Propaganda is most well known in the form of war posters. But at its core, it is a mode of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position, and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Although propaganda is often used to manipulate human emotions by displaying facts selectively, it can also be very effective at conveying messages and hence can be used in web design, too.Notice that propaganda uses loaded messages to change the attitude toward the subject in the target audience. When applied to web design, you may experiment with techniques used in propaganda posters and use them creatively to achieve a unique and memorable design.In this article, we look at various types of propaganda and the people behind it, people who are rarely seen next to their work. You will also see how the drive for propaganda shaped many of the modern art movements we see today. Notice that this post isn’t supposed to be an ultimate showcase of propaganda artists. Something or somebody is missing? Please let us know in the comments to this post!William Orpen: England, 1917Orpen studied at the Slade School in London alongside the likes of Augustus John and Wyndham Lewis. He produced some of his best work while at the school and became known for his portraits. A friend of Orpen then arranged for him to paint the pictures of senior military officials, such as Lord Derby and Churchill. In 1917, he was recruited by the government’s head of War Propaganda to the Western front to paint images of war-torn France. It was there that Orpen painted his most famous piece, “Dead Germans in a Trench.”Dimitri Moor: Russia, 1917–1921Dimitri Moor (or Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov) changed the face of graphic design in Soviet Russia back in 1918. His work dominated both the Bolshevik Era (1917–1921) and the New Economic Policy (1921–1927). The main theme of Moor’s work is the stark contrast between the oppressive evil and the heroic allies. A lot of pressure was put on Russian workers to rise up against imperialism.A lot of Moor’s artwork was restricted to black and red. Black was generally used for the main part of the poster, and all of the solid colors for the capitalists. Red was used for socialist elements such as flags and workers’ shirts.This is a lesser known poster by the artist, appealing for help for those staving from the Russian famine in 1920. It features the single word “Pomogi,” meaning help. The drawing is of an old man who is just skin and bone. The last stalks of barley are barely visible in the background.El Lissitzky: Russia, 1920El Lissitzky spent his whole career absorbed by the belief that the artist could be an agent for change and good, and his work in a lot of respects shows this. He himself was a huge agent of change in the artistic movements of the time. He was one of the fathers of suprematism, along with Kazimir Malevich; and along with many of his peers, he changed the look of typography, exhibition design, photo montage and book cover design. Most of the modern techniques we see today and that appear in film and modern Kenetic typography are the product of Lissitzky’s work. Beat the Whites With the Red Wedge, 1920One of his most famous pieces, shown below, really embodies Lissitzky’s work. It is so avant garde that even a lay person could recognize the style. The abstract geometric shapes and clear color pallet scream of modernist art, and yet the poster has a real message. It describes the Russian revolution that took place in 1917. The white circle represents the royalists from the old regime, and the red triangle represents the communists moving in and changing opinion. It has been described as a stylized battle plan for communist victory.You might also recognize it from Franz Ferdinand’s album cover:Then in 1921, El Lissitzky accepted a job as the Russian cultural ambassador to Germany. His work influenced a lot of the iconic designs of the Bauhaus and De Stijil movements. His last poster, seen below, was a return to propaganda, with a poster encouraging the Russian people to help Russia build more tanks to win the war against Nazi Germany.Strakhov Braslavskij: Russia, 1926Braslavskij was known for his posters that promoted the emancipation of women. During this time in Russia, the idea of gender equality was growing. Emancipated women were seen to be supporters of the communist agenda, and so they needed to be freed from their so-called duties as wives and mothers.The emancipation of women and the socialist movement went pretty much hand in hand. In the poster below, we see almost a confluence of the sexes. The woman is drawn somewhat androgynously, wearing masculine clothing that hides her female figure, and a cold hard stare that hides her emotions. Behind her is her place of work, showing that women can do the same hard labor as men, and she carries the red flag of the communist movement.The curious thing is that the image shows not so much the emancipation of women as it does a way to turn women into men, dressing them in men’s clothing, showing