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Zero Gravity Photos by Ravshaniya (from the web)

Inspiration Grid is a daily-updated gallery celebrating creative talent from around the world. Get your daily fix of design, art, illustration, typography, photography, architecture, fashion and more.

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Chico Bialas (from the web)

You may have heard the adage that it's hard to take a bad photo of a pretty girl. Not only do I not agree with it, I also find it dismissive of the connection that exists between subject and photographer that is absolutely essential for a truly...

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Dear (new-ish) Photographer, from a model

Dear (new-ish) Photographer, My name is Model. I would love it if when you shoot me you take these things into consideration to achieve the greatest effect for us both.

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8 flash photography mistakes every photographer makes (from the web)

Automatic flash exposure systems make using flash easier than ever before, but there are some problems that crop-up on a regular basis.

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Like Actors in Her Play (12 photos) (from the web)

23-year-old Elizaveta Porodina is one of those fashion photographers who can take an idea and run with it.

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Celebrity photographer David Bailey: The man behind the (Olympus) camera! (from the web)

In the Swinging Sixties, David Bailey was the most famous photographer in England. Young and cool, he partied with the Stones and the Beatles and was even known to hang out with gangsters like the notorious Kray Brothers.

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How to Break Through Your Creative Block : Strategies from 90 of Today's Most Exciting Creators (from the web)

Refining the machinery of creativity, or what heartbreak and hydraulics have to do with coaxing the muse.

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The 7 Keys to Mastering The Headshot (from the web)

A good headshot says a lot about a person, as it should. A headshot technically is a portrait, but a great headshot isn't just your typical posed studio shot.

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Secrets to Crafting Top-Quality Beauty Portraits: On Location Lighting (from the web)

I am continuing my series of articles about creating stunning Beauty portraits and I would like to talk about on location lighting today.

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Secrets to Crafting Top-Quality Beauty Portraits: Posing and Framing (from the web)

This is yet another article of the Secrets to Crafting Top-Quality Beauty Portraits series. If you haven't read the first three, you can find them here: on compositing, on shooting Beauty portraits on location and in studio.