Photography is an art wherein real-life moments are captured and immortalized for a lifetime. This art can only be accomplished by the most passionate, who can execute gleefully. Light is the bedrock of photography, be it studio photography or outdoor photography. Lighting is a major natural component that plays a vital role in the characteristics of a captured image or picture. Light signifies all the appearance and effects of a photograph, so it is advisable to know about the role of light in photography in order to enhance the quality of photographs captured. The word ‘photography’ is derived from the word ‘photo’ which means light and ‘graphy’ which means writing.

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The most anticipated smart phone of 2012 – the iPhone 5 has finally been revealed in San Francisco on Wednesday. It looks pretty much the same as iPhone 4S, still a “retina” display, but a longer screen while maintaining the same width. This allows the new iPhone to display a total of six rows of apps on the screen.

Apple claims that the iPhone 5 is the world’s thinnest smartphone and it’s the most beautiful product they’ve ever made. While millions of Apple fans agree with it, some people, perhaps Android users have different thing to say. Instead of using text to express their thoughts, they choose to “re-design” the iPhone 5. Here we’ve collected some really funny “iPhone 5” photos that will definitely make you laugh out loud. Enjoy! Read more…

When it comes to arts, everything can be reproduced to make it more interesting, meaningful and compelling, depending on one’s creativity. World map is no longer special to anyone, it can be found from the web as easy as tabbing Google Map app on your smartphone or tablet. However some creative artists, designers and photographers decided to give the world map a new look, making them amazingly beautiful, unique, and different from the standard maps we know. Some are digitally designed, painted, carved, and even spilled with coffee.

Here’s a showcase of 36 most amazing and interesting world map artworks that I’ve collected from the web. Don’t forget to save them as a source of inspiration or share with your friends for enjoyment. Personally, I like the carved apple as it caught my attention with its clean map image. How about you? Read more…

Is iPhone the smartest phone in the world? While this question remains to be answered, but what we are so sure is that iPhone has become a benchmark for all other smartphones to compete with. Although there was no iPhone 5 launched in last year, instead Apple rolled out the iPhone 4S. The phone also known as iPhone for Steve as the Apple’s visionary co-founder has passed away the day after iPhone 4S was launched.

This year, Apple will be launching a total revision of the iPhone and the publication reports that Steve Jobs was closely involved with the development of the new iPhone. Most notably, he was overseeing the redesign of the phone right up until his death late last year. Read more…

Instagram is a very popular photo sharing app that was recently acquired by Facebook for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock. The free photo sharing app supported on both iPhone and Android based smartphones. It allows users to apply digital filter to photos and share with others through Instagram itself and other social networks. One of the key features of Instagram is being able to confine image to square shape which is similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images.

Due to the rapid rise in popularity of Instagram, there are a variety of web applications and software being built to help you get the most out of this photography app. Here’s a list of top 20 Instagram web apps that are absolutely worth your attention. You are welcome to share your Instagram experience in the comment section below. Read more…

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. It works in the material form of buildings and is often perceived as works of art. This form of art can be seen anywhere in our daily lives, so it’s a popular subject for photographers. In today’s article, we would like to present a showcase of beautiful and stunning architectural photography. These photos are taken from the best angle, with the right timing, settings and effects to achieve the most amazing shot of buildings. We hope these artworks can be your source of inspiration!

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Have you ever experienced that your online photos ripped by somebody else without asking your permission? To prevent this happen, you can watermark all your images before uploading them to your website, blog or social media sites. This method can effectively discourage unauthorised copies and, on the other hand, promote your website. Following are some of the best ways you can use to watermark your images online, free and easy!

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jQuery image galleries and slideshows have change the way the websites and blogs look nowadays. The beautiful galleries and slideshows are commonly used for websites like photography sites, portfolios, blogs and even e-commerce sites that regularly showcase multiple photos and images on a single page. jQuery is a light JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, animating, and Ajax interactions for fast and smooth web development. With the jQuery based image gallery and slider displayed on your website, you can provide your audience a more pleasant and intuitive image viewing experience.

