All You Need Is Love
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Music, Photography
A rare color photo of the The Beatles taken in 1957. George Harrison is 14, John Lennon is 16, and Paul McCartney is 15.
Dreams of Flying
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
German photographer Jan Von Holleben has an incredibly innovative series called Dreams of Flying, that captures the fantasy and the fun of being a child.
Pictures With Perfect Timing
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Funny, Photography
This site has an amazing gallery of pictures taken just at the right time.
Ironic Photo of the Day
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
Mineral Moon
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography, Science
A beautiful rendering of the mineral content of the moon. The image is a compilation of 53 photographs taken in 1992 by the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft.
Moon Music
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
Dirty Jobs
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Advertising, Photography
Brilliant ad from the Discovery guys. I’d love to see the succession of how this was composited together. I honestly have no idea where you even start. Click here to see a large version.
Earth From Above
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
Yann Arthus Bertrand creates some of the most stunning photos you will ever see. I had the privilege of seeing an exhibit of his in London and was completely speechless. The sheer scale and beauty of each of his photos commanded it’s own sense of respect. Check out this gallery on Boston.com’s Big Picture.
Great Olympics Photos
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
NYC Photographer Vincent Laforet has gotten some amazing Olympics shots for Newsweek. Here’s a link to some of his best photos in Beijing.
For those of you wondering why/how the two bottom photos look miniature, it is due to a special tilt-shift lens. The lens creates a shallow depth of field, thus distorting scale . I will have a post in the near future showcasing other great tilt-shift photography in more detail.
Slow Motion Lightening Bolt
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
(via Today’s Big Thing)
Photo Classics in Lego
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
Balakov has an innovative Flickr set of photo classics that have been recreated with Legos. Below is a recreation of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s “Behind the Gare Saint Lazare.”
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
Alexey Titarenko’s long-exposure photography portfolio is full of haunting, ghostly images of the urban Russian landscape.
Great Photography
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
Matt Stuart is a brilliant photographer that is able to capture the moments we all seem to overlook. Very inspiring stuff.
Skyplay
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Ideas, Photography
SKYplay is a unique Flickr set of optical illusions that depict a composition dominated by use of the sky and real clouds at that moment with another object. Here are a few great examples.
Impressive X-Ray Photography
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
Photographer Nick Veasey uses x-ray technology to create mesmerizing and intriguing art. Among things he’s photographed: A bulldozer, a bus full of people, many various animals and even a Boeing 777 in a hangar, which took over 500 separate x-rays of individual elements to make up the finished image.
Photoshop Disasters
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Graphic Design, Photography
Below are a few of my favorite posts from a great blog devoted to Photoshop mishaps.
Images from iStockPhoto: $12
Stealing the preview images instead: $0
Seeing the watermark on your finished, printed artwork: priceless
Sir Lancelot gazed fondly into the soft blue pools of Lady Guineviere’s eyes and gently held her mutant third hand. Wait, what?
Where’s the head? Sports Illustrated should know better.
Kelly Osbourne can apparently change shape at will.
Strike a Pose
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under History, Magazines, Photography, Sport
Lebron James will appear on the April cover of Vogue, becoming just the third man to ever do so in the magazine’s 116-year history. Do you know who the other two men are?
Say It Isn’t So
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Photography
Polaroid is closing their instant film factories.
CCM covers
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Graphic Design, Magazines, New Work, Photography
I recently shot five covers of Family Force 5 for CCM Magazine’s annual reader’s choice issue. The band by far is the most energetic group I have ever worked with (…I don’t think they took their ritalin that morning).
Hokey Pokey
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under New Work, Photography
Cover design and photography for Matthew Paul Turner’s upcoming book Hokey Pokey.
Book Cover Photo
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under New Work, Photography
I recently shot the book cover for “America’s Health Coach,” Asa Andrew.
Collier Music Photography
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under New Work, Photography
I recently did the photography for an incredibly talented rock trio out of Nashville called Collier. Their new website just recently launched and the site is full of some of the photos. The amazing site was crafted by Pupon of A3 Interactive and Design.
New Website!
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Graphic Design, New Work, Photography
After over a half a year of labor, I am extremely excited to announce the premiere of the new Penguin Creative website! Literally, as I write this, the relief is just starting to hit me that this site is DONE! For the past 8 months I have had the task of filtering through over 30,000 photos from the past year and a half of travels around the world. My wife has been incredibly patient with my late nights and incredibly helpful in giving me the thumbs up or down on many of the images you see.
The past two years have undoubtedly been the most challenging of my life, but also the most rewarding. I have never felt more conviction, joy and refinement that I did during my global trek. My desire is that the photos and the stories on this site inspire you all, and hopefully stretch your paradigms a bit too. The more I see, the more I realize that I am incredibly blessed and incredibly spoiled at the same time, just being born in this country. We have all been given the resources, education, creativity and finances to move mountains. My desire is to one day pool those exponential resources to make a lasting impact in the lives of the scores of underprivledged.
I have to mention, this site would not have been possible without the amazing wizardry of Pupon of A3 Interactive and Design. Pupon not only captured this vision by making this site intuitive and (virtually) dummy-proof, but far exceeded what I could have ever expected when I began. My gratitude exceeds my words.