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		<title>Dream portraits by Annie Leibovitz: a Disney fairytale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I came across this stunning set of photos. This photo set is created by Annie Leibovitz and in my opinion it&#8217;s a really cool way to create images for (or from) a fairy tale. It&#8217;s a strange combination but interesting. I would say it&#8217;s a modern classical look . That means it could [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few days ago I came across <a title="Disney Dream Portraits by Annie Leibovitz" href="http://pphotographyb.blogspot.com/2012/02/disney-dream-portraits-by-annie.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ProfessionalPhotographyBlog+%28Professional+Photography+Blog%29" target="_blank">this</a> stunning set of photos. This photo set is created by <a title="Annie Leibovitz" href="http://www.facebook.com/AnnieLeibovitz" target="_blank">Annie Leibovitz</a> and in my opinion it&#8217;s a really cool way to create images for (or from) a fairy tale. It&#8217;s a strange combination but interesting. I would say it&#8217;s a modern classical look <img src='http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> . That means it could fit in those old fairy tales but could definitely feature also in a modern version!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3182" title="Disney fairy tales - 1" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1.jpg" alt="Disney fairy tales - 1" width="540" height="260" /></p>
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<p>Another interesting part is the fact she managed to get some celebrities to model for her! Cool isn&#8217;t it? Of course that&#8217;s only a minor part. The scenery, backgrounds and graphics, is awesome and fits every tale that featured inside these photos. A really great job that immediately caught my eye! This is a photographer you certainly need to keep an eye on.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3183" title="Disney fairy tales - 2" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2.jpg" alt="Disney fairy tales - 2" width="540" height="260" /></p>
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		<title>Storytelling with your photos, a different story for everyone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I came across a beautiful set of photographs on PhotoDonuts. You can find the article here. When looking at the photo set I instantly thought: &#8220;A picture IS worth a thousand words!&#8221; This isn&#8217;t a normal set of photos you see every day. That made me take a closer look to every one of them. With [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I came across a beautiful set of photographs on PhotoDonuts. You can find the article <a title="PhotoDonuts - Helen Warner set" href="http://photodonuts.com/helen-warner" target="_blank">here</a>. When looking at the photo set I instantly thought: &#8220;A picture IS worth a thousand words!&#8221;</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t a normal set of photos you see every day. That made me take a closer look to every one of them. With every photo I saw a different story. I don&#8217;t know if this is done intentionality or that the photographer (<a title="Helen Warner on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airgarten/" target="_blank">Helen Warner</a>) made exact plans to capture a story.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3167" title="Storytelling with your photos" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/PhotoTelling.jpg" alt="Storytelling with your photos" width="540" height="260" /></p>
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<p>For me it was astonishing to see that every photo in this set instantly popped a different story to mind. Personally I would like to know the story the photo shows above. My first impression was, okay this has something to do with drowning (not necessarily in water).  That is the beauty of photography. You can tell a whole story with only one picture. By getting the atmosphere right (lightning, model etcetera)  you&#8217;ll be able to tell your story the way you want it!</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a catch however. Everyone looks at a photo (or image) differently and will think of another story. So when a hundred people view the photo you created, a hundred different stories will immerse. And that doesn&#8217;t have to be a bad thing! Just make sure the basics of the story are made clear in your photo. People will understand it and will be  wanting to figure out the whole story about the set&#8230;to me that makes a photo astonishing and worth mentioning.</p>
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		<title>Some inspirational Graphic design from Simon Weaner</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve found this set of digital art on InspireFirst this week and it immediately caught my attention. All the art is created by Simon Weaner. You can take a look at his portfolio here. What I personally like about this set of work, especially the first ones that are featured in the set, is the way brushes and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve found this set of digital art on <a title="Inspire First - Digital Art by Simon Weaner" href="http://www.inspirefirst.com/2012/01/18/digital-art-simon-weaner/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+inspirefirst+%28InspireFirst%29" target="_blank">InspireFirst</a> this week and it immediately caught my attention. All the art is created by <a title="Simon Weaner" href="http://www.behance.net/simonweaner" target="_blank">Simon Weaner</a>. You can take a look at his portfolio <a title="Simon Weaner Portfolio" href="http://www.behance.net/simonweaner" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3154" title="1" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1.jpg" alt="1" width="540" height="260" /></p>
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<p>What I personally like about this set of work, especially the first ones that are featured in the set, is the way brushes and scratches are used. It creates an effect I really find worth mentioning. It adds that little extra if you know what I&#8217;m saying.</p>
<p>Besides that, the usage of color is really great. It all creates an astonishing artwork that just looks and, maybe more important, feels right.</p>
<p>The examples below really show what I mean.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3153" title="2" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2.jpg" alt="2" width="540" height="260" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3152" title="3" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/3.jpg" alt="3" width="540" height="260" /></p>
