Ars Electronica Festival 2008: Photos, Impressions and Links

Last year, I was at the *Ars Electronica Festival* in Linz, Austria. Unfortunately, I was too busy with [beyond vision](http://www.kreativrauschen.com/projects/beyond-vision/) to post my impressions immediately, but now I’m going to make up for it. In the months that have passed, my memory of the event has faded a bit, but I’ll do my best to […]

Atmospheric Railroad Photos by Kevin Scanlon

I stumbled over a beautiful photo set by Kevin Scanlon. Bearing the simple title “Railroad” it shows diverse impressions of railroad scenery. I’m not particularly drawn to railroads, but these photos are really beautiful. Especially the numerous shots with backlight produce a wonderful atmosphere. » “Railroad” by Kevin Scanlon Why Kevin Scanlon presents such beautiful […]

Photo-Compositing Step by Step

Recently I stumbled over the site of Taylor James. He has step-by-step illustrations of the different photo editing stages involved in creating complex compositions. » Taylor James (see Retouching > Case Studies) I am especially fascinated by the amount of manipulation that is involved in each picture. Usually I only wonder how certain outstanding elements […]

Winning Photography Contests

For aspiring photographers, photography contests are an interesting way to get some exposure. Though winning them is „slightly” tricky. Usually it is not quite clear by which standards the images will be judged. Haje, member of a photo contest jury, took some time to explain in a lengthy articles which factors guide him during the […]

Photos of Weird Communist Monuments in Yugoslavia

Jan Kempenaers created some really beautiful photographs. Especially striking are those of several monuments in Yugoslavia. Unfortunately, there isn’t much background information included on the photos, but according to Boing Boing they originate from the communist era. To me, they have this wonderfully weird and freaky atmosphere. I would not have thought that someone would […]

Photos of Flying Bed Sheets by William Hundley

Again a simple idea with a stunning effect: William Hundley makes people jump into the air, covered in large sheets of cloth. The “models” are completely covered in cloth, so only a ghostly flowing piece of cloth remains in the photo. William developed several photo series from this idea. In some photos the sheets are […]

Panographies – Panoramas with Creative Chaos

Usually you see panoramas only as cleanly cut photos in ultra wide format (like this one for example). They are commonly created from several separate shots, but overlapping parts are removed. Not so with “panographies”. They utilize the creative chaos as distinctive element. Hard intersections are deliberate and essential. The more, the better. There is […]