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Francis Hills Photography Posted: 10 Apr 2009 10:44 AM PDT Francis Hills picked up a camera for the first time five years ago. Now this rising star on the celebrity, beauty and fashion photography scene explains how his artistic style and trademark smile helped launch a new career. Francis has been called The Accidental Photographer. He earned this name from his friends because of his strikingly steep climb to the top levels of portrait and commercial photography in less time than most people spend in college… Read more about Francis on CalumetPhoto.com

The Role of Set Design Posted: 10 Apr 2009 10:03 AM PDT In many productions the set design is the most important part of the concept. The overall look of the set gives the audience information about the director’s concept and creates a new home for  the model to interact with. The set gives the photographer its shots by creating a range of frames through which to tell the story of the campaign.  We have not spend much time glorifying the work of set designers in our features, so let me start by introducing Marla Weinhoff, of The Marla Weinhoff Studios, who has worked on far too many brilliant sets to mention in one sitting. Creating these worlds is a huge production especially when you think that they are built up for one day of shooting and then must come down. But recreating commercial spaces like supermarkets or highly official spaces such as NASA for example is often necessary due to the exorbitant price of blocking such a facility for an entire day. Are you picturing the magnitude of this job yet? Well, here is a selection of sweep of Marla Weinhoff’s brilliant editorial work, to give you a better idea.

Song of the Day : [04/10] Posted: 10 Apr 2009 09:10 AM PDT Marina & The Diamonds : Obsession Marina & The Diamonds’ “Obsessions” sings out the can’t-decide/can’t commit nature in all of us. The first verse has her losing sleep over  her previous night’s lover - she’s callous, he’s “looking vulnerable  in my bed,” she’s “a little sweetheart,” and then the next minute he’s  an absolute creep.” You get the sense, though, that her lover is  lying peacefully/drunkenly asleep the whole time, and the only thing  that’s changing is the neurotic thought process in her head. The same  indecision and restlessness is transposed in the second verse to the mundane: “Supermarket, what packet of crackers to pick? They're all the same, one brand, one name, but really they're not/Look, look, just choose something quick/People are staring, time to come quick in/Skin’s on fire; just choose something… something… SOMETHING!/Pressure overwhelming” The song can serve as a cautionary tale to all of us to be happy with what we have, to make one educated decision and stick with it, and to  stop freaking out. Listen to “Obsessions” Here

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