them as working in factories, and hiding their femininity. It seems the real reason to emancipate women was simply to increase the workforce and thus strengthen the communist movement.Hans Schweitzer: Germany, 1930sIn Germany in the 1930s, propaganda was in full swing and being used by Hitler’s advisers to call the German people to arms and spread lies about the Jews. One of the most famous artists behind Nazi propaganda was Hans Schweitzer, known as “Mjolnir.” This poster by Hans Schweitzer shows the typical pro-Nazi theme of the German army’s strength, depicting an S.A. man standing next to a solider. The text reads, “The guarantee of German military strength!”This next poster by Mjolnir, titled “Our Last Hope: Hitler” was used in the presidential elections of 1932, when Germany was suffering through its great depression. Nazi propagandists targeted the German people who were unemployed and living on the breadline, and they suggested Hitler as their way out, their savior.The propaganda then used the scapegoat of the Jews, blaming them for all of Germany’s problems and the war. Many posters were entitled, “He is guilty for the war.” This was the key message of Hitler to start his campaign of terror and for the ethnic cleansing that ensued. Almost the entire campaign from beginning to end was driven by the artist Mjolnir. Just as the media molds public opinion today, Mjolnir most definitely molded the opinion of the German people through his designs. There is no doubts about the immorality and emotional deception of these designs; they are still worth mentioning because they were extremely powerful and effective at the time.Valentina Kulagina: Russia, 1930Kulagina was one of the few female poster artists to emerge from the 20th century. Her art was heavily influenced by suprematism, and you can see the similarity between her work and that of El Lissitzky. This poster, called “To Defend USSR” was created by Kulagina in 1930. It takes a cubist perspective in its multi-dimensional shapes, and it shows the Red army as huge almost robotic figures, marching from the factories to fight the war. They are surrounded by the tiny white airplanes of the royalists, which appear to have no effect on them at all and in fact seem to be flying through the figures.Phillip Zec: England, 1930Phillip Zec was probably best known for his depictions of Nazis as snakes and vultures. At the time, Nazis were usually drawn as bumbling clowns or buffoons. But Zec brought out the more sinister side of the German regime in his drawings. Hitler reportedly hated Zec so much that he added him to his black list and ordered his arrest following the invasion of Britain. He blamed Zec’s Jewish ancestry for his extreme ideas.This poster by Zec was a call for women to join the war effort by working in the munitions factories.This ugly toad is former Prime Minister of France Pierre Laval, who decided to work closely with the Nazi command during World War II.This illustration is about the French Resistance, telling Hitler that it was very much alive.Gino Boccasile: Italy, 1930Gino Boccasile was a supporter of Benito Mussolini and produced a lot of propaganda for him. His posters became increasingly racist and anti-semitic as his support for the German puppet state increased. After the war, Boccasile was sent to prison for collaborating with the fascist regime. The only work he could find after his release from prison was as a pornographic artist and working in advertising for Paglieri cosmetics and Zenith footwear.He became well known for his advertising and pornography.Pablo Picasso: Spain, 1937Picasso painted Guernica in response to the bombing of the town by Germany and Italy, which were following orders from Spanish Nationalist forces, on 26 April 1937. The giant mural shows the tragedy of war, using innocents civilians as the focal point. It became a huge symbol of anti-war, and upon completion it was exhibited worldwide to spread the message. The piece also educated other countries about the horror of the Spanish Civil War, which till then most people had never heard of.Norman Rockwell: US, 1939Norman Rockwell is probably one of the best known of the propoganda movement. He admitted that he was just a propaganda stooge for the Saturday Evening Post. The newspaper paid many artists and illustrators to whitewash American news with patriotism and propaganda for around 50 years.His work has often been dismissed as idealistic or sentimental. His depiction of American life included young boys running away from a “No swimming” sign, and happy-go-lucky US citizens going about their business unaware of the crumbling world around them.Rockwell’s famous Rosie the Riveter poster is shown below, representing the American women who worked in the munitions and war supplies factories during World War II. This was a call to arms for the women of America to become strong capable females and support the war effort.J. Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It!,” commonly mistaken to depict Rosie the Riveter, conveyed the same message:Rockwell was always unhappy with the politics of the Saturday Evening Post, so in his later years, he took up the controversial subject of racism in America. He became respected as a painter for these hard-hitting pieces of American culture, much more so than for his work for the Saturday Evening Post. The piece below is called “The Problem We All Live With.” It is not known whether this painting is based solely on the Ruby Bridges story, because it was also thought that the idea came from John Steinbeck’s book Travels With Charley.The subject was the integration of black children in American schools. Little Ruby Bridges was filmed making her way into the William Franz School at 8:40 am. At this time, a gigantic crowd of 150 white women and male youth had gathered. They threw tomatoes and shouted vile comments at the tiny girl. It is hard to look at this picture without being affected.Xu Ling: China, 1950It is hard to find details on these Chinese artists, but we can focus on what they intended to convey with their artwork. This piece is a caricature of the American commander in Korea at that time, General MacArthur. It shows the US as an aborrent evil, and Macarthur is shown stabbing a Korean mother and child. Bombs labeled US are being dropped on cities in China in the background as the US invades Korea.Ye Shanlu (???): China, 1952Again, little is known of the artist, but we do know this piece told people to get immunized against any epidemics to combat germ warfare. The Chinese were convinced that the US was planning to use bacterial weaponry against them, so they set about organizing massive inoculation drives to protect the Chinese people.Ning Hao: China, 1954Along the lines of Rosie the Riveter, this Ning Hao piece reflects women being asked to work in the factories alongside men, partially to support their emancipation, but mostly to increase the labor force in China.Jim Fitzpatrick: Ireland, 1968Jim Fitzpatrick was a well-known Irish Celtic artist of his time, but he is probably best known for his Che Guevara poster in 1968. It is said that Fitzpatrick took the death of the revolutionary personally. He had once met him when Guevara flew into Ireland in 1963 and checked into the Marine Hotel pub in Kilkee. Fitzpatrick was only a teenager at the time and had been working there over the summer. The poster became a global icon during the anti-Vietnam war protests and is now the symbol of F.A.R.C. in Columbia, a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization based in Colombia, which is involved in the ongoing Colombian armed conflict. Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN), a revolutionary group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico, uses this symbol as well.The image was also used during the violent Paris student riots in 1968. Across the rest of the West, the Marxist Che Guevara image is overused by any kid suffering from teenage angst.Huynh Van Thuan: Vietnam, 1972I could not find any information about Huynh Van Thuan, but I found this piece reminiscent of 1960s movie posters about the Vietnam war and so decided to include it.Micah Ian Wright: US, 2003After Micah Wright graduated, he worked a while for Nickelodeon and wrote for The Angry Beavers cartoon. Then in 2003, just before the invasion of Iraq, Micah published his anti-war protest book. The book was filled with satires of old war propaganda posters that Micah had reprinted with modern war messages.Brian Lane Winfield Moore: US, 2009Brain Moore is a modern propaganda artist who exhibts his work on his blog. He lives in Brooklyn and is probably best known for his promotion of net neutrality and his work during the 2009 Iranian election protests. The posters are based on old WWIII propaganda posters but updated in their message to match today’s technology and Web culture.This poster was a comment on the 2009 Iran election protests. He borrowed the old “loose lips” refrain and replaced it with tweets.This next one was about the proposed Internet regulation that would supposedly curb illegal activities on the ‘net and help fight the “war on terror.”Unknown artist: UK, 2010I could not identify the artist behind this one but had to include it for its clever use of old Tory values and the play on the Scooby Doo gang’s unveiling of the monster. The Tory party now occupies 10 Downing Street, and David Cameron is now Prime Minister of England. This poster shows the lack of faith in Cameron’s promise to be a force for change and not just another Thatcher.[Offtopic: by the way, did you know that there is a Smashing eBook Series? Book #1 is Professional Web Design, 242 pages for just $9,90.]Last ClickNick Griffin is not an artist, he is the chairman of the British National Party (BNP). Just as most other national parties across the globe, BNP is a good example of propaganda techniques being used to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. BNP has used them to build their hate-filled ranks for years. BNP is extremely good at speaking to people in plain, emotional language and affecting those who experience personal problems and want to find someone who can be blamed for these problems.Just like many other national parties, BNP is blaming foreigners for these problems and uses strong religious metaphors to deliver the message. Very powerful, yet extremely unethical. This is an example of propaganda being used to manipulate people in a very deceptive, unfair manner.(al)© Claire Stokoe for Smashing Magazine, 2010. | Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg this | Stumble on StumbleUpon! | Tweet it! | Submit to Reddit | Forum Smashing Magazine Post tags: Graphic design, propaganda, showcases