Here’s a showcase of 46 cool jQuery image galleries, slideshows and sliders plugins that you can use to display an amazing gallery or slider on your site. Read more…

Just like Facebook Timeline covers, Google+ users are also allowed to tell their life story through the scrapbook images at the top of profile page. Many of them will tweak their scrapbook photo album for a more creative photographic display. However there’s a new way to play around with your Google+ profile – using animated images. Animated images also known as cinemagraphs, they are like a movie inside a photograph which can be eye-catching and memorable if you apply them on your Google+ profile page to impress your visitors.

Here’s a showcase of 10 awesome animated Google Plus profiles that are definitely worth your attention! Leave us a comment if you’ve seen any other good ones on Google+. Read more…

How many photos and videos stored in your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? Well, we all know that Apple devices are famous for viewing and managing photos and videos. If your Apple device only has photo viewer and video player, that’s obviously not enough! There are tons of useful and interesting apps available on the App Store. Many of them are worth your attention, assisting you to get the most out of your photos, videos and other multimedia files. To save your time, here’s a list of 30 free and popular apps you can use to edit, enhance or have fun with your photos and videos. Take your time to explore these apps and we hope you’ll like them!

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Li Wei is a contemporary artist from Beijing, China. His work often depicts him in apparently dangerous and gravity-defying situations. Wei started off his performance series, Mirroring, and later on took off attention with his “Falls” series which shows the artist with his head and chest embedded into the sidewalks, cars, water, etc. His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality. Li Wei states that these images are not computer montages and works with the help of props such as mirror, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics.

Here’s a collection of Li Wei’s most impressive and unbelievable photos that are sure to make you look twice! Read more…

Slideshow, photo gallery and image gallery are a great way to share information, videos or a collection of pictures. They are commonly used by web designers and bloggers to showcase latest posts, portfolio, images, products, etc. If you are running a WordPress blog, adding a beautiful slideshow to attract your visitor’s attention can be done easily through a plugin. In today’s post, we’ve gathered 27 most downloaded WordPress slideshow and image gallery plugins for you to choose. Hopefully you’ll love them all, don’t forget to leave us your comment!

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How does your workstation look like? Are you happy with it? Workstation is a place where we work, learn and spend most of our time at. It can also be the source of inspiration, so it’s important to ensure that our workstation always looks great. All the machines, devices, books and stationery must be placed where they are easily accessible in order to boost up our productivity.

If you have no idea how to set up your workstation and are curious to see how others look like, here’s the right place. Today we’ve crawled deep into the net and collected 55 most impressive and awesome computer workstations for your reference. In this showcase you can see what cool machines people use, how they’re positioned and how workstations become source of inspiration, creativity and motivation. Read more…

Latte art is a method of preparing a coffee created by pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso and resulting in a pattern or design on the surface. It makes the latte looks more appealing, sexy and delicious. The most common latte art design is the Rosetta (or fern) which is done by free pouring. Etching technique on the other hand is accomplished by drawing the design on the latte using a coffee stirrer of some sort after the steamed milk has been poured.

How beautiful and delicious can your latte get? Today we’ve collected 50 very charming photographs of latte art for your inspiration. In this collection, not only you can find those popular art designs like Rosetta and heart, but also other creative art designs such as flowers, cartoons, animals and more. They are just too beautiful to drink! You can even feel the aroma floating from these photographs. Read more…

Have you heard of cinemagraphs? Well they are the animated version of photographs in the format of GIF created by Jamie Beck, the NY Photographer and Kevin Burg, Web designer. Some say cinemagraphs are like a movie inside a photograph. If you are Harry Potter movie fan, you might remember those animated photographs in the magical newspaper. Yeah that’s what cinemagraphs try to achieve, defining itself in between photography and movie, and more importantly bringing the animated GIF to the whole new level.

Today we’re going to showcase 40 amazingly beautiful and impressive cinemagraphic artworks for your inspiration and enjoyment. We hope you will love this interesting photography collection, don’t forget to share it with your loved ones and friends. Read more…