A Source of Photography Inspiration

For 2012, I’m taking a different approach to the business of my photography: doing less work, but in the right areas.

In no particular order, here are 10 of our top posts published during 2011.

Fantasy writers often use nature for inspiration, but nature photographers can also use fantasy to enhance their pictures.

Stéphane Guisard put together this 4 sequence time-lapse of Comet Lovejoy while it rose above the Andes near Santiago de Chile on the 23rd of December 2011.

Purchasing my first digital SLR was an incredible time for me. I had seen the many beautiful photos that were possible with interchangeable lenses, auto-bracketing, and manipulating your manual settings…and couldn’t wait to get started.

“School Portrait” is a funny 2-minute British short by filmmaker Nick Scott.

Chip Phillips is a photographer based out of Spokane, Washington. He began his journey with photography in 2006 when his father gave him his Pentax Spotmatic film SLR camera. Soon after that, Chip made the transition to digital. Given his love of the outdoors, his natural choice of expertise became landscape photography.

Özlem Haluk is a photographer based out of the UK. Her work could be described as whimsy, intimate, and nostalgic.

Anne from Magalerie Photography is a French photographer currently living in Paris. She describes her work as simple, poetic and French, a combination that’s perfect for capturing the feeling of Les Provinces.

Here is a neat time-lapse with a cool snow globe effect. It features over 4000 images of the city of Los Angeles during the holidays.