lomokev:

Unreal, but its quite real.

Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle. (© Ricardo Mohr) (via National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic)

Duotoned Knoxville.  That lilting pull you feel in three of these shots is the power of the Harvest moon rising slowly over downtown.  

lomokev:

Digital cameras are now ubiquitous - it is estimated that 2.5 billion people in the world today have a digital camera[6]. If the average person snaps 150 photos this year that would be a staggering 375 billion photos. That might sound implausible but this year people will upload over 70 billion photos to Facebook, suggesting around 20% of all photos this year will end up there[7]. Already Facebook’s photo collection has a staggering 140 billion photos, that’s over 10,000 times larger than the Library of Congress.[8] (via How many photos have ever been taken? | 1000memories)

Really inresting reaing on 1000memories.com must check out How many photos have ever been taken? article.

lomokev:

photojojo:

You’re looking a the world’s most expensive photo!

It was formerly Cindy Sherman’s Untitled #96, but Andreas Gursky’s 73” x 153” print of Rhein II bumped it when it sold for $4.3 million. 

Most Valuable Photo: Andreas Gursky Photo Sells for $4.3 Million

Nuts only because the Photographer is still alive

Mark England Photography announces a “Name this Location!” contest. The first person to correctly identify where this photo was taken will win a free mini session photo shoot (up to 1 hour on location with up to 4 people) and a low res CD for sharing with friends online. This is a $100 value. Good luck, and Name this location!

A dark rainy night in the downtown church cemetery with models.  Sounds like a great time, doesn’t it?  Here are a few images from that: 

“Shoot Ready”

Four BR, 5 BA, almost 5K square feet in Oak Ridge.

Rutledge shoot 10/25