“GIFs take these moments of ephemeral pleasure, a passing facial expression, a particular movement or jiggle and de-contextualize the moment. And then repeat itself,” said Helen Hester, a senior lecturer in media and communication at the University of West London and coauthor of the article Giffing a fuck: Non-narrative pleasures in participatory porn cultures and […]
Mental preparedness for creating – or, more accurately, living effectively.
The Art of War has been applied to many fields well outside of the military. Much of the text is about how to fight wars without actually having to do battle: it gives tips on how to outsmart one’s opponent so that physical battle […]
Every day sees a new mind puzzle trending on social media; sending many of us cross-eyed and even a little crazy if the illusion can’t be seen or solved.
The trick of these visual illusions is the relationship between our eyes and brain.
According to Inside Science, the way some people notice an image in an […]
Blake Little is an entertainment, advertising, and fine art photographer based in Los Angeles since 1982. He has had assignments in advertising, film, television, book and magazine publishing. He has worked with personalities in entertainment, sports and politics. His work has been exhibited in New York, Seattle, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Japan.
Little has photographed people […]
Let me state that while I love sex, I dislike pornography. That said, I do appreciate certain aspects of pornography.
There is an immediate, primal charge in the explicit penetration. It’s the knowledge that the people on-screen are actually fucking and not simulating.
However, this usually evolves into twenty minutes of repetitive close-ups of genital corkscrewing and […]
The film explores the themes of identity, love, and human intuition through the characters of Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher. The two women do not know each other, and yet they share a mysterious and emotional bond that transcends language and geography.
In her review in Not […]
Low key lighting is a style of cinematography and photography where you create images featuring mainly dark tones to create a dramatic, contrasty looking image.
Personally I find myself working a lot in this style.
High key lighting – the reverse – means to over (or more flatly) light […]
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“Here be dragons” (Latin “hic svnt dracones”) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a supposed medieval practice of putting dragons, sea serpents and other mythological creatures in uncharted areas of maps.
Software programmers sometimes use this expression to indicate sections of particularly complex and obscure passages of the […]
Took a break from updating my blog daily while I redesigned the site.
Work is almost complete so it’s time to resume daily posts.
Thank you for your patience!
Amanda
Photographed by renowned British celebrity photographer Charlie Gray, the 26-year-old actor is seen throwing brooding poses in a variety of outfits — but it’s one pic with decidedly less clothing that has fans talking…
The shoot brings to mind Radcliffe’s Harry Potter co-star Matthew Lewis’s own racy magazine shoot last year — in which the former […]
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