Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Monday 22 August 2011
Monday 8 August 2011
Monday 1 August 2011
Monday 25 July 2011
Thursday 14 July 2011
Thursday 7 July 2011
Friday 1 July 2011
True friendship
"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."
~David Tyson Gentry
Monday 27 June 2011
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Forever Friend
Sometimes in life, you find a special friend;
Someone who changes your life by being a part of it.
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;
Someone who makes you believe that there is really good in this world.
Someone who convinces you that there is
an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.
This is forever friendship.
When you're down, and the world seems dark and empty,
your forever friend lifts you up in spirit
and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full.
Your forever friend gets you through the hard times,
and the sad times, and the confused times.
If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows.
If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on.
Your forever friend holds your hand
and tells you that everything is going to be okay.
And when you find such a friend, you'll feel happy and complete,
because you need not worry.
You have a forever friend for life
and forever has no end.
~Laurieann Kelly
Monday 30 May 2011
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Moving Photographs - Jamie Beck
I was immediately fascinated when I came across these amazing 'cinemagraphs' made as animated GIFs by fashion photographer Jamie Beck and visual designer Kevin Burg.
They are so cool! An arty photograph suddenly comes to life with a blink or a passing car, or a waft of wind blowing on a few strands of hair, whilst the rest of the picture stays perfectly still.
As they are arty photographs at their base, they are definitely not just pixelated movies on endless loop.
I find the movement slightly hypnotic. They make me think of Harry Potter's moving photos.
For more, visit Jamie's cinemagraphs blog.
Links updated 10th Jan '15
They are so cool! An arty photograph suddenly comes to life with a blink or a passing car, or a waft of wind blowing on a few strands of hair, whilst the rest of the picture stays perfectly still.
As they are arty photographs at their base, they are definitely not just pixelated movies on endless loop.
I find the movement slightly hypnotic. They make me think of Harry Potter's moving photos.
For more, visit Jamie's cinemagraphs blog.
Links updated 10th Jan '15
Monday 16 May 2011
Monday 2 May 2011
Sunday 1 May 2011
The best moments
"The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours."
Hector, History Boys by Alan Bennett
Thursday 24 March 2011
Monday 21 February 2011
Monday 14 February 2011
Sunday 16 January 2011
...little mulch of letters
"A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely."
~Pam Brown, Australian poet
Thursday 2 December 2010
Frans Lanting
It was during a lunch hour at school whilst in an independent book store many years ago that I bought a discounted coffee table photography book called Jungle. It was one of those big, oversize hardbacks. On looking inside, I could not believe that no one else had snapped it up. True, the dust cover had been ripped and some of the binding had come loose, but between the pages was the beautiful, bursting-with-colour world of Mr Frans Lanting, wildlife photographer extraordinaire. That was how I found the magician.
A photograph is the the world as seen through the artist's eye and wow, what an amazing point of view.
His compositions are always stunning and you cannot help being captivated by the eyes of the animals or the grandeur of the places he captures.
Originally from the Netherlands, Mr Lanting has travelled all over the globe, won numerous awards and is frequently commissioned by the National Geographic, where he was photographer-in-residence. Find out more on his site.
All photos © Frans Lanting
A photograph is the the world as seen through the artist's eye and wow, what an amazing point of view.
His compositions are always stunning and you cannot help being captivated by the eyes of the animals or the grandeur of the places he captures.
Originally from the Netherlands, Mr Lanting has travelled all over the globe, won numerous awards and is frequently commissioned by the National Geographic, where he was photographer-in-residence. Find out more on his site.
All photos © Frans Lanting
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