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		<title>A darker side for the kitty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you come across something neat and inspiring. This is one of those things. It&#8217;s a character set called &#8220;Dark side of the kitty&#8220;. It&#8217;s a combination of Hello Kitty and Star Wars. That&#8217;s a strange combination isn&#8217;t it? It sure is. I would never have expected this one, but it seems to work out pretty good. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Sometimes you come across something neat and inspiring. This is one of those things. It&#8217;s a character set called &#8220;<a title="Dark side of the kitty" href="http://blog.thaeger.com/2012/01/06/dark-side-of-kitty/" target="_blank">Dark side of the kitty</a>&#8220;. It&#8217;s a combination of Hello Kitty and Star Wars. That&#8217;s a strange combination isn&#8217;t it? It sure is. I would never have expected this one, but it seems to work out pretty good.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not a Hello Kitty fan, but when looking at these illustrations I really can relate to it. Same goes for the Star Wars additions in the illustrations. That&#8217;s what makes these cool and interesting to me! Different things combined together to create a whole different world of it&#8217;s own.</p>
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		<title>Portfolio: a New Year&#8217;s email</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last thing I&#8217;ve made last year was a digital new years card we&#8217;ve send to all available companies. I&#8217;ve used 5 different images and brushes on this one as well as some bought stock material. I&#8217;m pretty pleased with the end result here. Check out a low resolution version by clicking the image.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The last thing I&#8217;ve made last year was a digital new years card we&#8217;ve send to all available companies. I&#8217;ve used 5 different images and brushes on this one as well as some bought stock material. I&#8217;m pretty pleased with the end result here. Check out a low resolution version by clicking the image.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ISNNieuwjaarsMailing.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="wp-image-3134 aligncenter" title="ISN New Years email" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ISNNieuwjaarsMailing.jpg" alt="ISN New Years email" width="450" height="368" /></a></p>
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		<title>Design &amp; Photography Inspiration #50</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below you&#8217;ll find this weeks design &#38; photography inspiration. Every week I&#8217;ll post an article which covers the inspiration I&#8217;ve found on different websites. By doing this, I want to influence my creative side and develop it even further. Hopefully it will inspire you too! This is the last set of inspirational posts&#8230;it&#8217;s a lot [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below you&#8217;ll find this weeks design &amp; photography inspiration. Every week I&#8217;ll post an article which covers the inspiration I&#8217;ve found on different websites. By doing this, I want to influence my creative side and develop it even further. Hopefully it will inspire you too!</p>
<p>This is the last set of inspirational posts&#8230;it&#8217;s a lot of work to put these together and I think that&#8217;s the problem: Putting them together. From now on I&#8217;ll create separate posts when I find something inspirational to give the designer more exposure and show off some more of his work!</p>
<h2>1. Creative brochures designs for inspiration</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href=" http://www.bcreative.al/creative-brochures-designs-for-inspiration/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3106" title="Creative brochures designs for inspiration" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/13.jpg" alt="Creative brochures designs for inspiration" width="540" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>Another &#8220;old school&#8221; design expression. By that I mean print. But with all digital awesomeness going around these days, this set of designs show that it isn&#8217;t going away. Print is still cool. It can and should be original too.<br />
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<h2>2. Dreamlike pictures by Rebeca Cygnus</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cromoart.de/wordpress/2011/11/external-photo-inspiration-dreamlike-pictures-by-rebeca-cygnus/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3107" title="Dreamlike pictures by Rebeca Cygnus" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/23.jpg" alt="Dreamlike pictures by Rebeca Cygnus" width="540" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>This set comes from the hand of <a title="Rebeca Cygnus website" href="http://www.rebecacygnus.com/" target="_blank">Rebeca Cygnus</a>. Like the title sates, it&#8217;s a set of dreamy photos. Original and inspirational!</p>
<h2>3. Digital art by Michael Kammerer</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dailyinspiration.nl/digital-art-by-michael-kammerer" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3108" title="Digital art by Michael Kammerer" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/33.jpg" alt="Digital art by Michael Kammerer" width="540" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>This is one stunning set of artwork! <a title="Michael Kammerer website" href="http://www.eightvisions.net/" target="_blank">Michael Kammerer</a> is the designer, well artist fits better here, of these inspiring designs.</p>
<h2>4. Music flyer designs by Kent Hernandez</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.topdesignmag.com/music-related-flyers-made-by-kent-hernandez/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3109" title="Music flyer designs by Kent Hernandez" src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/43.jpg" alt="Music flyer designs by Kent Hernandez" width="540" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>Like the article states, Kent Hernandez is using a not expected style towards music flyer design that really works!</p>
<h2>5. Digital Artworks by Aaron Richmond</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.inspirefirst.com/2011/12/15/digital-artworks-aaron-richmond/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3110" title="Digital Artworks by Aaron Richmond " src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/53.jpg" alt="Digital Artworks by Aaron Richmond " width="540" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>This fellow, <a title="Aaron Richmond website" href="http://www.orangecrosscreative.com/" target="_blank">Aaron Richmond</a>, does a really neat job in this set of digital artwork. I would play some of the games immediately after seeing this!</p>
<h2>6. Photo manipulations Liquid Place</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.inspirefirst.com/2011/12/15/photo-manipulations-liquid-place/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3111" title="Photo manipulations Liquid Place " src="http://www.gerbenvanerkelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/63.jpg" alt="Photo manipulations Liquid Place " width="540" height="260" /></a></p>
<div>Some strange photo manipulations by <a title="LiQuid Place" href="http://www.behance.net/LIQuiDplaceII" target="_blank">Liquid Place</a>. I can&#8217;t quite fit it into a particular branch&#8230;that makes them original and inspirational!</div>
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