Joseph Lorusso

Joseph Lorusso creates landscapes and figurative works. In painting these subjects, Lorusso has concentrated on honing his powers of observation, especially as it concerns to color, texture, form and composition.

Milky Way

Happy monday morning, here is a lovely time-lapse video of the Milky Way over Lake Tahoe.

Insightful Infographics About Internet

If you like Infographics then this is for you- 10 Most Insightful Infographics About Internet from smashingapps

its in the air!

Some great photos to see over at PSD fan.

Christchurch Cathedral

Our thoughts and prayers to the people of Christchurch after they suffered a devastating earth quake. The steeple in the photo on our cover is now gone.

Careers 2.0

stackoverflow.com has launched Careers 2.0, try it here.

morgueFile.com is 2011 About.com Readers' Choice Awards Finalist

Three cheers, morgueFile.com is 2011 About.com Readers' Choice Awards Finalist for Best Source of Free Images. Go on over and spread the love, vote for us!

whatmovieshouldiwatchtonight.com

I find this idea to be clever / simple. Get a random trailer on what movie to watch.

Hundreds of Tourist Photos Weaved into One

Switzerland-based artist Corinne Vionnet weaves hundreds of tourist photos into one art piece.

A Father Who Creatively Captures His Kids

20 very creative photos by Jason Lee of his daughters with interview on mymodernmet.

Angel Academy

The Angel Academy of Art in Florence is really impressive. Underpaintings has a post about Academy founder Michael John Angel 3 part presentation on the history of organized art training, and an overview of what students can expect should they commit themselves to the rigorous course of studies his school provides.

Summer Days

Here is NYC its going to be 65 degrees fahrenheit in the middle of February. Here are some nice summer photos to mark the occasion.

The Greatest Landscape Photography Spot In The World

Scott Bourne makes a bold claim of what is The Greatest Landscape Photography Spot In The World

Adele, '21'

NPR Music, has a nice story about singer Adele, a 22-year-old woman from London.

A Rare Look Inside Pixar Studios

Melena Ryzik gets a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Pixar Studios complex in California.

5 ways to shoot your dog

David Reyes, a dog lifestyle photographer, has some tips he finds particularly useful when photographing the best friends in our lives.

Scoopertino

Scoopertino is an independent news organization devoted to ferreting out the most relevant stories in and around the world of Apple, whether or not they actually occurred.

business cards

Francesco Mugnai gives us an excellent round up of 35 business cards.

Apple’s New Subscription Model

Apple has formally launched a new subscription feature for content publishers.

Shave and a Haircut

Shave and a Haircut and the associated response "two bits" is a simple, 7-note musical couplet popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comic effect.

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (February 27, 1863 - August 10, 1923) was a Spanish painter, born in Valencia, who excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. Via lines and colors

Comic book movies 2011

In 2011 we are going to see a few more comic book movies to hit the screens: Thor on May 6th, X-Men: First Class on June 3, Green Lantern on June 17th, Transformers on July 1, Captain America on July 22, Cowboys and Aliens on July 29th and Conan the Barbarian on August 19. Happy watching.

Lifehacker, The Complete Guide of Photoshop

Want to learn how everything works in Photoshop? lifehacker can help you make your photos better, draw vector graphics, and design a web site.

Anatomy of Gadgets

Todd McLellan’s latest project, the photographer takes apart all sorts of gadgets to shoot the gears, cogs and springs that make up their innards.

Fantastically Clever Logos

Designshack has a look at 50 logos that are the result of going beyond the typical thought process and injecting a little wit and hidden symbolism into the design process.

Wunderkinder

Founded in August 2010, 6 Wunderkinder is a young startup company based in Berlin, Germany. Check out their free product wunderlist. via behoff

Icon search engine for designers

levelgraphic has a selection of sites where you can find free icons and download good design icons of very good quality that can be used for any project or work.

Google Translate now for iPhone

Today, the official Google Translate for iPhone app is available for download from the App Store. The new app has all of the features of the web app, plus some significant new additions designed to improve your overall translation experience.

Small search update

Last night we tweaked the search function. Previously by default it would search with any term, now by default search will preform a search for all terms. Essentially the results will be much more accurate so a search for central park will only show photos of central park as opposed to searching for central OR park. You can still use the keyword sorting box to refine your search and this only alters the default behavior from the top search box.

What is a hex value

If you ever wondered why a color is FFCC00, Adam Everett Miller explains why in a video.

Hellohikimori

Hellohikimori is an independent design studio with cross-discipline expertise in graphic design, digital and motion graphics and is based in central Paris, on the historical ile de la cité

Art of the self portrait

Paulo Canabarro shows us the art of the self portrait.

dropbox

This past month I've been using dropbox and have to say its pretty impressive. What I like is that it keeps a history of your files so you can undelete something. Dropbox acts like any other folder and you can share it with anyone else. Its free for the first 2GB, then it cost money for more storage. Follow this link and sign up and I get free 250MB, or check it out for yourself at dropbox.com. It seems like a good viable option to store lots of photos and keep a backup.

Beautiful Fish Photos

Some nice fish photos to look at, via Cindy Vriend

sevenbyfive.net

Seven by Five is a magazine website. Lots of useful stuff for photographers.

phonegap.com

Build your app once with web-standards, wrap it with PhoneGap, deploy to multiple platforms! PhoneGap uses standards-based web technologies to bridge web applications and mobile devices.

Words of Wisdom: More Hints from 'Shorty' Lasar

Composition is like a monogram interlacing letters together. The objects of a scene must knit together in one harmonious whole of light, tone, values, line, spot, and mass. Read the whole story here.

Hezarfen

Hezarfen is a historical Turkish character. This story takes place in 1632 in Istanbul, where he will attempt the first flight of the human being. Via Drawn

Google art project

Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

Are more megapixels worse?

Why are more pixels worse? Mason Resnick at adorama explains in his post Stop the Megapixel Madness, 2011 Edition