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If you are looking for an image cropper user interface ready to use in your web projects and simple to customize, take a look at this list with the best and free image croppers UI currently in circulation.If you know other interesting resources about this topic please leave a comment!1. Yahoo! UI Library ImageCropperYahoo! UI ImageCropper control provides an API and skin for making an image croppable. Simple to use and customize in your web projects, this cropper is actually one of the best free cropper interface you can find. The ImageCropper comes with a default skin, but you can extend or override this as needed using CSS.2. KropprKroppr is intended to help webmasters allow their users to manipulate the images available on the site. With this script you can rotate, resize, crop and save images to your hard drive. Kroppr is using the graphic tools found on a common hosting server so an expensive server is not required for this script to run. In the same time, if there are more choices on the server, Kroppr is choosing the one with the best results in quality and server load.3. JcropJcrop is a quick and easy way to add image cropping functionality to your web application. It combines the ease-of-use of a typical jQuery plugin with a powerful cross-platform DHTML cropping engine that is faithful to familiar desktop graphics applications.4. Javascript Image Cropper UIThe JavaScript image cropper UI is a very popular image cropper which allows the user to crop an image using an interface with the same features and styling as found in commercial image editing software, and is is based on the Prototype JavaScript framework and script.aculo.us.5. MooCropMooCrop is an Image Cropping utility using the amazingly powerful mootools javascript framework. The script is completely customizable with CSS, detects and handles multiple CSS box models, allows for masking to be toggled and set minimium size limit and it's really fast.6. UvumiTools CropUvumiTools Crop is an advanced image cropper which gives your users the ability to create a selection area that can be used to crop an image live on your web site. You can customize a lot of parameters such as minimum sizes, keep aspect ratio (or not), Real time preview and reuse it quickly on your web project.7. PHP & JQuery Photo Upload and CropPHP & JQuery Photo Upload and Crop is another nice image cropper which use jQuery and PHP to upload, resize, crop and save images. It's simple to customize and reuse in your web projects. You can find full documentation about this script here.
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The World From Above: The Beauty Of Aerial Photography
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by Vailancio Rodrigues and the Smashing Magazine editorial team Aerial photography offers a drastically different perspective than the one you get from shooting on the ground. It includes photographs taken from aircraft, helicopters, balloons, rockets, kites, skydives, etc. It can be a rewarding, challenging and enriching experience. It can produce unique shots that look different than any other ground shot you have ever taken. Scenic flights can give you some great, memorable photos. Below, we present over 50 amazing aerial photographs — photos shot “from above”, in the air. At the bottom of this post you’ll also find references to DIY-tutorials and further useful information about aerial photography. You can also explore other works of the photographers we’ve featured in the links at the bottom. You may be interested in the following related posts:
50 Stunning Examples Of Reflective Photography 50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography Celebration Of High-Speed Photography 45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos
Aerial Photography PetrenkoMoscow, Russia. A winter shot from an airplane.
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Carlos Gutierrez“Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Picture taken May 2, 2008.”
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George SteinmetzChina from above.
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David McNew“A firefighting airtanker drops Phos-Check fire retardant over the Gap fire as more than 1,000 wildfires continue burning across about 680 square miles of central and northern California, on July 3, 2008 near Goleta, California”.
