Fangirling and Writer-Nerd Chaos

Knitting, 2021 - by Joseph Ford, English

this is one of a [series] and they're all fantastic

joseph ford is the photographer and the knitter who made the pieces is nina dodd (ninadoddknits.com)

Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), mother with cub, family Ursidae, Grand Teton National Park, WY, USA

photograph by C.J. Adams | NPS

American poetry, Brendon Burton

Glacier Peak Circumnavigation by williswall

I love this picture so much! Post it whenever I come across it.

Inner Mongolian Child

The little girl’s name is Butedmaa and she was just 5 when this picture was taken in 2003 by Han Chengli.

(I used to have a printout of this at my desk at work because I just loved looking at it so much.)

Looking west from the Tucson Mountains Bajada across the Avra Valley to a storm over the Quinlan and Coyote mountains.

1980s Aviators

Taking a photo of something with two mirrors is not easy. And this was my first success at shooting a mirrored subject like this. And then the 80s color palette is just for vibes.

@yapurplegirl The breakdown is here. Now.

Because I will break it down for you in this post.

Glossy and semi glossy surfaces are some of the toughest things to deal with in product photography.

And pure mirrored surfaces, well... those can ruin your day.

I think people thought I was using mirrors to do this effect (and sometimes mirrors are used to reflect light), but I meant the glasses had mirrored lenses. So I was basically taking a photo of two mirrors—which is a huge pain in the patoot.

And my double mirrors were curved, so they were reflecting nearly half of my studio.

Which is exactly why I chose them. I wanted to learn how to do it.

Photographing mirrors is most frustrating when they are directly reflecting into your camera lens. But we product photographers try to use angles when possible to avoid having to Photoshop our heads and cameras out of the shot (though sometimes that is unavoidable).

And if you can't shop yourself out of the mirror shot, then you have to get creative...

If you aren't a product photographer and you need to take a picture of a mirror, people have come up with some fun solutions (as seen on r/peoplesellingmirrors )

You can try to be sneaky...

You can try to be artistic...

Ah! A ghost!

Some will recruit their pets and kids...

i helped an older man figure out the picture printing at the drugstore today. he was printing these beautiful pictures of birds he took during his birdwatching adventures. and he printed some extra for me as thanks!!!

aren't these just breathtaking. i asked him for his name so i could credit him and he said "i better not tell you. what if you remember my name and forget the bird's?" now that's a REAL birdwatcher. locked in.

look at this!! the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in all its glory! so so so beautiful...

Me and my girlfriend did a lil photo shoot in our regalia back in December

by spirithiker

different viewpoints

𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗆𝗇 𝖻𝗒 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖯𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾

hobbiton, new zealand

The sky is about to eat us.

Once the storm passed my boss and I SPRINTED out to take these photos.

19. Cactus Blossoms 🌵🌼

Edit: forgot to post on the 19th so here it is late anyway!

Desert Garden by Eric Foltz

Saguaro National Park, Arizona