The May Flickr Shout out was "Sun Rays". A difficult enough concept to photograph given photography is all about working with light. We received over ten pages of photos and these are just 23 of those submitted. Like previous themes remember to click on a photo to view it on flickr and comment. backlight [Explore] It's remind me when I was a kid DSC_9938 Time to … [Read more...]
33 Striking Noir Photos
The Seven by Five Photography Flickr group is growing at a massive rate. There are some spectacular photos from around the world s o we decided to take a brief look at the topic "noir". Here are just 34 of the amazing photos featured in the group. Remember you have to click on an image to visit it on flickr to give the photographer some feedback. Black Walnut … [Read more...]
28 Marvelous Music Photos
Our recent flickr shout out for music photos brought a wave of not only different photography styles but also different styles of music. Some photographers focused on musical instruments and some live performance. Like any flickr shout out remember to click on an image to comment on it directly on flickr. To find out more about our flickr shout outs see the flickr themes … [Read more...]
40 Brilliant Bokeh Blur Photos
In photography, bokeh (Japanese) is the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus areas of an image. Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting—"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Emelie Ollila
I have been taking pictures for several years, but I would never have called myself a photographer until about a year and a half ago. I can almost pinpoint the exact moment when my camera went from being something that was lazily used to capture such things as pretty flowers, to something that is necessary to help me sustain my sanity. I was having a very emotional reaction … [Read more...]