought-provoking and visually stunning images that push the boundaries of creativity and ignite your imagination. Welcome to “Imaginative Twist: Creative Product Photography.”

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Porto’s photography biennial : Acts of Empathy – The Eye of Photography Magazine

Porto’s photography biennial : Acts of Empathy  – The Eye of Photography Magazine

The third edition of Porto’s photography biennial, entitled ‘Acts of Empathy’, focuses on assessing today’s social, ecological, and economic resources, and re-imagining a regenerative future. Bienal’23 co-artistic directors Jayne Dyer and Virgílio Ferreira invited 70 artists and 14 guest curators in 14 locations in Porto, transforming them into dynamic creative spaces where visitors are invited to participate in artistic ‘Acts of Empathy’.

Bienal’23 explores our ability to feel, collaborate and drive change through artistic acts of connectivity, reparation, and healing via CONECTAR, EXPANDIR, SUSTENTAR, VIVIFICAR (Connect, Expand, Sustain, Vivify), four sections that intersect local and global perspectives.

While SUSTENTAR features creative laboratories in Portuguese urban centers that look into urban and regional sustainability issues, VIVIFICAR, through artistic residencies with communities, addresses one of the most pressing issues in low-density territories: the settlement of populations. Because these two sections demand concrete solutions and actions, EXPANDIR brings an experimental dimension by presenting academic and professional

socio-ecological initiatives for emerging artists. CONECTAR fosters diverse cultural and artistic ecosystems through the interchange of exhibition projects, ideas, and transdisciplinary practices on a national and worldwide scale.

Bienal’23 features projects that are supported by deliberate artist engagement in community and environmental activities in order to foster reparative acts and empathy for the future.

Bienal’23 Fotografia do Porto, Portugal
May 18 – July 2, 2023
Porto, Portugal
https://bienal23.bienalfotografiaporto.pt/pt