Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Ant Photography

SHOOT: Nice work but don't like that virtually every image is contrived.  Show ants being ants, not being people, and do it in an interesting way...

by Brittany High
Amazing Ant Photography
This is a photo series featuring ants as the models. Photographer (and apparent ant-whisperer) Andrey Pavlov uses a macro lens to capture the up close and personal lives of ants. Yes, the shots are staged by Andrey, but those are 100% real ants doin’ their thang. Unlike reality shows. They too are staged, but are 0% real people and they are doing a producer’s suggestion of a thang that said producer thinks would be funny/entertaining/heartwarming but generally ends up being depressing/enraging/making me wonder why I still live on this planet. Real people don’t make $10,000 for tweeting about a product they’ve never used. The sad thing is, it usually results in a flock of sheep running out and buying said product. Real people like you or I will tweet about a product you genuinely love and the result is no one gives a shit and at least two people unfollow you. And that my friends is exactly why I’m selling out. F*** it!






Saturday, March 03, 2012

The Guardian: Three Little Pigs advert - video


This advert for the Guardian's open journalism, screened for the first time on 29 February 2012, imagines how they could cover the story of the Three Little Pigs in print and online.