UnknownPassing The Golden Gate Bridge.
Bret OliverBurj Dubai construction.
Andrew Strain“Dave Fortin goes big at the 2007 Grouse Mountain Showdown Over the City, high above Vancouver, British Columbia.”
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George Steinmetz“A breathtaking view from the top of Golden Gate Bridge reveals the span far below where it enters Marin County.”
ZaksterNTNight view of St.Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
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Unknown“A competitor dives from the 14 meter-high bridge over Drina river during annual high diving competition in Bosnian town of Visegrad July 12, 2008. “
NASA’s Terra SateliteGlacial lakes from retreating glaciers. “A firefighting airtanker drops Phos-Check fire retardant over the Gap fire as more than 1,000 wildfires continue burning across about 680 square miles of central and northern California, on July 3, 2008 near Goleta, California”.
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Yann Arthus-BertrandThe portfolio contains literally hundreds of photos of over 100 countries shot from above.
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AFP“An aerial photograph captures the plume of ashes spewed by the Chaiten volcano in Chile, on May 31″.
AFP“This September 10 image, taken by the crew of the International Space Station flying 220 statute miles above Earth, shows Hurricane Ike”.
Aurora Borealis as seen from space
Mark TantrumBeautiful Singapore when the sun rises
Franck HDR shot of Shanghai, China
Astronaut photographyChina from above.
Sam Abeil“Clouds above Crater Lake, Oregon”.
Unknown“Built in 1931, the Hidden Lake Lookout sits 6890′ above the sea. It was an active fire lookout until the 1950’s. Now it is beautifully maintained by the Friends of Hidden Lake Lookout in Mt. Vernon, WA.”
FarlArchipelago of Sulu
Bblan72Zion National Park in Utah, United States
CoolskipperMountains of Siberia
Alex S. Maclean
DrhundertwasserCrops above the Great Plains, USA
HhardwiredindustriesMeandering river of northern Alberta
Ron NiebruggeAerial view of Copper River Delta, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Alaska
Last Click UnknownNew York From Above. Mid 1930s.
Unknown“NASA Astronaut Robert L. Stewart Floats Above Cloudy Earth During an Untethered Extravehicular Activity (EVA) , February 1984″.
Yann Arthus-BertrandHeart in Voh, New Caledonia.
Why make aerial photography so challenging? Without any doubt, aerial photography is a challenging art. Aerial photographers have to tackle many problems while shooting in the air. Photographers must deal with the effects produced by motion — not only the motion of an airplane or helicopter, but motion of the camera as well. Photographers should be equipped with cameras that have very fast shutter speeds to avoid hand shakes (motion blur) caused by airplane and helicopter vibration. Because airplane windows are made of Plexiglass, which doesn’t have the same optical qualities as normal glass, images taken through them are of inferior quality. Also, shooting through aircraft windows presents other obstacles, such as having to shoot around your neighbor’s arm. But it can also result in some interesting images. Aerial photography totally depends on a photographer’s judgment and experience to predict and capture the proper moment. Also, being a form of outdoor photography, aerial photography depends for its success largely on the environment. Therefore, a basic understanding of the atmosphere and its effects on photography is necessary for successful aerial images. As with all outdoor photography, the aerial photographer depends on the sun to illuminate the subject. And haze further reduces contrast levels in high-altitude shots. In many ways, aerial photography is both more and less complex than other kinds of photography. However, the skill and techniques needed to obtain good results are easily learned through careful observation and good judgment. Further Resources Further articles and related resources:
Do It Yourself: Aerial Balloon Photography Do It Yourself: Pole Aerial Photography Do It Yourself: Kite Aerial Photography Pretty Blue PlanetOur beautiful planet seen from the eyes of satellites. Tutorial on Aerial PhotographsThis tutorial shows you how to remove haze from an aerial photograph. 2000 Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s Aerial PhotographsDiscover Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s photographs, with captions and free wallpapers. Hot air balloon flight over St Jean sur Richelieu360-degree aerial view of St Jean sur Richeleiu. Airbus A380: 360-degree cockpit view A View From Above Aerials Flickr Pool Above Flickr Pool
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About the author Vailancio Rodrigues is an emerging webmaster who runs Tiny Goa, a travel and tourism website. He also maintains a blog of his own, Technology Tips, which provides reviews, tips and tricks for various gadgets. (al)
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50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography
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Tilt-shift photography is a creative and unique type of photography in which the camera is manipulated so that a life-sized location or subject looks like a miniature-scale model. Below we present 50 beautiful examples of tilt-shift photography. All examples are linked to their sources. We strongly encourage you to explore other works of the photographers we’ve featured in this post. To add good miniature effect to your photographs, shoot subjects from a high angle (especially from the air). It creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature model. A camera equipped with a tilt-shift lens, which simulates a shallow depth of field, is essentially all you need to start. You may also want to take a look at the following related posts:
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Christopher ChanSydney Apple Store Miniature; Fake tilt shift effect applied to a 3xp HDR.
