bigbigtruck: kyssthis16: Cira Robinson started “pancaking” her ballet shoes when she was 18: “I use foundation. The colour is Caribbean coffee – it’s basic cheap make-up, but it works. Pointe shoes come only in the traditional pink, unless they’re red for a show. It would look strange if there was a pink shoe at the end of a brown leg, so it helps with the line. My pointe shoes are brown because my skin is brown. Reblogging ‘cause this is an interesting, cool article and also (shallow artist alert) the photos are excellent ref, esp. for obliques, forearms, and thigh muscles.

bigbigtruck:

kyssthis16:

Cira Robinson started “pancaking” her ballet shoes when she was 18: “I use foundation. The colour is Caribbean coffee – it’s basic cheap make-up, but it works. Pointe shoes come only in the traditional pink, unless they’re red for a show. It would look strange if there was a pink shoe at the end of a brown leg, so it helps with the line. My pointe shoes are brown because my skin is brown.


Reblogging ‘cause this is an interesting, cool article and also (shallow artist alert) the photos are excellent ref, esp. for obliques, forearms, and thigh muscles.
An end to baby-photo-sending misery in the form of Picplum: upload photos and tag them with recipients, and they take care of posting printed photos to technophobic relatives who need to know what your baby looks like. (via swissmiss |)

An end to baby-photo-sending misery in the form of Picplum: upload photos and tag them with recipients, and they take care of posting printed photos to technophobic relatives who need to know what your baby looks like.

(via swissmiss |)

Take a boring photo with your 50mm f/1.8 prime wide open, with a small sliver of your subject in focus. Leave large portions of the subject outside of the focal plane, regardless of how important or interesting they are. Rotate the camera 30 degrees before shooting. Square-crop. Oversaturate or slightly desaturate. Tint red to look old. Under no circumstances should you apply a neutral white balance. Blow out the highlights. Add a very strong fake vignette. Finish it off with a fake Polaroid frame.
Marco.org: How to post photos on the internet