Category Archives: Photo

Shallow Depth of Field – Creative Commons of the Week

Posted on June 16, 2011 by gigi
This is a recurring topic where I pick a photo from the Creative Commons (CC) library and feature it as Creative Commons of the Week.


Photo by: autan | License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Love the crispness of this picture but also the softness brought by the shallow depth of field. Lovely picture of a plum tree in bloom.

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Saint-Lazare in Paris – Creative Commons of the Week

Posted on June 9, 2011 by gigi

This is a recurring topic where I pick a photo from the Creative Commons library and feature it as Creative Commons of the Week.

Photo by: Phil Hilfiker | License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Love how this familiar place in Paris (Saint-Lazare) looks so different seen by someone else. I also love the blue monotone and the movement.

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Rain – Creative Commons of the Week

Posted on June 2, 2011 by gigi
This is a recurring topic where I pick a photo from the Creative Commons (CC) library and feature it as CC of the Week.


Photo by: Gregory Bastien | License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Love the shades of grey, the texture and the mood of this rainy day photo.

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Self Portraits

Posted on June 1, 2011 by gigi

Maybe it’s because I’m a bit of a narcissist, maybe it’s because of my old compulsion to document everything (you can read more about that here) or maybe because I have no one else taking my picture but I really like self portraits.

looking for the self

Photo above by: [phil h] | License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

I like to take them and I enjoy looking at other people’s too. Creative people always take the best self portraits.

Car Ride 18/30

Photo above by: ex.libris | License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

To take a good self portrait you have to be comfortable with your camera and with yourself. To do that you need to take a lot of them. Just pick up your camera and point it at yourself or at any reflecting surface and then SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT!

me bored again

Photo above by: Hrabina von Tup Tup | License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

You can also use a tripod and a timer for a more polished portrait.

Try different camera angles (above your head, at eye level, etc.) different facial expressions (silly ones will make you laugh and you can just erase them later if you don’t like them), strange places, with your friends, different reflective surfaces, etc..

Maybe I Wrote in Invisible Ink

Photo above by: Thomas Hawk | License: Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Bisoux

Photo above by: Helga Weber | License: Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Express your mood. Say something about yourself with it. Have fun.

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Rabbit Running – Creative Commons of the Week

Posted on May 26, 2011 by gigi

This is a recurring topic where I pick a photo from the Creative Commons library and feature it as Creative Commons of the Week.

Photo by: Fred Thomas | License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Love the little rabbit running in the field, the monotone colors, the textures and the shallow depth of field.

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