How To Steal Like an Artist

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5 Awesome Sci-Fi Inventions (That Would Actually Suck)

 

By CRACKED Staff 

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7 Tips on Proper Nerd Etiquette

 

By Brian Murphy

The next time you’re out with your camera, try the following:

1. First, take the shot you would normally take. Then, force yourself to take it from a drastically different perspective. This could be lying on the ground, climbing a nearby hill, or circling the subject for another alternative view.
2. Don’t be afraid to set up shop (tripod, camera, other gear) in busy places with lots of people watching you, wondering what you’re doing. Obviously, make sure you’re not breaking any rules or laws related to the location. But definitely don’t let odd looks from passers-by cause you to skip the shot. Just do it. When you get home and pull up the image on the computer, you’ll be happy you did.
3. Don’t quickly bounce from tourist-attraction to tourist-attraction while in a new location, as you’ll undoubtedly miss valuable shots in between. Pay attention to the doorways, the fence posts, the people, and everything in between. You might later realize your best photo of Paris isn’t of the Eiffel Tower, but is instead of the elderly man sipping espresso who you noticed on the way back to the hotel…
4. Be willing to act as your own subject, should the right situation arise. If you come across a picturesque situation which would be enhanced with a person in-frame, don’t hesitate to set up the tripod and become the actor in your own production. I assure you, you’ll find that you’re easier to direct than most potential subjects…
5. Finally, have fun. When you put down your guard and concentrate on having fun, instead of on acting normally in public, your shots will be impacted by that shift in thinking. Normal is boring. Unusual, is interesting…

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How to be a Successful Evil Overlord by Peter Anspach

Being an Evil Overlord seems to be a good career choice. It pays well, there are all sorts of perks and you can set your own hours. However every Evil Overlord I've read about in books or seen in movies invariably gets overthrown and destroyed in the end. I've noticed that no matter whether they are barbarian lords, deranged wizards, mad scientists, or alien invaders, they always seem to make the same basic mistakes every single time. With that in mind, allow me to present...

The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord

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100 Best First Lines from Novels

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10 Lessons for Young Designers (and Photographers!)

Take note on these lessons from Wieden+Kennedy’s Executive Creative Director, John C Jay:

1. Be authentic. The most powerful asset you have is your individuality, what makes you unique. It’s time to stop listening to others on what you should do.
2. Work harder than anyone else and you will always benefit from the effort.
3. Get off the computer and connect with real people and culture. Life is visceral.
4. Constantly improve your craft. Make things with your hands. Innovation in thinking is not enough.
5. Travel as much as you can. It is a humbling and inspiring experience to learn just how much you don’t know.
6. Being original is still king, especially in this tech-driven, group-grope world.
7. Try not to work for stupid people or you’ll soon become one of them.
8. Instinct and intuition are all-powerful. Learn to trust them.
9. The Golden Rule actually works. Do good.
10. If all else fails, No. 2 is the greatest competitive advantage of any career.

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mia nolting

mia nolting

list 1.

compiling a list of good photography magazines (that aren't just ads for nikon and cannon)
and thinking
how nice it would be if i could actually buy the things and support

click name to go to website..

shots magazine
much conceptual, vintage, indie type work.(:

AG
fancy-shmancy. for the pros
UK photography mag. features a couple of photographers per quarterly issue, along with a review of their work by well-known authors

FILE
"a collection of unexpected photography"
the website itself features a lot of work from various artists as well

jpg
it's not only the name of a file, it's the name of a magazine.(;
not only do you get an amazing magazine, you get a loaded website :D
ex.: featured stories (from anything from a photographers story on their set to advice about what to do when people approach you when you're taking pictures of their stuff)
themes open to submission and voting (winners will be in next publication)

tomate de arbol
argentinian visual arts magazine (don't worry, it's translated into english as well)
recently created, so i can't say too much but so far it's got a relaxed indie vibe

posi+tive magazine
no, it's not a boring feel-good pop magazine, its another indie style photography magazine
oh, and it's italian. ;D
this current issue (no.4) displayed sets of pictures created by a photographer (i.e. desicive moment, around, dude&dudette)
i should mention that, unfortunately, they aren't able to translate everything in the magazine
however, the website is in english! <= it's not about the mag really, it had music, fashion, and all that cool stuff(: more lists..
http://georgebarr.blogspot.com/2008/05/possible-magazines-for-submissions.html <= has info about magzines of this type which you can submit your work to