Candles, sunshine, and moonlight are some of the many embraced, unique and wellknown sources of beautiful light, especially in a photography sense. However a new and also more permanent light source has now made itself known. Photographer Catherine Balet captures images where the source lighting comes from smartphones, laptops and other forms of new technology. The series “Strangers in the Light” walks the line of social and artistic topics. Strangers in the light.
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AHS: Hotel Set Photo Unveils Lady Gaga’s Character
All the hype surrounding the AHS: Hotel season was Lady Gaga signing on, but little to nothing was revealed on what kind of character she would be portraying. An onset photo has been made public of Lady Gaga in a glamorous pink gown with a single silver glove (seen in a teaser) which all is presumably a part of her costume. It’s good to see we will be getting full fashionista glam from Gaga. Match this promo video to the photo above! source:
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What are the benefits of frugality?
I was in fortunate to be raised by a wonderful single mother who always did the best she could to ensure I received everything that I needed. However, I can’t remember a time in our lives where money was not a problem and our main way of dealing with this problem is by being frugal. We were a team, and each other’s rock. That was our way of dealing with the indulgence of luxuries that we couldn’t afford. It sounds easier than it is but, it requires a lot of self-discipline and self-motivation. We needed to truly believe that the situation would not always be like this and one day…
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The Hateful Eight Teaser Trailer has Arrived
The first look at Quentin Tarantino’s long awaited upcoming movie The Hateful Eight. This must be a big tease if this isn’t considered the actually trailer. “Synopsis: In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Goggins), a southern renegade…
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Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood Criticised by Miley Cyrus
The instantly record-breaking popular song and music video for Taylor Swifts single “Bad Blood” has brought some concerns to Miley Cyrus. “I don’t get the violence revenge thing. That’s supposed to be a good example? And I’m a bad role model because I’m running around with my titties out? I’m not sure how titties are worse than guns.” She also speaks on about the unfairness and double standards she is presented with in the industry, stating: “There is so much sexism, ageism, you name it. Kendrick Lamar sings about LSD and he’s cool. I do it and I’m a druggie whore […] A lot of us are born into some…
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Taxi Fabric, A New Form of Exhibiting Art
Based in Mumbai and created by founder Sanket Avlani. The Taxi Fabric project is a unique approach to exhibiting visual arts and providing exposure to young artists. The taxi seat covers are each different with separate stories and styles fitting the individual artist/designer. The high use of taxi’s in Mumbai almost guarantees the upcoming artists the proper observational attention needed.
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How We Laugh on Facebook
Facebook collected information from a week in May to see how we laugh on Facebook. Collected from monitored comments, posts, etc. we have the main contenders broken up into graphs. The graph Facebook created says 15% of people include laughter in a post at least once a week. The most used laugh is “haha” with 51.4%, followed by emojis with 33.7%, following “hehe” with 12.7%. The least common is “lol”, which only makes up 1.9% of laugher online. See more sassy graphs on the Facebook blog.
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Woah, The Worst Special Effects Ever Compilation
When these came out they seemed pretty innovative, now looking back it’s easy to see how far we’ve come even in the last few years. Here is a video created by worldwideinterweb highlighting some the worst special effects to hit the silver screen. Sometimes awkward to watch, but you just can’t not. The Worst Movie Special Effects Ever Compilation by worldwideinterweb
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Gone are the days of 301+ Views on YouTube
If you are on YouTube as frequently as everyone else you’ve become familiar with the 301+ views that appears under new videos that exceed that amount. There use to be a huge problem with fake views in the earlier days and ever since then the 301+ views has become a fixture of the YouTube community. YouTube is constantly updated, but now the option of view counts as they are happening is a new feature we aren’t accustom with, but have always wanted. Either they have improved security against fake views or they just don’t mind anymore. Sidenote: Subscribe to Graveravens on YouTube here
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Lenny Kravitz’s Crotch Busts Out on Stage
Being a gyrating rock star with tight pants comes with the occasional clothing malfunction. While performing on stage at a Stockholm show Lenny Kravitz’s pants gave out revealing EVERYTHING. With a single squat his genitalia was flailing around for all to see. The show must go on, and Lenny kept on playing. Very Janet Jackson at the Superbowl of him. SEE THE UNCENSORED NSFW GIF HERE He kept the funny situation light hearted and stated this on twitter: #penisgate pic.twitter.com/jEafrIXdBh — Lenny Kravitz (@LennyKravitz) August 4, 2015
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The 10 Photographs that Won the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2015
The well-respected and famous National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2015 has officially announced the 10 winning photographs of 2015. Over 17,000 photograph submissions had to be whittled down to find these few. The four categories included Spontaneous Moments, Travel Portraits, Outdoor Scenes et Sense of Place. Images © National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2015
