Desert Shoot with Nick Saglimbeni

Here are some pics from the desert shoot I did with @KylieJenner and @NickSaglimbeni

Celebrating Rob’s 25th Birthday In Vegas

On Friday night my mom, Rob, Kendall, Kylie and I all headed to Vegas to celebrate Rob’s 25th birthday!! We all visited the Kardashian Khaos store at The Mirage before heading to dinner at Stack. Then it was off to bed for Kendall and Kylie, while we headed to 1 OAK in The Mirage for the big celebration!! 

Posted by: Kim Kardashian 

Google Doodle honours origami master Akira Yoshizawa

Google has marked the 101st anniversary of the birth of Akira Yoshizawa, widely considered to be the father of modern origami, by recreating the search engine's logo from folded paper.

Yoshizawa reinvented the tradition Japanese folk art of origami and over his career created tens of thousands of works and pioneered many of the techniques used by modern artists.

He invented the technique of wet-folding, which allowed the use of thick papers and created soft surves and rounded-organic forms.

Google asked Robert Lang, a Californian origami artist, to create a three-dimensional Google logo to mark the birth of Yoshizawa.

"I jumped at the chance," said Mr Lang. "Google set the parameters of the design: the Google logo, of course, but to be folded with origami and then decorated with examples of Yoshizawa's design."

"I created examples of two logo styles for Google to choose from: one in a classic origami style and a more three-dimensional version based on pleats. Google liked the pleated version, so I set about designing and folding the rest.

Credits to: telegraph.co.uk

Jonas Brothers 2012

NEW JONAS JAM SESSION!. The Jonas Brothers are making new music

Pics from the ‘Project X’ Premiere

"Hey guys. Here are a few pics of me and Kendall at the Project X premiere on Wednesday night. We went with two of our best friends and had a blast! We all LOVED it — it was one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen!! Are any of you going to see it this weekend? Let us know what you guys think!" - Kylie Jenner 

CHRONICLE

I was commisioned to do a concept image for Fox Studio’s upcoming feature “Chronicle“. I was givin two week during Christmas to concept, scout, plan and execute…challenge accepted!

In short the movie is about teens who gain abilities and how they deal with their new found powers. One of these abilities is the power of telekinesis. For this concept I wanted to create a scene where a person uses their powers to save another from an oncoming vehicle. I wanted to put a spin on this idea, so I came up with the idea of doing a tilt-shift. This effect makes the scene seem like a setup with miniatures. We had actors down on the street playing their parts as I captured it from a high vantage point. The only addition done in post was the levitating truck. I think the end results is something that plays with the eye and the mind.

One of the main thing we had to do to pull this off is to find a location where I had a good vantage point from above. We ended up in downtown riverside a top a parking structure.

The image below was taken during the scouting trip. As you can see the lighting was not ideal at this time.

We waited several days when reports said we were to get some cloud covering….that never came. As the deadline approached, I made the decision to in the evening at sunset. This would ensure a diffused light over the street that would add to the tilt shift effect.

Below is an iphone shot taken the evening of the shoot:

I communicated above to an assistant playing a bystander. He would que the actors to go when traffic permited. The result was this final image:

For more information about this film and to see other commisioned artwork please check out the Chronicle Blog.

Wallpaper:
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I would like to thank everyone who helped with this shoot:

Suzanne Beaudoin (woman with stroller)
Kai Husen (teen with powers)
Bryce Reye (bystander, on ground coordinator)
Aaron Kim (bystander)
Jenna Lewis (bystander)
Truck (truck)

Original post by plainjoephotoblog.com