Fascinating picture...

Stolen from Patrick Lagace's Cyberpresse Blog

From left to right, men only, Canada's prime Minister Stephen Harper, US President Obama 1st, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The first doesn't even see the girl.
The second sees the girl but makes the conscious decision to look away.
The third forces his neck down to check her out.
The fourth leans to have a good look at her.

Great picture that tells a lot about the state of our world.

Dave Hill: Upping the Ante

Dave Hill recently updated his website filled with new behind the scenes and brand new work, showing an evolution towards something new.

090417 Adventure Girl - Behind the Scenes from Dave Hill on Vimeo.

For a while, everybody wanted the DaveHillLook. So everyone added noise and a whole lot of highpass to their images, playing with photomatix the get this foolish hyper-real look people crazed, though they were far away from Hill's photoshop skills. But the master seemed to get tired of imitation and developed a new aesthetic, playing along the same lines, but much more subtle. Lots of coloration, slick lighting, less gimmicky ring flash. Looks like the ultra-illustration look trend for which Hill was the poster boys is tiring and is moving on to something new, something more finished and less accessible to the common picture taker, something for which there is no quick trick. Don't get me wrong, the stuff is still highly retouched, but it's more sophisticated.

KAAZ Day2

Haircuts even more extravagant, 6 more models, we have now styled 11 of them and there are still 11 to go. I'm really sucked into this project! 2 more days to go, happily day 3!

How many pictures?

KAAZ Day1

First day is over. We nailed down the lighting early in the morning and tested it out on our first model. After a few adjustments, we were set for the day. We shot 5 models today playing along the character created for them. This is starting to be really fun. Each stylist comes with his own concept, each haircut is different and has its own charm, every model needs to play the part!

Heading out to Day2!

Getting ready for KAAZ

Over the following 4 days I will be shooting non stop my creative project of the summer, a series of 24 images for KAAZ hair salon.

We're down with the concept, the styling has been approved, a couple of light tests and we can start to work. I think it's gonna be a very fun series to shoot. Can't talk about the concept as these are being produced for contest submission. Soon enough...

Anti-Paparazzis Device

Cool way to fight back paparazzi, beat them at their own game! New York University graduate Adam Harvey has come up with a concept using a photo sensitive cell and LED lights to shine back light at paparazzis whenever it senses a flash burst. The result can be seen above. Still in development...

Alice in Wonderland sneak peek!

You just know you're gonna love this! Mix the craziest kid's fairytale to the twisted mind on Tim Burton and you get Alice in Wonderland!

Light Tests!

Assistants and light tests, a full site dedicated to it!

Check out the awckwardness here!