Eleanor No. 2

16th May 2012
Eleanor on the Bed No. 1

Following on from the images I posted a few weeks ago of Eleanor, taken at the Miss Aniela Fashion Shoot Experience, here are another two showing Eleanor on the bed. Credits (as before) Photography Jon Milet Baker Dress Reem Juan Model Eleanor Cooper Stylist Pash Stylecreative Hair Tati Zarubova Make up Cornelia Page Assistants Aimee Wollard, [...]

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Three key ingredients to seeing more in your everyday life by Michael Wolff

8th May 2012
Imagination (tiles) - HNBD

Following on from the recent movies on creativity by John Cleese and Aaron Draplin comes a video from Michael Wolff. Michael is co-founder of design consultancy Wolff Olins and Intel recently put together a short video about the his three key ingredients to seeing more and finding inspiration. As usual I have made some notes on what [...]

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Three new maps added to oldmapsofnewyork.com

3rd May 2012
New York 1756

When I launched Old Maps of New York a few months ago it only had a handful of maps, today I have uploaded 3 more maps onto the site which you can pan and zoom into as you would with Google Maps. The three newly added maps are shown below. New York 1756 The 1756 [...]

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Eleanor No. 1

1st May 2012
Eleanor on a sofa

I recently attended the Fashion Shoot Experience run by Miss Aniela which I highly recommend. The event is run every month or so around the globe and provides attendees with a unique opportunity to experience photographing a location fashion shoot and working with a large creative team. Rather than being instructional, your are provided with all the [...]

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Designer Aaron Draplin Shares His Creative Manifesto

24th April 2012
The Legend Aaron Draplin - Wilderness Office by Incase

Veteran Graphic Designer Aaron James Draplin recently shared 50 things in 50 minutes that he lives by. The video is not only funny and inspiring but also contains some excellent advise. Although aimed at graphic designers a lot of what he says can equally be applied to photographers and artists in general. It is worth watching (below) but [...]

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John Cleese shares his wisdom on how to be more creative

18th April 2012
John Cleese-Fawlty Towers Graffito - Alfama District - Lisbon, Portugal by Adam Jones, Ph.D.

I came across a great video the other day where John Cleese shares his wisdom and research on how to be more creative. You can watch the video below and if you don’t have 30mins to spare, you can glance at my notes on his talk below.

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How the internet is changing art

11th April 2012
Art in the era of the Internet

I often blog about how the internet is changing how we create and experience art works. I came across an interesting video the other day by PBS Arts: Off Book that takes a look at how three Internet based companies (Kickstarter, Creative Commons, and The Creators Project) are helping artists fund their project and gain recognition and audience for their [...]

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A Suitcase Full of Legs

2nd April 2012
A Suitcase Full of Legs

I created this image in dedication to Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) the French fashion photographer whose fashion photography broke the mould with it’s surreal narrative. During his career he created many collections of themes in his images but a reoccurring theme was women’s legs, which came about initially from his work with French shoe designer Charles Jourdan. If you are [...]

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First impressions of Photoshop CS6

28th March 2012
Photoshop CS6 editing The Involuntary Pursuit of Clarity

Late last week Adobe released the public beta of Photoshop CS6 to the world. I have now had a chance to create an image from start to finish and wanted to share my thoughts. Overall, I love the new Photoshop. The darker interface is much easier on the eye, allowing you to focus on your [...]

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The Involuntary Pursuit of Clarity

26th March 2012
The Involuntary Pursuit of Clarity by Jon Milet Baker

The confusion of the maze, the involuntary actions of the robot and the conclusion of the poppy. There are three motifs in this image which I will briefly explain below. Together they explore the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious. The key idea comes from a recent Horizon I watched on BBC2 on the 16th March, titled “Out [...]

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Photoshop inspiration and lessons from Aaron Nace

21st March 2012
Rebirth by Aaron Nace

I recently came across Aaron Nace’s work on 500px and am impressed with his work. Aaron produces digital art that is convincing, using similar techniques to my own, in Photoshop. His work is excellent, he has an eye for light which is key to this process and success of a composite image. A lot of the [...]

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