Vesuviano - Nicola De PisapiaModel of a model of reality. Vietri sul mare (SA) Italy.
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Andrew James
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oseilloOn the photo: Barcelona, Spain.
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Tilt-Shift Videos Beached from Keith LoutitTime-Lapse video of Tamarama Beach, Sydney.
Bathtub III from Keith LoutitTime-Lapse video of Sydney Harbor with tilt-Shift.
Bathtub II from Keith LoutitTime-Lapse video at Sydney with tilt-Shift.
From Julien VignaliTime Lapse video with Tilt-Shift.
Harrowdown Hill from Beggars
From Mrjerz
Multnomah Falls in Miniature from Andrew CurtisTime-Lapse video at Multnomah Falls.
Monde liliputien (illusion d’optique) Uploaded by kronsilds
You can find further videos in a Metafilter round-up of tiltshift videos. How To Make Fake Miniature Tilt-Shift Photos? To add good miniature effect to your photographs, shoot subjects from a high angle (especially from the air). It creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature model. A camera equipped with a tilt-shift lens, which simulates a shallow depth of field, is essentially all you need to start. Resources:
Do-It-Yourself Tutorial: Tilt-Shift Lens Create a tilt-shift lens yourself if you can’t afford to buy one. Focusing the Tilt-Shift Lens Using Tilt-Shift Lenses to Control Depth of Field Using Tilt-Shift Lenses to Control Perspective Why does tiltshift photography make things look tiny? Tilt/Shift Photography Links
And if you don’t have specialized equipment, you can make use of Adobe Photoshop or any other image-editing software. Manipulate the focus in such a way that it gives the image the effect of having been shot with a macro lens. Secondly, increase the saturation and contrast in a way that the color looks like bright paint on a miniature model. Resources:
Tilt-Shift Photography Photoshop Tutorial This tutorial shows you how to make photos of real life-sized subjects look like photos of miniature models. Tilt-Shift Photoshop Tutorial Photoshop Tilt-Shift Fake Model PhotographyWith a very little effort, you can take existing photographs of everyday scenes and make it look like they’re actually of miniature models.
Sources and Resources Here you’ll find links to further articles and related Area for further articles and related resources:
10 Tiny Tokyo Photos Flickr Pool: Tilt-shift miniature fakes Consists of tilt-shift photos created using Adobe Photoshop. Flickr Pool: Tilt-Shift HDR
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Beautiful Black and White Photography 35 Fantastic HDR Pictures (Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos Let There Be Light: Light Painting and Sculptures 45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos 35 Beautiful Examples Of Rain Photography
About the author Vailancio Rodrigues maintains a blog of his own, Technology Tips, which provides reviews, tips and tricks for various gadgets. (al)
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Problablement ma meilleure pub de l’année. À écouter jusqu’à la toute fin.. Superbe! http://youtube.com/watch?v=TnzFRV1LwIo
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