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Ten Below Zero – Bubble Photography by Angela Kelly

Pin It “You’re never too old to play with bubbles.” – This is the life lesson that photographer Angela Kelly taught her 7-year-old son when they went gallivanting around blowing bubbles in their back yard when the sudden cold snap hit Washington. At temperatures hovering around -9°C to -12°C, water turned almost instantly into ice […]

The Ultimate Close-up Shot – Photography by Fernan Federici

Pin It Fernan Federici is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge who specializes in synthetic biology. He also happens to be an avid photographer. I guess he decided to mix work with leisure when he took dozens of pictures of plant and animal cells under a high-powered microscope in what is probably the […]

Wrath of the Gods – Awesome Lightning Photography by Marko Korosec

Pin It Marko Korosec is a storm chaser who puts his life in the line every time he takes pictures of supercell thunderstorms. Supercell thunderstorms are tornado-generating, hail-producing, cloud formations that may easily be mistaken as an alien invasion. Marko, who originally hails from Slovenia, took these awesome pictures during a month-long expedition into the […]

Awww-Inducing Spiders Shot by Nicky Bay

Pin It Nicky Bay can be described as a arachnoid-macrophotographer. He specializes in extreme close-ups of just about every spider he can find. Who would have ever thought spiders actually looked cute up close? Well, maybe except for the Bird Dung Spider, and that horned thing down there that looks like an alien larva. That […]

Gone to Seed – Comic Illustrations by Carlos Dattoli

Pin It Carlos Dattoli is a freelancie artist who specializes in digital illustration. He utilizes photoshop to do all his paintings from scratch. His subjects range from post-apocalyptic horrors to alien bat-things. One of his more recent work features a crane-assisted Superman, a Segway-riding Flash, and an out-of-breath Dynamic Duo. It seems that the lack […]

Crystal Jam by Sookoon Ang

Pin It For reasons known only to herself, Singaporean artist calls this series: “Your Love Is Like A Chunk of Gold”. She has somehow managed to turn an ordinary, everyday object into something alien. The sculptures are still recognizably pieces of bread, but the multicolored crystal growths on them will make anyone look twice. The […]

Waiting Under the Blacklight

Pin It Bathing in Ultraviolet light Typically, when I pick up my camera I’m shooting in natural or available light. Additionally, many shoots lead me into my studio, under the bright lights of the strobes. Last year I began looking for alternative ways to paint with light. I started reading about ultraviolet, or black light. […]