Ooh! » light | Ooh! https://fernlim.com/bits { Snippets that tickle my fancy} Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:50:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Forgotten Fairytales [Zhang Jingna] https://fernlim.com/bits/416/forgotten-fairytales-zhang-jingna/ https://fernlim.com/bits/416/forgotten-fairytales-zhang-jingna/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:26:10 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=416 Structure. Flow. Mood. Emotion.

Fan!

by Zhang Jingna

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by Stephen Alvarez

via Kevin Chung at My Modern Metropolis

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/402/stephen-alvarez/feed/ 0 Light + Object = Shadow! [Fred Eerdekens] https://fernlim.com/bits/436/light-object-shadow-fred-eerdekens/ https://fernlim.com/bits/436/light-object-shadow-fred-eerdekens/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:29:33 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=436

by Fred Eerdekens

How cool is this?!
(And yes, I do realize that the title of the post might win the award for the most obvious statement of the century.)

I wonder what the process is like for creating this. Does he work with a light on? (And wouldn’t his head or hands get in the way constantly?) Or is his sense of space and visualization so incredibly tuned that he can snip away and construct with only periodic checks? I love playing with light and shadow.

Check out his site and My Modern Met for even more splendid work.

via Marica at My Modern Metropolis

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/436/light-object-shadow-fred-eerdekens/feed/ 0 Piercing [Gerard Pestarque] https://fernlim.com/bits/428/piercing-gerard-pestarque/ https://fernlim.com/bits/428/piercing-gerard-pestarque/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:05:02 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=428 There is power in that gaze.

See more at Gerard Pestarque’s site and Flickr.

via Artistaday.com

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/428/piercing-gerard-pestarque/feed/ 0 Lamp! https://fernlim.com/bits/388/lamp/ https://fernlim.com/bits/388/lamp/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:44:47 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=388 Glowing warmth, fluidity, and movement
all within a perfectly functional object.
Function and Beauty!

via  Madeline’s blog: Circo DellArte: Ispirazione: e Ora Alcune Lampade

(Neither of us know the source/creator of this lamp, unfortunately.)

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/388/lamp/feed/ 0 Firefly! [Kristian Cvecek] https://fernlim.com/bits/379/firefly-kristian-cvecek/ https://fernlim.com/bits/379/firefly-kristian-cvecek/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:11:44 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=379

These are firefly trails! Photographed by a German guy named Kristian Cvecek.

And guess what? He’s a physicist. Aww yeah. Science and art, thank you very much.

via Alice at MyModernMet
read more at DailyMail

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by Andrew Pearce

via Eugene on My Modern Metropolis.

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/347/andrew-pearce/feed/ 0 An iPhone Creation! Sunset Timelapse https://fernlim.com/bits/325/an-iphone-creation-sunset-timelapse/ https://fernlim.com/bits/325/an-iphone-creation-sunset-timelapse/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:02:10 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=325

iphone timelapse of St Petersburg Florida sunset from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

This guy made a timelapse video of a gorgeous sunset entirely on his iPhone!

What struck me most was the contrast of the slowly morphing clouds versus the frenzy of the frantic humans.

A commenter noted that “the seagulls create a sort of ‘old film filter’ effect” which I find to be a thoroughly spiffy observation.

iphone timelapse of sunset (Vimeo)
via Cameron Moll

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/325/an-iphone-creation-sunset-timelapse/feed/ 0 Daredevil balance https://fernlim.com/bits/310/daredevil-balance/ https://fernlim.com/bits/310/daredevil-balance/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:51:03 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=310

The man in the image is Eskil Ronningsbakken.

Yes, he really is balancing on the edge of an insanely high cliff. Just TRY and tell me this isn’t awe-inspiring.

Ronningsbakken on the philosophy behind his insane feats:

“A stunt is something you see in movies, often done with mattresses safety lines or nets. What I do, is draw a picture with vulnerable human beings and their bodies, in the surrounding of mother earth. That’s the balance between life and death, and that is where life is.“

As far as fear goes?

“I feel fear, of course I do, we are humans and we have a natural sense of self-preservation. However, I must control that before I undertake any new project because that would lead to lethal mistakes. If I ever find myself totally fearless then that is when I will stop what I am doing.”

Whew. How’s that for taking life by the horns?

Quotes from Daily Mail
More daredevil balancing acts at Telegraph
via MyModernMet

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